AO Preview: Djokovic's Draw, Nadal's Withdrawal | Three Ep. 147
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2024
- As the 2024 Australian Open gets underway, join Amy, Gill, and Joel as they dig into Novak Djokovic's draw, his first round match against Dino Prizmic, the wrist injury and what could happen as the tournament unfolds. Plus, some chatter on Rafael Nadal's withdrawal. It's all on the latest episode of "Three -- The Tennis Show."
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Three is a show about Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. These competitively dominant tennis icons have been a lifeline to millions of fans around the world. We look to tell their stories through discussions of tennis history, tactics, psychology, technique and more.
California-based Joel Drucker has been writing about tennis for nearly 40 years, his work appearing in such outlets as Tennis Channel, Tennis.com, Racquet and a host of general interest media, including the New York Times, HBO, CBS, Cigar Aficionado, Men's Journal and People Magazine. Author of the book, "Jimmy Connors Saved My Life," Joel is also a historian-at-large for the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Amy Lundy is a reporter whose work has been featured on ESPN, CNN and The Golf Channel. She is Director of Films at The Tennis Congress.
Gill Gross is the host of Monday Match Analysis. His weekly UA-cam show, which analyzes ATP matches and news, has amassed over 5,000 subscribers.
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2007 - 2021 : Nadal skipped 8 GS's and 27 Hardcourt Masters.. BUT.. not a single clay GS or Clay Masters was missed
Amazing how Nadal can NEVER be injured during his much preferred clay season for 15 years straight !!!
Funny that! Haha
There's a reason the H2H is close between him and Djokovic. Last 10 matches: 7 on clay, 2 on HC, 1 on grass, none on indoor HC. 70% on a surface played about 30% of the season!
@@arkine11 yep he avoids Novak like the plague unless on clay!
2016 the year Nole Won the french Nadal withdrew with injury
2019 AO- Nole Beats Rafa
2010 - Rafa beats Nole US Open
2013- Rafa beats Nole in Canada and US Open
So yall can go on and on with this bullshit narrative that yall portray about Nadal Avoiding Nole. Think what yall think
@@Charles-vz5ws After 2013 he's avoiding Novak outside of clay, especially after 2019 AO demolition. Deal with facts. 2020, 2021, 2022 - Novak faces Rafa at RG, stands like a man, no BS withdrawals/injuries and other excuses.
Interesting debate about Alcaraz wanting to meet Djokovic on the final. Joel and Amy clearly feel very differently about what they would prefer 🙂 not sure Carlos would want Sinner instead though. Also there is a stark contrast in his approach to Jannik's who, when asked about potentially meeting Novak in the semis, said that was far too far ahead to think about, one match at a time..maybe neither approach is wrong, it's what works for them.
Interesting!
This was a few years back, but a reporter asked Rafa if wanted to play Nole in the final. His response, was no, I'm not stupid. It was such an honest answer. I think when a player is very young, they may look forward to playing the best in final, but most people would like to win the tournament. I think Carlos need to focus on Carlos, this is a slam, it is not easy to win.
I think when he says it, the target audience are his own ears. He just needs to reassure himself......positive thinking tool
Could not have said it better
you can change the theme of this show, to mean maybe the top three players of every season. that way this channel will continue to make sense
22:49-25:11 - Amy in a sleeping mode. And for most of the rest of this episode.
Edit: funny how Prizmic made a match😂
Lol time zones
Sometimes I look down at my phone to check a stat 😂
@@amylundy8664 😂
There is a very good reason that Nadal -.despite claims of being injury prone and quitting many grass, hard and indoor tournaments throughout his career - hasn't missed out even playing a single French open except for last year. Even this year, he will in all probability play the French open and even win it. Afterall, didnt this disingenuous man win the 2022 French open despite administering intravenous injections to his leg before his every match as his team claimed.
In contrast, you have Novak who has been unfairly accused often of faking injuries by Fedal fanatics but has played in all French open since he started his professional career.
So the question of who fakes injury for a good reason and who is real is rather obvious. Even between 2017-2018 when Novak was struggling with an elbow injury he never quit matches. He infact generously gave credit to his opponents, even ranked outside top 50 then, for defeating him.
In the current circumstance, Nadal claimed he has a micro (very small) muscle tear which might indeterminably impact his performance in a five set match. That is the most bizarre excuse one can give and still the biased western media has so much sympathy for his plight without raising logical questions.
Western media bias- again
Atp paid Media is trying to control the narrative on Novak quitting using fedal fan girls as it's fuel 😂
Nerve blocker to foot which has a necrotic foundational bone to be precise.
