Novak Djokovic playing best tennis ever?

[Moranis]

He is nearing McEnroe's record of 42 straight to begin a season and the way he is playing he will blow it out of the water.  He just swept Nadal in the final of Italian Open (a tourney Nadal has won 5 times) and the week before he beat Nadal in the final of the Spanish tourney.  Two straight victories on clay and four total in the streak against the world's #1 (though not for long at this rate).  I haven't seen any male play tennis like this ever (I didn't really start watching tennis till the 90's).  He is more dominant right now then Federer and Sampras ever were.

[twinbree]

He is more dominant right now then Federer and Sampras ever were.

No he's really not. The beauty of Federer's dominance (less so for Pete) was their sustained consistency over time and surface and in the slams. Djokovic had a great run on his best surfaces. I'll wait till I see what he does during grass and the summer hardcourt season and if he wins another slam this year before considering him the same class.

[Moranis]

He is more dominant right now then Federer and Sampras ever were.

No he's really not. The beauty of Federer's dominance (less so for Pete) was their sustained consistency over time and surface and in the slams. Djokovic had a great run on his best surfaces. I'll wait till I see what he does during grass and the summer hardcourt season and if he wins another slam this year before considering him the same class.

Um he won the Australian Open which is a hard court and it was the middle of summer there.  And since when is clay his best surface. 

[twinbree]

He is more dominant right now then Federer and Sampras ever were.

No he's really not. The beauty of Federer's dominance (less so for Pete) was their sustained consistency over time and surface and in the slams. Djokovic had a great run on his best surfaces. I'll wait till I see what he does during grass and the summer hardcourt season and if he wins another slam this year before considering him the same class.

Um he won the Australian Open which is a hard court and it was the middle of summer there.  And since when is clay his best surface.  

I was talking about the US summer hardcourts which play faster than the ones in Australia. I think he's better on the slower hardcourts. Well clay is his 2nd best surface so I'd say those slow hards are his best.

I'm not diminishing his accomplishments he had an incredible streak  but I don't think he was anywhere near as dominant as Federer who was consistently great year round and winning 3 slams for multiple seasons. Like I said the rest of the season will determine how I assess his dominance relative to what others have done.

[Moranis]

well still just the 1 loss on the year to Federer in the French Semis.  Complete domination of Nadal in the Wimbledon Final.  Amazing.

[Moranis]

After his 5th Masters win (a record) and 9th title on the year on Monday, Djokovic improved to 53-1.  He has won his first matche in Cincinnati to improve to 54-1.  He won't catch Vila's record of 16 titles, but could easily pass McEnroe's 1984 season for the best win percentage all time.  John was 82-3 that year for 96.5%.

Just too bad Federer beat him in France.

[Moranis]

A shoulder injury forced a retirement in the final at Cincinnati, dropping Djokovic to 57-2 on the year.  Hopefully the injury isn't serious or lingers.

[Moranis]

What a comeback by Novak today.  Down two sets, comes back to win the third and fourth easily and then is down 5-3 in the fifth set with Roger serving at 40-15.  Fights off the 2 match points to break back on serve and breaks Roger's will to win the set 7-5 to advance to the final. 

[Moranis]

Domination of Nadal to win his third grand slam this year and improve to 64-2 on the year.