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Alla Zakarian

20-08-2019 | 18:16 Tennis
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Roger Federer: “Younger guys not as talented as me, Rafael Nadal and Djokovic”

Roger Federer has the most impressive stats you will ever find in an athlete. He constitutes a blend of tennis greats like Pete Sampras, Bjorn Borg, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Boris Becker, and Arthur Ashe, and hence, is considered much better than the lot. In a press conference, the twenty-time Grand Slam winner commented on Rafael Nadal’s, Novak Djokovic’s and his dominance. The Swiss said: “I mean, I think it's definitely not a - how do you say - regular time in tennis in the men's game because I don't think we would have thought that Novak, me, and Rafa, all of us, was going to be so solid, so dominant for so many years. I think that number one, [we] stopped a lot of runs from the younger guys. Number two, I'm not sure, were they as talented as Rafa, Novak, and myself and others? Maybe also not. I think also the way the points are structured, they're so far right in the draw that you have to go so deep as a younger guy that you also may be lack your ranking to be top four or top eight easier. I feel like there is a sort of different levels to it. If you're top 32, that's good at Slams. If you're top 16, it's good. Top eight is another step. I feel like it's hard to get into the top eight and stay there, let alone top four, just because there are some guys in there that are very tough. The only way to get in there at the moment, it seems like, if you win a Slam. Otherwise, you need so many more points in the 1000s."

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