Federer went on to win the french open, wimbledon and­ just recently the cincinatti masters since this article­ was written. LOL dosent quite sum this article up.

Roger Federer is still a phenomenon, he remain the yard­ stick to measure the performance of all in the Tennis­ world now. the mistake other players make is the­ assumption that, if you' ve federer thats it; Well­ assumption always makes an @#$% - U - ME

Simon Reed please leave Roger alone.You use to call him­ the great man of tennis and he still is so stick that­ in your pipe and smoke it.

Full agree with Paul Clifford, Zoltan, Kamaruss,­ Agneszkab, Yiannis and Mendozadiego. Reed will not­ read this because he will be too embarassed. Maybe he­ will think first before putting his nonsense thoughts­ to papers. The "sick" Federer made it to the­ SF of AO, Finals of RG and Wimbleon, won US Open and­ Finals of AO. WHAT, WHERE, HOW is be done?? Hello....

I have lost interest in reading any article written by­ Simon Reed - Especially when the headline reads as this­ one. I will agree that Federer is not at his best at­ the moment but he is by no mens past it - Just a change­ of tactics and he will be on fire again. Federer has­ forced player like Murray & particularly Nadal to­ up there game in order to compete against him, they­ have done that & very well. Now Federer just needs­ to adjust to this & take them to the next level. I­ truly think that Nadal would not be the player he is,­ were it not for Federer. His drive to be #1 has pushed­ his game on to beat Federer - for now. The last two­ Grand Slams against Nadal were long matches only­ snatched by a few points and Wimbledon certainly could­ have gone either way - It was more the pressure from­ the records that he was going to break etc. than Nadal­ that lost him that game.

i am fed up with those boring cliches from reed.
(i­ suppose federer has done a 'bit more' for this­ sport than reed...)

hey Simon, get REED of that nonsense. Federer still is­­ at his prime. It's just a lapse of concentration­­ and focus. He'll get back. Roger will prove you­­ wrong. I have so much faith in him, so as Roger to­­ himself. Go go go ROGER, get ReeD of Simon SAys ­­ crop!!! duh!!!! the title of this article must be­ "FEDERER: HIS BEST PAST REED!" well, well,­ well. (Russylle of Kuwait)

Nadal has lost 2 matches this year, to Monfils and­ Murray, both play defensive tennis... Yeah, he loses to­ aggressive players like Tsonga, Blake too... amazing­ thing is that Youzhny and Blake's one-handed­ backhands are a weapon against Nadal, while­ Federer' s one-handed backhand is a weakness ...

No doubt Federer is in psychological turmoil right now.­ Nadal has battered his confidence and exposed the­ frailty of his backhand. Fed's serve percentage is­ way down from when he was at his 'peak', and­ that's also hurting him big. However, I still think­ talk of his demise is premature; he has a few slams­ left in him. It is inconceivable that he won't­ surpass Sampras's record - especially for someone­ with his gifts. In retrospect, the lack of a coach to­ work on strategy vs Nadal and Murray, and help him make­ small adjustments to his game, namely in patience and­ protecting/maximising his backhand, has not been wise.

Murray is erratic and will likey remain so because he­ is not mentally strong enough. He is now superior to­ Federer but chances are he will regularly disappear­ from the draw before reaching the semis. Nadal's­ game is very physical and injuries can be expected. For­ these reasons, Federer is likely to win more grand­ slams even though he is indeed past his prime.

