Look you can evereday make faults Roger Federer. Y no­ how it is if you make fault it can evereday happen bat­ if you makes to many faults dan you can by agresief op­ your self den you say to your zelf com on take de next­ point and den (*)you have de next point and den you­ giong to take de oder next(*) point and so can you try­ to take al the next points and den you can win bad you­ have playing good its not very bad that you think from­ oo that Roger Federer is not(*) an good payer becouse­ than(*) you vergot your self becouse roger Federer is­ an good player becouse hes number 1 of de tennis­ boy's than you ar good bizie without this 11­ doubbel faults than you playing good you ar not bad­ evening with that (*)11 doubbel faults is becouse you­ don't need(*) to make 11 doubbel faults you­ don't need that and you can missed chanches bad­ its to late now bad this is an advices fir the next­ time if you have to play with somebody­ els
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I'm Roger's biggest fan, cant believe that he­ lost his head..but this is the game...and after the 2­ sets, he just lost focusing and ended up losing...I was­ very very disappointed, i couldnt even watch the last­ set.

Max, I would have killed for a career half that­ good......:) :) and so would every other player on the­ circuit, past and present.

hervé a # 143, agree. The skill does not fade and­ neither does the desire. What fades is the body's­ ability to recover quickly enough for matches. Physios­ start to work overtime to prepare these guys for­ battle. Most of these guys carry so many hidden battle­ scars, mental as well as physical. I am in my late 40s­ and still play. When I was 25 I used to play up to 6­ hours a day and some times 2-3 matches a day in­ tournaments. Still would get up the next day and do it­ all over again regardless of the strains, pains,­ injuries. When I reached 35 playing time was cut back­ to 2-3 hours as it took me 3 times as long to get over­ the tiredness and injuries. I am now over 45 and the­ slightest injury takes me a week or more to recover. It­ is the body that will send the signal to the brain that­ time is up. This is not a ROCKY Movie......I will be­ glued to my TV for as long as Roger is wiiling to grace­ the courts with his presence.........however long that­ may be. He is an extraordinary human being and athlete­ and we have all been very fortunate to live during this­ time to witness in person the fantastic artistry he has­ displayed before us......He's not done with­ yet............

Sorry, the year was 2005 and not 2004.
If you look at­ Roger career, he had bad year in 2005.­ He lost in SF­ both in AUS and French Open.
Look was he has done after­ that year and after 2008. Every one saying that Roger­ is finished and cannot win any more GS. How wrong the­ were.. GO Roger and never stop.

If you look at Roger career, he had bad year in 2004.­ He lost in SF both in AUS and French Open.
And see what­ he has done after that year. 2008 was his bad year as­ he was sick. He lost to Novak in AUS. But he has won­ all his games vs Novak in last 3 years(US). In the past­ few weeks he beat all top 10 players including Nadal,­ Murry and Novak. Roger is back, He had a bad day in US­ Open and refree did not help.
But this is life. I hope­ he keeps playin until he is 35. Even in that age­ players like Agasi could get into GS finals. Roger has­ much better style to play longer career. Go Rodger and­ get the 20th more GS­
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|Federer     ­ |2002|2003|2004|2005|2006|2007|2008|2009|2010|2011|2012­ |Career|
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|Australian  | 4r  |  4r  |  ­ W  |  SF   |  W  |  W  |  SF |  F  |    ­  |     |     |  3    ­  |
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|French       |  1r  |  1r  |  3r  ­ | SF  |  F   |  F   |  F   |  W   |    ­  |     |     | 1     ­ |
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|Wimbledon |  1r  |  W   |  W   |  W   | ­ W   |  W   |  F   |  W   |     |     |     ­ |  6    ­  
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|USOpen      |  4r  |  4r  |  W   |  W   | ­ W   |  W   |  W  |  F   |     |     |    ­ | 5     ­ |
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|RF age      |  20 |  21 |  22  |  23 ­ |  24  |  25  |  26  |  27  |  28  |  29  | 

No problem stuartlawrence, they got my name wrong even­ in my documents, here it's harmless :). I­ understand what you're saying, and believe me i­ don't want to see him strugling or frustrated or­ swearing either. It's unbearable for me too. I­ trust him and i think he would know better than us when­ it will be time for him to go. He's an intelligent­ guy and player. So let's give him a break.­ Let's wait and see how 2010 will go. 28 is not that­ old anyway and he knows his body better than us. So why­ don't we stop this retirement discussion, which it­ might be premature as it was in 2008. Time will tell.­ Take care.

