Maybe it's that simple for you. My point, however, was specifically made about people who thrive on theories that Federer completely defyies age so they can imply he is worse than Djokodal. I wasn't talking about people in their 'H2H shows who's better' phase.
I don’t understand the context here. He can’t believe what?
Your subsections don’t add up tO 24-16?
Hell no lol. Uniqlo was not paying him that money to sit on a beach. Nike read the writing on the wall and walked
That deal was about building thier brand awareness RIGHT NOW. The second half of that deal was just the price of doing business with Fed. That’s why Nike walked. Uniqlo didn’t sign that deal and say alright buddy, it’s been a good career, feel free to hit the beach any time you want. Representations were undoubtedly made about how long he was committed to playing. He’s just living up to his commitments now
Ok, you’re right he’s coming back because he thinks he can win a slam at age 41 with wrecked knees and a serious back problem. fed isn’t even going to make another QF in a slam
Common freaking sense man. You honestly think they just threw money at him to have fun in retirement? You think that deal doesn’t have out clauses?
I don’t doubt that. I just think there are other considerations as well
Retired athletes/celebrities never get endorsement deals. I’ve never seen any commercials or ads with them. It’s simply unheard of. Of course nobody at Uniqlo thought post-retirement they could throw a sweater/khakis on Roger and use him in an ad.
You’re slow if you think that. Fed has beaten Nadal nearly every time after 2014 (yes, he should have switched to a bigger racket earlier in his career to take care of the Nadal problem) and the H2H between him and Djokovic is very, very marginal. In fact it took until 2015 I believe for Djokovic to finally gain the slight advantage by capitalizing on Fed’s age
Not much you can do when you're 5-6 years older. Imagibe how much Nadal would have been owned if he'd been in Fed's place.We all know how good is "Roger"
Because Nadal and Djokovic are not Next Gen mugs.
If Nadal was 5-6 years older, he would never let Federer establish as an ATG in the first place.
I don’t understand this narrative and the cut off. Whats 2014 cut off?
2014 was when Fed switched rackets. Once he got used to that racket it was all over for Nadal
Its all part of the sport. Fact is that a teenage Rafa dominated Fed at his peak and Fed had ONE good year against Rafa throughout his career and this doesn’t mean Rafa is better than Fed. It just means he beat him when it mattered most over their entite careers across surfaces.
I mean, maybe not a bad idea, who knows. And we all know Djokovic is a much better player than Nadal on anything other than clay so he was bound to give Fed more problems, especially once Fed got older
True. People throw the H2H against Fed vs Nadal but forget Fed was number 1 for the majority of that time during Fed’s peak, while Nadal was usually number 2. Which further proves Fed was overall the better player on the majority of surfaces and tournaments and against other players
For those few years yes, overall no.
Overall still yes. More weeks number 1, better slam distribution, more World Tour Finals, etc
Sorry Djokovic has those numbers and Rafa has the slam count
Fed’s better than Nadal, my point still stands (and Djokovic)
If that makes you feel better, sure.
What I say is reasonable, no? Fed’s better on grass and hardcourt, clearly. Better strokes overall, clearly
