Bernard Tomic said in a recent interview that there will be no more dominant veterans like Roger Federer on the ATP World Tour. Instead, according to Tomic, a handful of up-and-comers will share the spoils.
“Generations will move on, for sure in two or three years there will be no Federers,” the 20-year-old Australian explained. “They will slowly start moving and four, five years from now it will be a totally different group of players in the Top 10; that’s for sure.
“It gives a chance for players like Milos Raonic and Grigor Dimitrov and myself to get into that spot, and take over and dominate. I’ve got to stay positive, keep working, and my time will come to get to that stage.”
Tomic peaked at No. 27 in the world rankings last June, but he has been no better than 39th since last October. Tomic’s highest ranking in 2013 was 40th and he currently registers at 51st. He did most of his damage en route to a 25-22 record during the Australian summer, with his first and only ATP title coming in Sydney prior to a third-round performance at the Australian Open.
In other news, Tomic has confirmed his participation in January’s Sydney International. He will be attempting to defend a title for the first time in his career.
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What I also find interesting is the commentators who still haven’t got a handle on the fact that, for most of the time these days, Fed doesn’t play his very best. You can actually here their jaws hitting the floor and the gasps of sheer disbelief.
For those of us who have had to endure years of Andrew Castle et al eulogising Fed, even when he isn’t on court, but especially when he’s playing Andy, this is a tad pleasing…;)
Deucy: When Andy returns and next plays Djokovic, steel yourself for the commies endless gasps of awe and wonderment and overuse of superlatives at every winning shot by Novak. They are in the process of reluctantly acknowledging TMF is stumbling and switching their allegiance to Novak as the next best thing since sliced bread. So much so they can barely bring themselves to acknowledge Rafa is currently Numero 1: the sub text is Djokovic is on an ever upward trajectory and set to take over where Federer left off.
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^^^Hahaha, you are on a roll today ed251137! Keep ’em coming!
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“……………………..and switching their allegiance to Novak as the next best thing since sliced bread. ”
Now I understand why Rafa would sooner cut himself than plump for sliced bread………
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Anybody interested in NPD, might care to read the following and tell me if anybody comes to mind:
http://psychcentral.com/disorders/narcissistic-personality-disorder-symptoms/
^^^Roger that!