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US Open is the most
unpredictable Slam!
Wimbledon?
Too much granted
by Gatto Luigi
Is
the
grass
the
most
unpredictable
surface?
Not
at
all!
Looking
at
the
stats
at
Grand
Slam
Level
in
the
last
years
the
most
unpredictable
tournament
is
the
one
played
on
the
hardcourts
at
the
US
Open.
A
legend
like
Rafael
Nadal
entered
the
Hall
of
Fame
of
the
event
only
after
winning
eight
Grand
Slam
titles
on
three
different
surfaces
(one
Australian
Open,
five
Roland
Garros
and
two
Wimbledon)
while
for
Federer
and
Djokovic
the
triumph
in
Flushing
Meadows
has
been
the
third
different
Grand
Slam
title
in
terms
of
surface,
it
means
before
Roland
Garros
but
only
after
Wimbledon
and
Australian
Open
(two
titles
in
London
and
one
in
Melbourne
for
the
Swiss
player,
two
in
Australia
and
one
in
U.K.
for
the
Serbian).
The
things
go
different
for
Andy
Murray
who
got
his
first
Grand
Slam
title
in
the
United
States
but
differently
than
what
his
two
colleagues
previously
mentioned,
the
British
player
still
did
not
win
the
Australian
Open
and
Roland
Garros
events,
which
take
place
on
two
different
surfaces.
THE
TURNING
POINT
AFTER
FEDERER'S
DOMINANCE
Roger
Federer
has
surely
a
special
"relationship"
with
the
event
as
he
won
it
for
five
years
in
a
row
from
2004
to
2009.
The
Swiss
player
is
still
the
latest
one
who
was
able
to
win
at
least
two
years
in
a
row
in
New
York.
Del
Potro's
win
on
Roger
has
been
historical,
from
that
day
Federer
neven
won
in
New
York

Anymore,
reaching
the
final
only
in
2015,
but
that's
not
all.
No
one
has
been
able
to
defend
his
title,
and
among
the
active
players
only
Nadal
and
Djokovic
won
US
Open
twice
(in
2010
and
2013
the
Spaniard,
in
2011
and
2015
the
Serbian).
Instead
in
Wimbledon
there
has
been
a
Fab
Four
dominance.
In
the
most
historic
tennis
event
ever,
no
one
really
put
those
champions
in
trouble
in
the
final,
only
Andy
Roddick
was
closer
to
win
the
title
in
2009
losing
by
16-14
in
the
fifth
set.
At
the
Roland
Garros
since
2005
only
three
winners
who
were
not
called
Rafael
Nadal
won:
they
are
Roger
Federer,
Stan
Wawrinka
and