36 - consecutive appearances in Grand Slam quarter-finals. 23 - consecutive appearances in Grand Slam semi-finals from 2004 to 2010, an all-time record. I still think tennis is going to be really exciting and we probably don't know in which way it's going to go exactly, but we will see some ridiculous defending, some unbelievable power, and great personalities. So that's why I better play one meter to the baseline, and then I can keep them back. I knew if I hit it onto the service line, that is an approach opportunity for my opponent. I loved my half-volleys, loved my transition game. "There are definitely ways to have an all-court game, a transition game, which I loved playing. I think it's easier to stay at the baseline after the serve. 
"I'm not so positive about serve and volley. "It's been like this for the last 10, 20 years already now, and it's going to stay like this, if you see what they are able to do. "The best movers are the best players," he said. The eight-time Wimbledon champion hailed the next generation of players coming through, including the likes of new world No 1 Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev, but says athleticism and all-court coverage is slowly taking over from the traditional serve and volley.
Image: US Open champion Carlos Alcaraz, 19, became the youngest-ever World No 1 (since 1973) and is the future of the game
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