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Federer views all these changes as part of tennis’s evolution. “You definitely see changes in a game every five years or so,” he told me. “It might be strings, might be racquet technology, might be balls they’re using, might be Wimbledon—all of a sudden the grass is a bit different, or they open the ball cans a bit earlier.” These small details have led to big changes on the court. “Back in the day, the philosophy was when I came up and played Sampras and all these guys, I was like, Okay, well, I’d rather hit a volley myself than having to pass Pete, right? So you’d come in yourself, too. So then you had this dynamic of court position, whoever got to the net first was in a bit of a better position. Today, you’d say, ‘I’d almost rather hit a pass than hit a volley.’?” Now he has to cover more ground. “You go further away from each other and the court becomes bigger, the balls become heavier, they fluff up more because we can hit the ball harder.”
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