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Big CatBig Cat

I'm counting Novak Djokovic's Wimbledon loss as his 25th major because Jannik Sinner is a cheater

I'm counting this as Novak Djokovic's 25th major because he played [Sinner] better than Alcaraz played [Sinner]. And [Sinner] is a sinner and he's a cheater. So therefore Ipso Facto Djokovic is the goat 25th major Grand Slam championship.

Djokovic literally lost the final (to Alcaraz in 2024, but the transcript frames it around Sinner). Djokovic did not win a 25th major at this event.
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Dan RapaportDan Rapaport

If a sovereign wealth fund offered tennis a billion dollars for a 'PIF Tour,' tennis would accept it in a heartbeat

If some guy who controls some country's money says, oh, I want to give the NBA players a billion dollars... the PJ Tour set a hell of a precedent. A sport like tennis is a good, I think, example. Tennis is really great for the top 20 players, but there's not nearly as many players making a good living in tennis as there is in golf. If the Saudis came to tennis and said, here's a bunch of this money, let's make it the PIF tour, they would say yes in a heartbeat.

Since this take, the ATP and WTA have held major events in Saudi Arabia and the PIF has signed a 'strategic partnership' with the ATP, confirming the trend.
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Big CatBig Cat

Nadal winning mostly on clay makes him a Mickey Mouse champion

It's Mickey Mouse to have to only win on one surface. Well, I think he also won the Australian, right? ... 14 of his 22 are at Roland Garros.

While Nadal is dominant on clay, he has won multiple Slams on grass and hard courts, making the 'only win on one surface' claim factually incorrect.
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Big CatBig Cat

Novak Djokovic is the GOAT for opting out of Grand Slams to avoid vaccine mandates

Novak Djokovic... has decided that he is not going, he's going to opt out of future grand slams with COVID-19 vaccine mandates. And I just want to say I, I applaud him and he's brave. And I think that everyone should get their own choice. So good job Djokovic, you're my goat.

Subjective ranking delivered via satirical framing.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tennis players should get a point for hitting a line judge

I think they should just make a new sport where the lines are always live and if you hit a line judge, you get an extra point. ... A dodgeball tennis hybrid. ... I'm saying you should get a point added on.

Hot TakeTennisScorchingSarcastic
This is a satirical suggestion for a rule change that obviously never happened.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Pete Sampras is the tennis GOAT

I was actually rooting for Djokovic too because the more that you can poke holes in Federer's resume, the more you can say Sampras is the GOAT. ... He is the goat. Sampras is the goat.

While subjective, Sampras's 14 titles have been eclipsed by Djokovic, Nadal, and Federer, making this a minority view today.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Roger Federer should be investigated for PED use because he's been too good for too long

I'm thinking about doing a witch hunt with Federer. Has anybody ever looked into PEDs with him? Because it feels like he's been too good for too long... Roger Federer probably did PEDs.

Hot TakeTennisScorchingSarcastic
There has never been a confirmed PED link to Roger Federer.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Serena Williams can't be the G.O.A.T. athlete if she won't play Wimbledon while 9 months pregnant

I am upset, though, that Serena's not playing because she's pregnant. So I guess she can play when she's just like three months pregnant, but she can't play when she's nine? Fully pregnant... I can think of 700 male tennis players that would be fine playing when their wives were pregnant.

Purely satirical take based on absurd logic.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Serena Williams could beat Roger Federer

I'm going to say it. I think Serena could beat Roger Federer. Ooh, okay. I'm actually going to be the first person to say that, so come at me.

Serena Williams is widely considered the greatest female player ever, but she has stated herself she would struggle against top-tier men's players like Federer.
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Big CatBig Cat

You cannot be the GOAT of tennis if your specialty is clay

I don't think that you can be GOAT if your specialty is the clay. It's like basically Steph Curry using the three-point shot as his crutch. If we want to get into it, really the goat should just be the best player on grass.

Nadal has won all four Grand Slams, but Big Cat's point about clay dominance is a common, if flawed, point of debate among fans.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The GOAT of tennis should be the best player on grass because real goats live on grass

Really the goat should just be the best player on grass. [PFT]: Yeah, Wimbledon. Because goats live on grass. So Rafa [Nadal], I guess, sure. I don't know.

This is a joke based on wordplay, not a serious claim.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Pregnancy is technically a performance enhancing drug for athletes

Serena Williams how she got pregnant and how being pregnant is technically a performance enhancing drug because she has more blood in her system because she's not on the dot anymore and since she has more blood she's got more red blood cells which means she's circulating oxygen at a higher rate.

While pregnancy does increase blood volume, it is not classified as a PED by any sporting agency and brings significant physical challenges.
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Big CatBig Cat

The controversy between Raymond Moore and Serena Williams was a staged 'work'

I'm thinking that this guy [Raymond Moore] and Serena were in cahoots. And this was like, let's just get a little buzz going... I think this is all – I think it's a work.

There is no evidence the comments were staged; Moore resigned shortly after due to the backlash.

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