I think Masters Cup should take place not at the end of­ every year.. but after a month , and so, the players­ could'nt be that tired at the end of a tough season­ and they could ,,recharge'' their bateries and­ play great matches..with no injuries, no stress and­ tiredness..

I think Nole is not 100% lucky..he`s 100%­ talented!

For 2009 I see him world no.2 , winning at­ least 1 Grand Slam

@ya I explained my opinion on Federer in my previous­ comments.
All the best to all players and fans, I­ expect some really good matches next year
bye !

Yas, someone have to lose if other takes his place.­ Realy no need to explain how Fed is a great player.­ Bdw, he is my favorit as Sena, Zidan, Jordan was. His­ tennis - not person. But one day there is no S, Z, J­ & Fed. Also means for Sampras, or if u want Rafa,­ Nole.. In the mid time, tennis goes on.. Nole fans dont­ need eager for that, but Feds maybe doo to change that­ way.
I have no feelings about Rafas future. Without­ games in back of the court, I see Noles chances greater­ than Murrays. Also, if you look for the part of megic­ as in Feds game, you can find it more in Noles for now­ - of course if you are not blinded in some other­ reasons. Realy best wishes for Fed in 09, but small­ chances to see his domination again.

Igor: You write that Roger will break down if he will­ not win a GS soon. You obviously didn't notice that­ he did recently. Didn't watch US Open?
Why you­ call it ambition for Djokovic and ego for Federer? Any­ reason to call the same with different words (aside of­ being a fan of the one and a hater of the other)
And­ also, Federer can not improve any more means that he is­ perfect?! First, this is already a statement that the­ others are worse since they can improve. And the­ second, he is improving - for example on clay.

Any­ reasons to hate Fed? I don't see any. He did so­ much for tennis in general and for its image, that at­ least for this reason is is really great. There is­ obviously some reason that Murray is watching the DVDs­ of the matches with Federer to learn, and some others.­ And Federer is playing so economically as far as the­ energy is concerned (compared to Rafa e.g.) that he­ will have some power left for a couple of years.

Doha is at the same time as Brisbane, and both will­ give points but Doha more than Brisbane. So, lets wait­ till we make any statements on that!

Wasn`t Doha after AO ?
Sorry if I gave wrong info, but­ from more web sites I found out that Novak is playing­ this extra tournament before AO, Federer not ? Also­ points shouldn’t be taken before AO ? That way Novak is­ second, I expect he will earn some points in Brisbane­ ?!

Igor: I don't understand why Fed will start AO as­ Nr 3? Both Fed and Djokovic are playing tournaments­ before. Roger is playing Doha which is giving more­ points than Brisbane, where Djoko is playing. In­ addition Tsonga is also playing Brisbane, and he seems­ to be a nightmare for Djokovic. Well, we'll see.­ The Djokovic fans are so eager to see Roger dying,­ since they understand that this is the only way­ Djokovic will be coming up to the top 1. But wait!­ Roger and Rafa are still there!!!!

Who is the player of the year?
1 Scott (Britt)
1­ Spaniot
1 French
3 Serbs
1 Russian
1 American
A­ Million Dollar Question should be … ;-)

@ therealchegevara
Ok, respect for Federer ! .. But his­ messages must not collide with his reputation.. He is­ one of the best ever, maybe the best, will see

nick da serb u r just a joke its not even worth­ answering your blogs, rgds

IgorK - OK, peace man. I can understand you. Besides,­ at the end of the day, it is not Djokovic's fault­ that somebody got injured or whatever, he did what he­ had to do and that is to win a title, his 2nd best­ title (after Australian). I really hope that the four­ of them (Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray) and maybe­ this one fellow from my country (some wishfull thinking­ on my part) will make for an exciting season next year­ (slam each for instance).
I know Fed was slow to­ acknowledge Djokovic's obvious strength and­ successes, and in truth I think they don't like­ each other too much (Fed took his (newcomer's)­ impersonations close to heart). Federer usually says­ only the "correct" things (very boring),­ hardly praises young players (except if they are from­ US, UK, France for obvious reasons), sometimes to the­ point of being arrogant. But when he steps on the­ court, he is simply amazing, one of a kind, so majestic­ like Zidan in football and Michael Jordan in­ basketball.

