I think Federer is an awesome tennis player but I have had always had my reservations as to just how "good" he is.
In my opinion, this latest generation of tennis players are no where near as good as the last, with the exception of maybe Federer, Nadal, Gasquet and Djokovic.
Back in Sampras day, we had other superb greats like Rafter, Agassi, Philipoussis, Clement, etc who could actually challeneg for titles.
These days, we do not have anywhere near the depth of quality. I blame this on the increase in interest in other sports worldwide, especially football, cricket and rugby or "local-national" sports. This is why America and Australio - two tennis greats - have produced such dire tennis players over the last decade.
My argument is that Federer is as "good" as he is because he is up against a very poor generation of players. Back in Sampras day, he would have been up there in the top 3, but i dont think he'd dominate as much as he has.
Does anyone agree? Am i right?
2007-07-08
09:14:32
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bobby t
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