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 More options 31 Mar 2006, 04:42
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
From: "Breeder" <withba...@aol.com>
Date: 30 Mar 2006 19:42:49 -0800
Local: Fri 31 Mar 2006 04:42
Subject: Re: De-lurk: Observations on era strength

David White wrote:
> josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote:

> [snip]

> > Most people in rst seem to hold the view that a relative dearth of top
> > champions makes it easier for a good player to become dominant and pad
> > his slam totals. Borg, Connors, and Mac had to contend with each
> > other, goes this line of reasoning -- who is Federer's challenger?
> > However, viewing tennis as a complex system rather than as a series of
> > disconnected battles between pairs of players yields the opposite
> > conclusion: it is *more difficult*, not less difficult, for a standout
> > champion to emerge in an era of equilibrium. Parity tends to suppress
> > extremes in performance, so Fed's success actually defies the odds. He
> > has become a 6+ champion in an era in which we might reasonably have
> > expected the 6+ champ to be extinct.

> Oh my. In a nutshell, you appear to be arguing scientifically that Federer has actually
> been _underrated_ so far, even by Hazel. He will frame your post and refer to it
> constantly henceforth I expect.

> David<<

Yes. The above is just fucking stupid. It's fairly easy to discern the
exceptional players from the very good; you do so by "watching them"
and "knowing what to look for." Aside from Federer & Nadal, there
exists a dearth of players with both great tennis talent and great
mental strength. This is a fallow period, aside from those two. Yawn.

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