DarthFed
The GOAT
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I think it is a cop out to place his 5th set disasters as a lack of fitness or just a bad day at the office. He didn't suddenly lack fitness when he was up 2 match points vs. Novak at 2 straight US Opens and then barely put another ball in play. He didn't lack fitness when he blew the USO final against DP out his arse. He didn't lack fitness when he blinked against Rafa at 2008 Wimbledon, Safin at 05 AO, etc.
There are different types of mental strength and Roger just doesn't handle the do or die moments very well at the end. This has mainly been a big problem the last half of his career. His 5 set play turned to disaster from 2008 on and perhaps not coincidentally that's when he started becoming really poor as a frontrunner too.
There are different types of mental strength and Roger just doesn't handle the do or die moments very well at the end. This has mainly been a big problem the last half of his career. His 5 set play turned to disaster from 2008 on and perhaps not coincidentally that's when he started becoming really poor as a frontrunner too.