Yes at age 36 when he is unlikely to play it again. If it was sped up for good in his mid-late twenties or earlier...Hell just look at 2011, a terrible year for Fed pretty much start to finish, but they used a different ball leading to much faster conditions and he was the only thing that prevented Nole from a calendar year slam.
At this point this is a futile observation, if not speculation, whether it be balls or courts. The players, the fans and even the bookies seem to prefer whatever the changes/authorities are over the past decade. No one, including the players seem, to care about even knowing the court conditions and balls Before tourneys begin. Can't fight market forces. Roger himself has never been particularly vocal about this. He has been in a position to make some noise about tournament ball/court decisions for a decade. On occasion, he has even mentioned how difficult it was to play in the 'very fast conditions' on a day in some place. As far as the tennis and the fan world is concerned, this discussion is among the lunatic, if not deluded, fringe. We have to accept what's beyond our control and move on. Is there anyone who measures these things? Because we can at least analyze data to see how court/balls/bounce influence ATP GS results. That would put an end to this speculation.
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