I have some questions that maybe you guys can answer, because honestly, a lot of what I hear doesn't jibe with what I see.
1. What is this "punishing style" of play that Rafa has, and is he the only one in the history of the sport to have this "punishing style?" Before Rafa I had never heard that term before and I have been watching tennis for decades. I usually watch matches twice, the first time without sound because I can't stand to hear the commentators all use the same phrases and vernacular. I think that's odd. It's like they all share the same brain. It's the sameness that irks me. Does anyone have a different POV? Who is someone else who has a punishing style? There has to be someone else. To me, the game is extremely physical and everyone looks like they're working hard out there.
2. Why do they say that Agassi is a better returner than Novak? I don't see that either. Agassi doesn't have half the movement that Novak has, or return. So that confuses me as well.
These questions may seem odd to you all, but they really bother me because I don't think it's true, maybe you all can answer it, because someone saying something ad nauseum is not enough to convince me. I need cold, hard, facts!