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the delgados said:
The joker is a great actor who knows how to play a crowd.
Mere minutes before finishing off his opponent, he was writhing around on his court-side seat like he couldn't wait for the match to be over so he could go pee. "I gotta go! I really gotta go pee!"
Then, after completing a thorough beat-down, he approached Murray at the net to shake hands and pretended he was spent. Bows down as if to indicate Murray really wore him out.
Good theatrics that plays into the crowd's hands.
He is the Lebron James of tennis, in my humble opinion. In fairness to Lebron though, basketball is a team sport and even if he plays a great game, there's no guarantee you'll win. Djokovic, obviously, doesn't need to worry about which teammate to pass the ball to or to listen to a coach drawing a play, he also doesn't have to worry about a shot clock (speaking of shot clocks, a lot of players, including Djokovic still abuse the time between each point, but the umpires are so scared of the top players that they rarely give out warnings, and when they do, the players flip out and no warnings after that, irrespective of time wasted). Both of these guys certainly play to the crowd. They pump their chests, yell humorously loudly and 'longly' and sometimes look up at the screen to make sure they are on screen.
Specifically on Djokovic, it's come to the point now where unless he completely loses interest or plays a terrible match, he is gonna win. Sure, somebody like Wawrinka, Federer, Murray, perhaps a youngster that plays with no fear like Thiem or Zverev might beat him when they are on, but he is dominating physically, and who would have said that prior to 2011? The guy couldn't walk most of the matches that went over 4 sets. He abandoned numerous matches, a number of them slams (quarters at Australia, semis at Wimbledon, etc) and he always seemed out of breath. Now he does whatever he wants. Federer has pushed him the last couple years, but hasn't beaten him in a slam since Wimbledon 2012 in the semis. Wawrinka has been a nice match for him, but Wawrinka doesn't make it to enough grand slam semis and finals and he is two years older than Novak, so he's got another couple years of contending. Where are the young guys? If Kyrgios, Coric, Thiem, Zverev...don't begin to make more significant noise at slams and masters series events, nobody will. Federer will retire soon I think. Nadal should theoretically have another 3 perhaps 4 years of solid tennis left, but his physical issues are preventing him from even having that. Murray is too much of head case when playing for slam titles and Wawrinka is still too inconsistent. Tsonga, Gasquet, Berdych, Cilic, Raonic are still a level or two below so their best bet is a lights out tournament (Cilic 2014 Us Open). Other than that, Djokovic will continue to dominate.
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