Roger said this after his AO loss to Rafa on press conference. His english is great so we can be sure what he said he mean-there can´t be no language misunderstanding
Anyway, every surface is very similar today, otherwise we couldn't have achieved all these things on all these different surfaces so quickly, like him and myself.
So what do you think about that? Probably he was meaning that more on Rafa, that probably whe wouldn´t achieve career slam, he said so quickly - and similar surfaces so that can only mean career slam achievement i think.
Re: Federer: "These days players have same speed everywhere"
heya
Too bad there aren't more threads about Roddick, her contributions to this forum would be the stuff of legends (more than they are actually and she's getting there)
Well, hold on. Upsets are more likely on a unpredictable surface like this. Fed's victory is in no way guaranteed. I can easily see the winner of Berdych / Del Potro winning this.
Re: Federer: "These days players have same speed everywhere"
I finally got it. Federer is behind the blue clay He needs clay titles for his resume and the only way he can get them nowdays is to install this slippery blue staff :fiery: Tiriac is in Federer's pocket! :secret:
Seriously, again, it was Federer who always used the "unsafe change of surface" card when DC was concerned. Funny how in his memory he sees himself adopting to a different surface every week Even juniors don't do that! Once you go out on the clay, you simply don't play hard tournaments.
I finally got it. Federer is behind the blue clay He needs clay titles for his resume and the only way he can get them nowdays is to install this slippery blue staff :fiery: Tiriac is in Federer's pocket! :secret:
Seriously, again, it was Federer who always used the "unsafe change of surface" card when DC was concerned. Funny how in his memory he sees himself adopting to a different surface every week Even juniors don't do that! Once you go out on the clay, you simply don't play hard tournaments.
But people play clay tournament after grass and then they move to HC, some challenger players have to move from hard to clay depending on where they are.
But people play clay tournament after grass and then they move to HC, some challenger players have to move from hard to clay depending on where they are.
Surface homogenization discussions - what about technology?
I think court speed and surface variety rather than homogenization is great and all, but why stop there? What about the single most important factor impacting playing styles??? I'm talking, of course, about the rackets! What's under the players' feet becomes a minor issue in this context. Because the difference between a wooden racket, a 90's racket and a modern racket is SO much more meaningful than the difference between RG and Wimbledon, or the difference between Indian wells and one of those really fast, minor, february indoor tournaments that I don't watch but everyone says are the fastest courts on the tour... So, if the objective is a smorgasbord of successful playing styles, then isn't the optimal solution actually a variation in racket technology? If you want more finesse and volleying at Wimbledon, maybe we should bring back wooden rackets! Faster grass courts/balls will only mean :zzz: serve-athons anyway.
No, they help eliminating true attacking tennis and significantly devalues several historically important shots (slice, volley). Thus hurting both attacking tennis and true talent.
Fed'll never beat two guys, let alone 3 top 3 players. when he falls off his typical transition top 3 ranking, he will again lose to random top 10 journeymen (unless the top players couldn't care less like in Madrid, Wimbledon & WTF).
It's not like he had much trouble maintaining his top 3 ranking versus Hewitt, Nalbandian, Roddick, Baghdatis & Safin 7 years ago.
What do you call the World Tour finals? Oh wait, must be a joke since Federer has won it. Wait, Djokovic has won it twice. What a fucking anomaly but of course failya going to make exceptions to everything in the book. Please right on cue my dog, come back with more excuses.
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