Jim Courier Explains Why Rafael Nadal’s Career Won’t Last as Long as Roger Federer
Former World No.1 Jim Courier believes that Rafael Nadal’s career won’t last as long as Roger Federer, since the latter possess an effortless style of play while the former has a grueling baseline style of play.
Courier, who won 4 Grand Slam titles during his career, said that the amount of energy exhibited by Nadal from the baseline is way over what Federer uses up with his serve-and-volley technique.
“The amount of energy that he expends per shot, if you could compare that to Rafa, I think would be substantially less,” Courier said of Federer, as quoted by Tennis-X.
He continued: “He’s not exerting himself as much, because it looks like he’s in a ballet performance out there instead of sort of combat the way Rafa looks like, I think it’s easy to guess that Rafa is not going to have the type of longevity that Roger is enjoying right now.”
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