We are witnessing this era in atp, we grew up watching the big 3 players and every of us have emotional approach toward their personality, type of game etc..we all have our favourite player..But when they gone from atp as a players and new generation come, someone who do not know nothing special about them, everybody will looking just a numbers..Numbers are science, it is not a emotional question..For me, Sampras is a great player, but I never watch him or grew up watching him..I just look at numbers in his case..The same will be fo the big 3 in 5 years from now and in the future..
I will always maintain that depende how deep you see the numbers, you know you had to be able to interpreted as well, if you dig deep, the federe style is more effective, efficient and superior, put in aside their characters the federism if you will for me is the best play style, emotionally and rationally.
He had to change it from defensive to offensive. Had he not he wouldn’t have been as successful near the tail end of his career. His h2h with nadal favored him once this happened.
That backhand into the corner at 1:46 into the clip is possibly the greatest backhand I have ever seen. Especially if you see that rally in its entirety…
That 3rd passing shot against Lopez is completely insane. How he managed to get the racket around the ball spinning away and get enough lift over the high part of the net is beyond scary
Great point at the end against Gonzalez, bcs with that point Federer's peak ended..After this point, his form started to go down and never again he played at that level..
Perhaps if you interview his school teachers they may tell you Federer had a very good grasp of geometry. Because his shots are all about exploiting court geometry. That shot against Djoker at 1:44 was saying, I can draw a line across from the baseline to the opposite corner and make the ball bounce right at the tip of the corner.
🤣He probably could have done the whole video with just BHs from the 2006 ATP Final against James Blake. 🤭 James Blake probably still has nightmares of watching BHs go by him.
Right, when his offensive neo backhand finally blossomed from 2017, it tipped from a slight weakness, to a more frequent winner & point-dictating shot especially vs. Nadal!
