Ante una consulta sobre si considera que el tenis es más duro ahora para los jóvenes que en la época en que debutó, afirmó: “Es igual de duro, no creo que sea más difícil que antes, solo que antes (los grandes jugadores) terminaban su carrera a los 30, y ahora siguen hasta los 33, los 35. Ahora hay más competencia”.
Translation:
Asked whether he considers tennis harder for the youngsters nowadays compared to when he started his career, Jo answered: "It's the same, I don't think it's harder than before, but before (the top players) retired at 30, and now they continue playing until 33, 35. There is more professionalism now."
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This era is weak in terms of top guys. Only tennis great in good form is Djokovic. If we're talking about Tier2 players, there's a lot of them, so this era has depth. Probably the worst combination. No excitment at the top while youngsters still have their work cut out for them.
Youngsters are just useless. They all suck. None have good variety and any net game, just brainless baselining without any purpose. Kyrgios, as much of a brainless thug he is, looks like the only one to do any damage, and that's just due to his firepower and lack of respect.
Yeah i do agree Nick will be there playing a physical game like Djokovic and Nadal in future due to his drive. He may be the one to beat them to retirement.
Everyone please keep in mind that the youngsters of today, by their own admission, looked up to Federer while they were growing up. They're all failures so far.
Yes exactly, he is contradicting himself. First he says that it's not any harder now for youngsters to break through, but then he says that players used to retire when they were 30 and nowadays they're playing until 33 or 35 so there's more competition.
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