Oflate mens' tennis has become very predictable / hence boring. There is a huge gap between Federer & Nadal from the rest of the lot. The victory of Federer in US open shows that. There may be some challengers here and there, but no real threat to Federer and Nadal. Same is in womens' event. With the resurgence of Venus Williams, possibly its going to be William sisters. Some eastern European babes will be there, probably more for glamour than serious champs like William sisters.
This is the first time this year Fedex played to his top level. He rekindled his passion and motivation for winning big matches. The way he played was simply great. Though he lost concentration in the middle of second set, he quickly recovered. Good that rafa lost in semis, otherwise, it would have been humiliation for him in the final. Roger definitely would have thrashed him.I am sure after watching the final, rafa would have considered himself lucky and felt happy for keeping his head to head record against federer intact. More or less Rafa seacon is over now and he will find his form back during may 2009 when clay court season will begin
Hi aswarya, I have symptothy on You, but don't be upset,it will happen everybody's life, now You are murmuring meaningless word. Please wait until Frech open
In an article in Tennis Week in 2007, the tennis historian Raymond Lee statistically analyzed the all-time best players. ROD LAVER topped his list ahead of Tilden and Borg (tied), Roger Federer, Gonzales, Rosewall, Budge, Ivan Lendl, Connors, Sampras, McEnroe, and Kramer. for starters, please look up Rod Laver on wikipedia, specially the section 'Place among the all-time great tennis players'
Re: ROD LAVER
by nt g on Sep 09, 2008 11:37 AM
Rod Liver was great NO doubt, BUT watch Laver playing on YOUTUBE and you will realise Roger is still great. Federer is Body lenght ahead of rest of the world. Rod Laver him self said two years back that he feels honoured when compare with Federer.....
Re: ROD LAVER
by bidare manjunath on Sep 09, 2008 11:36 AM
Agreed . Rod Laver is the greatest ever. especially considering his two garand slams. The other important point is that between 1963 & 1967 he had to miss out on the slams as he turned professional and under the rules of those days, professionals couldn't play in the slams.These were his peak years ( born 1949, he was between 24 & 28 years in this period),so potentially he missed out on atleast 8- 10 slams ( of the 20 slam tournaments played in those years).
