I just watched several matches from Indian Wells 2023 (round of 64) and then I watched this final from 2005. I can`t believe how much tennis has improved in the meantime. Just watch this carefully and you will see that the "intensity" is roughly at the level of the WTA of today. They are playing almost casually, like in an exhibition match, the groundstrokes lack power from both wings and the depth of the shots is horrible. The ball is usually closer to the service line than the baseline. Above all everything looks so SLOW and casual. I guarantee that Federer played better tennis later in his career but they say his "peak" was from 2004-2007. Maybe his RESULTS peaked in that period but his GAME definitely didn`t. This was an awful level for the standards later set by the Big 3. If I hadn`t seen this I wouldn`t have believed it. Watch a Federer match from 10 years later than this and you will see proof of what I`m saying.
It all depends on the camera angle, playing styles and surface. IW was really slow back in the day and Hewitt was a counter puncher, not giving a lot of pace to the opponent. Watch Federer - Blake from US Open 2003, for instance, and you would see insane pace of the groundstrokes even back then.
@@ivanjoldic826 Safin was world number 1, won 2 slams, and has beaten Sampras, Agassi, Djokovic and Federer in the majors. Let's not make it out like he didn't achieve things.
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I just watched several matches from Indian Wells 2023 (round of 64) and then I watched this final from 2005. I can`t believe how much tennis has improved in the meantime. Just watch this carefully and you will see that the "intensity" is roughly at the level of the WTA of today. They are playing almost casually, like in an exhibition match, the groundstrokes lack power from both wings and the depth of the shots is horrible. The ball is usually closer to the service line than the baseline. Above all everything looks so SLOW and casual. I guarantee that Federer played better tennis later in his career but they say his "peak" was from 2004-2007. Maybe his RESULTS peaked in that period but his GAME definitely didn`t. This was an awful level for the standards later set by the Big 3. If I hadn`t seen this I wouldn`t have believed it. Watch a Federer match from 10 years later than this and you will see proof of what I`m saying.
Safin was a different level, could have proved that only if Tennis was his first love.
@@saz6950 You mean like Kyrgios?
It all depends on the camera angle, playing styles and surface. IW was really slow back in the day and Hewitt was a counter puncher, not giving a lot of pace to the opponent. Watch Federer - Blake from US Open 2003, for instance, and you would see insane pace of the groundstrokes even back then.
@@ivanjoldic826 Safin was world number 1, won 2 slams, and has beaten Sampras, Agassi, Djokovic and Federer in the majors. Let's not make it out like he didn't achieve things.
Estás totalmente equivocado. El tenis era mucho más rápido en aquel entonces.