Something that doesn’t get brought up enough is that in Federer’s career, he had to adjust the game changing from from serve & volley to grinding baseline game + the technology change in racquet’s increasing in size and string availability. YET he still managed to win 20 Grand Slams! It’s not as straight-forward as people like to make-it but I do admit Novak is still probably the better tennis player, Fed is the King of Tennis.
Fed was only king of weakest men's era in tennis. Like Connors said that every body is jumping on the band wagon of Fed and Nadal but they weren't even best in their own era.
@@JAM-fm8ltpretty uninformed. Idk what your competitive experience is but that’s an unfounded claim. To rise to the top in any era is remarkable. To do it for that long puts you in your own league.
American’s will never have another men’s major champion until there are enough top American athletes playing tennis to generate coaches who can coach a top American athlete and create a new American play style/tactics for the super athletic players ala Alcarez.
It was true about the strings. I remember Lendl always adjusting his strings back to the straight lines. I never see players do that anymore. Strings are so tight. I wonder how prime Borg would do today vs Sinner if borg could use Novak's racket.
@@tijgertjekonijnwordopgegeten LOL, that is if he had the same technique as he developed but if he grew-up with poly his technique would have been vastly different.
Put it this way: there is no way prime 80's Aaron Krickstein, Mark Woodforde, or Johnny Mac could ever hang with the average junior at my local club these days.
It was true about the strings. I remember Lendl always adjusting his strings back to the straight lines. I never see players do that anymore. Strings are so tight. I wonder how prime Borg would do today vs Sinner if borg could use Novak's racket.
Something that doesn’t get brought up enough is that in Federer’s career, he had to adjust the game changing from from serve & volley to grinding baseline game + the technology change in racquet’s increasing in size and string availability. YET he still managed to win 20 Grand Slams! It’s not as straight-forward as people like to make-it but I do admit Novak is still probably the better tennis player, Fed is the King of Tennis.
Fed was only king of weakest men's era in tennis. Like Connors said that every body is jumping on the band wagon of Fed and Nadal but they weren't even best in their own era.
@@JAM-fm8ltpretty uninformed. Idk what your competitive experience is but that’s an unfounded claim. To rise to the top in any era is remarkable. To do it for that long puts you in your own league.
Great convo guys.
Wow talking about 80 tennis and to mention Lendl only as the Murray coach is quite remarkable
I can't believe this podcast hasn't blown up yet... all in good time.
American’s will never have another men’s major champion until there are enough top American athletes playing tennis to generate coaches who can coach a top American athlete and create a new American play style/tactics for the super athletic players ala Alcarez.
It was true about the strings. I remember Lendl always adjusting his strings back to the straight lines. I never see players do that anymore. Strings are so tight. I wonder how prime Borg would do today vs Sinner if borg could use Novak's racket.
Borg would lose badly and maybe win a few games (if Sinner feels like being generous).
@@tijgertjekonijnwordopgegeten LOL, that is if he had the same technique as he developed but if he grew-up with poly his technique would have been vastly different.
Nalbandian is more like 5ft 11in. He's taller than Ferrer.
Tds and pds!
Yet six foot tall Carlos Alcaraz, who serves slower than many of these taller players is the one that's winning all of the slams. 🙄
Geniuses
Yannick won RG 83 w a wooden racquet
Wood/Graphite racquet not entirely wood
Alcaraz is 5'11" and change
Put it this way: there is no way prime 80's Aaron Krickstein, Mark Woodforde, or Johnny Mac could ever hang with the average junior at my local club these days.
It was true about the strings. I remember Lendl always adjusting his strings back to the straight lines. I never see players do that anymore. Strings are so tight. I wonder how prime Borg would do today vs Sinner if borg could use Novak's racket.
@@factman-w8m Borg? The hockey slap shot backhand that took forever to wind up? I don't think he'd be top 500.
Disagree. I played with a guy that lost to Nadal in 5 sets and was like 50-60 in world and played team tennis w Mac and said McEnroe could still play
@@markctaylormade I bet he would adjust quickly! What make you think Sinner is this god of tennis? He's in the right place at the right time.
@@markctaylormade borg had unstoppable stamina. He could play a 10 set match ,if they had them.