Federer interview post Nadal match:
Q. I think we heard you tonight complaining to the umpire about Rafa's grunting. Was it worse than normal tonight? Do you find it distracting?
ROGER FEDERER: Not when he does it every point. But it goes in phases. One point he does and he doesn't. That's just what I was complaining about.
Had no impact on the outcome of the match, you know, but the level was the same.
Q. Have you complained before?
ROGER FEDERER: I have, yeah.
Q. Clearly it wasn't a difference in the result of the match, but the grunting and also the serial violating of the time rule that Rafa does, do you feel that umpires generally are too lenient with him? You seem to be waiting all the time.
ROGER FEDERER: Rafa is doing a much better job today than he used to. I mean, I'm not complaining much about the time. But I think I've played him, what, 33 or 34 times. He's gotten two point penalties over the course of our rivalry. I just think that's not quite happening. I mean, we know how much time he used to take.
I'm not complaining about so many things. But, I mean, either you have rules or you don't. If you don't have rules, it's fine. Everybody can do whatever they want to do.
I just think it's important to enforce the rules on many levels, whatever it may be. On all the players the same way. Don't give me or Djokovic a free pass just because of who we are.
I think we should all be judged the same way. Not just a guy on Court 16 because the guy had a brutal rally, you have to give him a time violation just because you can.
On center court, they're always going to be afraid, the umpires, to take those decisions. I just like to challenge them a little bit.
I don't want to go in the office and complain all the time. I never do. I just hope they do their job correctly. If they don't, what are you going to do? Sit and watch. Sometimes you just got to say things.
I didn't lose the match because of that. It didn't bother me. I just felt I had to mention something.[/color]
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Well, what can I say, I guess nothing new here.
But it appears that Federer is more unhappy with the umpires than the rulebreakers.
Should the umpires get tougher and crack down on everybody?
Respectfully,
masterclass
Q. I think we heard you tonight complaining to the umpire about Rafa's grunting. Was it worse than normal tonight? Do you find it distracting?
ROGER FEDERER: Not when he does it every point. But it goes in phases. One point he does and he doesn't. That's just what I was complaining about.
Had no impact on the outcome of the match, you know, but the level was the same.
Q. Have you complained before?
ROGER FEDERER: I have, yeah.
Q. Clearly it wasn't a difference in the result of the match, but the grunting and also the serial violating of the time rule that Rafa does, do you feel that umpires generally are too lenient with him? You seem to be waiting all the time.
ROGER FEDERER: Rafa is doing a much better job today than he used to. I mean, I'm not complaining much about the time. But I think I've played him, what, 33 or 34 times. He's gotten two point penalties over the course of our rivalry. I just think that's not quite happening. I mean, we know how much time he used to take.
I'm not complaining about so many things. But, I mean, either you have rules or you don't. If you don't have rules, it's fine. Everybody can do whatever they want to do.
I just think it's important to enforce the rules on many levels, whatever it may be. On all the players the same way. Don't give me or Djokovic a free pass just because of who we are.
I think we should all be judged the same way. Not just a guy on Court 16 because the guy had a brutal rally, you have to give him a time violation just because you can.
On center court, they're always going to be afraid, the umpires, to take those decisions. I just like to challenge them a little bit.
I don't want to go in the office and complain all the time. I never do. I just hope they do their job correctly. If they don't, what are you going to do? Sit and watch. Sometimes you just got to say things.
I didn't lose the match because of that. It didn't bother me. I just felt I had to mention something.[/color]
Source
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Well, what can I say, I guess nothing new here.
But it appears that Federer is more unhappy with the umpires than the rulebreakers.
Should the umpires get tougher and crack down on everybody?
Respectfully,
masterclass
