French Open

[Samarta]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

That f'n Lerch Lefty power server from Croatia won Wimbledon.If that guy wasn't one dimensional I don't know who is.What exactly does Nadal do to win the French? He what? Is quicker? Makes shots? Can paw at the ball like a gifted athlete only can? The French takes power out of the equation,and you find out who the best athlete really is.The other major events are all power events(as far as men are concerned.)Who can hit it harder,and still control it.If Roger is such a gifted athlete then the French Open is the place where that would be displayed.Sampras,and Federer are the best 2 power players of the last 20 years,but if they were great athletes they would have won at the French..Agassi did.

So why hasn't Any Roddick won more? guy hits it harder than anyone ever and is a great athlete....It's about the surface period....the clay does not set up for guys that aren't stricly baseliners.....if you look at people that have had sustained success on it, it's people that grew up playing on it.....you receive the ball totally different on clay than you do grass, deco, hard, anything else.....Besides Borg, Federer is in better shape than anyone that has ever played the game....if Nadal was superior to Federer from an athleticism perspective he would have Australian, U.S. Opens, and Wimbledons on his mantle....