Steve0904
Talk Tennis Guru
But it wasn't an anomaly. Sebastien Grosjean made it to the semis two years in a row. 2001 was the last attacking tennis we saw at Wimby. After that, it's been a flurry of long baseline exchanges. Federer and Roddick's matches have been a lot of heavy hitting from the baseline with few S&V points in between. Before 2001, the grass was not even firm enough to sustain a 20 shot rally. Since then, however, Wimbledon has been dominated by baseline play.
I mean, if you consider Andy Roddick an "attacking" player, then that's a really sad commentary on the state of men's tennis. Boris Becker was an attacking player. Tim Henman was an attacking player. Pat Rafter was an attacking player. Andy Roddick is a suped up Jim Courier with an even worse net game.
One instance does not a trend make. Seriously. You took one instance of one player. I could do that too, but it proves nothing. Federer lost 1st round in 2002 and then won the whole thing in 2003, but based on 2002 he was terrible on "green clay" right? Because that's the logic you're using.
I didn't know you had to S&V to be attacking player. If that's the case then nobody in this era is an attacking player since even Federer barely uses S&V these days. Surely you're not telling me that Federer is not an attacking player?
Edit: Llodra is still an attacking player I guess.
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