Fed Fans – Roger Federer Talk

[britbox]

Young Federer feature on Transworld Sport, featuring 2001 footage.

 

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Federer practising for the Wimbledon Champions Dinner.

 

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Federer Live Practice and QA at Wimbledon.

 

[Shivashish Sarkar]

Roger signed up for Montreal. I am excited. Haven't seen him play this for ages. When was the last time? 2014?? Who's excited? Roger wants to give himself more chance to win points for the year.

 

[DarthFed]

Well I am surprised he's playing in Canada assuming he will also play Cincy. Maybe if he wins Montreal or makes the finals he'd skip Cincy. But given how strong he is at Cincy it'd be a tough decision. I don't think it'd be good for him to play both unless he loses early in Montreal.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Well I am surprised he's playing in Canada assuming he will also play Cincy. Maybe if he wins Montreal or makes the finals he'd skip Cincy. But given how strong he is at Cincy it'd be a tough decision. I don't think it'd be good for him to play both unless he loses early in Montreal.

Assuming Fed wins Wimbledon, he is within earshot of #1 and in that case, he will play both. If he loses at Wimbledon, then he might
skip Montreal, in order to increase his chances at USO.

 

[DarthFed]

Assuming Fed wins Wimbledon, he is within earshot of #1 and in that case, he will play both. If he loses at Wimbledon, then he might
skip Montreal, in order to increase his chances at USO.

You're assuming a lot my friend. Our guy is 36 in a month, he has a good chance at Wimbledon but it's far from a slam dunk like his prime. And at his age it may be too much to play 2 MS events back to back just a week before USO starts. I don't think Roger should worry about #1 at all until after USO if it's still within reach.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

You're assuming a lot my friend. Our guy is 36 in a month, he has a good chance at Wimbledon but it's far from a slam dunk like his prime. And at his age it may be too much to play 2 MS events back to back just a week before USO starts. I don't think Roger should worry about #1 at all until after USO if it's still within reach.

I agree that Wimbledon is not a slam dunk, even though Roger is the favorite. His chances of winning Wimbledon as per bookies is only about 30%. However, his chances are more than double the chances of anyone else.

Also, he can always choose to withdraw from Montreal at any time before the tourney and he will not get penalized. The fact that he let his name be in the entry list means Roger is more likely to play in it than not.

Finally, the reason he decided to skip the clay season not so much due to his body wanting rest, but primarily due to he not wanting to change his recent ultra-aggressive style of play (which would have been required due to the nature of surface).

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Another record for Fed today (apart from reaching 10,000 aces). With today's win, Fed has won 85 matches and that is the most by any male player at Wimbledon. Previously, Fed had a tie at 84 with Jimmy Connors.

 

[britbox]

Fed did say in an interview before Stuttgart he was going to play the full calendar for the rest of the year, so unless he's not feeling so good at the time, then I think he plays Montreal.

 

[Shivashish Sarkar]

Roger must know better then, I guess. Even I feel playing back to back masters and a GS will be a lot of tedium at this stage but he is still in favour of doing it. Perhaps, after competing for a few months on the tour again he feels his body is good enough for a tough schedule. I hope nothing goes wrong for him though.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Another longevity record was achieved by Federer. Nobody bothered to mention it. By appearing in this year's Wimbledon, Federer has participated in 70 GSs. That is the highest every by any man. He is currently tied for this honor with Fabrice Sontoro. By appearing in
USO'17, he can take sole possession of this record. If you include women, he is behind Venus who has played in 75 GSs and Amy Frazier
who played in 71 of them.

If you focus on consecutive GS appearances, Fed had 65 of them. He holds the record for that as well. That record is good even if you
consider women in the mix. But he is in danger of losing it, as Deliciano has an active streak of 62 as of now.

 

[Busted]

Another longevity record was achieved by Federer. Nobody bothered to mention it. By appearing in this year's Wimbledon, Federer has participated in 70 GSs. That is the highest every by any man. He is currently tied for this honor with Fabrice Sontoro. By appearing in
USO'17, he can take sole possession of this record. If you include women, he is behind Venus who has played in 75 GSs and Amy Frazier
who played in 71 of them.

If you focus on consecutive GS appearances, Fed had 65 of them. He holds the record for that as well. That record is good even if you
consider women in the mix. But he is in danger of losing it, as Deliciano has an active streak of 62 as of now.

Sorry, but there's a considerable difference between Roger Federer playing in 65 straight Slams and Feliciano Lopez - or Wayne Ferriera. LOL! No offense to those guys, but they need to differentiate this category somehow. How about a Consecutive Slams Played For Players Making It Out of The 1st Round? I don't think it should be enough to be on the list just because you've made the main draw 62 times in a row. Fed's played 70 Slams - and today he notched his 50th QF - and 36 of those were in a row. So how about an asterisk next to that stat in the record book?

 

[GameSetAndMath]

At this stage of Fed's career, there is always some record or other happening every time he steps in to the court. By winning today's match, Fed has reached Wimbledon QF 15 times. This is a record number of QF appearances by any male player at Wimbledon. Fed is in sole possession of it now. Previously, the record was 14 and shared by Fed and Connors.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

This is from the interview by Berdych after SF loss.

When Berdych was asked the question in a more colorful manner -- "If the tennis gods came up to you and said, please tell us one weakness of Roger Federer, what would you say?" -- the 31-year-old Czech player answered by explaining there was a logic error in the reporter's question. Federer is the tennis god.

 

[britbox]

 

[mrzz]

This is from the interview by Berdych after SF loss.

When Berdych was asked the question in a more colorful manner -- "If the tennis gods came up to you and said, please tell us one weakness of Roger Federer, what would you say?" -- the 31-year-old Czech player answered by explaining there was a logic error in the reporter's question. Federer is the tennis god.

It must be a giant pain in the ass to sit there and only be asked questions about your opponent.

 

[britbox]

It must be a giant pain in the ass to sit there and only be asked questions about your opponent.

You gotta feel for Wawrinka... whenever he wins a major they are asking about Roger.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Should Roger play Canada, Cincy and the Open or drop one of the Masters?

 

[shawnbm]

He will play Cincinnati and New York