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Sampras: I see no decline with Federer
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pete sampras spoke about fed recently and he thinks he doesn't really see any decline in fed's game and it's just that nadal and djokovic have taken it to him.......
http://www.thetennisspace.com/opinion/sampras-exclusive-i-see-no-decline-with-federer/
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i agree with pete.......he just stated the truth........just look who fed lost to in the last 5 out of 6 slams......it's only to nadal or djokovic.......
he is tactically far better now than he was in 2006.......even his serve has only improved after 2007........the field was so pathetic back in 2005, 2006 that he barely even needed anything other than a decent 3 quarters serve and a good forehand which he always had.......
he had movement issues against nadal even in 2006.......nadal was always quicker than him.......just because he loses to another quick mover to djokovic, that doesn't mean he is moving like a grandpa........he still moves so well, which is what sampras is stressing.......age is irrelevant if you move that well.......
monstertruck:
That was a good read Shankar, thanks for sharing. :)
Nice to see that Fed & Annacone are a good fit, I've always thought of Paul as a great coach for aggressive minded players.
ashwin#1:
nice find, shanks... :)
annacone definately had a postive effect on fed, even though he never won any slams after they joined up.. :)
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--- Quote from: monstertruck on May 25, 2012, 07:56:48 PM ---That was a good read Shankar, thanks for sharing. :)
Nice to see that Fed & Annacone are a good fit, I've always thought of Paul as a great coach for aggressive minded players.
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concurred with that bold part but i never thought federer was an aggressive minded player, monsterman.......he is actually defense minded.......i think that is the reason why he is not really able to implement on court annacone's aggressive strategies against nadal and djokovic......
he is a defensive baseliner who has a really good serve.......he just defends better than everyone on the tour except nadal and djokovic at the moment.......
when you have a good serve, it just helps the first shot that much more and accounts for easy and quick service holds.......i think people take that for aggression but to me nothing apart from his serve is aggressive.......
sampras used to really force himself on the opponent and used to attack a lot even on the return games.......the 'chip and charge' stuff, aggressive returns, going for the lines etc......fed rarely ever does that and he just defends and defends and defends until the other one runs out of patience.......nadal is simply better than him in defence and hence those results.......
actually fed's defense is better than even djokovic's but recently djokovic took his movement to another level but he is tactically not as great a defender as rafa.......
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