Winning a slam has never been this difficul

Delpo may have a different view than the others.

Slams are now very physical. In that sense they are tougher than in the past.

But in the past it was very tough too cause talent and mind was selective process and only the most talented and mentally strongest could win slams outside clay.

At teh end of teh day, you have 128 players entering them, and only one wins.

I'd say it's easier for Djoko and Nadal to win slams nowadays than it woudl have been for them in teh 90s.

Much easier in fact.

Tenez, to be honest even Djoko or Nadal not sure that if they will win next three slams as they stop each other from winning. Fed can stop djoko from winning another slam. But I do feel for Murray, Sod and Berdych as they have been in the hitting distance but thwarted by Nadal or Fed. Tsonga failed to emulate the form he showed in 2008. Probably the last slam to not to feature fed or Nadal in the finals.

Ask Nadal, it became easier for him. Easier or difficult is a relative term. It definitely became easier for Nadal when the surface conditions were slowed down to suite his kind of physical game. The balls changed to dead slow type-2 (which almost becomes type-3 after some game). Umpires not being strict to imply rules thereby assisting his kind of game. Be a supremely ahead of everyone in legs and lungs, and you can win everywhere.

Look at Djo, winning slams has become a lot easier for him. Because he too went the Nadal way, because essentially that was the way ATP wanted players to go.

Have the slams results in later rounds ever been so predictable? Never. If Delpo's developes supreme fitness and stamina, he will start winning slams.

To me tsonga looks stronger than Nadull or Djoko. How come he has not won any slams then?

He is stronger but he is an explosive player. His style is best when fresh. against the physical players who are going to make him run long rallies, his game will lose that explosiveness as the rallies and matches drags on.

He has a good record in 5 setters, but a bad one against the physical players.

I really like Tsonga, the game needs characters like him.

Tsonga hsn't got the consistency, Berdych the bottle and belief when the chips are really down and Murray, well...is just typically British.

DP has done it before and has the game to do it when on song. His general fitness and conditioning are the problem but if he can sort this out, I can see him being the equal to Djoko and Nadal.

As for Fed, whatever anyone says, the sun is setting...I can't see him winning another one all the time the courts and balls remain as they are. (And I don't any sign the LTA are going to change things.)

fair assessment there Earlsfield

And I don't any sign the LTA are going to change things.
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I don't think it's the LTA but the slam organisers who will decide conds, who are in turn influenced by their biggest sponsors, and those sponsors care about us, the crowd at large.

kvitova coming back. It seems not a lot of people are following this semi.