Originally Posted by
McD
Thing with Novak is, he used to struggle when he had 5 set matches, and he always seemed to struggle with stamina. Then out the blue he becomes this machine, barely breaking a sweat the rough 5 set matches, which he chalked up to changing to a gluten free diet. He went on to dominate for an extended period, then as you say, when the stuff with sharapova came out he's barely been the same.
It does make one wonder if he saw the writing on the wall with her, and pulled back from whatever he could have allegedly been doing.
Its a shame that we are talking about this rather than what has been a golden era for men's tennis over the last 15 or so years.