Stefanos Tsitsipas has the potential to be a BETTER player than Roger Federer

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There I said it. I watched Federer since the beginning and I’ve been watching Tsitsipas for the last 4-5 years and I can tell you the Greek has a higher ceiling than the Swiss. He's a very special talent. For starters, I think Tsitsipas is a better baseliner and mentally stronger when compared to Federer. Yes I’m aware of what happened in USO 2020 so don’t bother mentioning it, cause it happens, and I’ve seen enough of Tsitsipas to know he’s one tough motherf*cker. Even Federer himself admitted the guy is tough as nails after struggling against him and losing the two biggest encounters between them.

I have no doubt he’ll achieve great things in the future; however, I don’t think he’ll have the same success Federer had. Tsitsipas’s generation is way more talented than Federer’s generation so unfortunately for him, he won’t have Federer’s luxury as the competition will be fierce. Roddick, Hewitt and Baghadatis are really nothing compared to Medveved, Sinner, Zverev and Thiem. Besides, Tsitsipas seems like a guy who has other interests in life than to keep hitting a ball until he’s 45 years old like Federer. Anyways, that’s not the point.

The point is I believe The Greek God has what it takes to take Federer’s game to the next level. He'll be performing and playing tennis at a higher level. That he’ll do should he put in the effort. His backhand and RoS still leave a lot to be desired and not at Fed’s level yet but he’ll get there. Federer kept improving even in his 30s so Stefanos has a lot of time ahead of him to improve.

One more thing, I’m not sure of this but I can see him becoming even a more popular player than Federer in the future. Two reasons, he’s better looking and more active in the social media, all what’s left is success which is coming his way soon!

#Your heard it here first.
Bump it in a few years.

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Cheers.
 
Tennis Analyst said:
There I said it. I watched Federer since the beginning and I’ve been watching Tsitsipas for the last 4-5 years and I can tell you the Greek has a higher ceiling than the Swiss. He's a very special talent. For starters, I think Tsitsipas is a better baseliner and mentally stronger when compared to Federer. Yes I’m aware of what happened in USO 2020 so don’t bother mentioning it, cause it happens, and I’ve seen enough of Tsitsipas to know he’s one tough motherf*cker. Even Federer himself admitted the guy is tough as nails after struggling against him and losing the two biggest encounters between them.

I have no doubt he’ll achieve great things in the future; however, I don’t think he’ll have the same success Federer had. Tsitsipas’s generation is way more talented than Federer’s generation so unfortunately for him, he won’t have Federer’s luxury as the competition will be fierce. Roddick, Hewitt and Baghadatis are really nothing compared to Medveved, Sinner, Zverev and Thiem. Besides, Tsitsipas seems like a guy who has other interests in life than to keep hitting a ball until he’s 45 years old like Federer. Anyways, that’s not the point.

The point is I believe The Greek God has what it takes to take Federer’s game to the next level. He'll be performing and playing tennis at a higher level. That he’ll do should he put in the effort. His backhand and RoS still leave a lot to be desired and not at Fed’s level yet but he’ll get there. Federer kept improving even in his 30s so Stefanos has a lot of time ahead of him to improve.

One more thing, I’m not sure of this but I can see him becoming even a more popular player than Federer in the future. Two reasons, he’s better looking and more active in the social media, all what’s left is success which is coming his way soon!

#Your heard it here first.
Bump it in a few years.

FedTsitsipas.aspx


Cheers.
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There's only one God, with many Chosen. Its possible Stefanos is one of them.

Otherwise, hard to argue with a Tennis Analyst.
 
Deon Sanders said:
Hasnt won a masters or slam at 22 years old

He is about as significant as the trash that gets stuck on the bottom of your shoe when you go to the seedy part of town to by heroin
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Again this is not about the numbers. But even if, Tsitsipas is doing fine so far, better than Federer even.

Numbers after 200 matches played:
Tsitispas (129-71, 5 titles)
Federer (123-77, 2 titles)
 
Lots of players have talent. It’s a question if you can bring it when it matters in the big moments.

There are aspects to his game that make him an interesting Federer comparison. His career hasn’t measured up, yet. Basically, he had a good week at the ATP Finals and got to a few semis. The first is nice, the second doesn’t sep himself from the pack, really.

So, he’s not going to be the “win a some slams as a teenager or early 20’s”, because he’s 22 and he hasn’t. So, he’s got the early to mid-20’s path still like Federer, Agassi, a few others. I’d say Agassi did more early, though he didn’t win a slam until 22. He was kind of considered to be a disappointment until then.

Basically, he better get started sooner rather than later. If he hasn’t paid off with at least a slam, if not 2 in the next 4-6 slams, I think he’ll end up as a maybe coulda along with a host of guys.
 
He's really good but a bit melodramatic. Seems like he could do with hitting deeper more, especially on forehand side. His shots have loads of spin but often land far from the baseline.
 
Backspin1183 said:
Weaker than the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and early 2000s?
You cannot be serious!
It's one of the top 5 strongest eras of all time.
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Top 5 sure, because of the Big 3, but the Big 3 were better a decade ago, not to mention a few years ago. The field has rarely been this weak or at least unproven. If you go top 10 or top 20-25, this has been extremely weak for around 5-6 years, at least.
 
