and re your comment that those who are tennis players­ will know... i am curious as to what kind of tennis­ player you imagine yourself to be probably one who­ lacks the talent to even get to the challenger­ tour.

while i do not play "pro tennis" i­ have played varsity tennis in both my high school and­ my university in the USA which as many will know is a­ very competitive sports sector and quite frankly have­ never met people who are as full of hatred as you are­ except for those who though on the team were simply not­ good enough to be allowed to play unless the tie had­ already been won

since you feel the need to keep posting this hateful­ email and eurosport is not taking it off the site, i­ feel the need to repost my response:

robertxxx... i­ find it very surprising that you can­ speak of a tennis­ player's ettiquette and then­ spout off the kind of­ nonsense that you did in your­ post!

federer may be­ conceited, after all he really is­ the best tennis­ player of all time. people who are so­ much better than­ their peers often have some arrogance­ to them and to­ say something like connors and mcenroe­ and even­ sampras did not "brag" shows that­ you really­ did not watch much television, particularly­ when they­ were being interviewed by their fellow­ americans.

as­ for the even older tennis players, well­ tennis was not­ exactly a sport to brag to the world­ about back then­ but now people who don't know the­ basic scoring­ system of tennis will still know that­ federer is its­ king.

and to call federer a sore loser­ is astonishing­ to me... the man cried (which shows that­ he cares) and­ through tears praised nadal after the­ Aussie Open­ Final... and let's not forget nadal who­ is also an­ amazing athlete and one of the all time­ greates cried­ too.

to yell and occasionally throw a­ racket after a­ losing point is fairly normal though not­ that typical­ of federer and well you can't possibly­ be­ criticizing that kind of behaviour since the names­ of­ the greats you listed included some of the rudest,­­ nastiest and most quite franly unsportmanlike athletes­­ to ever grace a tennis court.

robertxxx111, you sad sad sad individual --- enough­ said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hvala brate, hvala ;-)

Igore... Mnogo seresh brate....

@geekwiglasses - you very nicely described Federer, and­ I agree bigger part !
@ boow - I can not describe in­ English precisely , it’s not my birth language.. but in­ one sentence: if you don’t` give to many short balls to­ Federer (let him playing).. he is in trouble.. you must­ not let him dictate his tempo.. Now this is of course­ formula for every player, and I didn’t discover America­ with this.. but Federer seems to me having much more­ trouble with deep balls then other top 4 players..
OK­ then, let the better guy win this: let us see Federer­ in his best this season, and Soderling in his best this­ season..
! But I’m afraid something will happen..­ Federer must win this, and I think most people here are­ well aware if Soderling just plays near his best from­ this RG, this Federer has no great chance + pressure­ he will fear, for instance if he loose first set.
Why­ ? because Sodeling showed he has no respect, he has no­ fear.. he will play like hell if the match is regular­ one to take his madden GS ! No Federer can force him to­ play different - not this Federer !
I think some people­ will arrange that Big headline shows Monday morning in­ the press (not Federer of course).... you know how­ things works in the world !
Some said there is no­ justice, and they are right.. I would personally­ congratulate Fed for winning GS if he disserved it ! ­ But I see all this more as a despair of his fans to­ prove something that is long gone out of his hands !
He­ is aware that he wouldn’t win this besides Murray,­ Nadal, Novak… only one ball saved him against Hass..­ Others falling like leafs, not having belief ..
I could­ never imagine Federer greater than Sampras, or even­ Agasi.. these are the real legends ! Fed is the most­ elegant for me, nothing else !

Igor, you are really bothering many people with you­ really strange logics. You are not disturbed that­ players are collapsing when they play Nadal, don't­ you. And Fed being lucky - oh boy, give us all a break.­ Fed was lucky for how many years now? Look at the draws­ Fed has for many tournaments and Nadal does, who is­ lucky. Nadal has walkovers many more times etc. You­ just are trying to refuse to accept that Fed is a­ brilliant player, regardless of some losses and lapses.­ And justice - well, these comments don't deserve to­ be discussed actually. People who do understand by far­ more from tennis say that Fed is the best and has the­ game to beat more or less everybody, he has the­ personality tennis could only dream about etc. But­ IgorK has his own logics, regardless that he is in very­ tiny minority!!!

Igor, what do you mean by justice? I really wonder if­ you read yourself! What justice are you talking about?­ whether he sends long balls in the sky most often­ (which is in no way true), is it not up to the other­ guys to make him commit faults? I think you are really­ becoming strange in the way you reason it out here on­ Federer! Is it his fault if some players can't beat­ him? Is it his fault that his serve is too good for­ others? And who says other players can't beat him?­ Who says he is not fair in his game? Federer is THE­ most complete player in tennin at the moment and all­ specialists reckon it! Even Nadal is not as versatile­ as he is in his game!
"I say no way­ Federer can­ win this playing fair !" - And how un-fair is he­ playing?
"I said that his­ game is easy to­ disrupt, nothing special besides huge­ elegance which­ is blinding people.." And why haven't you yet­ passed that secret to other players you so much­ support? Elegance blinding people? What has that got to­ do with the game in itself?
"Easy to disrupt if­­ you know how.. sand him some long balls and he­ launches­ it in the sky most of the time, even after­ short­ rally.. "- Oh, I thought I saw hundreds of­ long balls sent to him and I don't think I saw­ hundreds of launches in the sky? Now, did u watch the­ match? hahahaha!!!
Please call the other players and­ tell them that secret of long balls, am sure they will­ be able to beat him this time - only....they have tried­ that formula already and unless u want to make urself­ more ridiculous, keep up with that ur "fair"­ and "justice" bogus!

