The problem of course is that most of the other winners were not 34. Agassi was almost 33 when he won his last AO. And Novak is incredibly tough on HCs.
Thanks for pointing me here @Chanwan
Federer had certainly looked the most impressive so far but the same was true at Wimbledon. If he gets through Stan without a long match I may start to believe. I would interested in seeing the stats of their opponents but that is perhaps too much work
Thanks for pointing me here @Chanwan
Federer had certainly looked the most impressive so far but the same was true at Wimbledon. If he gets through Stan without a long match I may start to believe. I would interested in seeing the stats of their opponents but that is perhaps too much work
Strong field eh?
Your agenda is obvious and not exactly new. You did never comment on the fact that Fed is not exactly the first player to think he got better with age. Pete said the same in 2002 for instance.
I am not a troll. It is just beyond me that presumably adults would question Federer's (or any other player's) assessment of his own game. He knows why he had more wins before than he has now (if that is the case), I don't. My tennis expertise is not at the level that would allow me to properly assess this issue. It is impressive that you claim to be fond of Federer and yet you are prepared to discredit him as a human being when he contradicts your, most likely, lay opinion.
hahaha, you're too full of it (and continue to evade my question(s)). Troll.
I'll give him this last benefit of the doubt before he ends up on my ignore list.
Strong era.
That is easy to answer. One can say Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka (they did not exist in such form prior to year xxx). In my field, I am now better than ever, but don't have as much success as I had 15 years ago. I know that I am now much much better, but field/conditions has changed.
But it's not, you've failed - they are not at all the only ones beating him - and there's a strong argument that Novak was more or less on the same level in 2012, yet Fed beat him at Wimbledon there, while lost the last two years:
You do not have right information; they do beat him more than other players in previous years (more than Roddick, Baghdatis etc.). At least, I know that Djokovic beat him this and last year in W final, Wawrinka beat him in RG, Nadal beat him many times in RG. Please, correct me if I am wrong.
Would you also say Djokovic was playing better in 2005 than in 2011? The field got weaker, and he was able to have more success?
Netovic is underratedDjokovic coming in on a higher percentage of points than Federer — so much for Baselinovic!
If Djokovic says that he played better in 2005 than in 2011, then that is the case. I heard him saying that he plays in 2015 better than ever and for me this is more than enough. Who am I to tell him when was his best? As I said for myself, I am now better than ever in my field, but my results are weaker than 15 years ago; field changed. It is like Carl Lewis was world champion with 10.00 in 1983; if he would run today 9.97 he would be better than ever, but that would be enough for 3-5th place.
