sandy mayer
Semi-Pro
Federer's victory over Sampras at Wimbledon 2001 is often called a changing of the guard. But it wasn't really because Federer didn't win a slam until 2 years later. In fact he didn't even reach a slam semi in that 2 year period. Given Federer's genius and superiority over Hewitt from 2003 onwards, how come Hewitt was the better player in 2001-2002? What held back Federer for 2 years?