novak djokovic so good at age of 38 years?

Novaklivs wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

In a sport where they are now pushed to their physical limits there's no way a 38 year old should have the same physical capacity as the best who are 10 and 15 years younger. The margins are fine at the top and physical edge is part of it. Only doping enables an athlete nearing middle age to match the best young athletes at their peak.

Thank God you are not a coach.

Armstronglivs wrote:

Newname wrote:

38 you can still be near your best. Physically. I would think the hardest part is mental. Who wants to continue to train like you must to stay on top when you are 38 and have been doing it for decades

In a sport where they are now pushed to their physical limits there's no way a 38 year old should have the same physical capacity as the best who are 10 and 15 years younger. The margins are fine at the top and physical edge is part of it. Only doping enables an athlete nearing middle age to match the best young athletes at their peak.

ATP vet 2 wrote:

I was on the tour for years and still run in all the circles.

It’s an open secret Novak has been heavily doping for a decade or more.

What’s interesting is what has happened in the last 2 years. The wheels have come off the doping machine. Or something else. Everyone gossips about it.

ATP vet 2 wrote:

I was on the tour for years and still run in all the circles.

It’s an open secret Novak has been heavily doping for a decade or more.

What’s interesting is what has happened in the last 2 years. The wheels have come off the doping machine. Or something else. Everyone gossips about it.

Armstronglivs wrote:

Sub-9:00 guy wrote:

Well, and as you’ve implicated Alcaraz here yourself, Sinner is a proven doper but will likely go on to win the tournament like so many others.

At least you admit an almost 40-year old is keeping pace with the best players in the world, which proves some other points as well.

He's keeping pace because he is quite likely doping.

Sinner isn't a proven doper - WADA said so, that there was no indication of an intention to dope or that he even benefitted, but that he was responsible for carelessness by his team that caused his contamination with a banned substance. He accepted that.

barca 12 wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

In a sport where they are now pushed to their physical limits there's no way a 38 year old should have the same physical capacity as the best who are 10 and 15 years younger. The margins are fine at the top and physical edge is part of it. Only doping enables an athlete nearing middle age to match the best young athletes at their peak.

novak djokovic is special player. special player not average player. you talk about novak djokovic like he average player.

Djokisthegoat wrote:

ATP vet 2 wrote:

I was on the tour for years and still run in all the circles.

It’s an open secret Novak has been heavily doping for a decade or more.

What’s interesting is what has happened in the last 2 years. The wheels have come off the doping machine. Or something else. Everyone gossips about it.

Literally, not a single shred of that is true. In the last 2 years he went from being 12 years past an ATP player's prime to 14 years. It must be "something else" (other than age)? LOL!

It’s no secret that those lesser, gossiping players are jealous. They gotta explain their failures on someone/something other than themselves!

moose man wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

He's keeping pace because he is quite likely doping.

Sinner isn't a proven doper - WADA said so, that there was no indication of an intention to dope or that he even benefitted, but that he was responsible for carelessness by his team that caused his contamination with a banned substance. He accepted that.

Only in your demented mind is someone who failed multiple drug tests and served a suspension not a doper, but a guy who has been tested for decades and never failed a proven doper

But when he inevitably loses to the much younger alcaraz or sinner, you'll scream that it’s proven he has long covid.

Sub-9:00 guy wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

He's keeping pace because he is quite likely doping.

Sinner isn't a proven doper - WADA said so, that there was no indication of an intention to dope or that he even benefitted, but that he was responsible for carelessness by his team that caused his contamination with a banned substance. He accepted that.

Doesn’t matter, he was busted for having a banned substance in his system and then pursued the Lance Armstrong defense. And as you have implicated Alcaraz yourself, even though there is zero proof, I have a bridge to sell you if you think they aren’t ALL taking whatever will give them an edge.

But the important thing is that it’s pretty clear Djokovic doesn’t have long Covid and never did. Perhaps ask Taylor Fritz if he thinks Djokovic is “suffering.”

Newname wrote:

Novaklivs wrote:

Thank God you are not a coach.

True dat

barca 12 wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

In a sport where they are now pushed to their physical limits there's no way a 38 year old should have the same physical capacity as the best who are 10 and 15 years younger. The margins are fine at the top and physical edge is part of it. Only doping enables an athlete nearing middle age to match the best young athletes at their peak.

novak djokovic is special player. special player not average player. you talk about novak djokovic like he average player.

ATP vet 2 wrote:

I was on the tour for years and still run in all the circles.

It’s an open secret Novak has been heavily doping for a decade or more.

What’s interesting is what has happened in the last 2 years. The wheels have come off the doping machine. Or something else. Everyone gossips about it.

Djokisthegoat wrote:

ATP vet 2 wrote:

I was on the tour for years and still run in all the circles.

It’s an open secret Novak has been heavily doping for a decade or more.

What’s interesting is what has happened in the last 2 years. The wheels have come off the doping machine. Or something else. Everyone gossips about it.

Literally, not a single shred of that is true. In the last 2 years he went from being 12 years past an ATP player's prime to 14 years. It must be "something else" (other than age)? LOL!

Its no secret that those lesser, gossiping players are jealous. They gotta explain their failures on someone/something other than themselves!

Every Freaking Time wrote:

ATP vet 2 wrote:

I was on the tour for years and still run in all the circles.

It’s an open secret Novak has been heavily doping for a decade or more.

What’s interesting is what has happened in the last 2 years. The wheels have come off the doping machine. Or something else. Everyone gossips about it.

Sure. Next week you’ll tell us you’ve been training with Fisher. Or Hoey. Or Lutkenhaus.

Armstronglivs wrote:

Every Freaking Time wrote:

Sure. Next week you’ll tell us you’ve been training with Fisher. Or Hoey. Or Lutkenhaus.

I thought he said he was a tennis player, not a runner.

moose man wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

He's keeping pace because he is quite likely doping.

Sinner isn't a proven doper - WADA said so, that there was no indication of an intention to dope or that he even benefitted, but that he was responsible for carelessness by his team that caused his contamination with a banned substance. He accepted that.

Only in your demented mind is someone who failed multiple drug tests and served a suspension not a doper, but a guy who has been tested for decades and never failed a proven doper

But when he inevitably loses to the much younger alcaraz or sinner, you'll scream that its proven he has long covid.