May be, yes. When I started following sports in general as a kid back then, it was through newspapers and my favourite players were simply whoever won. Schumacher, Venus, Fed, Tiger, Sachin and Vishwanathan Anand. I didn't start watching live stuff until 2003 when we got a new TV for the cricket world cup. And 2003 coincided with Fed's rise, although I've been his fan before that, seeing him play cemented my fan crush. But honestly, yes, may be if Safin had dominated and I didn't get TV, may be I'd have switched wagon.