CAMELOT FANTASIES

I agree about Andy, but Djokovic doesn't belong in that same sentence. His graciousness ends the moment the moment he shakes hands with his opponent. I have been watching Nole since he came on tour as well, and this is not the same champion that I've witnessed in the past. Ripping your shirt and bellowing like a lion does not come under class champion. Which is probably what I find most irksome about him as a whole. Who is he? One never knows from one minute to the next. What I can say about all of the other players is that this is how we came to know them. Rafa didn't start kicking and jumping up in celebration after he won a good number of slams. It's how we came to know him, so at that point I was able to make a decision. With Nole, I have no idea who he is from one tournament to the next. I guess he has too many personalities for me.

And, before he started winning majors he was always proclaiming how he, Rafa, and Andy were such great friends, but the moment he started winning he went on record saying how he couldn't possibly be friends with rivals. What? I can't get with people like that, because one of those statements are true, they can't both be true because they're contradictory.

Andy berating himself? I don't understand why people even bring that up. Who cares how someone internalizes their feelings? Andy, Rafa, Federer, or Novak have nothing to do with Pete. They're all unique individuals and each are allowed their space to be themselves. That's what makes sense; not that one should parrot the other. Individuality is a great thing in my book. I expect some to be flamboyant, stoic, ecstatic, etc. Variety is the spice of life.

Anyway, Nole isn't doing it so much anymore because many people didn't find it appealing and he has toned it down considerably. Good for him. It's the Jekyll and Hyde effect that I can't get with.

I've never seen any player behave this way. Ever.