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  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    edited June 2017
    bolloxbolder said:

    Changing the subject but returning to a previous theme - I have played 3 matches against different tennis clubs this week and players from all 3 clubs have put forward the theory that the dip in last 12 months of Djokovic form is due to tighter drug testing.

    So did I about 2 pages back.

    Certainly a big coincidence if it's not related.
  • scruffle
    scruffle Posts: 2,282
    North Lower Neil said:

    bolloxbolder said:

    Changing the subject but returning to a previous theme - I have played 3 matches against different tennis clubs this week and players from all 3 clubs have put forward the theory that the dip in last 12 months of Djokovic form is due to tighter drug testing.

    So did I about 2 pages back.

    Certainly a big coincidence if it's not related.
    Wasn't his doctor the dodgy one from Spain who did a lot of blood replacement/recycle therapy??
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,995
    scruffle said:

    North Lower Neil said:

    bolloxbolder said:

    Changing the subject but returning to a previous theme - I have played 3 matches against different tennis clubs this week and players from all 3 clubs have put forward the theory that the dip in last 12 months of Djokovic form is due to tighter drug testing.

    So did I about 2 pages back.

    Certainly a big coincidence if it's not related.
    Wasn't his doctor the dodgy one from Spain who did a lot of blood replacement/recycle therapy??
    I think he was given blood replacement from Tim Henman.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    bolloxbolder said:

    Changing the subject but returning to a previous theme - I have played 3 matches against different tennis clubs this week and players from all 3 clubs have put forward the theory that the dip in last 12 months of Djokovic form is due to tighter drug testing.

    I suppose that it's possible that the drug/supplement he may have previously taken is only now illegal, so he wasn't doing anything "wrong" then?
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    edited June 2017
    bolloxbolder said:

    Changing the subject but returning to a previous theme - I have played 3 matches against different tennis clubs this week and players from all 3 clubs have put forward the theory that the dip in last 12 months of Djokovic form is due to tighter drug testing.

    Hmmm. Did you ask them how they could possibly know? People were saying the same thing about Nadal a couple of years ago. Tennis club members... Gossipy types ;-) in my experience...

    My own feeling is that he achieved his goal and the motivation became more complex...and that leads to dropped points which leads to lost games. Interesting that Murray suffered a drop in big tournament form as soon as he became world #1.
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Nadal as good as he ever was. Wonderful. I thought he was finished.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,010
    Incredible from Nadal, from 2-2 in the first set, he dropped only 4 more games and has now won the French open 3 times without even dropping a set!

    The greatest clay court player ever.

    If it wasn't for his injuries the past couple of years he might already be ahead of Federer in total grand slam wins.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    bolloxbolder said:

    Changing the subject but returning to a previous theme - I have played 3 matches against different tennis clubs this week and players from all 3 clubs have put forward the theory that the dip in last 12 months of Djokovic form is due to tighter drug testing.

    Hasn't his form dip coincided with the Sharapova ban?
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