Comments on: Federer wins Tennis Masters: Somebody stop him!

By: Sports Snob

Sports Snob — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:46:19 +0000

@ Neena: Federer is more exciting and the style, well is an inexplicable combination of power and style.
Nadal… I hope the pressure to compete with Federer is not getting to him

By: Neena

Neena — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 12:42:49 +0000

Though I have been a Sampras fan myself, I find Federer much more exciting. Just to watch him play, is a treat. Now someone may say, who cares whether it looks good or not, leave that to the cameraman!
But still, his style of tennis is can be described as “oriental”…

As for Nadal, the injury list are a tell-tale sign

By: Ravi

Ravi — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:16:20 +0000

do i think sampras was better than federer? NOT AT ALL. wat i meant was that for all of Sampras’ greatness on grass, he never did well on clay. Federer is the real deal. better on grass and hardcourt and also capable of winning on clay. as was the case with Ferrari in F1 and the Aussies in cricket, its down to the opposition to raise their game to compete

By: Z

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:00:01 +0000

Ravi… come on..Federer is so much better than Sampras. Just to watch him play ! But it is going to be really interesting to see who can challenge him next year. Nadal has a great record against him, Blake has been doing well of late (though not against Federer) lets see what guys like Gasquet and Murray do.

By: Ravi

Ravi — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:49:02 +0000

for comparison sake, federer is a sampras who can actually win on clay. and its only a matter of time IMO. as far as numbers goes, it depends on how long Federer can continue this level. he might jus turn back and say ’sod it, i am better than the rest by a country mile’. more competition will let us see if he can reach a higher level.

By: Sports Snob

Sports Snob — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:48:04 +0000

@ Cyrus: I don’t know if Federer will reach Sampras’ records. Actually I don’t think I care. This is a man you just want to watch for the way he plays the game.
And Nadal is going to have to improve his game significantly… in this year’s Wimbledon he was actually fairly good. But he has ended the season badly… is the pressure getting to him? Can he play as consistently? What do you think?

By: Cyrus Poncha

Cyrus Poncha — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:29:56 +0000

sampras was tops for 6 years, fed is only for 3 years so i guess we have a lot to see of fed in the future, maybe nadal can improve his game on grass to give him a fight

By: Sports Snob

Sports Snob — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:19:26 +0000

@ Wimpy: The reason I want to see players play better is almost to see if Federer can play even better. (Is that possible?) Agreer on the competition though. Competition also should help us see what Federer does in a Grandslam final set 5 against a “real opponent”.

@ DS: Agreer on the Safin bit. He is one guy who can beat Federer on his day. And while he plays the game so well, I want to see competition, close matches. That is what makes sport fun and maybe he will play even better!

By: DS

DS — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 05:35:17 +0000

Thanks for that Brijnath article. Very interesting. And also quite revealing that besides the serve, Sampras does make it into any of the categories.

While a Safin/Gasquet vs Federer rivalry would definitely spice up the sport (I don’t think that anyone else has the talent the take it to him), watching Federer dominate the game hasn’t been all bad, IMO.

Afterall, it hasn’t been slam-bang tennis by any means. Instead, every time we watch this genius perform, we are treated to the most diverse variety of jaw-droppers as is humanely…make that, Federerely possible! Things could be a lot worse….we could still be in the 90s and watching serving contests instead of tennis matches!

By: Wimpy

Wimpy — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 05:11:58 +0000

but the Masters cup was different (thanks to its round robin format) in a way that federer-nadal happened in the semis.

gosh, i’ve gotten so bored of seeing them dominate the game like this!

new balls please!