Peter70 said:
However you really are all a bunch of w*nkstained tossers.
they are all taking drugs.
but, they are not bad characters, of poor standing. Most on this forum, are never asserting they are criminal or of moral disrepute.
to those asserting drugs are the differences in matches:
this is impossible to ascertain.
I may be wrong, but my working thesis is 98% of the doping occurring is in the "build" phase. They do not import dope like the Wayne Odesnik. my assumption is he is the exception to the rule.
http://tennishasasteroidproblem.blogspot.com.au/2010/03/odesnik-busted-for-hgh.html
I might be deluded. The handlers and entourage of those major pros, would carry gear, and those on private planes, have easier access. see: Lance.
I am still of the opinion, the players dont take amphetamines or uppers or pot-belge on court, even when Serena was suspicious. Actually, I think I am talking myself around to the opposite pov and the more popular pov on this thread. If they are doing other stuff in their "build" phase which lasts 6 months in developing a new threshold in endurance power and speed, why would they not take a ephedrine at a set break, tho, I know they have a supervisor on the bathroom break, so when Nadal cheats by taking his breaks, he cannot pop a pill, or atleast, not openly in the bathroom break, only surreptitiously.
I still think the most influential doping is in the build phase. 2010 was when Fernando Verdasco had a full *** Australian Open after training with Gil Reyes and Darren Cahill in Vegas with Adidas.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/sports/tennis/17adidas.html