What if Federer keeps winning?

[mental midget]

The guy is obviously firing on all cylinders at the moment but given his age, there's the constant threat his level could decline quickly, he could get injured, etc. But what if it doesn't, and he doesn't...and instead, he runs the table over the next 3-4 years? if he could somehow sustain this level the guy could potentially pull down not just another slam or two, but 5, 6 maybe?

not really going anywhere with this but it just occurred to me there is the possibility he just doesn't go anywhere for a while. would be crazy.

 

[Shaolin]

Fed winning is always a good thing.

 

[Deleted member 742196]

The last thing I need is my nephews telling me tennis is an old person’s sport.

It’s annoying to have to keep telling them tennis is not exclusively for the elite, or for the rich, or that silly thing they only play in Europe.

If Fed is dominating in his 40’s, it’s not good for the game. It’s nice for us oldies, but the sport itself probably goes down a few more notches when it comes to public interest and media.

 

[Deleted member 688153]

The VB wakes up in a cold sweat imagining this.

I think it's possible because we've never seen anything like him.
Chances are that he'll slow down further and that will be it, but he has the perfect game for that to not matter as much. If anyone could do it, it's him.

He seems to still have the motivation, which in itself is incredible, and who will beat him? Thiem? Zverev? Lmao
Nobody is going to retire him - he will probably call it quits at 40+ when he finally, finally decides he's had enough.

 

[Red Rick]

The VB wakes up in a cold sweat imagining this.

I think it's possible because we've never seen anything like him.
Chances are that he'll slow down further and that will be it, but he has the perfect game for that to not matter as much. If anyone could do it, it's him.

He seems to still have the motivation, which in itself is incredible, and who will beat him? Thiem? Zverev? Lmao
Nobody is going to retire him - he will probably call it quits at 40+ when he finally, finally decides he's had enough.

We've also never seen anything like the drought that followed Nadal, Djokovic and even Murray.

I wonder if Federer's current domination is a symptom of tennis' slow, impending death which may have started a long time ago

Cause I'm pretty sure that the Slams are far from a perfect image of how tennis is actually doing

 

[Deleted member 688153]

The last thing I need is my nephews telling me tennis is an old person’s sport.

It’s annoying to have to keep telling them tennis is not exclusively for the elite, or for the rich, or that silly thing they only play in Europe.

If Fed is dominating in his 40’s, it’s not good for the game. It’s nice for us oldies, but the sport itself probably goes down a few more notches when it comes to public interest and media.

Media interest in tennis has picked up if anything since Fed's resurgence. His story is special because he's the best ever.

But I think that the longer this goes for, the harder tennis will fall when he finally does go. That is true.

 

[Deleted member 688153]

We've also never seen anything like the drought that followed Nadal, Djokovic and even Murray.

I wonder if Federer's current domination is a symptom of tennis' slow, impending death which may have started a long time ago

I do think that in the medium term at least, tennis is in trouble. There will be a big crunch when Fed hangs it up for good.

 

[Deleted member 742196]

Media interest in tennis has picked up if anything since Fed's resurgence. His story is special because he's the best ever.

But I think that the longer this goes for, the harder tennis will fall when he finally does go. That is true.

True, I see more articles in the newsfeed now that Fed’s back on top. His story is a really special one, no doubt about it.

I don’t even know how I’ll respond when he finally calls it quits, often when he goes out of a big tournament I lose a lot of interest.

 

[ONgame]

I would continue watching tennis until Fedr retires. Since I do wish Fedr go down with the most slams of all time, I'd then keep an eye on Rafa's slam count, then just stop caring about professional tennis altogether when Rafa retires.

 

[Sysyphus]

just a few more years and transhumanism will have evolved to such lengths that Federer can keep ruling tennis for centuries more without slowing down. Just hang in there, Rog.

 

[Deleted member 688153]

True, I see more articles in the newsfeed now that Fed’s back on top. His story is a really special one, no doubt about it.

I don’t even know how I’ll respond when he finally calls it quits, often when he goes out of a big tournament I lose a lot of interest.

I'll probably just become a "tennis fan" and appreciate a variety of players.
I doubt I'll ever follow anyone like I've followed Fedr - he got me into tennis and was my first and only favourite.

