Comments on: Why Did Djokovic Stop Fighting? http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2009/11/25/why-did-djokovic-stop-fighting/ A Tennis Pro Sharing Tips And Thoughts About Tennis Instruction, Strategy and Mental Game Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:27:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Arturo Hernandez http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2009/11/25/why-did-djokovic-stop-fighting/comment-page-1/#comment-2169 Arturo Hernandez Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:32:21 +0000 http://www.tennisthoughts.com/?p=539#comment-2169 Actually, I have seen this in Nole before. It is something I don't see in Nadal. Nadal will find a way to make it close even if he loses. You can see him pump his fists even when he is down 5-2. Federer also uses a very different philosophy (at least from what I read on the web). He seems to just hang around and see if something might happen. It can cost him a match at times but at the grand slams he has often come out on top by just hanging around and keeping it close. Nole seems to lose his will to fight when things don't go his way. I think he is supremely talented and could easily win another grand slam. He just needs to persevere a little more and see what happens. Had Nole just hung around some more and waited for Soderling's level to drop, it might have been closer. it also seesm that Soderling seems to be painting the lines a lot these days. I wonder whether he will keep it up or will drop back down to where he was before. Actually, I have seen this in Nole before. It is something I don’t see in Nadal. Nadal will find a way to make it close even if he loses. You can see him pump his fists even when he is down 5-2. Federer also uses a very different philosophy (at least from what I read on the web). He seems to just hang around and see if something might happen. It can cost him a match at times but at the grand slams he has often come out on top by just hanging around and keeping it close. Nole seems to lose his will to fight when things don’t go his way. I think he is supremely talented and could easily win another grand slam. He just needs to persevere a little more and see what happens. Had Nole just hung around some more and waited for Soderling’s level to drop, it might have been closer. it also seesm that Soderling seems to be painting the lines a lot these days. I wonder whether he will keep it up or will drop back down to where he was before.

]]> By: Tomaz http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2009/11/25/why-did-djokovic-stop-fighting/comment-page-1/#comment-2165 Tomaz Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:33:44 +0000 http://www.tennisthoughts.com/?p=539#comment-2165 Good points, thanks for sharing, mk! Good points, thanks for sharing, mk!

]]> By: mk http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2009/11/25/why-did-djokovic-stop-fighting/comment-page-1/#comment-2164 mk Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:22:42 +0000 http://www.tennisthoughts.com/?p=539#comment-2164 My view is that Nole didn’t stop fighting, he just lost the match. I think the only time you really stop fighting in tennis is when you retire from the match. So even if you were losing, but played until the end of the match you didn’t stop fighting. You just didn’t manage to win the way you were playing, thinking (maybe anticipating final loss) and feeling during the match. You were using the wrong or empty “weapons”. Among other things, tennis game teaches you that hope dies last and that “anything” is possible until the end of the match, so you can not completely predict the future (winner). So even if you think you will lose, you have to play (or at least comply with the scoring rules) until the end of the match to be 100% sure :). My view is that Nole didn’t stop fighting, he just lost the match.

I think the only time you really stop fighting in tennis is when you retire from the match. So even if you were losing, but played until the end of the match you didn’t stop fighting. You just didn’t manage to win the way you were playing, thinking (maybe anticipating final loss) and feeling during the match. You were using the wrong or empty “weapons”.

Among other things, tennis game teaches you that hope dies last and that “anything” is possible until the end of the match, so you can not completely predict the future (winner). So even if you think you will lose, you have to play (or at least comply with the scoring rules) until the end of the match to be 100% sure :) .

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