CAMELOT FANTASIES

looks like the nadal camp and the Federer camp are in a bit of a showdown here:

 


we have dedicated a whole thread to these amazing penguins at the Camelot nature and wildlife center.

You mean the fat fans?  The Penguins are lovely innocent creatures. Can't say the same about humans.

There's definitely a clear division between the fans. A lot of Federer fans are siding with Nole, because Nole is getting in the way of Nadal and that's helping Federer's GOAT legacy alive. And a lot of Nadal fans are siding with Murray because Murray is standing in the way of Nole, which is helping Nadal because Nole is not as confident as he used to be and that is allowing Nadal to get a handle over Nole even on hard courts.  And that's helping him in the bigger picture as he's now on the verge of breaking Sampras' record which will then lead him to get to Federer's.

So a lot of people, whether they admit it or not, have their own agendas and it would be truly foolish to think that other people, who btw tend to remain neutral on this matter and just enjoy tennis as they are more of a fan of tennis, do not get this, because they do. Otherwise it would be an insult to their intelligence.

Now as a Sampras fan, I appreciate the player he was. He set himself to break the past records (when the likes of Federer, Nadal yet to exist) set out by past legends of tennis and he did just that. As I see it, he dominated two surfaces winning 7 Wimbledon on grass and 7 other on hard - USO and AO. He also won a number of titles on carpet and 5 ATP tour finals known as WTF today. And dominating on 2 surfaces out of 3 is a much tougher deal than, say, dominating on one and be good or average by the standard on others. That's why Sampras winning RG was never that important to me and it shouldn't be. He could have won 1 or even 2, yes but that wouldn't have meant he dominated the surface. One win could even imply a mere fluke as I see it.

Perhaps one day fans will grow up and see that the most important factor in tennis was missed all this time and they really didn't get to enjoy tennis, the game itself, as much because they were so hung up on reserving the bragging rights strictly for themselves. In all this madness, I just see myself as a mere observer mos of the time. I am very glad though that I am a fan of Murray and Nole because they allow me to really get into tennis without subscribing the Fedal era and stay of it completely.