Crazy Finn said:
Lots of players have talent. It’s a question if you can bring it when it matters in the big moments.

There are aspects to his game that make him an interesting Federer comparison. His career hasn’t measured up, yet. Basically, he had a good week at the ATP Finals and got to a few semis. The first is nice, the second doesn’t sep himself from the pack, really.

So, he’s not going to be the “win a some slams as a teenager or early 20’s”, because he’s 22 and he hasn’t. So, he’s got the early to mid-20’s path still like Federer, Agassi, a few others. I’d say Agassi did more early, though he didn’t win a slam until 22. He was kind of considered to be a disappointment until then.

Basically, he better get started sooner rather than later. If he hasn’t paid off with at least a slam, if not 2 in the next 4-6 slams, I think he’ll end up as a maybe coulda along with a host of guys.
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So he's a hopeless case unless he wins multiple slams out of the next 6? That doesn't seem right to me. Djokovic started collecting slams and masters around 24 and he's now a 17-slam 36-masters champion. He became No.1 at 24 for God's sake.
 
My one dollar lottery ticket has the same potential to hit Megabucks Millions. Which is slim to none. Now at least Thiem has ONE slam lol. Tsitsipas is too plugged into social media and the interwebs, he'll never be betterer, and will never win even one slam.
 
Tennis Analyst said:
So he's a hopeless case unless he wins multiple slams out of the next 6? That doesn't seem right to me. Djokovic started collecting slams and masters around 24 and he's now a 17-slam 36-masters champion. He became No.1 at 24 for God's sake.
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No. He won’t be hopeless, but he’ll probably be at the Roddick/Hewitt level when it is all said and done, unless he gets going soon. If you want to extend to 2 years, that’s fine - I almost wrote 4-8 slams.

FWI, Djokovic made 2 semis and 2 finals while he was 20.... and won one. By the time Federer turned 23 he had won 3 slams.
 
weakera said:
Tsitsipas is criminally underrated on this forum. His talent is enormous, if and when he can improve his return he may dominate the tour.
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It's the pendulum swinging back. Late 2018 and early 2019 it was exploding with Tsitsipas hype, that Zverev was just an early bloomer taking advantage of a couple weak seasons and Tsitsipas was the true NextGen talent.

But then he failed to improve at all since then and the hype has understandably died down, to the point where he's kind of ignored as any sort of credible threat while all the attention swings to Medvedev.
 
MeatTornado said:
It's the pendulum swinging back. Late 2018 and early 2019 it was exploding with Tsitsipas hype, that Zverev was just an early bloomer taking advantage of a couple weak seasons and Tsitsipas was the true NextGen talent.

But then he failed to improve at all since then and the hype has understandably died down, to the point where he's kind of ignored as any sort of credible threat while all the attention swings to Medvedev.
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Everyone is underrated until they actually win something.... apparently.
 
cortado said:
Seems like he could do with hitting deeper more, especially on forehand side. His shots have loads of spin but often land far from the baseline.
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This is key. For a guy with such natural power and a generally aggressive mindset, he sure hits a lot of nothing forehands. As a Tsitsipas supporter, it's pretty frustrating to watch sometimes. He's looked better in that regard so far this year, though.
 
Backspin1183 said:
Weaker than the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and early 2000s?
You cannot be serious!
It's one of the top 5 strongest eras of all time.
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Anyway, it would be equally difficult for Thiem and the Next Gen to win slams in the early 2000's too.

2017-2020 Thiem would likely only win 1 slam in 2000-2003.
 
mike danny said:
Anyway, it would be equally difficult for Thiem and the Next Gen to win slams in the early 2000's too.

2017-2020 Thiem would likely only win 1 slam in 2000-2003.
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Timothy has not won a slam anyways

Did anyone that was not paid to be there see him win anything? No?

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Tsitsipas is good, very likely to win majors at some point, but I don't think anyone in the new class of talent (save unprovens/too early to tell Sinner and Alcaraz) have even ATG talent which apparently is 7-8 slam titles. I don't see any of them doing it. I think there will be a lot of 3-6 major title winners as the Big 3 fade into the sunset.
 
Crazy Finn said:
No. He won’t be hopeless, but he’ll probably be at the Roddick/Hewitt level when it is all said and done, unless he gets going soon. If you want to extend to 2 years, that’s fine - I almost wrote 4-8 slams.

FWI, Djokovic made 2 semis and 2 finals while he was 20.... and won one. By the time Federer turned 23 he had won 3 slams.
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Nice one. Tsitispas will end up at Hewitt/Roddick level if he doesn't get going before 24 while Wawrinka is rated higher than Roddick and Hewitt despite winning his first Major at 29.
 
Tsitsipas is no Federer. Federer is a once-in-a-lifetime player. Tsitsipas is NOT that. I love Tsitsipas. He’s my fav next Gen player. But to suggest he’ll be as popular and successful as Roger is ludicrous and laughable at this point. It’s also unfair for Tsitsipas to be compared to a God like Roger. Tsitsipas will do well for himself and hopefully win slams as well. But nowhere close to Roger. Sorry
 
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