Sports : life magnified

More on Roger Federer. This blog is starting to look like The Roger Federer Blog rather than a sports blog but thats what is catching my attention more than the early stages of the Tour de France, more than the dull transfer off season with loads of newsprint consumed over speculation on where Gerrard will end up and the English media lapping up to every small player movement before the Ashes.

Sampras on Federer from BBC Sport:

I think he can dominate tennis for as long as I did. He can have an off day in a big tournament and be surprised but over the whole season, he is head and shoulders above the others.

That coming from Sampras, who does not speak as much as say McEnroe, is relevent. Not that we already knew about the fact that Federer is fighting with the history of the game as Becker put it a couple of days ago. But Federer can do one thing Sampras could not - win the French.

And it seems Sampras is not over that fact yet:

I regret that I never tried out a racquet with a bigger head at Roland Garros. “My racquet was almost like one of the old wooden ones - it was heavy and stiff. It took a lot of effort to make the ball move on clay. But I was really used to it and I never dared (change). I was too stubborn. I was scared of losing control, that it would take me too long to master it.

Come one Pete. You were a great player, the greatest since Laver without a shadow of a doubt. Your place is tennis history is assured.