What "Depth" in Men's Tennis?!
Many people talk about the depth in men's pro tennis. They cite the example of a 100th ranked player pushing a top seed to three sets in an early round at the U.S. Open. However, if you view the situation from another perspective there really isn't that much depth in men's tennis. Given how dominant Roger Federer has been the past three or four years, one could argue that there are practically no players challenging him on any surface. When Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova dominated
the women's game a couple decades ago, there was constant chatter about how few true challengers they had. Nowadays, everyone remarks on Federer's greatness (of which there is no doubt), but one could also wonder why there aren't more mentally-tough, well-conditioned all-around players capable of matching his success? Currently, Federer's greatest challenger appears to be Rafael Nadal although occasionally a very aggressive player has taken a set or a match from Federer. Nonetheless, going into the 2007 U.S. Open, Federer had reached a record nine straight Grand Slam finals. When there is really "depth" in men's tennis, that would be very hard to achieve.
|| Comments (1)
Comments
that is a horrible prospective, there is no one in the womens game as who dominates like federrer or nadal, isner taking a set off of federrer, young in the third round.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 7, 2007 12:24 AM