Federer and Budge - movement on BH

[marius hancu]

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The small steps Federer makes here to enter in the appropriate angle for the BH are inherited from Donald Budge.

[lukman41985]

What is meant by inherited? That's a strong word choice.

[marius hancu]

What is meant by inherited? That's a strong word choice.

one of the senses:
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To receive or take over from a predecessor: The new administration inherited the economic problems of the last four years.
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[lukman41985]

Marius, I know what inherited means. I asked what you meant by inherited because I disagree with your assessment that Federer inherited anything from Budge. If you were to ask Federer about players who influenced his game, I'm confident that he would NOT say Budge.

In that clip, you may be reminded of something Budge did, but this in no way means Federer inherited what you saw from Budge. Federer is doing what he has to do to get in position to hit the shot he wants. Commonalities exist in the pro game, but to me this one is far-fetched.

Budge did have a pretty one-hander nonetheless.

[marius hancu]

Marius, I know what inherited means. I asked what you meant by inherited because I disagree with your assessment that Federer inherited anything from Budge. If you were to ask Federer about players who influenced his game, I'm confident that he would NOT say Budge.

In that clip, you may be reminded of something Budge did, but this in no way means Federer inherited what you saw from Budge. Federer is doing what he has to do to get in position to hit the shot he wants. Commonalities exist in the pro game, but to me this one is far-fetched.

Budge did have a pretty one-hander nonetheless.

Whether Federer would say he inherited this from Budge or not is somewhat irrelevant to this discussion.

One can inherit things without being aware of it (the inheritance) /them (the things inherited).

And of course I used the term in a figurative way, as inheritance from one great player to another. Perhaps even a spiritual inheritance.

And, finally, I have nothing against leaving this at a disagreement.