Recent content by starzero4

Long time since I signed into terb. But I guess I turned out to be right on this one. As the old saying goes , even a blind squirrel ... Was definitely in a huge minority in that debate. That improved BH and ROS in particular propelled him to 3 more majors.

Sascha Zverev, Nick Kyrgios, Dominic Thiem to name a few. They are rising stars at the ages you talked about but expecting them to win slams at this age doesn't make sense because the sport has CHANGED dramatically since Chang and Samparas and Becker won as teens. The game is way more...

All I am suggesting is I think this version of Federer would have given Rafa more problems in the past - even a younger Rafa than the Rafa of today. Reason is because the weakness Rafa used to exploit no longer exists. Rafa has NEVER seen Fed hit the BH as well as he is hitting it in 2017...

I think Rafa is not as strong against Fed now because he is being forced to change up his usual patterns for example by flattening out the BH cross to attack the Fed FH and even the BH line some . Rafa was dropping some returns short and the FH got more errant as the second set wore on...

Oh I am a fellow Federer fan but first let me be clear that I am still an objective Fed fan. Federer may have won a lot of sportsmanship awards but I'd argue he isn't always as sporting as some people think. I was not happy with him coming up with excuses in his post-match presser...

Well we can agree to disagree but to suggest that my opinion is what it is because I am a Federer fan is unfair. You still have NOT explained to me how Federer has suddenly started beating Rafa this year after so many losses and 3 times in a row at that. Surely, that has nothing to do...

I just realized that in your initial post you talked about Novak and Andy's FORM as well. Not just the absence. Yes, of course I would agree that their form has been a factor but that is the nature of tennis though right? Whoever has the best form in the tournament likely has a good shot of...

Djokovic AND Andy Murray played in BOTH the AO and IW. And Novak's has been vulnerable since after RG last year. So I don't think that has a BIG factor with Fed's success this year b/c those guys were in 2 of the 3 big tournaments that Fed ended up winning including the biggest - the AO. Doesn't...

Don't know if I agree with that. Fed is clearly returning serve better and hitting over the BH and being more authoritative with the BH a lot more this year. It is why Rafa has been forced to change up his usual patterns against him. Notice how yesterday Rafa was serving more to the...

Well it wasn't quite a year. It was about 6 months. But I think the time off helped him mostly to come up with some fresh ideas with Ljubicic. He is hitting the BH with more authority this year taking the ball on the rise and timing it beautifully. Also hitting over the BH return so...

Three things in particular Fed is doing better in 2017... 1. He is so quick to get up on that baseline on that BH side. He is taking the ball on the rise and the timing on the BH has been beautiful. Sure, the courts may have helped him down under but he hit his BH even better at Indian...

Her first major injury as I recall happened in Montreal several years ago. That was the shoulder issue which caused her problems for a few years as you might recall. Some of the DF issues that still linger today can be traced back to that original shoulder injury and surgery. Since then she...

More the injuries than the age in my opinion. I mean if healthy Maria is still a better player than the wave of younger players coming up. And she did just reach the AO QF (losing to Serena - no shame in that b/c she always loses to her) She hasn't played many tournaments though in recent...

Didn't wanna make a brand new thread for this topic in case it turns out to be something other than what rumors are speculating but apparently Maria Sharapova will be making a MAJOR announcement tomorrow. And some are speculating that it could be retirement...

There is a lot of reason to be optimistic for Americans particularly on the women's side . There are some young American women coming up the ranks - Madison Keys , Taylor Townsend etc. The future of American tennis on the women's side looks a lot more bright than the men's side at the...