Novak loses #1 ranking and top Wimbledon Seed to Alcaraz by 80 Points courtesy of 2K points taken last year

McNamee wrote, "For me, not a good look." I agree it's not. 

Taking 2,000 points last year from the Wimbledon winner was decided by the ATP players council. Both Fed and Rafa were on the council along with an assortment of players that had no expectation of winning the tournament. It was an easy decision to punish your leading rival. 

Alcaraz lost less than 200 points from that move. He's not complicit in that but has surely benefited. Alcaraz gains the #1 ranking and top seed at Wimbledon by 80 points.

Disqulification risk from ball kids and line judges

 So getting disqualified is subjective? That seems apparent over time. After the point is over, players should roll the ball. Or, not touch it. Solutions?

 Here is the story of the Miyu Kato disqualification.

 

 

It is getting ridiculous. They should institute physical and mental toughness training for the ball kids and line judges. If I were playing for money, I'd never hit the ball after the point ends due to this risk of disqualification.

Interesting take on the argument for who is the GOAT of Tennis

 Musings

Novak is not the problem, Tennis is.

 This rings true about the lost opportunities for the second Golden Age of Tennis.

The problem

Novak's Secret - Mental Resilience

 

 

Mental Resilience

Murray on Novak Dominance

 Murray

Don't Call Novak the GOAT says tennis writer

 Many in tennis media cannot let go of their personal bias. It makes them sound as if they know little about tennis and sports. Here is a good example.

Don't call Novak the GOAT.

Kyrgios asks for Carpet Courts

Kyrgios just asked on Twitter why they don't have tournaments on carpet courts. This might help explain why. They even had exhibitions on wood back in the '60s and '70s. Most wouldn't want to face a big serve and volley player on either surface.

 

Here is why they dropped them among other reasons.

Tiebreaker Performance can make you a Winner

One key stat that stands out glaringly. Novak's percentage of tie breaks won is 80%. All he has to do is hold his serve and get to a tiebreaker. He will win the match.

 Assuming that you can hold your serve, develop the mindset of Novak to lock down and give no points away in a tiebreaker.

 

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Congratulations to Novak Djokovic - 23 slams - The greatest of all time.

 Novak GOAT

 

 

Tennis Needs Novak

 Why

Novak wins 20 out of 21 semi-final slam appearances

 Slam record

Alcaraz falls to Pressure

All of the hype around Alcaraz put a lot of pressure on him. It's not helping him. The tennis media and establishment make him seem the inevitable winner and odds-on favorite. Novak came in as the underdog taking lots of pressure off of him.