tennisaddict
Bionic Poster
Federer has done tremendous service to the game and image of tennis by maintaining such high level of consistent, attacking, elegant and magical tennis for more than a decade and in the process setting insurmountable records that are 'supreme', not just in tennis but across all sports.
If the game of tennis continued like what it did between the late 90's and 2000-03, where there was no single great player,but several players winning a major or two, no one would be talking about the game as much as what is being done now, no one would care about number of majors won, tennis ratings would have plummeted.
Nadal's seven consecutive FO or Novak winning 6 majors or Novak having an incredible 2011 are getting visibility only because Fed set such huge records like 17 majors, 5 YE No 1, 300+ weeks at No. 1, etc..
One main reason why even Nadal, Novak and Murray are known today in the world is because they fought hard and won matches against Fed.
It is certain that if the tennis world was without a Federer, players like Nadal , Novak and Murray would be lesser known , even if they had better achievements.
Nadal , Novak and Murray need to be thankful to Federer.
If the game of tennis continued like what it did between the late 90's and 2000-03, where there was no single great player,but several players winning a major or two, no one would be talking about the game as much as what is being done now, no one would care about number of majors won, tennis ratings would have plummeted.
Nadal's seven consecutive FO or Novak winning 6 majors or Novak having an incredible 2011 are getting visibility only because Fed set such huge records like 17 majors, 5 YE No 1, 300+ weeks at No. 1, etc..
One main reason why even Nadal, Novak and Murray are known today in the world is because they fought hard and won matches against Fed.
It is certain that if the tennis world was without a Federer, players like Nadal , Novak and Murray would be lesser known , even if they had better achievements.
Nadal , Novak and Murray need to be thankful to Federer.