He is so cuteAgassiFan said:Jaden Gil Agassi
Yeah Federer does move fluidly but I'm skeptical about his longevity cos most players with big serves and net-games tend to get injuries earlier than baseliners. Sampras is a great comparison to Federer.mdhubert said:Seems paradoxically that old players got success early like Rosewall, Connors or Agassi. There is a big part of luck in the process, to remain injury-free. Difficult to say, who would have predicted this career to Agassi ? I think Federer can play for a long time because he's cool mentally and his game is fluid. Then you can be on the tour for a while but to maintain a top 10 ranking and do slam finals, only a handful of players can do that.
I was watching one of the 91' Connors matches the other day, and I realised he was the only one to do a GS semi at 39+ since Rosewall, and till now... that's 30 years ! It's a phenomenon quite hard to predict.![]()
IMMORTALCHAMP said:most players with big serves and net-games tend to get injuries earlier than baseliners.
I say cool in general, he keeps his composure most of the time, the screams are pretty rare comparatively to the number of matches he plays... mostly when he loses, which is not very often...IMMORTALCHAMP said:And I wouldn't say Federer is particularly cool mentally. When he's challenged (see Agassi and Safin matches) he lets out a giant scream and you can see he really feels the strain.
Will he still have his fleetness of foot though? Agassi has had to bulk up to increase his chances of winning and still has incredible upper body strength. If Hewitt does the same he may go the same way as Chang, whose attempts to gain muscle and power was eventually his downfall.disturb3d said:Lleyton will play deep into his 30's.