Downside of compacting 12 Grand Slams or 51 titles in four years.
Posted by tennisplanet on October 8, 2007
Sampras won his first Grand Slam at age 19 and his 12th one at age 28. That’s nine years of work. Federer won his first at age 22 and 12th at 26. That’s four freaking years.
That’s completely unheard of in the history of the sport. No one, except Nadal, has even been allowed a peek.
Either the schedule has to be altered significantly from now on, or better roll out the red carpet for the injury guest. You can only stretch it so much when up against nature. We all have to kneel down, or risk taking a career ending hit.
I don’t know how far today’s medical science or psychotherapy or any such BS, can extend that kind of brutal attack on the human body and mind. But it is fair to assume, considering it has never been done and we have not yet disco