With a 31 year old very-past-his-prime Federer dominating and winning Slams at the same time in which there's a peak Djokovic and a very strong Nadal, who sweeped the red clay season like he usually does, and with a guy like Mónaco reaching the top 10, you've got to wonder about this.
Those are only a few examples and I'm sure others have consider this possibility as well. This didn't happen in a vacuum of course. In fact, there might be some truth to the experts' talk that tennis has been getting progressively more physical over time, and thus with less talent required to actually play.
With a 31 year old very-past-his-prime Federer fluking and winning 1 Slam at the same time in which there's a peak Djokovic and a very strong Nadal, who sweeped the red clay season like he usually does, and with a guy like Mónaco reaching the top 10, you've got to wonder about this.
Those are only a few examples and I'm sure others have consider this possibility as well. This didn't happen in a vacuum of course. In fact, there might be some truth to the experts' talk that tennis has been getting progressively more physical over time, and thus with less talent required to actually play.
Re: Do you think this era will be remembered as a subpar era?
Haha. Look at dem haters hatin' and rollin'. Watch Roger "fluke" 4 slams in a row and dem haters starting to roll so much they lose all sense of direction in their lives.
Haha. Look at dem haters hatin' and rollin'. Watch Roger "fluke" 4 slams in a row and dem haters starting to roll so much they lose all sense of direction in their lives.
Bringing up Monaco as an argument for a weak era is really tiring. Every era had a couple of semimugs in the top 10, it is in the nature of tennis and the ranking system.
Re: Do you think this era will be remembered as a subpar era?
If you ignore the top 3, who are made to look better than they actually are due to lack of competition and surface homogenisation, there are actually very few players out there who are capable of true brilliance and to challenge for a big title.
Same can't be said about the 90's and early 2000's.
If you ignore the top 3, who are made to look better than they actually are due to lack of competition and surface homogenisation, there are actually very few players out there who are capable of true brilliance and to challenge for a big title.
Same can't be said about the 90's and early 2000's.
Re: Do you think this era will be remembered as a subpar era?
Of course this is a subpar era. Any time when the number one player in the world is defending less slams than any other current player is clear evidence of a subpar era.
Of course this is a subpar era. Any time when the number one player in the world is defending less slams than any other current player is clear evidence of a subpar era.
Re: Do you think this era will be remembered as a subpar era?
It's so difficult to compare eras. To say an era is "subpar" is equally hard, as you need to know what a "par" era is.
Like that Groove poster, I think every era has its own qualities, and I am enjoying this one a lot. To be able to follow tennis at a time when two of the greatest players to ever play the game are competing, and when another player is winning multiple slams at the same time - well, it's pretty good, no?
True. Also, Murray is the no. 3 seed and he's never won a slam. Ferrer the no. 4 seed, and he's never won a slam. 31 year old as the no. 1 seed. Isner as no. 10 seed? Joker as no. 2 seed, and he's never won the French. Weak era indeed. Man, why don't we just say they all suck actually. Hang on...
Except that the 31 year old is the GOAT? How about when 31 year old Agassi (or was he 32?) was world no. 1? Does that mean that era was even worse then?
Re: Do you think this era will be remembered as a subpar era?
somewhat. although I think that 2007-present hasn't been THAT bad. I would say the 2000s certainly will be remembered as a poor era which also so happened to have the best player of all time playing
Re: Do you think this era will be remembered as a subpar era?
i think most people would agree this is the toughest era the mens game has ever seen. the four different slam winners of this era are all goat candidates not serve bot mugs that fluke their way to a slam title. i don't think we will ever see an era as strong as this one.
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