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a friend of mine is a Astronomer and he said there is a strong chance tomorrow the sun will rise at 06:27 in the east part of the town.... not sure if that is true! can anyone help?
In a weird way, it almost seems fitting that after this Covid chaos the tour will be completely different from what we are used to. I feel there's going to be massive disruptions to the tour (as in top 10 players failing and lower ranked players rising up the ranks). I honestly can't say with surety that the slams will be dominated by the big 3. I don't know how the tennis world will look after this is all good and done
What about when Lenny and Leo Federer go pro in 2032?I won’t be sad when Fed retires. I certainly hope he has a last hurrah - another Slam win or an Olympic gold medal in singles and one more Basel victory. Would also be nice if he is able to beat Connors titles record. But I’m tired of seeing Djokovic win these nail biters against him when Fed displays tennis clearly good enough to win but just tightens up on the biggest points.
I will definitely watch tennis less with Fed gone, as will many others. So it will definitely be a huge loss for the sport when he retires.
See I told you it would work. You play tennis and let me do the talking.
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Then stop expecting him to keep on playing any longer.
It does seem like the Big 4 all value the Olympics Singles Gold Medal as the second most important achievement behind a major.
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Oh of course but my point was I don’t think we’ll see slams for a while still. The Australian Open looks up in the air unless they move it elsewhere. The US has their in the sand if they think the USO will go on and be fine without infections. Maybe RG will be ok but I’m not sure on the Covid situation in France and what the quarantine rules are.We didn't know COVID was going to cancel most of the season when he got the surgery back in February.
And I really doubt the March-July events getting canceled made a difference in him not wanting to retire.
His parents said “the King is Dead” like 10 years ago. Not exactly prophets.Finally...The skiing holiday is happening...
I don’t think Rafa or any other player would play a couple of years extra on tour close to retirement just to try to win YEC.Fed and Djoker want it because it's one of the very few achievements they've not yet bagged. Since Nadal's done it, I would strongly assume if given the choice, he'd choose to win the YEC since he's never won it. And 1500 points beats 0 points for an OGM.
Well tbf, he’s been at the end of his career for a good 7-8 years. If it hadn’t been for the weak lost gen and next gen he probably would’ve retired a few years ago.
I don't even know why people think it's a thing that might happen. It makes no sense. It has all the negatives of the Tour grind and none of the positives. If he wants to play tennis he can just play exho's for exorbitant amounts of money. If he enjoyed doubles he'd play it more anyway.He's already said he has no interest to play doubles after he retires from singles. He was emphatic on that point in his presser after AO 2018: "to be honest, no interest to do that, I can't even imagine it."
This is further supported by quotes of DelPo and others that value their Olympic achievements quite high.Yes I believe it goes
Major>>>>>>>OGM>>WTF>>>>Masters
He’s gonna have a real hard time winning a gold, though representing your country is always an honor. Maybe Hingis could come back. Otherwise, he might be better off revolving himself around Wimbledon for another few years.
Maybe Federer should only semi-retire - play the grass season every year but nothing else.