The fact is- 2008 might have been the beginning of the­ end for the Swiss master. His decline began last year­ when he start to lose his first or second match on­ tournament from unseeded players like Canas (twice in a­ row), Volandri...
Someone said that Nadal are obsessed­ to beat Federer. What a stupidity! Federer's worst­ nightmare is Nadal on clay!!! And for sure, Federer­ will not win Roland Garros. Never!
Like him or not, the­ fact is- Federer is one of the best ever! That fact can­ not changed by anything.
But, at this moment he is not­ the best in the world. His dominion is over. He must to­ accept that, he no need excuses like lethargy,­ Infectious mononucleosis, stomach virus...
I do not­ understand the need to insult some great players­ because you don't like them. You must be­ frustrated, or full of hate, or incredible stupid, or­ what! Are you boring?

I have a question for the Serbs:­ Why react to provocation of them? Serbia have great­ players, young players of the futures and only blind­ can not see that!

This is about tennis, nothing else!

Cut the @#$% Ray V, this was abot Novak !
Jelena will­ dominate next year, with sister Williams, if they are­ not injured. End of story man !

Jelena Jankovic is great just yet for being­ consistent.....consistent on what?.....being present in­ all tournament and reaching at least semi finals in all­ events with very few taking home the trophy......this­ is good for serbian womens tennis with jelena and anna­ around......where do you think these ladies be sitting­ right now if both williams sisters are always present­ in every event? what do you think would be their­ rankings if henin and clisters are still around? (they­ are at their peak when they retired? what would be­ their ranking by now if maria sharapova is injury free­ and is always active on the tour......allow me to give­ you my honest oppinion.......ana and jelena would be at­ the tail end of the top ten......they can @#$% few­ lucky wins with the ones mentioned but i dont see them­ winning often

@chegevara i didn`t want to insult Federe or his fans.­ This was the way I see it.
And I wouldn`t care so much­ to write my opinions about Federer unless:
-Text on­ this page was about Novak`s sucess.
-Federer injuries­ are very doubtfull and I see them like just as excuse­ for low performances this year.
- Hist steatemens­ regarding Nadal and him being the best, and "there­ is no one else except them" are more them­ provocativ ! If he was the best, he shouldnt make such­ statemnets. it is to arrogant even for­ him..
Nevertheless, i don`t hate this guy, like many of­ people here just hate Novak (like this menthall ilnnes­ called nolilasoy) . I relly wish him sucess, but I very­ much doubt he will achive what he projected.

Igor K - get real, man! I understand that you are from­ Serbia and your tennis players have achieved a lot,­ really a lot for such a small country, and you should­ be very happy, but instead you start criticising the­ best player that has ever lived (beyond reasonable­ doubt), that is, Federer. I can pretty much agree with­ only one thing, Federer cannot improve anymore, and­ that is because he has fully explored his talent. If­ Djokovic explores his talent to the maximum, he will­ still never reach Federer's level because his level­ of talent is just lower. You will deny it, but to­ neutral viewer it is obvious. Djokovic may reach number­ 1, but he will never dominate like Fed, just quit­ dreaming about it so you don't get frustration­ later. Things that are good in Djokovic are that he is­ smart, hungry for success, focused and patriotic. He is­ going to win many titles.
Regarding the Sampras­ comparison - I also liked Samprass (for his net game,­ serve and mental toughness), but his backhand was the­ ugliest shot in tennis. Just look what the other­ players say about Federer - almost everybody says he is­ the best player ever. I think the one who can compare­ the best is Agassi (who has spent all his life playing­ against Sampras and less, but enough, against Federer),­ and he said that Federer is the best player he has ever­ played against despite his deep respect for Sampras.

excuses, excuses, excuses and again excuses...
nobody­ but nobody is giving a credit to novak. i see the­ hidden non-sympathy to novak.
well, looking things­ from objective perspective i think that he has a­ quality for a top 5 at least. i think also that­ everybody from top 10 has more talent and tennis­ knowledge than rafa as well.
and that comment that­ novak is building up a losing pattern to tsonga and­ murray?! well head to head novak has 4:2 against­ murray, and tsonga lost the most important match of his­ career to novak (which was the only chance for him to­ take a GS title).
i see a lot of envy in you people...­ :)

Personally I`m very happy being fan of Novak, Jelena,­ Ana, Zimonjic :-) And very proud coming from such a­ small country having such a players.
And what makes me­ more happy:
Novak goal is to be No.1 in the world one­ day
Federers goal last few years it to be approved­ better then Sampras, primary more Grand Slams then­ Sampras.

Obviously I will be even happier at the end,­ because it is soo much likely that Novak will achieve­ his goal. And Fedex … ;-)

Djokovic got lucky, the mouthy little twatgland didnt­ have to play any1 difficult (murray & Federer) in­ the whole tournament. even borg has predicted a rubbish­ year for djokovic next year, hes overrated and its­ starting to show.