as sports mature participants become more robotic
alex higgins, steve wozniack, jimmy white ----- the recent lot
steve davis was the boring exception -- now he is the norm.
john macenroe, sampras, goran, conners, borg, mecir --- current robots
lendl was the boring exception - now he is the norm.
piquet, mansell, james hunt, senna --- the current robots
see the pattern . later methods are more professional + strict and more people enter for the money + profession rather than for fun.
this can be seen in the genealogy of best to giggs to ronaldo .
skill went down, effectiveness went up, strength went up, robotic-ness went up.
p.s. mecir