Up Fed..............He got this year victory out of­ Aussie open tears and i'm happy for him.....long­ life my man

Yeah you will be after buying the title via sepp­ blatter

The field is at a very high level!
All players here­ deserve their spot, not to forget Roddick.
But­ honestly, among all the discussions about Federer being­ over the hill just chill and think:
In how many GS­ finals was any of these gentlemen present in­ 2009?
Answer: Once or none. Apart from Federer, yep he­ was there in all 4.
And when, apart from Fedex­ himself, was the last time ANY player achieved 4 GS­ finals in a year? I don't remeber, but probably­ Lendl or even further back. It's amazingly­ difficult.
Now everybody is talking about Djoker and­ Murray and how good they are. But facit is: 0 GS finals­ this year. And yes they ARE good. That's how tight­ it is on the top!
Rafa was in one GS final, Söderling­ one final, Roddick one and del Potro in one. Federer 4.­ Of which he won 2.
The amazing thing is how used we are­ to this greatness that we look at 2009 and honestly­ believe it was a "so so" year for Federer.­ Only 2 GSs
Let's all get some perspective. What an­ amazing Federer year.
So what that he crumbled (in the­ 5th set) in Australia and his serve deserted him in the­ US final (in the 5th set). He is still by far the­ overachiever of the year. Numbers, not­ opinion.
Honestly: had Murray done 4 GS finals winning­ 2 he would be hailed and portraied as a new unbeatable­ tennis Messiah!
Even if Federer looses every match in­ London, he still is without any possible doubt the nr 1­ in 2009.
But I suppose that is boring for media to­ write.

C'mon guys! Saying Federer is nr 1 because Nadal­ was injured is stupid... Nadal hit top form in 2008 and­ Federer was not top form (and probably will never be)­ and Nadal was better. In 2009 Nadal was injured but­ Federer still had the edge over others. It is­ consistency that makes the difference, Roger might not­ be as reliable as he used to be and cannot maintain top­ form during all the match but still good enough to beat­ anyone, win GS-s and tournaments, protect his ranking­ points and stay No. 1. Probably he will never recover­ his form of 2005-2006-2007 and will not be able to­ compete with a 2008 Rafa, but first we need a 2008­ Rafa. Federer was able to maintain some kind of almost­ unbeatable level for at least 3 years. This is the­ difference, noone else recently has been able to do it,­ not even Rafa... he got injured... why did not Federer­ get injured... cause he uses his body much less... They­ are completely different. Head to head... yes, probably­ Rafa is better, but Roger's style suits consitency­ and longlasting career more than Rafa's. Simply­ because he has a much lower risk of getting injured.

congrats to Fed but i hope Del potro finds his form­ because he played so well at U.S open.
Del Potro's­ backhand was unbelievable

Congratulations Federer on ending this year as no 1.­ .
I hope that Rafa regains his confidence as the tennis­ world needs him in the mix.

Real Nadal(like my older brother) supporters understand­ and appreciate the prowess of fed (the greatest­ ever),as I also aknowledge Rafas resilence and­ strength, there is no basis for comparison because­ Roger is the most complete, more slams more everything,­ Rafa himself says how he looks up to fed(by the way who­ doesnt on circuit) so all u blind followers shut it and­ give honour to whom it is due...
Fed is best, hope rafa­ gets to top gear and give us a better 2010.

Andy murray has a @#$% like a horses mouth nd henman­ lick the bittersweet juices that lie withn as it­ contains special vitimans......further more murray­ wouldnt score in a whorehouse of fat birds!

Roger you are such an exceptional player, that even­ when you lose (you are not made of iron) you do not let­ us (your fans) down. You are always magical on the­ tennis courts in any surface you simply shine like the­ sun...
We love you very much and wish you more Grand­ Slams to come next year and the year after, but keep in­ mind that you are gonna need a BIGGER trophy cabinet...­ Well done!!!

in what way is it posible fed wont make dem

Juan P. you are obviously a big Nadal fan. Even worse­ you are one of those Nadal fans who hates Federer. In­ any case the fact that Federer has managed to get back­ to No. 1 at 28 is remarkable. Why does everything have­ to be about Nadal? The fact that Rafa was injured in­ irrelevant because Federer still had to go and win the­ French and Wimbledon. They weren't handed to him.­ Nadal isn't good enough to be No. 1 right now.­ Maybe he will be again next year. But for now you­ should be gracious enough to congratulate Roger because­ that's what he deserves. And if Nadal gets back to­ No. 1 then he'll deserve it then too. Anyone who­ gets to No. 1 in the world deserves applause.

haha nice phrasing dandelionmancipar. :))) good chance­ it will happen actually!

Babaloo. I bet you are Serbian or some fanatical­ Djokovic supporter. If not then you are simply not­ worth, but I will give you the benefit of the doubt.­

I was talking about the number one player in the­ world for the whole year (note WHOLE YEAR). That is two­ higher than where Djokovic has ever been. Not the last­ three tournaments. And by the way Roger has been on top­ for most of the 2nd and the (note again) WHOLE 3rd­ quarter, but that is irrelevant to the rankings.

Now­ if we are going by your way for current form, I would­ love to see a Djoko - Fed match just so the Maestro can­ prove what he has done at Cincy and the USO once again­ - when it matters he beats the youngsters ( excluding­ Nadal).

hey juan p (pathetic), you're a moron!!! stop­ smoking crack it's damaging whatever brain you­ still have left, you don't go into battle and say­ "please don't beat the @#$% out of me, i'm­ sick!" or "please be gentle, i'm not yet­ in my top form"... utterly ridiculous!!! or best­ yet... nadal would say "stop all the tournament..­ im INJURED!"

I'd sign for that, dandelionmancipar :) !