How to craft the perfect player

After my first few blogs took a serious route, i thought it was about time i had a bit of fun (not that regular tennis isn't fun) and gave my thoughts on a more relaxed and informal topic, so i thought how about i try and make my perfect player.
The motivation behind writing this particular piece came from a conversation i had with a friend of  mine just this morning. My friend (a casual tennis fan) said 'The Djoko-Nadal final that was pretty much perfect tennis right?' which got me to thinking, obviously 'perfection' isn't possible in a subjective sport, but how close is this current men's era to being 'perfect'.
If we were to throw aside changes in racket technology, how would the Federers and Nadals match up against the Borg's and Mcenroes of years gone by. Obviously the fitness and intensity of the game has increased seven fold, but based on pure talent, who wins basically. Well, i came to the conclusion that in terms of variety and game plan the older generation seemed to have more nouse and play better all round games, but the current stars serve and hit harder and move better. So after all that, i decided that 'perfection' could be achieved by a mix and match of the two so here goes :


Serve: How can you not go with Sampras here, 'Pistol Pete' may not have had as big a serve as a Roddick or a Karlovic, but it always got him out of trouble and once he got a break, he never lost it back!

Return: Agassi has never been matched for a two handed return. So great that it was a key part of his revival in his late 20's early 30's and kept him competitive up til 35!

Forehand: Federer takes this for having such a lethal combination of pace and accuracy, and singularly dominating tennis through this shot for most of the early/mid noughties!

Backhand: Must go to Djokovic, the last 18 months this has been the shot to go up another gear and really help him dominate his opponentts from the back of the court!

Volleys: Mcenroe without a shadow of a doubt. Deft touch, unbelievable feel, and quick hands. GOAT

His volley at 0:46 is testament to this.

Movement: Tough between Rafa and Borg but after his display in the Djokovic final the other day he just about gets the nod.

So there it is, my so called 'Perfect Player', feel free to leave any thoughts or comments, would love to hear opinions on this. Womens perfect player discussed tommorow :)






DJT