Ilda I agree with everything you say about federer­ being a fair player, but you are forgetting hawkeye.­ Anyway I think you're missing my point. I have to­ be honest here, I think that ardent fed fans maybe­ slightly blinkered about the possible pitfalls­ ahead(and I'm not including you in this con) Herve­ put it spot on. From his point of view he sees it as­ not too much to ask fed to carry on, but all I'm­ saying is what maybe best for the man himself, not from­ what all tennis fans want to see. Sorry for spelling­ your name wrong Ilda. It won't happen again sorry

Stuartlawrence, first i want to clarify my name is ILDA­ (the first letter is capital the second is lowcase so­ no lida or iida). It can be that the more difficult the­ matches more frustrated he could get. But to say the­ truth, Roger is the only guy (or the one amongst very­ few) that plays according to the rules. He never takes­ over 20 seconds beween the points, he doesn't­ exhagerate with the towel, he never asks for a trainer­ to slow down his opponent when things are not going his­ way, he never looks at his box before deciding to­ challange, he never looks at his inexistance coach for­ help, he never tries to get under somebodies skin,­ he's the fairest player on tour. He had to wait for­ Delpo anytime he was serving, when the rule is that the­ player has to play with the pace of the server. He­ serves an ace and the guy sais i wasn't ready, when­ he was indeed. So all these things are frustrating,­ even when you're winning and get even more­ frustrating when you're losing. What i'm trying­ to say is that if the rules would be respected by­ everyone, there is no reason to get frustrated. The­ rules are clear, everyone knows them, a lot don't­ respect them and what is worse the umpires who are­ there to asure that the rules would be respected­ don't do their job.

I'm only guessing here and I admit I could be quite­ wrong but personally I think federer will find it much­ harder to stay around as long as agassi, connors and­ sampras did to name but a few. I see him as unique. I­ have never seen anyone dominate tennis as he has or­ have such a good all round game. He is no ordinary­ champion, blessed as he is with the skill and artistry­ that makes him unique. I just feel that for him it may­ be harder than it has been for others to carry on and­ drop from that standard(as he inevitably must) I stress­ again from my personal point of view of course like all­ his fans I hope he carrys on, but however good he ids­ or has been I personally doubt that he can improve his­ position in tennis or his considerable skills now. Of­ course I accept the argument carry on for a couple of­ years even if it's for say just another couple of­ slams(not much I know by his standards) That's fine­ as long as he can cope with descending from his great­ height, I'm still not convinced he can

I have been fan of Roger when he was 19 years old­ playing tennis in Perth Australia.
I saw a young man­ with intelligence. What I saw him to do later in his­ tennis career was to mix this intelligence with power,­ accuracy and some extra ordinary shot making. Pete­ Sampras retired age 32 wining the US Open 2002 to get­ his 14th Grand Slam titles. Before this final he lost­ in many other GS. Nobody thought that Pete is going to­ win another GS but he did. At that time Roger did not­ have his first GS. Nobody on earth could guess that in­ 6 years time someone else can break Sampras record of­ 14 GS. How wrong they were!!!
Rodger loves tennis. He­ is so humble and he always respects his competitors. I­ have never heard that he say that I lost because I had­ injury. In 2008 Australian open he was really sick. He­ was sick for months but when he lost in semi to­ Djokovic he said that Novak played better.
I like Roger­ to play until he is 35 years of age. Like Agassi. He­ can...the way he plays he can. What I like to see from­ Roger is the shot making... the unbelievable shots that­ no one can imagine possible even if he loses the match.­ You all saw last year overhead shot against Djokovic in­ semi and this year between the legs shot against the­ same player to setup the match point. Roger did it when­ he is 28, he did not have a shot like that when he was­ winning 3 grand slams in a year at age 25-26.
Of course­ I want him to win, but even he won’t win any title I­ want to see him playing as long as Roger Federer can­ make shots like that. Go Roger… we are all behind you…­ we want to see another 5 set in Wimbledon so you can­ win it 20-18 in 5th set… Go Roger…

lida you are quite right about the incompetence of the­ umpire in allowing challenges to line calls fter such a­ length of time. My concern is that the more tough­ federer finds certain slam matches that mean so much to­ him we may see more of the language he used monday­ which would be a shame. He swore at w 2007 as well when­ he questioned line calls. I hope I'm wrong but that­ is my worry as time goes on. And it would be a shame­ after how well he has been a role model for youngsters.

Hi Con! I think there is a bit of dilemma here as of­ what he should focused on! asking him another 2 to 4­ years of commitment to Tennis as a fan is not too much­ from my point of view! We know that he is wise and know­ and feels what he want and what is right for him. We­ have seen that from his schedule, his choice of shots,­ he decision regarding coach etc... All this make of him­ an amazing person, and unfortunately people are more­ focused on what he said or didn't say here and­ there (since there is too little to say about his­ tennis ;)).
But as a fan of both the guy and the­ player, I will certainly also understand if he wants to­ commit to family which i doubt as at this age, there is­ not much he can and should do for his little twins.­ When they get 4, 5 years old, he will have much more to­ do for them...
Let's hope he stays there, that his­ body allows him etc...
I remember the last game Agassi­ - Benjamin Becker! After battling past Bagdatis, the­ guy was done! you could see the talent, the ability but­ the body was like, time to stop dude! It was­ painful!

