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| quote: | Originally posted by Invasionmix
I didn't mean he's crappy on clay or anything, I meant that it's gonna be really tuff for him to win the French open and have that notch on his belt, it's gonna be really bad if he retires without having that award. He still has a few years to go. Makes me wonder when Federer, will Nadal, Djokovic (sp?), Roddick, etc. have the type of supremacy that Federer had, cause they're all really young. |
Federer has stated that he doesnt want to retire till AT LEAST 2012... hehe we got atleast another 5 years out of him... that puts him at 30, 31, which is a respectable age... but I think he can go the way of Agassi and keep busting records until mid thirties. Agassi held the no. 1 spot in 2003 or 2004 (forget which year) when he woudl have been 32 oe 33 I think after the Aussi Open, so still very possible and likley for Fed.
I think Fed will one year in fact win it, and get that notch on his belt.
Now, once he retires (pretend its even earlier than 2012), do I think those ppl will step up and dominate like he did?
Roddick -- NO CHANCE IN HELL. He'll have one less person to oust him, sure, but he wont dominte. Him and Hewitt, as an example, are examples of players who are very good, top notch tennis players, but still wont ever be of the like of Agassi, Sampras (belch), Federer! (to pick from the most recent insanely good consistent over time players)
Nadal -- Yeah, kinda. Def on clay, he'll now have like NO challengers to compete w/ him... and on grass/hard court... not sure... I think he could have a good rivalry w/ another player, but dont think he'll dominate those surfaces. I still think Nadal may end up killing his tennis lilfe early with the type of tennis he plays and the # of tourneys he plays in. The way he plays is SO INCREDIBLY hard on the body... all that top spin he generates... and all teh running arodnd he does...
Djokovic -- oh yea! I think thsi guy could dominate on all surfaces but clay. hes good. so powerful... has incredible potential.
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