How is Ferrer still in the top 5?

[tacou]

How is Fed still in the top 2??

Ferrer has had the best season of his career this year. I'm not a huge fan but the guy has been killing it this year, no question about how/why he's there

[ahuimanu]

Originally Posted by PCXL-Fan

Davydenko's wrist injury cost him.

Peak performance davydenko is better.
Davyd has 2 RG semis and 2 RG quarters. In 2005 Davydenko had a 5 set thriller Semi that went down to the wire vs Puerta.

David has 1 RG semi and 1 RG quarter.

So in the end they are about equal on clay.

Davy's change in racquet from Prince to Dunlop didn't help him either. You could see the loss in confidence and its slowly recovered when he went back to his original racquet but he's slightly off on the timing.

Too bad, in his prime Davy was such a great striker of the ball...

Ferrer does a nice job of hitting on the rise especially on the cross court backhand. Would love to see him hit it flatter on the down the line like Novak and attack more...

[prosealster]

because this is a weak era

[LeeD]

Ferrer is tough as nails, and seems to have avoided paying heavy prices for small injuries, or big injuries.
Like a Chang, who was 2 for a year, or even a Connors, just tough and doesn't beat himself.
The Monfils/DelPo/Tsonga/Sod's are constantly bother by physical injuries.

[dangalak]

Ferrer is great from the baseline, which is key in this era.

His results are better than Berdych and Tsonga.

[90's Clay]

Im wondering how the heck he got there anyways.. His talentless and skill-less with NO weapons whatsoever. At least some of the past questionable top 5-10 guys had some freakin weapons in their arsenal. This guy has NONE

[dangalak]

Originally Posted by 90's Clay

Im wondering how the heck he got there anyways.. His talentless and skill-less with NO weapons whatsoever. At least some of the past questionable top 5-10 guys had some freakin weapons in their arsenal. This guy has NONE

Brilliant movement, early ballstriking and return almost equal to Djokovic. Not bad IMO.

[The Bawss]

Originally Posted by 90's Clay

Im wondering how the heck he got there anyways.. His talentless and skill-less with NO weapons whatsoever. At least some of the past questionable top 5-10 guys had some freakin weapons in their arsenal. This guy has NONE

Oh my goodness you are trolling hard on this fine evening.

[Paullaconte1]

Yes consistency.. he is not the most exciting player on tour... but he has an immense drive. Chapeau

[Gizo]

Ferrer's record against players ranked lower than him this season and the players he should beat has been excellent. To reach the quarters or better at all 4 slams and win 5 titles is very good going indeed.

Ferrer is one of the biggest fighters I've ever seen on a tennis court. The only player I've seen who I would definitely rank as a bigger fighter than Ferrer is his fellow Spaniard Felix Mantilla.