Agassi was just playing riskier tennis on average. Of course, you don't remember his UEs.
Andre was a God in his shotmaking even as a junior. It wasn't just older Andre who had incredible groundstrokes.
I think they were even better when he was older.
I agree, but I watched Andre play live as a junior and then in the 1988-89 period. He was a God even then with his groundstrokes. His FH was unbelievable even at 15 and 16. His issues then were stamina and tanking when he went down a break.
A different dynamic, of course, as they played each other 22 times, 14 times on clay.
Poly is why you think that.
Corny nickname time: Polyssi? (As opposed to policy)
We're not far apart here, as I'd say movement put him over the top from the baseline.
If he has Novak's movement, he is going to pummel Fed's miserable 04-05 backhand into powder.
Retriever does not = ballstriker. Seriously, you need to go back and watch some Agassi-Fed, Novak-Fed matches. Agassi's retrieving was not bothering Fed - it was his power and ball-striking. Novak's power and ball-striking were not bothering Fed, even if one focuses on 2009-2012, it was his retrieving (unless you want to count 40-15 at the 2011 US Open, which was ONE shot). The problem is, of course, that by the time Nole figured out how to scale back his aggression and rely on his movement, Fed was entering his 30s and the physical scale flipped in egg-no gluten-breathing free Djoker's favor. That said, Fed definitely gave Djoker some of the same he got from Andre when the age difference was in Djoker's favor. Neither older player was able to dominate the younger as they may have in their prime - fancy that...
I wholly believe this. You have to seriously hold and swing the racquet setup Andre had before you can really compare his shots to the ones you see today. He was hitting with Kevlar. All we can really do is evaluate guys in their era. Andre’s style was perfect for this era of tennis and never really got a chance to play in it.
This on the other hand is BS. If Novak was raised in that era he’d have adapted his game for the conditions, maybe wouldn’t be as successful but a winner with the raw athleticism, vision, and problem solving capability of a Djokovic would be able to be competitive in any era.
Novak is also few inches taller with longer wingspan
your joking, right? or ... you are old.
Are you joking now? 34 year old Agassi was forcing 24 year old Federer to 5 sets, and an obviously hampered Agassi in pain made him fight for a 4 set win in the final the next year. Agassi is going to make all 3 of the big 3 fight hard to get a win over him.
Nobody is “taking out” that murder’s row of peak B3s. But yeah if you gave one of the greatest shot makers ever the movement of a top 1-2 movement guy… that player would be ridiculous
you must be an agassi fan, but "forcing 24 year old Federer to 5 sets" is just false and illusion. i also like agassi. he is good at what he does well: eye hand coordination, precise timing when he is in position and balance. however tennis game nowadays is more about movement and physical. agassi is far behind in those aspect.