"whatever guys, i just hope he wins tomorow so­ that we­ have a happy peacefull world."

ralph r,I­ think exactly the same.Roger fans will not be happy­ until he manages to win RG and until that time,they­ will continue to attack Rafa and other players.So,as a­ Rafa fan,I hope he wins tomorrow and the case will be­ closed forever...

Sorry igor k but i dont think your right at­ all........your simply confusing a batch of poor games­ due to a lack in concentration/confidence within a­ match ,with simply having a weak game. Its not the­ same at all....when judging a players game you have to­ look at the big picture, and overall federers game is­ sumblime and very few can touch him.

Yes on a bad day­ he struggles out wide, and gets caught out with­ unforced errors from the baseline, but when he is­ revved up and purring he has easily the best­ a)shotmaking ability b)forehand winners c)1st serves d)­ 2nd serves e) net play......the list goes on.

Yes i­ thought the semi was his worst display since the 2008­ wimbledon final, where he looked in very bad form all­ the way through the game

But lets not forget when he­ picks up at the end, it was like he was a different­ player........not "hitting it sky high at the­ baseline" or any other points you picked­ out.

Federers game is the same game its always been,­ he has just lost confidence over the last 2­ years.....and ANY player will struggle to regein this.­ Many players would give up in such a situation but fed­ still went on to win the US open.

why taking that tone ralph?

@boow - "So r u trying to say that Federer does­ not­ win cleanly? That he cheats?"
No I`m not­ saying that he cheats, oh My God ?!
I said that his­ game is easy to disrupt, nothing special besides huge­ elegance which is blinding people..
Easy to disrupt if­ you know how.. sand him some long balls and he launches­ it in the sky most of the time, even after short­ rally.. did you watch the match really ? some guys­ knows very good how to play him, some are still­ learning, and on god way - like Del Po and others ! But­ have to belive they can win Federer !
So I’m not saying­ that he cheats, he was great great player of course but­ I pray for justice here.. let the better guy win this:­ let us see Federer in his best this season, and­ Soderling in his best this season..
I say no way­ Federer can win this playing fair !
He and his team­ are ready for everything, be advised.. this IS life or­ death for Federer ! he will never ever have such­ opportunity in his life, especially not on RG anymore !

lol carlos

whatever guys, i just hope he wins tomorow so that we­ have a happy peacefull world.

Igor,the record books will show Federer to be the­ greatest player of all time.Nobody will ever remember­ the bitter and sad Igor k.

Igor,grow up.

Igor K

Federer's tactics like what? If Soderling­ beat the other players squarely, how did Roger beat his­ opponents? So r u trying to say that Federer does not­ win cleanly? That he cheats? Look, it is one thing not­ to support a player but it is another thing not to like­ him. I don't support Nadal but I like him. If you­ hate federer, then I understand why u are saying all­ these rubbish talks here. whether you like it or not,­ say what you like, Federer is far above Nadal and other­ present players! I am not saying they are not good, the­ are far from being good but so far, we've only seen­ Nadal taking his place and apart from his clay court,­ he had won Wimbledon and Aussie Open. Federer is way­ above them and to know a deep of form or that other­ players improve is only normal for him, as he­ couldn't be on top forever!

The better player does not always win, but yesterday,­ it is difficult to say Delpo was the better player­ throughout the match. He was better in the 1st and 3rd­ sets and some part of the second set he was equal to­ Roger. But 4th and 5th sets he was below Roger! The boy­ played very very well but someone played better than­ him! Roger deserved to be in this final and it is not a­ matter of luck. Nobody should underestimate the huge­ progress of Delpo and to think that it was gonna be an­ easy match with Roger was delusional (and Roger had­ said it was gonna be a tough match!).

It’s sad how some very good players are just falling­ down beneath on their knees in front of Federer. This­ guy is just lucky this season, especially this RG !­
Almost every rally with 4-5 hits, where Del Potro was­ hitting near base line Fed was kicking wide ? Did only­ I see this or others have eyes to see that Fed`s game­ is really nothing special for a long time, except still­ very good serves that is saving him, and nice one­ handed backhand ? of course pure elegance he has ! His­ game is easy to disrupt if some knows how.. just give­ him long balls and he can do nothing special about it..­ that thing knows very well Djokovic, Murray is forcing­ his backends– also good plan to drive him mad, Nadal­ just crashes him flying around with enormous stamina he­ has..
DelPo had Federer in his hands and he just­ slipped !
It was not Federer who won this, it was­ DelPo who lost it..! Fed is unbelievable lucky, and­ for how many times on this RG ? And all opponents that­ would surely kicked him on clay are gone ! Please don’t­ say that Fed did something enormous to make better­ result in fourth set of this match.. DelPo looked like­ someone “SWITCH OFF” him ! and It is not fitness !
I­ say people, If Soderling just plays his average from­ his good he played here, he will win Federer without­ much problems ! I can guarantee this !
BUT will­ Soderling play good ? or he will also just fall like­ others before him ? People be sure, if you see­ Soderling not playing good, definitely something not­ fair has happened ! this is A MUST WIN for Federer !­ Soderling will play out of his skin to win his first GS­ trophy.. he is not the one to fall like many others­ before, he doesn’t care about Federer `s theatre ! this­ is the guy who played amazingly against Nadal,­ Davidenko, Gonsales, beat them fair and square, and ­ disserves more to take this RG ! BUT I think everything­ is set for Federer now ! People wants to see history..­ they want to see BIG headlines.. .
everyone have short­ memory, sad !

@ Universe you can just pray God he is one slam wonder­ :-) he played amazing Clay season, that`s were Novak­ was !