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Originally Posted by TheHip41
Fed is a bad match up for Sampras.
Sampras has a slight serve advantage
This is almost all that is relevant at Wimbledon. Someone with a better serve than Fed, and still skilled in the other areas is gonna crush and almost never get broken.
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Volley probably equal
Forehand fed
Backhand fed
Movement fed
Even if I grant all that, which I don't dispute, it doesn't really matter that much. Sampras was fine in those areas. Fed may be better, but when you start the point off with the Sampras serve, you just have to be solid in the other areas, in order to win your service games.
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I think if they played at Wimbledon 10 times Fed is winning 7
And thus, it's a lot closer to 5-5 and a variance fest, than a clear Fed advantage. I could even buy 6-4, but 7-3 is not fair to Sampras. He ain't gettin' broken that easily.
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No ****ing way Agassi is getting 6 majors in an era containing fed, Novak, and Rafa and Pete
He got 8 in an era only containing Pete.
The main reason is pointed about above by Cahill, former coach of Agassi and one of the brightest tennis minds out there
IRL - sure. In my hypothetical - Agassi got a super boost.
And you're discounting the effects of modern training in the modern game. Agassi had talent for days. With modern coaching and technology, he would look a ton better. Cahill was comparing the IRL Agassi with his shots as is, not Agassi 2.0.
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Agassi never beating Novak on hard court when Novak is in prime
No one could.
Lol. Fed and Nadal and IRL results would disagree. You're overrating Novak by far.