Federer's Schedule 2018

[GameSetAndMath]

Having said that, I too think he won't even quit from Toronto.

 

[The_Grand_Slam]

Having said that, I too think he won't even quit from Toronto.

Depends if he's injured(I'm not sure of this)
Before today's match though Tournament director confirmed that he will play

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Depends if he's injured(I'm not sure of this)
Before today's match though Tournament director confirmed that he will play

He is not injured physically. He just could not lift his level up.

 

[atttomole]

I hope he understands that he can no longer play many matches in a short space of time. His age could be showing with some of his performances at IW-Miami and Stuttgart-Halle, then Wimbledon. He should be fine with Cincinnati alone as a warm up.

 

[The_Grand_Slam]

He is not injured physically. He just could not lift his level up.

I don't know if he was injured but a poster on another forum made a compelling case for it.

Thanks friend.
I will say this one last time. It was pretty obvious after this point that nearly everything in his game had flipped on a dime at that point.

1. Footwork declined.
2. Every low topspin backhand on run went into the net or shanked really bad.
3. Hit 85%+ of forehands with the buggy lasso, even on neutral and offensive shots. Which is a pretty big indication that his mechanics below the torso were affected enough he had to use more arm and shoulder.
4. The profuse grunting on first serves. He rarely ever does this. The only time he's done it is when he's extremely gassed or if he's hurt and needs to summon extra exertion by using more arm and shoulder to serve. He had to go even bigger on some second serves just to continue holding. He was grunting on first serves from the fall onward for most of the rest of the match.
5. He pretty much would not chase anything to his left that was more than a few steps down and would just keep watching it go by. Anderson eventually figured this out and kept exploiti by it.
6. He wasnt even lunging wide to attempt to return serves hit wide to either side. Anderson racked up way more aces and this is because of it.
7. He started forcing tactics. We know when Rog is playing free he starts going for weird stuff. But on a day like this when he's physically hindered, he's really trying to end points quickly. He's going for winners from positions he almost never tries for. It's one thing to do it when you're up in the score and relaxed like he did in the first set. It's another when you're doing it down and behind.

If you watched this match and didnt notice Fed was physically off you dont know what you're talking about. He said he was fine during those horrendously bad Tiafoe and Youzhny matches at the USO. He said he was fine after the Montreal final. But each of those times there was definitely something wrong with him and discomfort. In 2013 he even told Rafa at the net when he lost that there was nothing wrong and that's during the back injury that plagued him all year.

 

[10isfan]

Fed’s winning AO 2017 and 2018 is proof that he plays his best when well rested and doesn’t need warm-ups. I’m thinking he should basically show up for the three majors.

 

[rafanoy1992]

Fed’s winning AO 2017 and 2018 is proof that he plays his best when well rested and doesn’t need warm-ups. I’m thinking he should basically show up for the three majors.

He won Wimbledon 2017 after winning Halle. I just do not think he can win back to back titles (meaning when there is no a week's rest) because of his age.

 

[Moxie]

Fed’s winning AO 2017 and 2018 is proof that he plays his best when well rested and doesn’t need warm-ups. I’m thinking he should basically show up for the three majors.

It has worked pretty well for Serena.

 

[atttomole]

Fed’s winning AO 2017 and 2018 is proof that he plays his best when well rested and doesn’t need warm-ups. I’m thinking he should basically show up for the three majors.

It is not an outrageous idea. He just has to show up at majors with his rackets and with hardly any practice. He needs match play though. He will have to find the equivalents of the Hopman Cup, before Wimbledon and before the US Open.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Fed confirms playing in Shanghai Rolex Masters by singing a happy 10th birthday song to the tourney in Chinese for promoting it.

 

[DarthFed]

I'm still holding out hope he comes to his senses and only plays Cincy. I thought playing Montreal last year was stupid even before getting hurt but then he was chasing #1 so we knew his reasoning even if many didn't agree with it. There isn't anything to chase here, only the potential for fatigue/injury playing back to back masters right before the US Open.

 

[DarthFed]

Good, he's finally starting to listen. Fed pulls out of Canada.

 

[atttomole]

Good, he's finally starting to listen. Fed pulls out of Canada.

Good to know. Do you have a link to the story.

 

[DarthFed]

Good to know. Do you have a link to the story.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sp...s-rogers-cup-citing-scheduling-issues/sn-amp/

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

I guess he can make up for the lost points at Cincy. I guess I am not buying tickets this year...

 

[monfed]

I hope Fed confirms Cincy.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I'm still holding out hope he comes to his senses and only plays Cincy.

Remember that in all mandatory tournaments all eligible players are automatically included unless they inform the tourney organizers before the entry deadline. In other words, if the player does nothing and is eligible, his name is automatically entered in the field. However, the player can always withdraw later. Federer has complete exemption and there is no penalty for him as he has met all three conditions (age, years of service and # of matches played).

This is in contrast to non-mandatory tournaments (all 250s, all 500s and MC) where the player has to take explicit action and inform the tournament organizers of their intention to play in it before the entry deadline, which is six weeks before the start date of the tourney. In other words, the default action here is that the player is not included. If the player did not take action before the entry deadline, the only way to get in later is either by playing in the qualifying or by getting a wild card.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Good, he's finally starting to listen. Fed pulls out of Canada.

I too am glad that Fed dropped out of Toronto. I now believe that suddenly his chances of winning USO went up considerably.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I hope Fed confirms Cincy.

I know you were planning to go there in person. You don't have to worry. For all practical purposes it is confirmed.

 

[DarthFed]

Remember that in all mandatory tournaments all eligible players are automatically included unless they inform the tourney organizers before the entry deadline. In other words, if the player does nothing and is eligible, his name is automatically entered in the field. However, the player can always withdraw later. Federer has complete exemption and there is no penalty for him as he has met all three conditions (age, years of service and # of matches played).

This is in contrast to non-mandatory tournaments (all 250s, all 500s and MC) where the player has to take explicit action and inform the tournament organizers of their intention to play in it before the entry deadline, which is six weeks before the start date of the tourney. In other words, the default action here is that the player is not included. If the player did not take action before the entry deadline, the only way to get in later is either by playing in the qualifying or by getting a wild card.

Yes I'm aware of that but I had heard during Wimbledon that Roger told the Toronto tournament director that he would play there this year.