Safin says that Federer should have won 25 Grand Slams already by now

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angharad

Semi-Pro
BreakPoint said:
Wouldn't it make his career seem even worse if Federer won 25, since he's only won two? :confused:
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I think he means that everyone else talks like Federer should have won everything in his career - like Federer having a "bad" year because he won "only" one slam. It's similar to how everyone says Marat should have accomplished more in his career, instead of being happy he accomplished what he did.

It's trying to shift the focus to the positive, instead of harping on the negative.
 
Mick

Mick

Legend
i think if safin had nadal's fighting spirit, he probably would have won more than 2 grand slam titles.
 
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flying24

Banned
Cesc Fabregas said:
Tell me where Roger's 11 extra slams come from?
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Well if he wasnt an underachiever early in his career he could have won alot more slams in 2001-2003. He is better than Hewitt obviously, and most of the slams won those years were all people he could beat if he had began to mature sooner- Hewitt, Johansson, Costa, aging Agassi, Roddick, aging Sampras, past his prime Ivanisevic.
 
RCizzle65

RCizzle65

Hall of Fame
abmk said:
Maybe he was just being a bit sarcastic ??
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Probably so, I didn't read the interview, but the quote is talking about underachievers, and most people note Safin as a huge underachiever, so he's exaggerating numbers around and being sarcastic saying that even huge achievers are underachievers.
 
Shangri La

Shangri La

Hall of Fame
'everybody is an underachiever...' so basically Safin is saying everyone should have won more GS. but theres only 4 GS in a year, where do the extra grand slams come from if everyone is winning more?? Is he suggesting there should be 10 GS each year?
 
Rickson

Rickson

G.O.A.T.
Let's see. Flushing Meadows 2003 = 1, FO 2004 = 2, AO and FO 2005 = 4, FO 2006 = 5, FO 2007 = 6, AO + FO + Wimbledon 2008 = 9, AO 2009 = 10. 14 + 10 = 24. Safin was off by 1 slam.
 
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Serendipitous

Guest
Rickson said:
Let's see. Flushing Meadows 2003 = 1, FO 2004 = 2, AO and FO 2005 = 4, FO 2006 = 5, FO 2007 = 6, AO + FO + Wimbledon 2008 = 8, AO 2009 = 9. 14 + 9 = 23. Safin was off by 2 slams.
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Hi Rickson,


How the hell are you? :)
 
gj011

gj011

Banned
Rickson said:
Let's see. Flushing Meadows 2003 = 1, FO 2004 = 2, AO and FO 2005 = 4, FO 2006 = 5, FO 2007 = 6, AO + FO + Wimbledon 2008 = 9, AO 2009 = 10. 14 + 10 = 24. Safin was off by 1 slam.
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I don't think Safin would count his own slam as one of Federer's 25.
 
beernutz

beernutz

Hall of Fame
Holy cow, read the rest of the interview people, the link is right there. He admits he thinks he an underachiever and should have won a couple of more majors but that he's happy with his career.
 
GameSampras

GameSampras

Banned
BreakPoint said:
"In the history of tennis, everybody's an underachiever," Safin said. "Agassi should have been winning, I don't know, 15 Grand Slams. Sampras should have been winning 20 Grand Slams. Federer should be winning — already should have 25."

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12676046?
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And Safin... If you actually gave a damn about your profession you should be sitting on a hell of alot more than 2 slams
 
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makinao

Rookie
That's sarcasm/joking, most probably borne from the reporters stupid question. I would have wanted to see Safin's face while he said that. Priceless!
 
BreakPoint

BreakPoint

Bionic Poster
sureshs said:
So that was your motive behind this thread, to imply Nadal is doping. I was thinking, BP doesn't start threads like this based on some junk from Safin.
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WTF are you talking about? :-?

NO, I was NOT thinking of anything like that at all when I started this thread. Only someone with a seriously distorted mind would start a thread based on that.

I read Safin's quote in the local newspaper today so I thought it would be something interesting to post on here. THAT'S ALL!!!! :-?

I'll leave it up to you (and others) to speculate where the other 11 Slams would come from.
 
Rhino

Rhino

Legend
BreakPoint said:
Not really. If Federer won every GS from 2003-2008, that's 24 right there. Add in this year's AO or FO, and he's already got 25. :)
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Ok but according to Safin, Agassi and Sampras should've won a total of 35, plus he said Rios should've won 5 - so with Federer's 25 that's 65 grand slams between just four people, and I presume he still at least expects his own two slams... and does he then expect that Nadal and Hewitt, etc won zero? :)
 
BreakPoint

BreakPoint

Bionic Poster
Rhino said:
Ok but according to Safin, Agassi and Sampras should've won a total of 35, plus he said Rios should've won 5 - so with Federer's 25 that's 65 grand slams between just four people, and I presume he still at least expects his own two slams... and does he then expect that Nadal and Hewitt, etc won zero? :)
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No one ever accused Safin of being good at math. ;)

BTW, where did he say that Rios should have won 5?
 
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Max G.

Legend
It seems to be just his response to being called an underachiever.

"Yeah, I could have won a few more... but so could have everyone else."
 
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TennisFan481

Banned
LOL, you people are ridiculous. I can't believe you're getting caught up in the literal feasibility and missing the forest for the trees.
 
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lawrence

Hall of Fame
icedevil0289 said:
eh, safin must have been high when he said this.
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sorry i know this is off topic, but i absolutely hate it when people say these things

if you say something overly thought out - you're high
if you say something truthful - you're drunk
if you say something stupid - you're most probably sober

being high =/= being stupid lol
 
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Dark Victory

Rookie
Number of hypothetical slams aside...

If Federer peaked earlier, I think Pete probably would've retired a little later.

Fed wasn't ready to win in 01. But he could've been in 02.

Suppose Fed had his first Wimbledon in 02 (with Sampras STILL winning 02 USO and Roger not playing him). If you transplant Fed's success in 04 to 03, all that "potential GOAT" talk would've probably already started to churn for him... at a time when Sampras was still around and had yet to announce his retirement.

Would've been interesting.
 
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joeri888

G.O.A.T.
Safin's just saying, everyone could have won more than they actually have. He's happy with what a great career he's had and doesn't want to be remembered as an underachiever, but just as a former no. 1 and 2 time Slam winner with a great game.
 
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