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

All he does is win, win, win no matter what
Got money on his mind, Heh can never get enough
And every time he steps up on the court
Everybody hands go UP



And they stay there, and they say yeah

 

[Deleted member 742196]

I'll probably just become a "tennis fan" and appreciate a variety of players.
I doubt I'll ever follow anyone like I've followed Fedr - he got me into tennis and was my first and only favourite.

In a sense I’ve already had this happen twice in my life so I’m kind of prepared for it.

When Wayne Gretzky retired I stopped being an active fan of ice hockey, and became a passive fan.

When Michael Jordan retired I stopped being an active fan of basketball, and became a passive fan.

Active would be going out of my way to follow the sport - live events, graveyard shifts, endless analysis and speculation.

Passive would be going over to Espn.com and catching the results. Maybe watching a big game on television once every few months or so.

 

[True Fanerer]

FPPT will take over as the main forum when he retires.

 

[Deleted member 688153]

just a few more years and transhumanism will have evolved to such lengths that Federer can keep ruling tennis for centuries more without slowing down. Just hang in there, Rog.

Maybe this is what he's actually going for.
I was always suspicious of him and Delpo signing with the same boutique "management agency" and going dark for a while around the time that both were seriously injured.
They've got to be using all that money on something. You can only spend so much on sombreros and Swiss private school fees.


Fedpotro with their newly developed bionic back and wrists will leave the ATP and dominate the intergalactic tour for centuries to come.

 

[Deleted member 688153]

In a sense I’ve already had this happen twice in my life so I’m kind of prepared for it.

When Wayne Gretzky retired I stopped being an active fan of ice hockey, and became a passive fan.

When Michael Jordan retired I stopped being an active fan of basketball, and became a passive fan.

Active would be going out of my way to follow the sport - live events, graveyard shifts, endless analysis and speculation.

Passive would be going over to Espn.com and catching the results. Maybe watching a big game on television once every few months or so.

That's how I follow tennis when Fed is out.

 

[Deleted member 688153]

FPPT will take over as the main forum when he retires.

I wonder how it will go.
Will we just scare away all the oldies? Will we suffer heavy casualties in the transition due to the current residents of FPPT getting triggered and mass reporting us?
Will we all peacefully coexist? Will the debates stat anew with Rosewall fans instead of Nadal fans?

 

[Deleted member 742196]

FPPT will take over as the main forum when he retires.

I wonder how it will go.
Will we just scare away all the oldies? Will we suffer heavy casualties in the transition due to the current residents of FPPT getting triggered and mass reporting us?
Will we all peacefully coexist? Will the debates stat anew with Rosewall fans instead of Nadal fans?

Crap. You’re making it sound like we’re the ones also being pushed into retirement when he goes.

FPPT is the retired community here at TTW.

Forewarned is Forearmed:

In my geezer tennis days I plan on Kohli being GOAT by selective amnesia - all of you guys had better bring your canes and sticks because it’s going to be endless bickering.

 

[True Fanerer]

I wonder how it will go.
Will we just scare away all the oldies? Will we suffer heavy casualties in the transition due to the current residents of FPPT getting triggered and mass reporting us?
Will we all peacefully coexist? Will the debates stat anew with Rosewall fans instead of Nadal fans?

It's really something to think about. Sampras fans will be the worst most likely. Still butthurt that he isn't the GOAT anymore. It could get real ugly.

 

[Candide]

Tennis won't retire Federer. Federer will retire tennis. GOAT ironist.

 

[Deleted member 742196]

Tennis won't retire Federer. Federer will retire tennis. GOAT ironist.

Yip. It’s also a thought I have sometimes. Federer killing the current format of tennis for good might just be the best thing for the sport.

The only way I ever see tennis becoming mainstream again is if there’s a shift in emphasis towards more of a team mentality.

In this regard, I’m very happy to see more events like Laver Cup, and the recent changes to Davis Cup. For me this resonates more than getting excited about an individual nextgen.

Format of a team is sort of like college but more nuanced:

Some manner of individual
Some manner of doubles
Some manner of gender balance
Some manner of age categories from young to old.

Total points added up for a win or loss.

 

[Legend of Borg]

just a few more years and transhumanism will have evolved to such lengths that Federer can keep ruling tennis for centuries more without slowing down. Just hang in there, Rog.

the tennis singularity is near

 

[Deleted member 77403]

They should just rename the sport of tennis, to the sport of Federer and be done with it.

