Roger Federer talked about the state of sports and tennis, noting that everything is moving forward, which leaves him conflicted.
Roger Federer spent much of his life in tennis, and while his early childhood wasn't exclusively reserved for tennis, it's starting to look that way now. Sport, like anything else, is evolving, and Federer has a unique perspective on the whole thing.
He was in tennis decades ago and is still in the sport, making him fully aware of how the sport has changed, and the change is not only happening on the highest level. In a recent interview with GQ, Federer explained how things are moving forward, even on the lower levels which makes him a bit conflicted about the whole thing.
I think everything has moved forward. I'm seeing this with my children right now. My nine-year-old sons are now scheduled to play tennis four times a week. I think that's too much. When is there still time for the other things?
You always intervene earlier in order to ideally prepare the characters for what is to come. That can be positive and negative, but I'm more cautious.
On the flip side of this whole conversation is what's been happening to the professionals. We've seen more players speak up against the tennis balls used, which seem to play a part in players getting injured more often.
The implementation came to make the game 'more interesting', which is code for trying to make the game 'more profitable'. We've also seen players being pushed to play in really tough conditions, which Medvedev recently spoke about at the US Open.
It's all part of the same push forward, even though most of us know that there are limits to it. People have limits as opposed to machines and other tech, which can be pushed forward.
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