Nastase shares how Federer, Nadal, Djokovic influenced other players
In an interview to Welt, Ilie Nastase commented on how Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic made other players achieve less success than they should have probably achieved. Nastase made a comparison with a previous era: "Tim Henman was an unbelievable player, especially on grass. He would have won several Grand Slams, but he lost to Pete Sampras every once. Because Sampras was just amazing. Players like Henman or others would have won much if someone like Sampras did not exist. And now it's similar."
On Wimbledon, Henri Leconte said: "The good thing is that Centre Court is not that big but pretty small. It's nice. But yeah, something very special. Wimbledon is the cathedral of tennis, everyone wants to win this tournament at least once. I was not afraid the first time I headed into the Centre, but I was nervous."
He also criticized the shot clock: "If Nadal plays a 20-minute rally, then you should give him more than a 25-second rest until the following serve. It's silly not to give him more time. Those rules are not made by players but by people who have never played sports."
He finally slammed today's tennis: "Now everyone is all the same. They are totally focused, they do not want to do anything different from the others. Novak Djokovic sometimes. Stan Wawrinka is a strong character. But now for media, TV and crowd, it's not that good. We lost characters like John McEnroe and Co., another generation. You cannot make a comparison."
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2UYfLYR
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