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  • Congrats Carlos

    From TT@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, February 01, 2026 14:20:57
    Great start for Carlos' year, 7 slams at 22...

    Another career slammer & ...dare I say it... I think there's a
    non-negligible chance for calendar slam this year.

    Vamos Rafa!

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  • From Whisper@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, February 01, 2026 23:39:15
    On 1/02/2026 11:20 pm, TT wrote:
    Great start for Carlos' year, 7 slams at 22...

    Another career slammer & ...dare I say it... I think there's a non- negligible chance for calendar slam this year.

    Vamos Rafa!



    He's got all the qualities to win calendar slam. Novak should have won
    it, unfortunately nerves got to him in that USO final loss to Medvedev.
    The best time to do it is when you're young. Nerves increase as you get
    older as you know what it means. Graf was 19 and young, Maureen
    Connolly too, Laver 23 when he won his 1st. Need a bit of luck to get
    through the odd tricky match here or there.

    FO should always be his easiest slam to win, tough to hurt him on clay
    over 5 sets as he has even more time and can't be rushed. He's made last
    3 Wimbledon finals too and will always be motivated to win there.

    Sinner was only 1 slam behind, now it's drifted to 7 v 4, and he's 2 yrs
    older than Carlos. After Wimbledon Sinner was holding 3 slams and Carlos
    1, now it's flipped Carlos 3 and Sinner 1.

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  • From TT@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, February 01, 2026 19:51:37
    Whisper kirjoitti 1.2.2026 klo 14.39:
    On 1/02/2026 11:20 pm, TT wrote:
    Great start for Carlos' year, 7 slams at 22...

    Another career slammer & ...dare I say it... I think there's a non-
    negligible chance for calendar slam this year.

    Vamos Rafa!



    He's got all the qualities to win calendar slam.ÿ Novak should have won
    it, unfortunately nerves got to him in that USO final loss to Medvedev.
    The best time to do it is when you're young.ÿ Nerves increase as you get older as you know what it means.ÿ Graf was 19 and young, Maureen
    Connolly too, Laver 23 when he won his 1st.ÿ Need a bit of luck to get through the odd tricky match here or there.

    FO should always be his easiest slam to win, tough to hurt him on clay
    over 5 sets as he has even more time and can't be rushed. He's made last
    3 Wimbledon finals too and will always be motivated to win there.

    Sinner was only 1 slam behind, now it's drifted to 7 v 4, and he's 2 yrs older than Carlos. After Wimbledon Sinner was holding 3 slams and Carlos
    1, now it's flipped Carlos 3 and Sinner 1.

    Carlos could possibly be the next goat contender.

    Remember Joe Ramirez and his theory about equilibrium. Tennis has
    reached equilibrium where everybody is so good that it's not possible
    any more to become a multi-slam champ with lots of slam titles. That's
    what makes Federer's slam count even more remarkable and Federer a
    one-off talent in all of the tennis history.
    How wrong can one be... :)

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