Dave Hazelwood wrote:> On 2 Feb 2007 02:53:13 -0800, "Kermit The Frog"> <Minh.Doan.7@gmail.com> wrote:> >> At this point, Fed's got nothing to win and a lot to lose playing>> Pete...>>>> If Fed beats Pete, it's the "he's 35, 10 years past his prime, blah,>> blah, blah">>>> If Pete beats Fed, it's the same thing in reverse, "oh my god, he>> still managed to beat him even though he's 35, 10 years past his>> prime, blah, blah, blah">>>> It's the same logic (or lack thereof) that the trolls / Sampras>> fanboys use when they bring up the 'weak era' argument. Fed wins,>> it's against a 'clown', he loses, oh my god he lost to a 'clown'.> > > Fed demolished Sampras when he was 30 and now Fed's game has improved> about 100 zillion percent and Pete has been playing golf.> > I would love to see Fed beat Pete 606060 with Sampras winning less> points than the 18 games played BUT it's not going to happen.> > Sampras may be dumb but he is not stupid.
<jason-catlin@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1170448443.916335.126100@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...> On Feb 2, 6:31 am, Dave Hazelwood <the_big_kah...@mailcity.com> wrote:>> On 2 Feb 2007 02:53:13 -0800, "Kermit The Frog">>>> <Minh.Doa...@gmail.com> wrote:>> >At this point, Fed's got nothing to win and a lot to lose playing>> >Pete...>>>> >If Fed beats Pete, it's the "he's 35, 10 years past his prime, blah,>> >blah, blah">>>> >If Pete beats Fed, it's the same thing in reverse, "oh my god, he>> >still managed to beat him even though he's 35, 10 years past his>> >prime, blah, blah, blah">>>> >It's the same logic (or lack thereof) that the trolls / Sampras>> >fanboys use when they bring up the 'weak era' argument. Fed wins,>> >it's against a 'clown', he loses, oh my god he lost to a 'clown'.>>>> Fed demolished Sampras when he was 30 and now Fed's game has improved>> about 100 zillion percent and Pete has been playing golf.>>>> I would love to see Fed beat Pete 606060 with Sampras winning less>> points than the 18 games played BUT it's not going to happen.>>>> Sampras may be dumb but he is not stupid.>> The thing is there is some precedent for hard-charging attacking> players giving> Fed - peak Fed I should add - trouble, including also-ran players> like Fabrice Santoro and> Takao Suzuki. Obviously he'd have to be off his game for that strategy> to work.
Santoro is hard-charging attacking player ? Did you ever seen Santoro ?
But there's no way you can convince me that Sampras - even after four> years out of the game -> couldn't get back to the level of Suzuki if he had a lot of rea$$$$$$> $ons to do so.
If you think Fed had any problems with Suzukim you're most deluded poster in this NG
Again, the key would be to play on a fast enough court so Fed's edge> in mobility and fitness would be reduced> and Pete could get as many *cheap* points on his serve as possible.>> Not saying Pete at his age could win, but he might just make it just> as interesting as any of Fed's other *competitors* do.
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