Joel is wrong about wanting to face Novak in AO. Amy is correct if you want to win you don't want to face the Goat. Rafa in a press conference a few years ago about prospect of facing Novakon final. " you said you like challenges are you happy that you have Novak on the other side to face to win the Australian open final? Rafa replied "no, I like challenges but I'm not stupid"
rafa got an A+ for how quickly he came to Aus and how fast he returned back to spain. 😢
😂
Well said amy 😂
Rafa just knows how to be injury free ONLY for clay season. How many times have we not seen that script before ? His only goal this season is to even up H2H against nole, deny nole RG and olympic gold (all on clay). If i cant be THE GOAT atleast i will have some say in denying nole winning everything there is in tennis (only olympic gold eludes him) 💪
My thoughts exactly…Rafa knew exactly that he could never win any hard courts against Novak …He will mount a comeback at his favorite clay courts …and we all know that’s his haven his home court advantage. But I have faith in Novak …he’ll face any obstacles that throw at him…💪🇷🇸
So true. Their last 10: 7 have been on clay, 2 on hard, 1 on grass, and no indoor hard. For a surface played significantly less than hard, that is very telling. Both that Novak can consistently go deep in clay to face Nadal, and that Nadal either cannot go deep into HC tournament consistently, or that he is avoiding Djokovic.
On clay i am sure to see rafa run like a gazelle and win some titles as usual. Fast courts were never his forte. His youthful fast foot compensated for some of his fast surface weaknesses. But hard indoor weakness was so glaring he never really conquered it unfortunately 😢
Can't wait to see their eyeballs fall out on the next episode as they breakdown the teenage qualifier's match (from Croatia) against the King of the AO !
Secret Sauce of longevity for Nole is working GRRRREEEAAATTTT!. Novak is his own biggest chalanger/adversary. AO-24! Let's see what happens. Let's get more out of 2024! Rafa injury just too bad for his comeback - think he will not be 100% and it's just unfortunate-so NOT hopeful he will be back in top=tier form. Djoker wrist/elbow issue seems to be non-factor at this point - FIRST ROUND for Novak was EPIC with Dino! Think Grigor, Yannick, Meddy & Carlitos are the biggest challengers. Nole wins it all for #25. Thanx Amy, Joel & Gill. Cheers, Milan
Thank you for putting this out. I’ve been waiting for it.
Thank you 🙏🏻
It seems highly unlikely Tsitsipas makes it out of the first week.
BTW in talking about the young prospect playing Nole, it reminds me of a young Novak playing his first slam in Australia again Marat Safin after defeating a young Wawrinka in qualifying.
Amy, like Novak said, you might want to answer that ;)
Great 1st round for the croatian teenager
For Alcaraz playing the greats at the biggest stage is more important than actually winning the tournament. And that is why he can win. And that is also what separates him from the other challengers.
Little bit of a narrow preview focusing on Alcaraz and Djokovic and immiting talking about Sinner who it seems progressing into a heavy weight among the 10 best to date.
We are a Big 3 podcast so the mission here is not to broadly preview the tournament. The discussion of Alcaraz was in regards to a comment he made about Djokovic. We'll have in depth Sinner conversation here if he plays Djokovic, rest assured. - GG
Alcaraz is too much obsessed and jealous about Novak and that has already proven to be his achilles heel.
this is normal, he is still a Kid, hopefully he will overcome all the obstacles.
If winning Wimbledon is an Achilles heel, can I get one of those heels? 👠
I both feel bad for Prizmic and excited for him. He gets to play the GOAT on the main court at his slam debut, in front of a massive amount of viewers... but he also has to play the GOAT in front of a massive amount of viewers! The nerves will be crazy for him, but I think it will be a great experience.
@arkine11 I say he did pretty good
@@colethomas903 He did phenomenal. Definitely got some new fans with that performance!
Well, in 2013, when Nadal came back from a 7 month injury, he did make the comeback and played in south America. It would not be an unimaginable scenario...clay is also more friendly on his body...
True, but what they just not talking about is his age (37), what he,Novak and Fed did in the mid 30s is just unheard of, look at top 10-20 now, oldest after Novak is Medvedev at 27..
Yep. Last year rafa was no1 seed 😂 and novak no5 seed. We all know why ? 😂
Thx scomo and pharma for stopping the tennis juggernaut somehow. 😂 nole would be sitting at around 450 + weeks, 9 year end no1 and 26 slams if not for the covid drama. Thank God 🙏😇🙌
@user-wd7ue1wd6r I wonder why Rafa was #1 cough cough the #1 player wasn’t there
💯❤👍Happy and Healthy 2024 !
