Re: Federer serve speed question...

"Steve Jaros" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Whisper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > "Steve Jaros" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > > At his best he was very strong on clay as well (beating Courier,
> > Bruguera,
> > > > Muster, Costa at FO - beat alltime great Becker 6-1 6-2 6-2 in
Italian
> > > final
> > > > etc)).  Problem was he only ever geared for a short clay season - 1
or
> 2
> > > > tune-ups + FO, & that was it for clay for whole yr.
> > >
> > > bob and i discussed that 6 months or so ago - during his top years
Pete
> > > played more tuneups on clay for the FO than he did on grass for W..
> > >
> >
> > His hardcourt game is effective on grass,  so tune-ups not really
> necessary.
> > Clay is a whole different kettle of fish, so 1 or 2 tune-ups is woefully
> > inadequate....
>
> Yes, IOW's Sampras skill-set, not his motivation, accounted for his
failure
> at the FO.


Or, more accurately clay dispenses the need for great tennis talent & swaps
for great stamina.  I keep pointing this out but some have thick skulls....
: )