Re: Pro tennis players are faster. stronger. and more agile today


bob wrote:
> <pedrodias@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >
> > bob wrote:
> > > <pedrodias@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > > >
> > > > raj_kotaru@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > > > No, Pedro is right. After Sampras won his first 6 slams he was
> praised
> > > > > and respected by the experts and feared by his peers. But I do not
> > > > > think he got the encomiums that Federer is getting from greats like
> > > > > Laver and McEnroe. The main reason is Sampras's over-reliance on
> the
> > > > > power game. It wasn't as watch-able as Federer's artistic game is
> > > > > today. Federer is also much more well-liked by his peers. That is
> > > > > hard to achieve if you are beating almost every one of them day in
> and
> > > > > day out.
> > > >
> > > > Sampras also never had the dominance Federer has displayed for over
> two
> > > > years now.
> > >
> > > he also didn't have as his toughest competition hewitt and
> > > rod***..apples/apples now petey dias.
> > >
> > Can't, bobbit. Ever. So we compare the only equivalents we have, The
> > Field - 2005, vs. The Field - 1995. I don't think they're pretty close,
> > maybe a small edge in depth to today's players.
>
> an edge in depth (top 50), i agree..but the top 3, no.
>
> > In any case, it isn't like Sampras only ever lost to the players at the
> > top, in his day. Far from it. So start comparing Sampras *losses* to
> > Federer's losses. Those you can find, that is. Apples, meet apples.
> > How do you like *them* apples?
>
> hehe..i never said sampras had a stastical 2yr period like fed's..nobody i
> can think of has..i've seen better single yrs on occasion, not 2 yr combo..
>
> but if you really want to compare apples to apples, don't compare CAREERS of
> players who are retired VS those still playing..for all i know, fed may win
> 18 slams, min 3 of each, etc or he might win 10, never a FO...until he
> retires though, we do know 14 > 13 >12 > 11 etc......i know your wife will
> agree with that.....
>
I'll ask her when I meet her.

;-)

Again, you people are the only ones making the career comparisons. The
rest of us will be quietly speaking of the wonderful shots Federer hit,
or the amazing year he's having, and The SamprasWhisperer or GruntAss
or GurlyGurl will leap out of some topiary, frothing at the mouth,
waving a Sampras poster and screaming "Fourteeen! Foooourteen!
Fourteen!"

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