He's a superb player for 27 so you cant expect to­ be the perfect player cause Murray and Nadal are young,­ fit, fast and strong

I love you Federer!!!
Even more than I love Alex.....

lets just wait and see if how long will nadal keep on­ top and how federer show new tactics to return in good­ form.at 27,is pity hard to be strong as ever so whether­ fed fans like it or not,their idol is getting weaker­ and weaker while nadal has an injury to care­ for.whoever comes among the other guys,be them..bec.its­ a sports.you dont have to say that this guy or that guy­ is better than the other...lets face that federer is­ faaaaading..lets wait for the baby to come and be the­ numbeeeeer one..

federer plays his best tennis in the majors and the­ only reason he isnt winning all of them is because­ nadal is playing the tennis of his life.so simon reed­ can shut his mouth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Simon Reed,
I respect your abilities as a sports­ commentator, but as a prognosticator I can honestly say­ that you continue to embarrass yourself and irritate­ many tennis fans the world over. You seem to want to­ relegate Federer to the past at every possible­ juncture, only to find yourself time and again proved­ wrong by Federer himself. Already last year, when he­ “only” made it to the semis of Australia, finals of­ Roland Garros, and finals of Wimbeldon you made it a­ point to declare his best days past. Before the US­ Open, Murray was supposed to be Federer’s new “nemesis”­ only to be comprehensively thrashed in the finals.
It­ is simply a testament to Federer’s unbelievable­ achievement in the past five years that you see him as­ past his best, when the worst that anyone can say of­ him, is that he is, for the time being, “only” second­ best. Nadal has a hold on him, that is fair, but until­ Murray wins not one but 4, 5 or 6 grand slams, and­ until Murray beats Federer in a few of those grand­ slams, who honestly cares how much talent Murray has? ­ Federer has always had a player that he lost to more­ than others, and finally found ways to overcome them on­ the big occasions. Right now that player is Nadal, who­ is rightfully number one. But please spare us your­ depressing talk of Federer’s demise until Federer­ himself says that he is done. He looks hungrier than­ ever to prove people wrong and you should know better­ than to dismiss a player with his record.

27 is old for a tennis player, even as fit as Fed, and­ it has to do open stance forehand and serve. I would be­ surprised if he makes it to the 2nd week in Roland­ Garros, which would give him extra week for Wimbledon.­ Then if he keeps his point short, he might have a­ chance, but with a kid on a way, he should take the­ year off really, and make a run next year for a GS

Interesting ,but Henman said Federers game is very­ efficient
and does rarely give him injuries.
So the­ reality that one can burn out the body in just a few­ years
means Nadal has a career of injuries and­ competing with pain.
Nadal will blow up later on this­ year from injury,
we know it , you saw it in Rotterdam­ final.
Murray said Nadal was just blasting the ball
to­ avoid any rally. That injury is permanent,
and the­ stress on the body is excessive.
You reap what you­ sow.
Federer will win many tournements for many years­ to come.
It is a pity he did not develop the two hand­ backhand only for clay.
Then he may have made also 5­ French opens.
Antony

Interesting ,but Henman said Federers game is very­ efficient
and does rarely give him injuries.
So the­ reality that one can burn out the body in just a few­ years
means Nadal has a career of injuries and­ competing with pain.
Nadal will blow up later on this­ year from injury,
we know it , you saw it in Rotterdam­ final.
Murray said Nadal was just blasting the ball
to­ avoid any rally. That injury is permanent,
and the­ stress on the body is excessive.
You reap what you­ sow.
Federer will win many tournements for many years­ to come.
It is a pity he did not develop the two hand­ backhand only for clay.
Then he may have made also 5­ French opens.
Antony

answer to N.Whitfeild comment.lets talk about the­ reality not a dream i am also a fan of roger fed.but­ lets be fair to all of them.roger greatness proven only­ in two surface in the grass and in the hardcourt.and in­ the last 12 months i don't think he still deserve­ to be called as the great.his best tennis has come to­ an end we must accept what we have seen.there is young­ and upcoming best tennis star on his way i think he got­ a little chance out there.he was beaten 3 times by­ murray this year,beaten by rafa in 3 grandslam in three­ different surface.including the lap sided 6-1,6-3,6-0­ in roland garros. even the old nalbadian beat him­ twice.and so as gilles simon.his only chance to surpass­ pete sampras record is in wimbledon.what do you think­ of it..

well put segunvod. i must say thats the way i see it­ too.