Nadal believes previous tennis eras cannot match the excitement generated by the current stars of the sport


"Sampras v Ivanisevic match, or one between those kind of players, is not enjoyable, It's not really tennis, it is a few swings of the racquet.
 
For me, in the past it was just serve, serve, serve."


http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2011/06/25/Wimbledon-Diary-Day-Five.aspx
 


Arrogant selfish excuse Ego.

But, Nabull  ＞  Sampras.  No?

Djokovic supports Troiki and believes that he'll be back for December DC finals.

What I don't get is why there's a thought to add another discussion for a player refusing to take a test. This makes no sense, it should be black and white. No refusals allowed during a tournament, period. There's no mistaking "no, means, no", for a player to ignore the rules and not get penalized.

http://tennis.si.com/2013/10/04/novak-djokovic-calls-for-change-in-doping-protocols/

Boring 2013

 Tsonga:

"How did Murray win his slams? Because he's surrounded by 14 people"



Interview with Tsonga in L'Equipe today translated by @markalannixon - interesting stuff.


Quote:
I'm between apprehension and impatience. The tendon is still sensitive and a bit painful. I'm still not putting too much stress on it. I need some time before I do that.

(On sending a "B" DC team against lesser opponents)I made the connexion to my injury. In Argentina (QF beginning of April) I played my heart out and won in 5 (Berlocq), and I was dead the next day because I'd just got in from the hard court in Miami with 8 hours of plane travel still in my legs. We were all exhausted. I was fried and I lose. If I could have had 10 days off after Miami, it would have been different. 10 days to me is a third of my holidays. Spain won DC several times and they didn't always have Rafa. We don't have to be there all the time. The frustration is real...

(New coach) It's not like there's a transfer window. There's no deadline. The objective really is to find a structure that would put the odds on my side. I'm looking for somewhere I can recuperate, where there are monitoring facilities for the medical, nutritional, and physical preparation for tennis. A place to prepare mentally. I need to build a more complete team than I could have with Roger. We didn't work badly together, but, when you get to a certain level, with the constraints that exist, you need a war machine you can fall back on.

There's thought behind this. I'm criticised for stopping with Roger in the middle of the season, but the idea is to have time to prepare for 2014 by finding solutions, which don't come just by snapping your fingers. The result might be having someone to direct my practices who collaborates with someone else, who mayby was a top-10 player. One I travel with, and another I'm in contact with by phone.

How did Murray win his slams? Because he's surrounded by 14 people. I won't be travelling with that many, but perhaps I'll have a group where I train. It's complicated for me. I'm not going to pretend otherwise. It's really a bit sad because I train like crazy. I'm an animal physically, but that's not how I'm going to beat the top 2-3. I've tried to see just how far I can go. But there's a point where my body says to me "You're a nice guy, but this isn't possible." I can't go 5 sets with those guys without it affecting my health. I'm not on the same planet as Nadal and Djoko. Their level never drops, so I have to beat them quickly. I have to be explosive. I have to change the way I work. I have to be quicker, pack more punch, move forward, hurt them.

What I learned with Roger has stayed with me. I know I can stay in rallies if I have to. It's one more option for me, but I can't do it better than they can. But I can be better with other things, like pure hitting. Because I'm stronger and hit the ball harder than most, and can do it from almost anywhere on the court. I can go to the net and place volleys, I'm athletic at the net, I can run, I can cover a lot of ground. Even better than before.

If I reach the end of my career without attaining my dreams, at least I've tried everything possible, explored everything. If I don't succeed, it's because I wasn't good enough, and there's nothing wrong with that. I'm most proud of doing everything I could with my head held high. I don't know many who've had a herniated disc at 19, then made the top 10.



http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1rmme83

 Djokovic re. WTF "I would definitely put it on a level with the Grand Slams."


Djokovic "I'm very, very happy," he said. "It's a great achievement for me........The best eight players playing here says everything about the quality of the event and I would definitely put it on a level with the Grand Slams."




http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...t_10366898.htm

Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad
07/22/2013 - 07/28/2013

Shanghai Rolex Masters
10/07/2013 - 10/13/2013

Swiss Indoors
10/21/2013 - 10/27/2013


BNP Masters
10/28/2013 - 11/03/2013

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Roger's schedule.


He knew from the beginning that he would not go to WTF from this year. #Humble


lol

Q. Nadal is undefeated on hard courts this year and you're undefeated on clay. Patrick said this year balance was really important with your clay game. I wondered about transitioning from clay to hard courts, what the challenges have been?


SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, actually, it's a lot easier, the transition, because the hard courts have gotten so slow since when I started playing.
They were a lot faster. And now it's just so many more balls come back, and it's just almost basically playing on a fast clay court. I think the transition is a lot easier than it used to be.

DelPo, Ferrer, and Berdych are out, so are also guys like Janowicz and Haas.
Youzhny and Wawrinka will probably lose to Djoko and Andy (SF)

Nadal will have a cakewalk to final.

And Roger was just pathetic.

USO '13 is over.

commentators stunned at American fans cheering more for Monfils not Isner, why?

Chris Fowler, Darren Cahill, and Brad Gilbert all expressed dismay that the USO crowd turned on Isner to massively support Isner late in the match as though jingoistic patriotism should prevail. Why should a countryman have to support another countryman when there are so many other variables that determine fan support?

IMO.

Warlocq had some sick shots, a pleasure to watch. Oh and Federer was good too.

Though he will still lose to bull.