I actually appreciate this so much, and I think it’s something that should be applied to all players. Wdym as soon as someone has a good run, you immediately start putting pressure and expectations on them. Of course it’s good to recognize Rafita’s amazing capabilities, and I’m the first to say he’ll do great in the future, but you can’t just immediately start asking “when will you be top 3? Do you see yourself being in the top? Challenging the guys that are winning it all? Come on now, give us a good sentence so people can destroy you online for being too sure of yourself” He is 19, please just let him BREATHE (not that the amount of pressure they put on 22 y.o Carlos or 24 y.o Jannik are any better)
And why are we so obsessed with repeating the past? Must it follow the scheme you have seen before, couldn’t it be that you have two guys at the top right now, then maybe in a few years it’ll be four, maybe it’ll change to three or WHO KNOWS! But isn’t that much more exciting than immediately categorizing people and saying: you will play the Roger role, you will be Rafa and now we’re looking four our Nole and Andy… YAWN
