Will he surpass Marat if he wins tomorrow? And what he needs to achieve in order to surpass Hewitt?
I'm not sure. Hewitt in 2001-2002 was a beast. They play a similar style too, I think it would be close.Peak vs Peak, he'd destroy Hewitt.
Well 2008 was probably where he started to decline from his unbelievably high peak as guys like Fish, Simon, Karlovic and even Blake beat him.Is 28 years old "post-prime"? I'm sorry, but that's nonsense. No reasonable person who saw the 2008 USO final and 2010 AO final could say that Federer wasn't peaking in those matches. He was phenomenal in both.
I think that 09 final was an anomaly, since he generally played at a very high level that season.Well 2008 was probably where he started to decline from his unbelievably high peak as guys like Fish, Simon, Karlovic and even Blake beat him.
The first signs I saw that he wasn't the player of 04-07 were at the 09 USO final as Fed used to eat big hitters/ballbashers alive yet he was shanking Delpo's missiles.
I'd agree with that. Although, I don't think his ability has fallen off the proverbial cliff, unlike some.Federer's decline began around 2010. Anything before that can be attributed to form fluctuation.
Actually, most of Murray's best results have come on the fastest courts. People think his best surface is slow hard courts, but it really isn't.The courts are very different now, they are slower. Murray wouldn't play the way he does now if he was playing back then. I still think he would have been successful, but his gamestyle isnt so suited to lightening quick courts. why? because big serving, S+V, and 1-2 punch tennis is not something that is unique to Andy, loads of guys in 90/s early 2000's played that way.
So it truly is difficult to say just HOW successful Andy would have been in another era.