 

[tennis_pro]

He's the only player who is currently keeping the sport alive but it feels like tennis is living on borrowed time.

 

[Tshooter]

...

not really going anywhere with this...

 

[BeatlesFan]

Fed winning is always a good thing.

The more finger wags in the future, the better.

 

[MeatTornado]

We're already living in that reality imo. This is the bonus time. He should've retired with 18, but his last hurrah has turned into a separate career and he's up to 20.

I thought the decline in form from the 2017 AO to the 2018 AO was significant. But no one is willing to step up and stop him.

 

[Ace007]

We're already living in that reality imo. This is the bonus time. He should've retired with 18, but his last hurrah has turned into a separate career and he's up to 20.

I thought the decline in form from the 2017 AO to the 2018 AO was significant. But no one is willing to step up and stop him.

I thought so too, yet he breezed through to the final before dropping any sets.

 

[Candide]

We're already living in that reality imo. This is the bonus time. He should've retired with 18, but his last hurrah has turned into a separate career and he's up to 20.

I thought the decline in form from the 2017 AO to the 2018 AO was significant. But no one is willing to step up and stop him.

I hear what you're saying but I'm not sure that I agree. In 2018 he just wasn't pushed into areas where he needed to up his game to the top level apart from the final. And in the final it looked like he did - at first. He blitzed Cilic in the opening set in a vintage display and it seemed like Cilic was a very long shot to even take a set at that point. I would argue that it was less Cilic raising his level than Federer feeling the moment and getting tight that led to the two dropped sets. In the final set when Fed "bit down on his mouth guard" so to speak and focused himself he trounced the guy. Cilic is a great player but his only avenue to beating Federer seems to be total redlining of his game with a tiny margin of error.

Is the fifth gear still there? I would say if guys like Stan, Nadal, Djokovic and Delpo can get back on the court and challenge him at the pointy end of tournaments then we might see it. Otherwise he'll keep cruising through tournaments with a combination of exho level play, and fairly passive routine level play and overall a higher amount of unforced errors and the odd loss to gritty journeymen. I'm fine with that.

 

[Tennisanity]

In before Fedal Fedal Fedal, LOLLLLl

 

[Your Hero]

If Federer keeps winning it'll be a victory for us all.
If he doesn't and Nadal does it'll be an unmitigated disaster.

 

[Dolgopolov85]

The guy is obviously firing on all cylinders at the moment but given his age, there's the constant threat his level could decline quickly, he could get injured, etc. But what if it doesn't, and he doesn't...and instead, he runs the table over the next 3-4 years? if he could somehow sustain this level the guy could potentially pull down not just another slam or two, but 5, 6 maybe?

not really going anywhere with this but it just occurred to me there is the possibility he just doesn't go anywhere for a while. would be crazy.

Kinda already happened in the WTA with Serena and maybe it's going to be the way forward for ATP too.

 

[GabeT]

Nole will once again save tennis. No need to thank him

 

[Candide]

Nole will once again save tennis. No need to thank him

Ah yes, come back drunken master. Bring back the whimsical beauty of your game.

 

[tennisaddict]

Nole will once again save tennis. No need to thank him

When did he save before ? Fedal have always been there till date overshadowing him.

 

[GabeT]

When did he save before ? Fedal have always been there till date overshadowing him.

sure

 

[Your Hero]

Gabe's right. Nole saved tennis for awhile there.
Yup, no need to thank him. Toss him a biscuit instead.

 

[Sudacafan]

Fedr should win RG and retire.

 

[Smasher08]

In a sense I’ve already had this happen twice in my life so I’m kind of prepared for it.

When Wayne Gretzky retired I stopped being an active fan of ice hockey, and became a passive fan.

When Michael Jordan retired I stopped being an active fan of basketball, and became a passive fan.

Active would be going out of my way to follow the sport - live events, graveyard shifts, endless analysis and speculation.

Passive would be going over to Espn.com and catching the results. Maybe watching a big game on television once every few months or so.

... And when 60s Weed "retired", I __________________________

 

[zagor]

He won't. People always (and I really mean always) get carried away by the current state of affairs and start making wild predictions about the future.

 

[Deleted member 688153]

Fedr should win RG and retire.

I propose a compromise.
Win RG and not retire.

 

[Deleted member 742196]

... And when 60s Weed "retired", I __________________________

Not sure I get the reference. What’s 60’s Weed?