Mcrenoe says Roger federer is now better than Pete Sampras who had been lauded by many tennis analysts as the greates male t grass-court player of all time who won seven Wimbledon singles titles in eight years from 1993 through 2000
Former 3 time Wimbledon champion John McEnroe says Roger Federer is not just just the greatest men's champion in the history of Wimbledon but"the best male grass-court player there is" after winning an historic eighth Wimbledon singles title. Roger Federer has now surpassed the 7 titles of Pete Sampras and William Renshaw.
Federer extended his record to 19 Grand Slam titles with a 6-3 6-1 6-4 victory over Croatia's Marin Cilic. McEnroe said: "He's the male best grass-court player there is there is now no matter of opinion , it's quite simply that. No more debates of who is greater on grass. Sampras is now officially the second best on grass, Nothing to discuss anymore really.
, yes you quible the old stats like sampras never lost a final won 7 in 8 years but it was imaterial, most of his wins have been in a tougher era against tougher players. It amazing he has taken him to 2017 to win 8 rafa novak andy held him back a bit
He further added that what he did in this championship was remarkable as he was the second only not to drop a set the first bjorn borg in 1976 41 years ago , this is one of his best grand slam performances, yes novak, andy rafa were not there but there were still dangerous guys in the draw Roger's longevit It’s quite extraordinary. He’s so special in many ways the
,'seven time Grand Slam champion told BBC. 'Roger is the greatest overall in my eyes and I think he’s proved it with 19 Grand Slam titles, eight here. It’s always worth coming out to watch him because you always know there’s going to be some unbelievable shots and tennis out there.' 'Who knows what else he’s capable of? He’s showing us a lot and I think all the other competitors, especially in tennis as well, now that you’re 31, 32, they’re going to continue this trend and who knows what else is in store? We’re all in awe and just amazed at what he has accomplished already this year. Who would have thought? But it’s like he said in his speech, if you keep dreaming, if you keep believing, if you keep working hard and all of those things come together, a lot is possible in.' 'I think he’s playing as good as was in 2007 ,' mcrenoe added. 'I think his one shot that he’s improved more than anything is his backhand. I think when you look at his second serve, coming to his backhand, the way he takes it early and not slicing it as much anymore is something that the added to his game and it’s really working well.' He also joked: 'It's crazy, I mean it’s 8 at wimbledon 19 now it’s unbelievable. They should change it from SW19 to RF19, knowing the way I do pete sampras when he hanged up his racket for good after the 2002 us open he win at 31 he thought nobody for many decades if ever is going to take away my record of not just 14 grand slams let alone 7 wimbledon's I said 17 years ago on commentary after he won the millieium championship for the seventh time I would bet if i was a betting man that no man in my life time will ever win 8 times at wimbledon . "We can't emphasise enough all the records Federer has broken, and with tough competition. "Everybody is younger than him and he finds the way to win easily, and do it consistently on every surface, apart from clay. It's just impossible to fathom. You think, where is he going to go now? Will it be 20 Grand Slams at the US, yes this championship was a luckly one and a procession in the final but the other 7 were far from a foregone conclussion particulary with Andy roddick in the draw.
why does McEnroe say federer is now the Greatest Grass Court Player of all Time? Is it simply because he won 8 Wimbledons compared to Sampras 7 Wimbledons ?
I think its clear the answer, that Federer dominated Wimbledon in a way that Sampras never did. Consider, first 7 Wimbledon finals he played all in a row from 2003-2009 winning 6 of them the worst player that Federer lost during this run was in a 5 set match to nadal in the 2008 final a match he had chances to win in the final set, was close to winningg 7 straight titles, samorass lost in his run 1993-2000 in the quarters to the unseeded richard krychaich he has 65 wins of grass up to 2008 more than sampras, he has reached more finals aat an older age and won a title at a older age, won 17 grass titles sampras won 11 One more wimbeldon title then Sampras .. Played exculding 2017 won a MUCH stronger grass field then sampras as well. I give sampras the age over Federer on hard courts (slower ones at least) While I give Pete the edge indoors, and slight edge on faster hard courts. roger rules grass though.. The best to ever step on the lawns of Wimbledon. Sampras would have struggled to win 7 wimbledon titles had he played in federer era, he should have lost the 1998 final to goran and was lucky to win in 2000 to rafter set down 5-1 down in tie break in second, sampras was lucky is was never pushed in finals like nadal rodick did to Federer in 04, 07,09