How did he play all those 5 set matches
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He is a beast.Comment -
I don’t know when he came out of the locker room he was a different player after two sets downComment -
I started laughing when i see Djokovic return from locker roomComment -
He did leave the court and played much better afterComment -
He did it a few times this tourney and was a different playerComment -
there’s a phone booth in locker roomComment -
Tipsy basically said it in an interview without saying it, he said he was a totally different player when he came back outComment -
He is a supermanComment -
I don’t care... I won money betting live on him when he was down. Cocaine works.Comment -
if he wins all 4 slams this year
wowComment -
I saw him eating dates during games
He must have forbidden substances in themComment -
This thread is so crazy.
Players dont pull through when they are up 2-0 and when things get tough they seem to forget to play tennis. Watch the match...Comment -
Djokovic could have played another 5 sets. He wasn't even breathing heavy and his match against Nadal was also high paced and lasted 4+ hours. He was on court for 9+ hours within 48 hours. Guy is a freak of an athlete. These are the type of sportsmen and athletes I highly respect.Comment -
He seems to never get tired although he said second set did not have match
interestingComment -
This isn’t that abnormal for him. He must have been talking peds his whole career then.Comment -
if you knew you wouldnt be caught, youd do itComment -
Pep pillsComment -
Nutrition + modern medicine.Comment -
Usually if you’re on PEDs, you sweat profusely (*cough Rafa*). I was commenting with my buddy that Djoker looked like he was barely sweating and it was the fifth set.
Dude’s just fit. To be the best to ever play the game, you have to have the best stamina of any player to ever play the game. Djokovic is clearly the GoAT there. Guy could Outlast you in a 10-hour match.
He wasn’t even hitting the ball that hard. He just hits the spots and lets the other guy make mistakes.Comment -
Jokers game is defense.
He is a punter
Tipsy couldn't finish, Joker dug inComment -
His defense is unreal
Return of serve best everComment -
Djokovic is not on peds. Dude has the strictest diet of possibly any athlete and vegan. You're not going to be a strict vegan and pump crap inside of your body. Like previous poster said, you can tell when someone is on peds because they sweat profusely. Djokovic barely breaks a sweat on any of his matches. It's because of superior diet, conditioning, and genetics.Comment -
he's on fireComment -
googled some old article where his plant-based diet is explained
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PEDs in tennis seems pretty pointless, it can maybe have some benefits, but as others have said considering how mental the game is, the game is not being dominated by your sterotypical athletes that can hit hard, run fast amongst other things. So if you can hit harder, run faster, it isnt the whole picture. Every player can smack balls, run fast, hit 200 km/h serves and have the same access to sport science when on the Pro Tour. It's the little 1%ers that the best do .
Most of the other players who had links to PEDs and who copped suspensions and had results like Petr Korda and Marin Cilic didn't last long anyway so these guys are something special.
Djokovic is easily the most clutch player in the modern game, and on par with Nadal at least in the current era for mental strength. And PEDs has nothing to do with that. Likewise with a guy like Sampras before them.
BUT I can understand the link to Nadal and PEDs considering how some pointed out how big his body was at a young age, 17, 18, 19. You look at him in his first Wimbledon Final and he's 19, and then go back and look at Djokovic when he was 20 and he was way smaller and skinnier then Nadal.
Not only that but there was that whole Operation Puerto ordeal that is still unfinished where the Spanish Courts were permitted to destroy dozens of blood samples of athletes, notably cyclists, and from my understanding, some tennis players as well. Since been overturned I think? Hence why it's ongoing.
Alberto Contador for example one, and cycling for example is probably one where PEDs probably do have an effect considering the repetitive motion of the sport.
Even still with the above, I think Nadal is just an extremely well coached guy who has a really really good Plan A, but a not as great plan B who's fine tuned and adjusted his game over the years to be better on all surfaces.Comment -
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He should act like he has won something before. That outburst after the Berrettini match was absurd and embarrassingComment -
I know his secret. He ate a big 24 oz ribeye in the locker to get some protein in his body. It will do miracles to a vegan.Comment -
gluten free, drinks 5 to 7 gallons of water with salt, takes every vitamin and mineral, has never eaten bread or pizzaComment
