Andy down an early break already, 3-0. I was thinking about this, it would have been great if Federer was 4-5 years young because a) It would put Nadal, Federer, Murray, Djoker all that the same age group and hitting their peak prime at the same time. b) Roddick would have won more titles c) I want to see how good Federer would have been because he started dominating in kind of a less talented era. Not to take away anything from him, his consistency was absolutely unmatched and ridiculous
Interesting scenario. One thing for sure, if it weren't for Federer, Roddick would've had 2 Wimbledon championships to add to his 1 U.S. Open title.
Yeah it's just a thought experiment of what if those 4 were in their prime together. Did they get the better of Federer after a while because Federer is 4-5 years old which is large in tennis years. Did Federer have his amazing streak because those guys were not in their primes and playing like this year. You are right, Roddick gets more championships. Federer absolutely dominated him. 03 Wimbledon Semis, Roddick lost to Fed and Fed won in the final. Roddick could beat Phillapopous or however you spell that in the finals 04 Wimbledon Final, Roddick lost to Fed 05 Wimbledon Final, Roddick lost to Fed 06 US Open final, Roddick lost to Fed 07 Aus Open semis, Roddick lost to Fed and could have beaten Gonzalez in the final 09 Wimbledon final, Roddick lost to Fed excruciatingly. This was the one where Fed tried to be polite and said something like "I know how you feel. I lost last year in the final and it hurts, you'll be back" and Roddick interrupts him and quips "Yeah but you had 5 of these" Also now that I looked that up: Federer: 04 Wim winner 04 Us Open winner AUS SF FRE SF WIM winner US winner AUS winner FRE finalist WIM winner US winner AUS winner FRE finalist WIM winner US winner AUS SF FRE finalist WIM finalist US winner AUS finalist FRE winner WIM winner US finalist 2010 AUS winner What a ridiculous streak over 5 years.
Djoko - Rafa: going into Roland Garros, Nole looked like the slight favorite coming off his win over Rafa at Rome. But looking at Nadal's last two matches, especially his annihilation of Murray in the semis it looks like anyone's match. The heart wants Nadal, but the head is not 100% sure of him winning his 9th(!) French championship. Shreikapova - Halap: my ears are still ringing….
in the futures market, Djokovic was the favorite... all the way up until the Djokovic/Nadal final happened. Then Nadal became the favorite. I guess because he had such an easy time with Murray (Murray's worst surface, though) and Djokovic seemed to be struggling with an illness.
