not necessarily since tour as a while won't perform under homogenized conditions. Fed would be lunch under conditions favoring serve and volley as his record against Henman up to 2003 shows. Lot more upsets, lot fewer records.
Perhaps Pete had tougher indoor court competition? Whatever, a WIN is a WIN, and Pete has 5 YET WINS
His record against Henman up until 2003 is a small indicator at best, especially given his age. I would need a lot more information than that to reach that conclusion. But you'll be convinced of anything pro Samp and con Fed, so what's the point?
NONSENSE! Your Boy Nick is a one trick pony. One does NOT win 14 slams as a one trick pony. Nick will be lucky to have won 14 total tournaments in his entire career. He will NEVER win a Slam!
nother example of the extremely deep competition of the 90's
got it done, unlike Fed at 40-15T3 Thailand open win in Decemeber to get it
Pete proved he could deal with depth of field, Fed proved he could deal with Smurfs & put up a close fight with ATGs who'll pass him
This is just a theory.
Unfounded bald faced assertion. Imagine PETE taking on Djokodal level players 5+ years his junior for the latter half of his career. You know, the guys superior to Safin and Hewitt.
Good enough form to reach the final isn't a static quantity. There's a spectrum of performance that can get these guys there because their competition simply hasn't been stiff enough. The matches have largely been competitive but of course that is ignored due to the binary nature of the sport and its bandwagoning.
Federer was not peak just in 2004-06. Ridicolous to think he was 15 years in the top3 but only 3 years peak.
You didn’t refute anything I said, you just went off on a tangent, implying Fed being peak for 15 years straight or some nonsense.
I wrote that Federer was not peak just in 2004-06 just like Djokovic was not peak just in 2011 and 2015.
Yeah I saw that interview, usual PC nonsense. It’s the typical bland boring answer that we can expect from modern day sportsmen. Shouldn’t be taken at face value.
Thiem and Zverev are better than the #5 and #7 of ten years ago, so Federer needs to be more consistent in the Round Robin than 10 years ago.
Thiem better than Del Potro and Zverev better than Roddick? Lol.
Not to mention Davydenko. Played like the mug he is at WTF 2009, and Fed still lost to him.
gonna feel real silly when Thiem wins a couple slams and Zverev by vacuum virtue bags a couple too
Pete proved he could beat ATGs as an up & comer to establish himself...with the motivation of two greats beside him he'd unlock levels of aggression never seen in tennis...woulda been amazing
