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The average age is 32.1 years. And Federer is not even in it.
Yet he has been old for the last 11 years lol
Yet he has been old for the last 11 years lol
Standaa
G.O.A.T.
Keep calm and Peak Fed
mellowyellow
Legend
Nobody said or was suggesting Fed could handle the PMacs and Harhuis of the world...
metsman
G.O.A.T.
Most OVERRATED myth on these boards. Where was 'peak Fed' when Nole and Rafa were kicking his tail in big matches OVER AND OVER?
Daniel Andrade
Hall of Fame
I remembered when people used to say "let's see Nadal beating a young guy at 32 like Federer is doing today" when Fed was crushing it at 2012.
No disrespect to Fed, he's the greatest, the GOAT and I don't think anyone will win so much at 36 years old ever again.
However there are other players who have shown great tenacity, Djoko, Nadal, Isner and Anderson are all great players. They are not like Fed.
But people were thinking that Nadal and Djoko only won because they were young. But here they are, 32 year olds battling the SFs.
No disrespect to Fed, he's the greatest, the GOAT and I don't think anyone will win so much at 36 years old ever again.
However there are other players who have shown great tenacity, Djoko, Nadal, Isner and Anderson are all great players. They are not like Fed.
But people were thinking that Nadal and Djoko only won because they were young. But here they are, 32 year olds battling the SFs.
Daniel Andrade
Hall of Fame
Yes, I agree.
The guys who were giving competition to Federer when he started becoming old are the guys who made it to the SFs today.
Of course Nadal and Djokovic aren't losing to young guys now, but, besides them being mugs, can't it be because Djoko and Ned are outstanding players?
The guys who were giving competition to Federer when he started becoming old are the guys who made it to the SFs today.
Of course Nadal and Djokovic aren't losing to young guys now, but, besides them being mugs, can't it be because Djoko and Ned are outstanding players?
mellowyellow
Legend
That hinges on new talent coming along. I would also venture to say a "peak" is not a constant but dynamic especially when you have Feds age discrepancy. He played a dominant style for his generation, New dominant style comes along reliant on slow surfaces and high bounce. He had to adapt and did and has been dominant at times over the past 2 years now along with someone 5 years younger. A substantial difference since he is closer to 40 than 30..
BorgTheGOAT
Legend
It just shows what a complete bunch of mugs the young players are. Lol to people saying that the big three and their out of this world dominance are the reason that younger players cannot break through. The likes of Zverev and kyrgios do not even reach the Big three and even if Fed and Nadal were already retired the slams would be won by guys like Cilic, Nishikori, Berdych, Anderson, Del Potro etc. before Zverev or Kyrgios. Anderson has now reached a final and an additional semi final a feat Zverev can only dream about. Freaking Isner reaches a semi final while Zverev can’t. I cannot understand why anyone is still hyping these guys.
Daniel Andrade
Hall of Fame
I completely agree.
Obviously Djokovic and Nadal won't play when they're 37 but they are still good when they get to the semifinals of a GS being 32, aren't they?
helterskelter
G.O.A.T.
Not obvious at all. I think both will play when they are 37, and I am confident that one of them will.
Aging in sport isn’t just a tennis phenomenon. Juventus just paid £99 million for Christiano Ronaldo who is still one of the world’s best at 33 and a half. I think Luka Modric, who is two months from turning 33, should win the best player award. And although he again had a disappointing World Cup, Messi is far from done at 31
maratha_warrior
Hall of Fame
People actually underestimate Djokovic and Nadal..
Those two are not just great players but probably the fittest Tennis Players ever Lived and as fit as Athletes of any other Sports.
Both of them raised that bar so high in the area of fitness ,it's not a shock to see them perform Better inspite of advancing age ..
Their tenacity is unmatched .
Those two are not just great players but probably the fittest Tennis Players ever Lived and as fit as Athletes of any other Sports.
Both of them raised that bar so high in the area of fitness ,it's not a shock to see them perform Better inspite of advancing age ..
Their tenacity is unmatched .
mellowyellow
Legend
Yes, but they have not had a Fed,Djoko,Nadal let alone a duo running interference come along either... Even still we are more likely to have someone 25 or older win the occasional Major not younger.
Phoenix1983
G.O.A.T.
So true, it's one thing the multiple slam champs reaching semis well into their 30s, but when a Wimbledon semi-final is between Isner (aged 33) and Anderson (aged 32), both reaching their first semi-final at SW19 - well, that's simply an indictment of the younger players' utter muggery.
Agreed upon by all objective tennis observers.
RF-18
Talk Tennis Guru
Okey this is getting hilarious now
Rafa's OCD
Semi-Pro
he was the greatest player in the history of the sport but trying to figure out how to hit a backhand
Daniel Andrade
Hall of Fame
Daniel Andrade
Hall of Fame
And probably they won't have someone like that competing with them because a Fed, Djoko and a Nadal isn't something that happens very often in tennis history.
mellowyellow
Legend
The point was not them and their record breaking accomplishments and domination exclusively. Merely what they represent for their time as did Agassi, Sampras, Courier, Edberg, Becker, Wilander, Lendl, Mac, Borg, Connors etc. Their was a great succession of talent that overlapped. That's been very lacking and for a long time with no real obvious multi slam winner in sight other than from attrition. Maybe you mistook that as defending Fed idk...
nolefam_2024
Talk Tennis Guru
Djokovic is youngest semifinalist for probably the last time.
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