Tennis_Maestro
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I've been disgusted from reading a few of the posts on this board recently, it seems many people are starting to forget a few things due to Nadal's recent domination of tennis.
So i'd like to open up a new can of worms. Before last year, the general consensus was Federer was a player invincible on grass. Nadal edges him out in ONE MATCH, THATS RIGHT ONE MATCH and all of a sudden hes no better on grass than he is on hardcourt?
Am i missing something? We're talking about the guy that ended Sampras's reign, yeah, it was the end for Pete but you can't be any mug to knock out the brilliant Pete Sampras, arguably the King of grass.
I also hear this jibberish that we can't distinguish who is the best on grass .. as its not played consistently enough throughout the course of a season... Surely 5 straight Wimbledon's constitutes some evidence? Each match is best of 5 sets, right? Its not Federer's fault the ATP are obsessed with Hard Courts?
What in people's eyes is a grass court specialist now a days? Evidently the grass has slow down, although not to the extreme many mediocre fans would like to believe, (especially anti-Nadal ones) but it has definetely sped up. Why does a grass court specialist have to be someone that serves and volley's? Is there no other way in identifying a player who stands @ a greater advantage on grass in terms of the style in play of that they adopt?
Who has the best range of weapons to be a potential force on modern grass?
So i'd like to open up a new can of worms. Before last year, the general consensus was Federer was a player invincible on grass. Nadal edges him out in ONE MATCH, THATS RIGHT ONE MATCH and all of a sudden hes no better on grass than he is on hardcourt?
Am i missing something? We're talking about the guy that ended Sampras's reign, yeah, it was the end for Pete but you can't be any mug to knock out the brilliant Pete Sampras, arguably the King of grass.
I also hear this jibberish that we can't distinguish who is the best on grass .. as its not played consistently enough throughout the course of a season... Surely 5 straight Wimbledon's constitutes some evidence? Each match is best of 5 sets, right? Its not Federer's fault the ATP are obsessed with Hard Courts?
What in people's eyes is a grass court specialist now a days? Evidently the grass has slow down, although not to the extreme many mediocre fans would like to believe, (especially anti-Nadal ones) but it has definetely sped up. Why does a grass court specialist have to be someone that serves and volley's? Is there no other way in identifying a player who stands @ a greater advantage on grass in terms of the style in play of that they adopt?
Who has the best range of weapons to be a potential force on modern grass?
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