when will those numbnuts at the ATP get their act­ together & sort the schedule out properly?

too­ many tournaments....French & Wimbledon slams far­ far too close together....I mean for gods sake, this is­ the 21st century, 2009 not 1899.
Pull your fingers out­ & use some common sense....either that or stand­ aside & let a few intelligent souls run the show!

Very wise and well deserving rest for you Roger. I will­ be looking forward to seeing you at the All­ England's Club in less than two weeks. Enjoy­ yourself and all the best of luck to you always...

Have a good rest Roger and come back and win wimbledon­ for the 6th time.Good luck in all you do hope your baby­ will be healthy when due in August.

A VERY GOOD DECISION ROGER - WANT TO SEE YOU AT YOUR­ USUAL BEST FOR WIMBLEDON ---xDx

Everybody knew it the moment he reached the finals at­ RG, there is no surprise there. With Wimbledon starting­ only two weeks after RG there is not enough time to­ recover. He needs to take a short break, he so deserves­ it. I wonder who makes the schedules though, why the­ clay season is so long, that at the end some guys­ arrive exhausted at RG, and the grass season is only 4­ weeks, including the two weeks of Wibledon. It makes no­ sense, however Roger loves Wimbledon so much that­ i'm sure he'll go there prepaired enough. Go­ Roger, you gave us something no one before you has­ given to his fans. Thank you for that!

Federer is very very sensible & intelligent to­ take a break to prepare for WIMBLEDON

The whole Tennis­ schedule is too too crowded hectic nowadays ++ the­ travel with non stop airport searches

I SOO MUCH LIKE FEDERER TO THE EXTENT THAT HE ENTERED­ THE TENNIS GROUND WITH DETERMINATION,HE HAS THE TENNIS­ OLAYING SENSESAND HE HAS THE SKILL. I LOVE HIM DEARLY.

Feds being sensible. He two titanic matches in Haas and­ even more so against Del Potro. He's probably­ physically shattered as well as emotionally. Think too,­ Nadal has pulled out of Queens, so he can't defend­ his points, so Roger might as well play safe and take a­ break while Nadal can't pull ahead.
Halle is 400­ points and Wimbledon 1400 points if I think correctly.­ He's going after the number one ranking again, no­ point risking Wimbledon, lots more points to play for­ and the gs record to beat.

HAHA how silly must Simon Reed feel now? QUOTES from­­ REED after last years Wimbledon final: 'Nadal is­­ the new number one Federers dominance has come to an­­ end and Pete Sampras' record looks a very long way­ off now, he probably only has one slam in him, but i­ doubt­ it.' And look now he has leveled­ Sampras'­ record, achieved a career grand slam,­ looking capable of a sixth consecutve US open title,­ won two slams­ since last Wimbledon and made the final­ of the AO. Eat­ your words Reed.

Pete Sampras already figured Roger Federer would go­­­ down as the greatest tennis player in­­­ history.
"What he's done over the past five­­­ years has never, ever been done -- and probably will­­­ never, ever happen again," Sampras said in a­­­ telephone interview with The Associated Press.­­­ "Regardless if he won there or not, he goes down­­­ as the greatest ever. This just confirms­­­ it."
"I'm obviously happy for­­­ Roger," Sampras said. "If there's­ anyone­­ that deserves it, it's Roger. He's­ come so­­ close."
"He just is a great, great­ player­­ that is a credit to the sport and is a­ positive­­ influence for young kids and just tennis­ in­­ general," Sampras said. "It looks­ pretty­­ tough to beat now with 14 majors, and I'm­ sure­­ he's going to go on and win a lot­­­ more."
"Now that he's won in Paris, I­­­ think it just more solidifies his place in history as­­­ the greatest player that played the game, in my­­­ opinion," Sampras said. "I'm a huge­­ Laver­ fan, and he had a few years in there where he­­­ didn't have an opportunity to win majors. But you­­­ can't compare the eras. And in this era, the­­­ competition is much more fierce than­ Rod's.""In other respects,I do not think­ Andy Murray will ever win a major,he's far from­ being very fit and is a bit weak mentally ,furthermore­ his attitude on the court sometimes is borderline...to­ me he won't be the winner of Wimbledon which the­ whole uk has been expecting I'm afraid".

CongratulationsFEDEREER won French title entirely­ with very kind generous co-operaton of opponent­ ROBIN

who wanted Fed to Gain that elusive missing­ French title just as much as he wanted himself

Have­ yoy ever seen any other G/S finnal where runner up ­ gave winner such great assistance

Simply watch your­ recording of the match again to see NO aggressive­ winning strokes from Runner up

FEDEREER won French title entirely with very kind­ generous co-operaton of opponent ROBIN

who wanted Fed­ to Gain that elusive missing French title just as much­ as he wanted himself

Have yoy ever seen any other­ G/S finnal where runner up gave winner such great­ assistance

10 months ago fed lost a thrilling final at­ wimbledon..."great" journalist Simon reed­ wrote that if he had lost 3-0 he should better quit­ tennis. Fed lost 3-2,did not quit, and has won 2 grand­ slams ever since...very good prediction mr Reed. Fed­ cried after aus. open and tried very hard not to cry­ last sunday and all this because of the pressure u all­ put to him.Thank god I live in greece and listen to the­ greek comentator. D O M E A F A V O U R MR REED stop­ writting.eurosport is not a local newspaper. I suggest­ you started writting about football or hockey­ maybe...dont write anyhing about fed again.your­ articles are pathetic

Congratulations FEDERER for winning French title

Moritura, I've been checking it out (in my usual­ pedantic way), and apparently the change occured around­ 2001 (prior to the Federer period of dominance), when­ they decided to use 100% rye grass, which has the­ advantage of being more resistant to wear and tear, but­ is spongier, causing the ball to bounce higher.­ Apparently, rye grows straight up, providing more­ resistance to the bouncing ball, meaning that it comes­ through slower. If you search for something like­ "Wimbledon slower grass", you should be able­ to find this article, which I think was published in­ "Time". If on the other hand, you think­ life's too short to bother, I wouldn't blame­ you. Either way, I guess Taylor Dent and Michael Llodra­ won't be causing too many surprises at Wimbledon­ this year, as they might have done in years gone by.­ Take Care

"universe0016"or "rc_alcock",you­ are completely useless in this forum,so get a l i f e­ by commenting football for instance but stop polluting­ those pages with your childish and m o r o n i c posts.

"universe0016"=another username from­ "rc_alcock"(he has dozens...)