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Kskate asked me not to disrupt other threads to talk about Ferrer, but to start another one, so I will.
Some posters have been astonished at Ferrer's post age-30 performance. I think there is a basic misunderstanding about the trajectory of Ferrer's career. Herios and Darth disagreed with me that Ferrer had 2 peak times.
http://www.tennisfrontier.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=4069&pid=193769#pid193769
I agree that the 2nd one has been longer and stronger, but I have made the argument that it comes with maturity. Those that are looking at David at 29-30 are forgetting who he was at age 25. He did reach #4 in the world at age 25. That's not nothing. He was out of the Top 5 for 2 years, wandering around in the teens, mostly not lower, spending only 4 weeks below #20. That's not especially shocking for a top player.
I've already made the argument for the other things he'd done by age 25. Like making the finals of the YEC v. Fed. and USO QF.
Ferrer has always been very fit. This is a point that Darth, in particular wants to dispute. Ferrer was with Javier Piles from his junior days, and Piles is a marathoner. He pushed David hard since he was a kid. The notion that Ferrer runs like a rabbit, or is the energizer bunny comes from his marathon runner coach, Piles, who made him run miles, always. Piles has stopped being his coach in the last few years. If anything, the change is that he no longer has the coach that made him run.
Some posters have been astonished at Ferrer's post age-30 performance. I think there is a basic misunderstanding about the trajectory of Ferrer's career. Herios and Darth disagreed with me that Ferrer had 2 peak times.
http://www.tennisfrontier.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=4069&pid=193769#pid193769
I agree that the 2nd one has been longer and stronger, but I have made the argument that it comes with maturity. Those that are looking at David at 29-30 are forgetting who he was at age 25. He did reach #4 in the world at age 25. That's not nothing. He was out of the Top 5 for 2 years, wandering around in the teens, mostly not lower, spending only 4 weeks below #20. That's not especially shocking for a top player.
I've already made the argument for the other things he'd done by age 25. Like making the finals of the YEC v. Fed. and USO QF.
Ferrer has always been very fit. This is a point that Darth, in particular wants to dispute. Ferrer was with Javier Piles from his junior days, and Piles is a marathoner. He pushed David hard since he was a kid. The notion that Ferrer runs like a rabbit, or is the energizer bunny comes from his marathon runner coach, Piles, who made him run miles, always. Piles has stopped being his coach in the last few years. If anything, the change is that he no longer has the coach that made him run.