Novak not having any real off season could hurt him in Melbourne.
Davis Cup, Saudi exhibition, United Cup. Was that wise? He did well in 2023 because he barely played in 22 and missed Sunshine double in 23.
Amy is wrong at that point - obviously Alcaraz wants to play against Novak in the final. I don't follow his interviews a lot but still heard quite many times how he wants to be the best in the history, and to be the best you need to beat the best, and he says it's Djokovic right now. And I like that honesty - if that helps Alcaraz I'm not sure but that's other thing. I appreciate him being honest. The other thing is if there's any logic in that because he can only play Novak past his physical prime, Novak absolutely doesn't have legs and cardio of his 2011-2016 self right now. Even in 2018-19 he didn't have. So in case of losing finals/semis against Novak all this talk can possibly hurt Carlitos more than help him. It's more probable that Alcaraz will of course be winning more against Novak than losing from now but it's still very young Alcaraz versus very old Novak. It's not 6 years like between Novak and Roger, not 1 year like between Novak and Rafa. Those are proper, relevant rivalries - not between the guys with 16 years gap. It can be very interesting - but we don't watch either prime Novak or prime Carlitos right now.
Love this show. What's gonna happen when Novak retires?
But there's23 more years before Novak retires as he confirmed last year. So why think about it now? 🤔😂
Yeah, Novak is here to stay for another decade or two.
His son will play in a decade..
We’ll rejoice!
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32:00 Head to Head stats tells enough
The last person anyone wants to play at the AO final is Novak !!! No mater who you are even for Roger and Rafa. The idea that Alco wants Novak in the final over say Ruud is pure fantasy.
Look I know this is the 3 but come on can we move on from Nadal. Unless hes back and fit and actually playing again just focus on Novak, or add in Sinner and Medvedev the next best 2 after him!
@move3spacrs246 😂
@@colethomas903 this comment was just for you❤️
@move3spaces246 I’m sure it was LOL
@@colethomas903 shelton is out! Mannirino will be tricky for Novak, Id probably prefer shelton because he makes so many errors. Lets see
I'm with Joel and Gill in this one. Carlos is so young, already won alot and doesn't doubt he'll win all the majors.
Therefore, he wants to play Novak in the final, where, like Wimbledon, all the expectation is on the other side of the net.
If you ask those that doubt whether they'd get numerous opportunities, they'd all strongly prefer Novak not to be in the final.
Honestly Shelton is scary why is no one talking about that
I think Sinner or Alcaraz will win AO. Signs are there that djoker is declining
Federer is retired. Why not replace him with Alcaras!
Novaks draw is not the best this time around. Lots of landmines & Sinner has a bye to like the SF, making it like a 90% chance he will face him instead of 50% if there were players that could damage him.
31:00 - XX (feiminine balance and practicalility) vs XY (male gambling logic), result: if it was me, id be happy to be in the finals. Best option, play against Đoković. I lose, lost against the best, no big deal, I win, won againist the best. Great deal.
The Three for Djokovic. Djokovic channel.. meh
last standing of the three.......who else is there at his level and record? carlitos has a long way to go
You are a chic Amy you will never understand.
Amy is wrong...Carlitos DO wants to beat Djokovic in the final. Carlos is a champion....Amy is not... that is why She does not get it?"..,lol... but it is fine!
sorry, did I understand you well, Carlitos is a champion and that's why he want to beat Djokovic. Ahhh Amy thought Djokovic is a champion. Bad AMy
I can't believe you guys spent so much time talking about Nadal's injury, Djokovic's wrist, and Djokovic's first round qualifier opponent. That's all about nothing. Djokovic obviously has the best draw possible. None of the players in his quarter has even a remote chance of beating him. Once again he has got a draw that he doesn't need to deal with any of the potential players who had some recent success against him, until the semi-finals.
You sound resentful
Not resentful just a fact. The guy gets cakewalks all the time. It’s so predictable and boring.
@@aiylacarsonhes played against more top 10 players in his career and played less matches than Fed and beaten federer or nadal in most of his slams! Yeh he gets cakewak draws🤦♂️
all the time??????????????who has he not beaten and what he has to prove to disappointed fedals@@aiylacarson
But what would a difficult draw look like. Few players can trouble him so of course any draw looks easy. He won't meet Sinner till the Semi Finals or Meddy or Alcaraz in the Final due to their ranking. Not much anyone can do about that either.
boring 🥱
I would have enjoyed this before the ao had started