Federer celebrates his return to No 1 by dismissing Dimitrov 6-2,6-2 in the final of the Rotterdam Open.
Is he the very best of the best? The best sportsman ever?
Better than Woods/Nicklaus, Jordan, Schumacher.
I canāt think of anyone who tops him as the champion of their sport.
ok, since the War. Bradman went ok.
Didnāt Bradman only play and tour England?
Others have dominated their respective sports, but none have done it for so long like Roger. Heād certainly be #1 and by a distance in my mind.
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The thing about tennis is that worldwide there are just so many players. Not many countries play cricket or have (affordable) golf courses or swimming pools or a climate or quality of water where youād want to jump in.
Fed is the best of a sport which is almost global. I know some will say that to join the elite junior tennis squads costs a lot, but there are enough professional players coming from poorer countries to indicate that raw talent gets them access to professional coaching.
Pretty sure he played West Indies, South Africa and India.
Might have toured S Africa in 1935-36. Might have missed that tour though.
Now heās #1 in your mind. So was your mind malfunctioning when you were all in for the Serbian?
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You know what irks me about D Bradman? Itās how he chose to end his career in England rather than here. Gives the impression that he liked them more than us.
Novak will be back, you can be rest assured of that.
Back to where? I reckon heās got 1 more slam in himā¦maybe
ā ā ā ā ā ā hell, thatās drawing a long bow
What impression does it give you?
Back playing Futuresā¦
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That maybe he thought he had had enough around about that time. Or maybe he wanted to tour England one more time after the war and then he knew he didnāt have it in him to keep going at the same level after that
If you were lucky enough, and good enough to choose the timing of your retirement, would you retire in front of your home fans, or in front of a group of toffee faced English (tits)?
Didnāt he play a whole bunch of testimonial games the next season in Australia?
Plus he played the next Sheffield shield season in Australia and it was valued much higher then then it is now, so I reckon he probably got a whole summer of farewells in Australia
Would you rather watch him play in a testimonial match, or a First Class match, or in a Test Match? The POMS got to see him play in a Test Match. His last ever Test Match.
If there was anyone who got to choose when and the circumstances of his own retirement from the game, it was D Bradman. And he chose to retire over there, not down here.
Tours werenāt as frequent in those days. I think the next Ashes in Australia was two and a half years laterā¦and he was 40 at the time.
Youāre making a mountain out of a mole hill.
But anyway, if itās a problem for you, thatās unfortunate for you. I couldnāt care less.