CAMELOT FANTASIES

well sometimes there is no way to control one's emotions as they may overflow and overwhelm you.

just guessing here as I am not really all that emotional on the average. but that is just me.

pete held so much inside that maybe he could not hold it anymore.

anyway I would have to agree about fed and pete on grass:

pete was too strong mentally and his serve was nearly unbreakable. he would have held his own against fed's weaker wing with his serve.

a decisive edge would have gone to pete in the tiebreakers on grass.

pete was also very sure of himself at the net. very confident and very adept at the net. so a slight edge to pete going forward.


lets say they are both at their peak on grass and they play 7 matches. and the grass is relatively fast:


I would have to give pete 5 matches and Federer 2.

herc, Pete found out just the night before that Tim had brain cancer and was going to die in a few months. That was some heavy information for Pete to take and he had no time to deal with it. He was on the verge of pulling out of AO that night but Tim encouraged him to play. Pete was struggling from the get go in that match against Courier and lost the first two sets in TBs. In the 3rd set he had slightly better handle on his emotion and broke Jim and went on to win the 3rd and 4th set. It's during the 5th set when a fan called out to Pete "do it for Tim, Pete!" that broke Pete down completely. All this time he had bottled it up but after hearing that, he wasn't able to control his emotion anymore. Tim meant a great deal to him. He was like his father, friend, coach everything to him. And it took Pete a while to deal with his death afterwards. If anything it showed that he had a great heart that was capable of great love and care for others.

Fans, especially obnoxious fans, are just a bunch of ignorant people who prefer to shoot their mouths off without being completely aware of the situation. If there's one thing true about Pete then it is by all means the fact that, he was never the person to ploy things against his opponents to get the momentum back just so that he can win. This is just one thing among many he was known for. He was competitive but never to the point that he'd make a pact with the devil.  He almost never complained about anything and very rarely he'd argue with the umpires. Fans who talk about him in this manner are the fans who have absolutely no idea about him and most of these comments are based pure hatred and jealousy.