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Carlos Alcaraz and Other Young Players Criticised Djokovic and Nadal Over Their…
Carlos Alcaraz and Other Young Players Criticised Djokovic and Nadal Over Them…
Carlos Alcaraz and the coming generation of tennis stars have been criticized for being “ weak ” by a former pro. Nikolay Davydenko reflected on the 2022 tennis season and claimed that Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal had been suitable to continue winning Grand Slams because of their poor competition in a brutal assessment, as he questioned Alcaraz’s rearmost injury.
Djokovic, Nadal, and Alcaraz were the only Grand Slam titleholders this season as the 36- time-old Spaniard started the time by winning the first two Majors for the first time in his career before the world No 5 won Wimbledon, and the 19- time-old lifted his demoiselle Grand Slam jewel in Flushing Meadows. But one of Djokovic and Nadal’s old rivals believes it shows the weakness in the rest of the ATP Tour.
Former world No 3 Davydenko slammed the state of the men’s stint as he said the 36 35- time- pasts were still stronger than their youthful opponents. “ Let’s start with Djokovic, who hasn’t been to Australia or the US Open, ” the Russian told Championat. “ And he also came to Wimbledon and won it- without points.
Carlos Alcaraz and Other Young Players Criticised Djokovic and Nadal Over Their…
“ I do not know what to say then. perhaps if he’d played everything, he’d have stood first in general. Nadal surprises me too. It comes to Roland Garros and that is it, he has form. ” The 21- time title winner managed to beat Nadal in six of their 11 meetings and Djokovic just doubly in their eight clashes, but had no way upset either man at a Grand Slam during his career.
And eight times after his withdrawal, the Russian was in unbelief as the two tennis icons kept on winning at the biggest events. Davydenko continued “ It turns out that youthful players are so weak? Because I also played with( Nadal), and also he won everything. And now there are youthful, physically strong, drummers and he still beats them. It turns out that the tennis of that generation is still stronger than the current bone
. ”
While Alcaraz had been suitable to buck the trend and come the youthful- ever ATP world No 1 this time following his run to the US Open title- making him the first teenage Grand Slam champion since Nadal in 2005- the former world No 3 was thwarted by the 19- time-old’s recent abdominal injury.
The six-time title winner tore an abdominal muscle during his Paris Masters quarter-final and was forced to end his season, stopping him from making his ATP Tests debut and representing Spain at the Davis Cup Tests. “ And Alcaraz took out and also got injured, ” Davydenko said.
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“ But getting hurt at such a youthful age? At 20, you only have to lift yourself, and not get injured. He won the US Open, and after that, he recovers. Federer has noway had anything like this- that he won the US Open, and also missed the Final. All the strongest in the world play the Final, they’re ready to play until the end of the season. And also he took off. Well, that is funny. ”
A former ATP Tests champion himself, Davydenko still backed Alcaraz to perform when he was fit but questioned his decision to pull out of the season-ending crowns. He added “ And he was not tired. Physically, he’s incredibly strong and can run- well, youthful. Breathing, and moving isn’t a problem. But injuries are commodity incomprehensible, they can stop him, and damage his rating. However, also he can hold on and show great results If he starts in good shape. But I am really surprised that at that age he withdrew from the halls, from all events. This isn’t the No 1 in the world. ”
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Max Verstappen has once again claimed that he is the target of ‘British bias’ in the media after watching the fallout from his battle with Lando Norris. The three-time world champion’s defending was criticised by a number of drivers, including Lewis Hamilton.
Verstappen and Norris shared a titanic battle at the Circuit of the Americas last weekend, but the flashpoint came at Turn 12 as the Dutchman deployed a signature tactic, lunging deep into the corner to get to the apex first before running both himself and his title rival off the road.
Norris opted to keep his foot in and overtook the Red Bull driver around the outside, although this decision landed him a five-second time penalty that dropped him back behind Verstappen in the general classification. This sparked a major debate with other drivers – Hamilton included – calling for the FIA to take action and outlaw this style of defending.
Verstappen has been frustrated by this debate. Quizzed by Viaplay in Mexico on whether he’d like to see the rules changed, he replied: “No, not really. But I have the wrong passport.” Asked if he was referring to a British passport, he confirmed as much.
“Yeah, it’s the wrong country, on that aspect… with complaining” he replied. “I love my passport but on that aspect, I should have had a different passport, actually.” The Dutchman also complained of ‘British bias’ earlier this season following comments made by Adrian Newey.
