Ahhhhh......One day you all will believe my observations they do indeed
have merit!!!
You see the sport got too successful for its own good IMO.......oh lets say
since 2003-2005 when the ATP started turning tennis into a perfectly
scripted tv show!!!
Around that time (2003-2005) the ATP managed to increase the total # of
fans globally!!! The ATP market/sell the marquee players much better than
the 70s, 80s, and 90s with the power of social media!!! They use slick promos,
tv commentator promotion, endless interviews (on-court and off-court), endless
storylines/endless statistics they never used to use to sell tennis to the new
young generation of naive gullible fans!!!
I do NOT wear a tin foil hat......you are getting the keen observation of a 30+ year
fan of tennis!!! It sometimes embarrasses me to see the way the sport is run to
brainwash the fans with social media nonsense/innuendo!!! The fans get caught up
in the innuendo of so-called player injuries/comments made in interviews and
the endless statistics!!! In past eras we got to hear real commentary on the players
strokes, analysis of the game minus the endless promotion of the marquee players
and statistical bullshit!!!
To be blunt the sport of tennis has turned into a well-written television show with
thought provoking storylines but very little insight into the nuances of stroke
production, game analysis,and stroke analysis!!!
The ATP has turned into a very slick well-promoted, well publicized, mish mash of
inundating the fans with storylines, endless nonsensical top player interviews and
very little substance (real game analysis/stroke analysis and commentating without
promoting the marquee players)!!!
The fans are getting tricked Murreee.......Federer is a great player but IMO the 2017
season looks very suspicious with two very popular players splitting the 4 majors!!!
You see 2017 occurred because Tennis got as stale as a very dry piece of bread in
the previous 2 years with Djokovic and Murray winning and putting the fans to sleep!!! LOL
I blame the ATP greed and social media for turning tennis into a watered down well-promoted
mess of superficial nonsense!!! The sponsors bought tennis with their enormous wealth and
promote/sell/market tennis to the masses globally with very clever BULLSHIT to keep the fans
watching!!! QUOTED FOR TRUTH!!!