I really don't think Roger cares about the money anymore, do you realize how much he gets from his sponsors a year?
I think and hope he'll win a couple of more slams before retiring, and I guess he's got at least 2-3 years left in him if he doesn't get injured, but I don't think Rafa can beat his record, but perhaps he can beat Sampras' ^^ it really depends if murray, djokovic, potro etc can step their game up the next couple of years

the only real threat to rafa i currently see is delpo.

I think he will come back hard next year

got himself a very very coach (notice the 2 very's emphasize Paul Annacone ingenious)

so i think at least he'll win a grand slam next year


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its hard to tell if delpo can fully come back such a long layoff and a really difficult injury to come back with

he may not be the same hopefully not


imo rafa's only threat is his body

This post was edited by baboli on Sep 20 2010 01:44pm

true that, but i was talking about players.
if delpo can come back, he can be a threat.
Murray and djokovic just choke all the time.
Soderling can probably only beat him if Rafa is off his game/injured

Fed easily has 3-4 years left at the same level he's playing now. His play style is so fluid, the way he moves on the court, its like water he just glides. That also means that he exerts very little energy compared to other players and puts way less stress on his joints than a player like Nadal, who will have to retire young... plus he doesn't wanna just sit on his 15 titles and watch Nadal eclipse his record in 5 years hahah

That's the problem though. Fed isn't willing to change his game to the way tennis is currently flowing aka hard hitting power tennis. Nadal has made the change and look what it's done.

wrong person to quote

This post was edited by ColorOrange2 on Sep 21 2010 10:38pm

16 titles...

Nadal never changed his playing style @_@. He started out like this. Nadal never was a net player or anything. Any playing style can still be effective I think. If you got a strong serve, you can still play the net etc