When asked about the debate surrounding Verstappen’s on-track conduct, former title rival Hamilton was quick to point out that the Dutchman has been employing these tactics for some time, dating back to their no-punches-pulled fight in 2021.
“It’s always been a grey area, that’s why he’s got away with it for so long,” Hamilton explained ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix. “They probably need to make some adjustments for sure.
“Also, we do have inconsistencies through rulings, weekend in, weekend out, obviously depending on which years it is. I mean, as a sport, we do need to level up on all areas and if you look at other global sports, they have full-time refs, for example, and I’m sure that wouldn’t be a bad thing for our sport.
“I experienced it many times with Max, you shouldn’t be able to just launch the car on the inside and be ahead and then you go off and still hold your position. So, they need to definitely work on this.”
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$200M Jeff Gordon teams up with Chase Elliott and Co. to decode the HMS driver behind the “Don’t judge me” old tweet
Hendrick Motorsports vice chairman Jeff Gordon teamed up with Chase Elliott and other HMS drivers in a lighthearted fun exercise for fans where they attempted to solve the mystery behind an old tweet from their current driver.
The anonymous tweet reads, “Don’t judge me, but I can’t wait to see the new twilight movie haha,” and it’s believed to belong to one of the HMS’s driver lineups, which includes Elliott, Kyle Larson, William Byron and Alex Bowman.
Jeff Gordan, who has a net worth of $200 million (according to Celebrity Net Worth), and HMS drivers tried to guess, but none of them were correct. Bowman and Elliott named Byron, while Byron went with Elliott, but it was Larson. He accepted that it was his tweet in 2011 and revealed that he likes Catherine Hardwicke’s Twilight movie.
HMS shared the video of the fun investigative activity on Instagram with a caption:
“Hold on tight, spider monkey”
Watch the Jeff Gordon and HMS’s guesses below:
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Three out of four HMS drivers are still in contention for the 2024 NASCAR Cup championship. Larson and Byron are in good position in the playoffs points table, with 35 and 27 points above the cutline.
However, 2020 Cup champion Elliott is in danger of getting eliminated from title contention, as he’s 53 points behind the cutline heading to this weekend’s Homestead-Miami race.
In an interview with NBC Sports earlier this season, Jeff Gordon spoke about the competition between their two best drivers, Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott, for the regular season championship. Gordan wanted to see both top drivers perform well and race aggressively against each other while maintaining sportsmanship in their chase for the regular season title.
However, neither Larson nor Elliott won the championship; it was Tyler Reddick who clinched the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series regular season championship. Speaking to NBC Sports, the four-time NASCAR Cup champion Jeff Gordon said:
“I think it’s pretty clear at Hendrick how we expect teams and drivers to race against one another and how they’ve got to go and compete not only against their competitors but against one another.
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“Kyle Busch is an a**”: Brad Keselowski publicly chastised his fierce NASCAR rival in front of over 150,000 spectators
Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski birthed one of the fiercest rivalries in NASCAR. The duo had multiple run-ins throughout their careers, but the seed of their feud was sown at the 2010 Xfinity Series race hosted by the Bristol Motor Speedway. In the aftermath, Keselowski publicly castigated Busch in front of over 150,000 fans during driver introductions.
Busch kicked off his Food City 250 from third place in his #18 Toyota while Keselowski began in 13th. However, as the 250-lap battle inched closer to its conclusion, the then-Penske Racing driver held the domination while the former #18 Joe Gibbs Racing driver fought hard for the lead.
After struggling to overtake for nearly a dozen laps, Busch, with 31 laps until the checkered flag dropped, lunged ahead of Keselowski, only to be wrecked from behind and lose the spot again.
However, the JGR driver quickly retaliated and spun out Keselowski’s #22 Dodge. The move propelled the #18 Toyota to the victory lane while the Penske driver fell from a potential win to settling in 14th place.
The bitter feeling inside Brad Keselowski surfaced during the Bristol Cup Series race driver introductions the following day. After Kyle Busch introduced himself, his fierce rival took the mic and blasted Busch with his “a**’ comment.
“Brad Keselowski, driver of the Penske Racing Dodge. Kyle Busch is an a**,” he said.
However, when asked why he slammed Busch, Keselowski said that Juan Pablo Montoya challenged that he can’t call the JGR driver an “a**”. It’s worth mentioning that the crowd’s roar on the Penske driver’s introduction notched 104.2 decibels.
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