That Federer was a complete head-case till he was nearly 22?
I hear all this talk about how Kyrgios will never put it together because he is almost 22 ...
Federer was considered a very late bloomer; people won slams and got to #1 at age 20 or barely 21 those days (Safin, Hewitt, Roddick). At 2003 Wimbledon, Federer hadn't made a slam QF in 2 years! He had only won 1 masters title in his career too. He only started taking tennis fully seriously when his coach died in 2002, and after hewitt destroyed him mentally at DC 2003.
Kyrgios too has the opportunity now to make use of his potential; though I feel it is substantially lower than Federer's and he has more mental issues than young Fed.
I hear all this talk about how Kyrgios will never put it together because he is almost 22 ...
Federer was considered a very late bloomer; people won slams and got to #1 at age 20 or barely 21 those days (Safin, Hewitt, Roddick). At 2003 Wimbledon, Federer hadn't made a slam QF in 2 years! He had only won 1 masters title in his career too. He only started taking tennis fully seriously when his coach died in 2002, and after hewitt destroyed him mentally at DC 2003.
Kyrgios too has the opportunity now to make use of his potential; though I feel it is substantially lower than Federer's and he has more mental issues than young Fed.