I think it's fairly easy to say that the taller you are the more talented you are as a tennis player.
Height is the single most important physical variable in the game.
Tall players such as Karlovic and Raonic can coast on their athletic talent advantage of being tall to bomb heavy serves and big forehands. They don't need to train so hard.
For shorter players such as Nishikori, Santoro, Hewitt, Ferrer, Coria...etc..., all you will ever hear about is how hard working they have had to be in order to compensate for their lack of talent.
In the future we will see taller and taller players at the top (lol) of the game. And the game will be better for it, because talent beats hard work, imo.
Height is the single most important physical variable in the game.
Tall players such as Karlovic and Raonic can coast on their athletic talent advantage of being tall to bomb heavy serves and big forehands. They don't need to train so hard.
For shorter players such as Nishikori, Santoro, Hewitt, Ferrer, Coria...etc..., all you will ever hear about is how hard working they have had to be in order to compensate for their lack of talent.
In the future we will see taller and taller players at the top (lol) of the game. And the game will be better for it, because talent beats hard work, imo.