I understand what he's trying to say, in the sense that a new era of women's tennis is about to begin with alot of new players about to start reaching there primes. Most of whom are unknown to us still, which is what I think he ment by "dead era". I see Bouchard winning quite a few grand slams and possibly an Olympic medal. Worried a injury may shorten her career at some point.
Men's tennis is way harder as the same 4-5 people win everything every season. Though Raonic is still young and hopefully once Federer finally plays like his age lol as well as Nadal, I can see Ronic winning at least one major grand slam tourny. I think a dead era in men's tennis is more likely, once we loose Federer, Nadal, Djkovic, Murray (pardon my spelling).
Genie's mental toughness quotient is through the roof and her compete level is up there with Serena, Shazza, Connors, Hewitt, Chang, Rafa. BUT, the one thing that concerns me is the power-quotient. She doesnt hit as big a ball as some of the other top ladies. In each of her 3 losses at the majors this year she faced an opponent with a noticeably greater power quotient.
The question I would pose to everyone is how many players with a power quotient comparable or less than Genie's have won a major title in recent years? Serena, Li Na, Maria, Vika , Stosur ALL have more power than Genie. Even Bartoli had more power than Genie. Schiavone is the only recent major winner I can think of off the top of my head that maybe had a comparable power quotient but Schiavone was a completely different type of player, she has an enormous amount of variety in her game to compensate and she won on a surface (clay) that rewards that variety and court-craft. Also, another mitigating factor was that the draw completely opened up that year - Stosur was the dragon slayer and Schiavone benefited from it. Stosur may have run out of gas or had a let down after all those big wins en route to the RG final. Sharapova plays a very similar brand of tennis and has won 5 slams BUT Sharapova also has a slightly (but noticeably) greater power quotient.
Curious as to you reasoning on why you suspect an injury may shorten her career. Players most prone to injury are typically players whose foundation is defense. Genie's foundation is offensive, attacking, aggressive tennis. I suppose the one thing that could possibly contribute to injuries is that she seems to not get a lot of easy points. Very few cheap points off the serve and she doesnt have the power to bash winners from the back of the court on a consistent basis.
As for Fed - I agree with what BG said this morning - he is arguably the youngest 32 year old player ever. His game style has always been so economical and and he has always been so light on his feet. The style of game he plays isnt nearly as physical as say Rafa or Nole or Murray.
