The myth of age disadvantage in Federer's h2h
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Plus he changed his scheduling, he is much fresher now too. Also he changed his practice in one fundamental way. He says he now hits 2 hours of backhands before every practice.
Federer made so many changes, because he is talented and his style is complex and rich that it's tough to judge yeah, like you've said.
BGod
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Federer did what pretty much no male tennis player did before him and switch up a lot of stuff after 2013. I think in a way he felt if he's going to keep playing and at least try to compete then he has to change because at that point from 2010-2013 in 4 full seasons he's got 1 Slam. So he comes back in 2014 with a vengeance and only had that one bad loss to Seppi in Slams for 5 seasons until the Millman one this year. He became very different, not only with the bigger racquet in 2014 but how he played his points. It is nothing short of phenomenal. I guess Becker changed up some in his 2nd stint but nothing compare to Roger. Nadal has the bigger fail-safe at the French and keeps recovering and playing same style more or less.
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bio passport came into full effect in late 2014,it explains a lot
titoelcolombiano
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Fed absolutely dominated his generation - not a weak era, Fed was just too good (12 slams between 2003 and 2007)
Fed then ran into the next generation, two of which were just as good as him and significantly slowed down his winning rate (5 slams between 2008 and 2012)
Fed then went on to show his class and longevity and won three slams after the age of 31 (35 & 36 to be specific - 3 slams in 2017 & 2018)
Rafa peaked early and was at a very, very high level at a young age (5 slams between 2005 and 2008)
Rafa had a brief window after overcoming Fed on all surfaces and before Djoker 2.0 arrived interrupted by personal issues / injury in 2009. Rafa did not take advantage of this window as much as he should have (4 slams in 2009 and 2010)
Rafa then was faced with a new challenge in Djoker 2.0 which significantly slowed his slam winning down (5 slams between 2011 and 2016 - lost 4 slam finals during this time after not having lost one since 2007)
Rafa then came out of a two year form slump (2015 & 2016) and returned his winning ways showing class and longevity (3 slams in 2017 and 2018)
Djoker arrived in the queue behind Fedal at a young age but stayed at # 3 for quite a while trying to unlock the key to consistently beating Fedal (1 slam between 2007 and 2010)
It then clicked and DJoker 2.0 showed us an unbelievable level (10 slams between 2011 and 2016). In retrospect Djoker did not take advantage of 2012, 2013 and 2014 like he should have.
Djoker then had a two year spell of poor form and personal issues (mid 2016 to mid 2018)
Djoker's best returned in the second half of 2018 to take the final two slams of the year
Is that not a reasonable summary of how their careers panned out?
Fed then ran into the next generation, two of which were just as good as him and significantly slowed down his winning rate (5 slams between 2008 and 2012)
Fed then went on to show his class and longevity and won three slams after the age of 31 (35 & 36 to be specific - 3 slams in 2017 & 2018)
Rafa peaked early and was at a very, very high level at a young age (5 slams between 2005 and 2008)
Rafa had a brief window after overcoming Fed on all surfaces and before Djoker 2.0 arrived interrupted by personal issues / injury in 2009. Rafa did not take advantage of this window as much as he should have (4 slams in 2009 and 2010)
Rafa then was faced with a new challenge in Djoker 2.0 which significantly slowed his slam winning down (5 slams between 2011 and 2016 - lost 4 slam finals during this time after not having lost one since 2007)
Rafa then came out of a two year form slump (2015 & 2016) and returned his winning ways showing class and longevity (3 slams in 2017 and 2018)
Djoker arrived in the queue behind Fedal at a young age but stayed at # 3 for quite a while trying to unlock the key to consistently beating Fedal (1 slam between 2007 and 2010)
It then clicked and DJoker 2.0 showed us an unbelievable level (10 slams between 2011 and 2016). In retrospect Djoker did not take advantage of 2012, 2013 and 2014 like he should have.
Djoker then had a two year spell of poor form and personal issues (mid 2016 to mid 2018)
Djoker's best returned in the second half of 2018 to take the final two slams of the year
Is that not a reasonable summary of how their careers panned out?
Tennis_Hands
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Notice how he now doesn't even address the comments towards his newest BS?
Yeah, that is right, he knows perfectly well that he is trolling.
donquijote
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