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Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack
but instead he's actually playing as little tennis as humanly possible, ending matches in half the time many of the other guys are taking. it's perfect old man tennis that still requires elite reflexes and hand eye coordination, things that cannot be boosted by roids. I have no doubt he's cleaner than a NASA lab, but it does require some knowledge of what he's doing in order to understand why.
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This is without question to biggest key. You see Andy and Novak and Rafa always killing themselves on every point, chasing down balls even when they have a 5% chance of winning a point. Roger is just so much more economical with his effort and just doesn't exert any more effort than needed to win. He's willing to give away games if needed, but part of that is because he's such an elite server. And he plays fast, unlike Novak and Rafa in particular. Always seems like he's got somewhere else to be with how fast he plays. You can tell that Isner match the other night frustrated the hell out of him because it was a slow moving match.