Belonger wrote:Why saying that Djoko-Murray is the "real" final (in terms of game level and regarding last 12-month results) with Nadal loss would automatically be a mark of disrepect toward Fed
? Beyond game level of each guy, facts are that Murray is defending champion, Djokovic can return to World N°1 rank if he wins tournament and those guys are the highest seeded still in tournament.
I get you and you're right but so are my arguments.
You can't just say that Fed would not be in the true final of this tournament considering that he won Wimbledon 7 times already and having never lost against those 2 guys in this tournament (sure, this year they might be favourites to win but still, nothing is certain until proven otherwise; he wasn't the favourite also in 2012 I think).
Judging with your arguments only, Murray vs Djokovic would have been the true final regardless. Nadal is sure, number 1 in the world but he was very poor the last 2 years here. Still, he was champion here twice and never lost against Murray at Wimbledon (beat him 3 times). He would have been in a true final even if he was number 100 in the world.
And btw, Fed is in front of Murray in the ATP Rankings. The Wimbledon rules made him be behind.
For instance, Djokovic vs Nadal was the true final at RG 2013 and there were many reasons to say that. The number 2 seed, Murray, just no comment
. Those two guys just had it all to be the best in that tournament. This is not the case
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