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Imo the injury is not as bad as they are making out. After all he did
finish and won the match that he sustained the injury in. I think he's
a bit jaded and wants a break. Sinner just beat him in straights on
clay and he figured he needs to be at his very best else Sinner keeps
winning. Not suggesting last yr FO final was a fluke as Carlos did play
god mode in the nick of time to get out of jail, but really could/should
have been a routine 4 set win for Sinner - which is what we got in
Wimbledon final. Sinner prob 1 match away from calendar slam had he won
FO.

Anyway I've lost a bit of respect for Carlos. You don't pull out of
slams that far in advance with minor injuries, unless you're looking for
an excuse to have a break. There's no way Novak would make calls like
that, or Sinner for that matter. If it's a bad injury his approach
should be to skip all events/practice except for the slams. I think his minders are looking at his long term career prospects and want the
golden goose to keep pumping out the $$ as long as possible, so suits
them to keep Carlos fresh and motivated for the longer term.

He can do what he likes I guess, it's his career/life - but as a fan I
don't have to like it and won't make excuses for him. Hopefully it
backfires on him and Sinner really goes on a multi year roll of dominance.

I'm starting to retrospectively admire Federer a lot more. He never
pulled out of a match in his life and had no injuries until that knee operation right at the end. He also never lost motivation or went
walkabout like Carlos does.




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On 5/21/26 8:47 AM, Whisper wrote:

Imo the injury is not as bad as they are making out.-a After all he did finish and won the match that he sustained the injury in.-a I think he's
a bit jaded and wants a break.-a Sinner just beat him in straights on
clay and he figured he needs to be at his very best else Sinner keeps winning.-a Not suggesting last yr FO final was a fluke as Carlos did play god mode in the nick of time to get out of jail, but really could/should have been a routine 4 set win for Sinner - which is what we got in
Wimbledon final.-a Sinner prob 1 match away from calendar slam had he won FO.

Anyway I've lost a bit of respect for Carlos.-a You don't pull out of
slams that far in advance with minor injuries, unless you're looking for
an excuse to have a break. There's no way Novak would make calls like
that, or Sinner for that matter. If it's a bad injury his approach
should be to skip all events/practice except for the slams. I think his minders are looking at his long term career prospects and want the
golden goose to keep pumping out the $$ as long as possible, so suits
them to keep Carlos fresh and motivated for the longer term.

He can do what he likes I guess, it's his career/life - but as a fan I
don't have to like it and won't make excuses for him.-a Hopefully it backfires on him and Sinner really goes on a multi year roll of dominance.

I'm starting to retrospectively admire Federer a lot more.-a He never
pulled out of a match in his life and had no injuries until that knee operation right at the end. He also never lost motivation or went
walkabout like Carlos does.

I'm thinking that his injury is looking less like tenosynovitis and more
like garden variety western European limp wrist syndrome.
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On 5/21/2026 10:47 AM, Whisper wrote:

Imo the injury is not as bad as they are making out.-a After all he did finish and won the match that he sustained the injury in.-a I think he's
a bit jaded and wants a break.-a Sinner just beat him in straights on
clay and he figured he needs to be at his very best else Sinner keeps winning.-a Not suggesting last yr FO final was a fluke as Carlos did play god mode in the nick of time to get out of jail, but really could/should have been a routine 4 set win for Sinner - which is what we got in
Wimbledon final.-a Sinner prob 1 match away from calendar slam had he won FO.

Anyway I've lost a bit of respect for Carlos.-a You don't pull out of
slams that far in advance with minor injuries, unless you're looking for
an excuse to have a break. There's no way Novak would make calls like
that, or Sinner for that matter. If it's a bad injury his approach
should be to skip all events/practice except for the slams. I think his minders are looking at his long term career prospects and want the
golden goose to keep pumping out the $$ as long as possible, so suits
them to keep Carlos fresh and motivated for the longer term.

He can do what he likes I guess, it's his career/life - but as a fan I
don't have to like it and won't make excuses for him.-a Hopefully it backfires on him and Sinner really goes on a multi year roll of dominance.

I'm starting to retrospectively admire Federer a lot more.-a He never
pulled out of a match in his life and had no injuries until that knee operation right at the end. He also never lost motivation or went
walkabout like Carlos does.

I always disliked his "look at me" vibe. And I thought it was
detrimental to his tennis (for example-annoying to his opponents). I
love watching him play though, so I'm miffed that I am possibly right...
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