Cheers!

stuartlawrence27, I think Roger is a very proud man­ with lots of dignity. He won't settle for 2nd or­ 3rd best for too long. Regardless of how passionate and­ devoted his fans are (me included), once his passion­ for the game drops hard line decisions will be made. As­ I indicated before, Sampras, Agassi and the likes, once­ they started being beaten by the new breeds they made­ their choices.

It is sad to see Roger's title winning streak in­ Wimbleton and US Open both ended at 5. But on the­ other hand, it could be good for Roger so that he does­ not need to carry the load on his shoulder that he must­ keep the titles forever. We all know that one day any­ of this winning streak must be ended. This could make­ Roger feeling more relax but also more hungry to get­ back the title again (just like what he did in­ Wimbleton to win the 6th title). I believe he will tie­ or break Sampras record of 7 Wimbleton and win at least­ one more US Open, and win more GS even up to age 33-35­ unless he has lost the motivation. His natural talent­ and style of play without much injury allow him to stay­ among the top much longer than other past great players­ (Sampras, Agassi, Connors ....). All other younger­ top players have less stable performance (especialy due­ to injury like Nadal) and so it is not for sure that­ they will have better chance than Roger to win most­ majors in coming yrs even though Roger will be older­ (and slower)
But we all know that it is not realistic­ to expect Roger to be 'invincible' forever as­ the way he had dominated the game from Yr 04-07 (his­ peak period). No matter if he walked away from the­ game now or he played until 34-35 when he is no longer­ among the top, he is and still will be the Greatest­ Player of all time.
He is the only true #1 player in­ history that people really expect him to win everything­ and should never fall....Because he had set the­ standard too high before during his peak. Even when­ Sampras was at his peak, people never expected him to­ be 'invincible' and he could be beaten by any­ good players on any day or exit early in a major­ tournament. But to Roger, people always expect him­ to win everytime without any margin for­ defeat....
That's why as Roger's fan, I hope­ he could be more relax from now on and keep adding more­ titles under his belt, but without much pressure to­ have to prove himse

I'd go along with Siskra that Delpo is not­ necessarily a bad match up for Nadal, though I think­ that in general Rafa would probably be more comfortable­ facing him on a slightly slower court. Time will tell.­ What is true is that Del Potro has proven both his­ enormous quality and his mental strength,the latter­ being something that I seem to remember Siskra­ questioning subsequent to Delpo's loss to Federer­ in Roland Garros. To come from the trashing he shipped­ against Fed in Melbourne to beating him in the US Open­ final is proof enough for me of Delpo's mental­ fortitude. Presuming he is fortunate with injuries, I­ don't think Delpo is gonna be anywhere but near the­ top of world tennis for the foreseeable future. I'm­ completely convinced that neither Fed nor Rafa are­ finished and I suspect that Murray isn't either so­ the next few months leading up to Australia promise to­ be very interesting.

No AJ HE DIDN't he only said i "don't give­ a s.h.i.t." and this only after he told Roger to­ be quiet.I saw it on TV and to make sure that i was­ right i just saw it one more time on youtube, so get­ your facts right, and don't put unsaid words in­ someone's mouth. And i don't think anyone here­ disagrees with me that the choise of that umpire is the­ poorest ever.

One more thing AJ, $10500 is a heavy fine for Serena­ you think? It,s ridiculous. That's like change­ money for her. Did you listen to the commentators, John­ Mc, Mary Carillo etc? They were saying that for what­ she did she should have been suspended, and she­ shouldn't be allowed to play the double's­ final. For respect of tennis, the fans, the players she­ should have been banned. And that wasn't even her­ first foot fault in that match either, it was the­ second one and called by a different line's man.

IIDA Roger used the f word to at the umpire thats worse­ and should of had a warning.Yes i agree that Del Potro­ was taking to long to challange the point like Roger­ said.I love Roger but did not like the swearing enough­ said

#136 AJ, how can you compare Serena's behavior with­ Roger's. Serena used the F word in every 2-3 words.­ According to you saying "i feel like shoving this­ F... ball in your F... throat" is the same as­ saying " i don't give a s.h.i.t." to the­ umpire? And these were said for two different reasons.­ Serena got mad becuase the lines woman DID her job, if­ you step on the line while serving is a fault, whereas­ Roger was asking the incompetent to do his job. He got­ mad after the incompetent told Roger to be quiet. Can­ you believe this. He was allowing Del Po to challange­ after 10-15 seconds, after Del Po would look up at his­ box and asking them if he should challange or not,­ which is not allowed. Haven't you seen other­ umpires denying the challange to a player because it­ was too late? I have. So don't comapre the­ uncomparable.