18, 19-year-olds winning Majors is possible, says Roger Federer
In one of his press conferences in Madrid, Roger Federer was asked if players under the age of 20 could win Majors. The Swiss, who won his maiden Major at the age of 21 in 2003 Wimbledon, said: "Yes. Why not? It's going to be tough, but it can definitely happen because a man's body is ready to win I think Slams at 18, 19. It is all a question of the body and where your game is at. The mind will follow and especially when you are young, you can start dreaming big and make it happen, so it is definitely possible. It is not impossible. But it's tough."
On the reason that led him to often come to the net against Gael Monfils, Federer added: "I think it is an option to be used on a hot and sunny day in Paris, too. I always thought that serve and volleying on a hot day on clay almost has more reward than on a grass court sometimes because the ball jumps out of the strike zone a little bit more and it's harder to press it down again into the feet of the attacking net player, so I think serve and volley can work very well on the clay. Even more so here in Madrid and on match point, I just felt like not so confident to win the point from the baseline, so I said panic mode is switched on and we are coming in (smiling). Regardless of how and what and when, there was no more tactics except to serve it to the forehand to mix it up and you go to the net as quick as possible so you are as close as possible and I framed the first volley, which ended up being perfect."
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2HdmAlK
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