djarvik wrote:Majors are best of 5, just want to throw this out there.
The only way I see Fed winning one is if he has an easy draw, avoids Rafa and Nole, and plays a surprise finalist.
It is possible, but then again, he can run into a hot young guy like Dimitrov that will outrun him for 5 sets, or Raonic that will win the tie breaks. Hell, even Gulbis in early rounds can knock him out.
Fed is still a damn good player, but the aura of invincibility and clutch performance is gone. And Fed won LOTS of matches precisely because of that, ability to intimidate and play well when it counts.
PetkovStefan wrote:djarvik wrote:Majors are best of 5, just want to throw this out there.
The only way I see Fed winning one is if he has an easy draw, avoids Rafa and Nole, and plays a surprise finalist.
It is possible, but then again, he can run into a hot young guy like Dimitrov that will outrun him for 5 sets, or Raonic that will win the tie breaks. Hell, even Gulbis in early rounds can knock him out.
Fed is still a damn good player, but the aura of invincibility and clutch performance is gone. And Fed won LOTS of matches precisely because of that, ability to intimidate and play well when it counts.
A young hot guy? Umm…interesting choice of words.
Gulbis? For a guy who loses 1 match for every one he wins (176/151 w/l record), thats quite a tall order. I don't mean disrespect but are you new to tennis Darvik?
Stefan
PetkovStefan wrote:djarvik wrote:Majors are best of 5, just want to throw this out there.
The only way I see Fed winning one is if he has an easy draw, avoids Rafa and Nole, and plays a surprise finalist.
It is possible, but then again, he can run into a hot young guy like Dimitrov that will outrun him for 5 sets, or Raonic that will win the tie breaks. Hell, even Gulbis in early rounds can knock him out.
Fed is still a damn good player, but the aura of invincibility and clutch performance is gone. And Fed won LOTS of matches precisely because of that, ability to intimidate and play well when it counts.
A young hot guy? Umm…interesting choice of words.
Gulbis? For a guy who loses 1 match for every one he wins (176/151 w/l record), thats quite a tall order. I don't mean disrespect but are you new to tennis Darvik?
Stefan
djarvik wrote:Stefan, your math is lacking. I am not even mention the fact that win/loss record doesn't take into account Federer's age and current form. You only as good as your last match my friend, the rest is history.
PetkovStefan wrote:djarvik wrote:Stefan, your math is lacking. I am not even mention the fact that win/loss record doesn't take into account Federer's age and current form. You only as good as your last match my friend, the rest is history.
Well, I went back and did the calculation for Fed's W/L ratio when he was Gulbis' age (25). Fed was at 84%
So pound for pound even if you adjust for age, Federer was and is and will remain, better. Unless you think Gulbis over the next 5 years will win 98% of all matches (something he has to do in order to achieve to get even close to Federer's W/L ratio).
I guess in some people's world facts and numbers have no bearing.
Stefan
Steyolol wrote:Ill be back when federer wins another GS.
PetkovStefan wrote:djarvik wrote:Stefan, your math is lacking. I am not even mention the fact that win/loss record doesn't take into account Federer's age and current form. You only as good as your last match my friend, the rest is history.
Well, I went back and did the calculation for Fed's W/L ratio when he was Gulbis' age (25). Fed was at 84%
So pound for pound even if you adjust for age, Federer was and is and will remain, better. Unless you think Gulbis over the next 5 years will win 98% of all matches (something he has to do in order to achieve to get even close to Federer's W/L ratio).
I guess in some people's world facts and numbers have no bearing.
Stefan
djarvik wrote:I am positive Gulbis has a better record than Federer. I never specified "which" record is that.
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