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@@keir92 as a Stan Stan , see what I did there? I can tell you the chances are slim, Stan's game is simply not suited on grass, but here I am praying for him
Compared to any other top player, I am happiest when Stan wins a GS final. He never gave up, kept trying with more determination, and never let his past losses keep him from his dream of Grand Slam victory.
Truly - at least as a topspin 'drive'. Rosewall had the ultimate slice. Roger, Gasquet, Haas, Edberg etc - great shots, if some slightly flawed, none as perfect or devastating as Stan's.
I think Stan was a bit confused about how to react because of djokovic’s “medical timeouts”. I don’t want to accuse djokovic of making it up, I’m sure he was ailing, but those things tend to “detract” from the winner a bit mentally
@@JJ-zy3zv Nah, that's just his persona. It was the same when he beat Nadal at the AO, he was so calm. I was a bit confused if it wasn't the final I had just watched.
unowen7591 I'm a fan of Stan but nothing wrong with outrageous celebration... ripping off clothes or whatever, maybe that's a little "cocky" but sometimes people have huge roars and I don't see anything wrong with it. They did something great and they deserve to be proud of it and celebrate it
When Stan is on. My word…his game is just a treat. His ferocity, coupled with his sublime hitting off both wings, is just a sight to behold. Stan is definitely the man and one of my favorite tennis players hands down.
@@tennnis498 Each slam stan won is worth at least 2 slams. He beat a member of the big 3 that was ranked #1 the time in all his slam wins. Very impressive stuff.
Wawrinka had a 3 years of playing awesome quite late in his career. Murray was a prospect who slightly under delivered/ was cursed/blessed to play in the greatest era of male tennis (similar to 90's for females) with the big 3 Same amount of slams, but Murray had many more quarters, semis, finals and 2 singles golds at the Olympics + silver mixed doubles. Murray's nearly 50 titles and Stan's 15 demonstrate the overall picture (not just concentrating on GS). I always loved watching Wawrinka, Del Potro, Safin, the big 3, Roddick, Murray, Monfils, Dustin Brown, Dan Evans and Gasquet play (can probably tell I'm British). I'm sad I wasn't alive during the 90's for Graf, Seles, Navratilova, Evert, Sabatini and Martina Hingis. I've watched some wicked replays of their hard-fought finals.
@@rscoops3986 Murray has 0 Australian Open and 0 Roland Garros (French) titles unlike Stan. Lol. Funny how you forget to mention that and yet talk about Olympics which isn't even a tennis Major nor held every year 🤣😂
@@rscoops3986 since when did lost Major quarterfinals, semifinals and finals count? That is a loser nonetheless. Is it only applicable for Murray and his sad fanboys like you? 😅
Yeah. Him and Nadal. I hardly remember I saw Federer or Stan did that before. Also, those two are famous for delaying during serve until we implemented the clock.
@@lukeinvictus69 Murray was a very decent player but he was unlucky to be a player among the 3 greatest of all times (plus Sampras) Rafa-Djoko-Roger owned this era. Each one of them are older than Murray and each one of them have +16 Grand Slams, and each one of them had multiple injuries. Murray was never in their league. Stan Wawrinka also won 3 slams.
@Vipul Murray was a very decent player but he was unlucky to be a player among the 3 greatest of all times (plus Sampras) Rafa-Djoko-Roger owned this era. Each one of them are older than Murray and each one of them have +16 Grand Slams, and each one of them had multiple injuries. Murray was never in their league. Stan Wawrinka also won 3 slams.
Stan Beating Djokovic on his prime was incredible. Apart from murray and the big three, this guy will be recognized as the one who could beat most of the big three in a gs final. I could die happily after that.
@@DiegoPerez-wv8ml Nadal was well rested and he is younger than Wawrinka. The former destroyed Federer in the semis. So stop with the silly old excuses as Nadal got surprised with Stan's level. If Nadal was so called injured why did he even play? Wawrinka a deserved AO champion either way. The guy also beat AO king Djokovic in the same tournament (quarters), something Murray and even Nadal can only dream of.
How I'd LOOOOOVE to see a repeat of this in 2019. My ideal men's player - a classy gent with a one-handed backhand that is both beautiful and brutal. He may not have won as many as the ballyhooed big 3, but the ones he's won he's won in such style, and arguably it's a greater feat for having had to go through the most dominant players in history to do it. STANIMAL!!!
Great win for Stan! Watching him play del Potro in the quarters (forgotten Delpo had reached that far) got me to thinking he is in a similar situation now where Delpo was at that time. I hope Stan gets back to top notch soon!
Stan won all his grand slams the hard way by defeating the world number 1 all 3 times and by defeating both the world number 1 and the world number 2 for his first grand slam. Go Stanimal!! Wimbledon will be a long shot next year but I wouldn't be surprised if he wins another French and US open. But, even if he doesn't win another Grand Slam before he retires, his come back has been special and to just be in the mix in 2019 will complete the come back and put an exclamation mark on a great career as far as I am concerned.
Wawrinka had the type of power that would worry even the big 3. I remember him smashing his racket against Evans into something that didn't even look like a broken racket. That showed everyone exactly how strong Wawrinka is.
Will power of Wawrinka is extremely at high peak...how he was fighting for every ball point...using brain to win point..tolerating his bodily pains while playing...everything is inspiring for every one...I like and love the play of Wawrinka....it is simply great and extrordinary
Opponents always have an "injury" when they know they're in trouble against Stan. For all the people so concerned about H2H record. Stan is 2-0 against Novak and 1-1 against Nadal in GS finals.
So are you saying Nadal wasn't injured in the AO final?You must be either a blind person or a blind Stan fan if you couldn't see Rafa's injury in that final,he was barely serving at a good speed since the second set,and when Rafa was fit he thrashed your stan in the FO-17 final,don't forget that
Djokovic would have had 25 GS & Nadal 23 if not for this man or rather stan the man. Beating them in GS finals is something extraordinary. Defeating Djokovic twice after coming back displays his resilience. Stanimal - The underrated star with a magical backhand 👏👏
Stan's matches with Djoko at the AO will always be remembered. He was as good a player as any other but clearly something was missing as he should have won so much more.
