Roger Done?

[MargaretMcAleer]

Roger Federer has confirmed that he will be playing at the Brisbane International in 2014 before the AO.I heard the news on Fox
Sports here in Sydney and went to the official website for the Brisbane International.

 

[El Dude]

Its just subterfuge! Ha ha.

 

[britbox]

Roger Federer has confirmed that he will be playing at the Brisbane International in 2014 before the AO.I heard the news on Fox
Sports here in Sydney and went to the official website for the Brisbane International.

Great. I'm going to that.

 

[lindseywagners]

After Wimbledon last year, he lost some drive definitely.

I don't think it was after Wimbledon that he lost some drive. He played very well at the Olympics, then won Cincinnati, and was doing well at the US Open until he ran into Berdych in the quarterfinals. He was the man in tennis last summer after winning Wimbledon (even despite losing to Murray at the Olympics), and I think he liked being the man again. He seemed to thrive being No. 1.

A couple things about the US Open:
1. He had a bye in the fourth round because Fish pulled out (maybe not playing that match hurt him a little against Berdych due to rust)
2. Andy Roddick's retirement. I think this shook Roger a bit and got him thinking "Oh wow, I'm one of the last guys left now." Roger lost the day after Roddick lost to Del Potro.

After the US Open he said he was "wounded." But he still finished the year strong and played extremely well in London, losing a close match to Djokovic at the WTFs. In Australia, he went to the semis and fell to Murray in 5 sets in four hours.

So, overall I don't think it was really reclaiming No. 1 at Wimbledon that cost him motivation, though I do think that his drive to do it all again now is probably not there because it was likely very exhausting for him to do it a year ago and now to do it all AGAIN would just take too much.

It's funny how NOW we all want him to have one last run when he already had his last run last year! Imagine in 2011 saying, "Roger needs to have TWO more runs. Not just one, but TWO more big pushes toward the top of the game!"

The insatiable nature of the human ego...

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Roger Federer has confirmed that he will be playing at the Brisbane International in 2014 before the AO.I heard the news on Fox
Sports here in Sydney and went to the official website for the Brisbane International.

Great. I'm going to that.

Lucky SOB ...I would go too if it wasn't 100 light-years away...

 

[isabelle]

^ you saw the truth before because you'd been seeing something for years, way before it actually happened - simple as that. finally, reality and time are catching up with your bias.

I'm a kind of visionnaire...

Feds won about 5 majors since you started citing Nostradamus.

Nostradamus says that Olderer will win Gstaad !!

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Nostrabelle, please tell me how he is getting past Brands first...:s

 

[tented]

Nostrabelle, please tell me how he is getting past Brands first...:s

I'm wondering the same thing. Brands will have to be encouraged after taking a set off Fed last week, and then watching Delbonis beat him. The sharks are circling.

 

[Front242]

Brands to Fed.

[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ygQvB6OjHOU[/video]

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Roger Federer has confirmed that he will be playing at the Brisbane International in 2014 before the AO.I heard the news on Fox
Sports here in Sydney and went to the official website for the Brisbane International.

It appears to me that it is all about appearance fees. With only limited
time left, tournaments in which Federer has not participated would want
him badly with lot of appearance fees. From Fed's side, it is even better
for him, he gets the practice he needs anyway and gets to pocket the
cash even if he gets out in the first round.

 

[ClayDeath]

Roger Federer has confirmed that he will be playing at the Brisbane International in 2014 before the AO.I heard the news on Fox
Sports here in Sydney and went to the official website for the Brisbane International.

I like it. this is what I want to see.


nadal and roger need to be playing more and not less as they get older.


no other way to stay in the game and be effective.


that is the nature of this sport.

 

[Front242]

Roger Federer has confirmed that he will be playing at the Brisbane International in 2014 before the AO.I heard the news on Fox
Sports here in Sydney and went to the official website for the Brisbane International.

I like it. this is what I want to see.


nadal and roger need to be playing more and not less as they get older.


no other way to stay in the game and be effective.


that is the nature of this sport.

Normally I'm against overplaying but it's worked well for Tommy Haas last few years so hopefully the extra practice will help.

 

[Johnsteinbeck]

at this point, Roger probably will have to consider protecting his brand. if he goes around playing everywhere but continues to play as bad as he does, then he's seriously decreasing his market value. it's weird enough watching gilette commercials with him right now.

of course, i do hope he doesn't make those considerations - just dial back the endorsements, let them put some more Andre 3000 ads and let Roger go and do whatever he thinks is best for his tennis.

 

[Front242]

Right now a video of him aiming at a barn door and missing by 15 metres to a backbeat of Michael's Jackson's "Bad" with Fed asking "Who's bad?" would probably be fitting.

 

[honey1269]

If Haas is playing well at age 35, you can be sure, having had no major injury in his career, Roger will continue to play and will work his way through this "slump". Equipment change can be very tricky. Despite this loss at Gstaad to Brands, Roger's stats were not that bad! He only lost 2 break points.

 

[Front242]

If Haas is playing well at age 35, you can be sure, having had no major injury in his career, Roger will continue to play and will work his way through this "slump". Equipment change can be very tricky. Despite this loss at Gstaad to Brands, Roger's stats were not that bad! He only lost 2 break points.

He's been shockingly poor over a year now though and only using a new racquet less than 2 weeks so there's a lot more to it than just that unfortunately.

 

[tented]

If Haas is playing well at age 35, you can be sure, having had no major injury in his career, Roger will continue to play and will work his way through this "slump". Equipment change can be very tricky. Despite this loss at Gstaad to Brands, Roger's stats were not that bad! He only lost 2 break points.

Welcome to Tennis Frontier, honey1269!

The equipment change will take time. Yes, Federer has been bad patching (a new gerund!) for a while now, and things were never going to be instantly better with a new racquet (despite those who refer to Roger's as a wand), so this is currently a sputtering during the adjustment. Maybe it's like the Buddhist notion of first having to lose everything before you can gain anything.

 

[Johnsteinbeck]

If Haas is playing well at age 35, you can be sure, having had no major injury in his career, Roger will continue to play and will work his way through this "slump". Equipment change can be very tricky. Despite this loss at Gstaad to Brands, Roger's stats were not that bad! He only lost 2 break points.

He's been shockingly poor over a year now though and only using a new racquet less than 2 weeks so there's a lot more to it than just that unfortunately.

yeah, there's more than just the racquet. but honey has a point - Fed still has time to get back to something that's better than what he's currently doing (playing like someone ranked 50-150).

anyway, as for today, the back seems to have been an issue. read more on this soon, altough it's not nice news. Roger might not be in Montreal.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Here is an interview by Fed two days ago before his loss to Daniels.
He claims, being ranked low would not hurt his ego and he would
continue to play (like Hewitt).

http://tennis.si.com/2013/07/24/roger-federer-rankings/

 

[Front242]

Here is an interview by Fed two days ago before his loss to Daniels.
He claims, being ranked low would not hurt his ego and he would
continue to play (like Hewitt).

http://tennis.si.com/2013/07/24/roger-federer-rankings/

Nice to hear and cheers for the link. After what he's achieved he knows it can't last forever but hopefully his love for the game will.