Whatever you say Tippu! You, like many people, like to­ use words out of context in order to make people look­ stupid! All you have to do is look at how people like­ Nadal, Novak, Murray and every other tennis player­ looks up to him to see that they don't find him­ arrogant. You have not met the guy. They have. So­ it's up to them, not you, to judge his character.­ Plus, Roger does not rate murray the way he rates­ Nadal, Hewitt, Djokovic and others for obvious reasons.­ Murray has done nothing to earn it. He's won­ nothing of consequence. Not one Grand Slam to his name.­ It is obvious that Rafa, too, does not rate Murray for­ this reason.

Necothehut, thanks for the good comment (46). We need­ this kind of intelligent analysis in this forum. I­ believe it,s still along way to go for every players. ­ Roger is brilliant on grass and undeniably a favourite­ to win, but he is not invincible. In tennis, it is­ very difficult sustain the high level of game. Roger­ has won so many matches because he is very good in this­ aspect. But, on their day, players like Leyton, Novak,­ Robin, Andy and Tommy are capable of beating any­ opponent, even Roger and Rafa. So, best man win!

Poor Federer! It seems that even with his 14 grand­ slams, his rare talent and great sportsmanship and­ control, he still can't win the respect of a few­ idiots on yahoo forums! All he does is play and if he­ hammers his opponent so be it! I mean would you rather­ he sat back and made a show of it? That would be a lack­ of respect to the other players! Good christ people!

I am just delighted that Roger has found his winning­ mentality again and to all you ppl saying that it is­ boring watching federer win, then simply dnt watch him­ then, because he is a genius at work simply doing what­ he was born to do, win slams - in his own way, feds 4­ the final.

Bina I am so jealous. I missed that match as had to go­ out. Seems it was nailbiting. Good luck Tommy!

ralph i totally agree. As much as Fed is mindblowingly­ brilliant, it is boring to watch his opponents wilt­ before him. I hope that one of them - ANY OF THEM I­ DON'T CARE WHO! - knocks back a few pints or takes­ something before going on court and gives us a real­ match to watch in the absence of one Senor Nadal. I­ hope desperately that it's not going to be a boring­ one sided final.

HAAS HAAS HAAS a unbelivable match.. he cames back two­ times and safe two match points in the eleventh game of­ the fifth set... well done ... really dramatic and epic­ match... i thought i died it was too dramatic for­ me^^... go Tommy you are the best.. but cilic is so­ taff.. but you will make it^^

Ray V where did you get your info from. Fed beat­ Karlovic 8 times while Karlovic beat him once last year­ NOT in straight sets but 764676 and only cos Fed­ wasn't well. STOP HATING THE GENIUS!!!

Hey Stine and to swingers like peri, stephen and justi.­ If you think u know enough tennis u talk. Grass is d­ surface for big serves n volley. This is d primary­ reason why fed and sampras dominated in wimbly. Feds­ excelent baseline game made him more difficult to­ defeat. If u dance to feds music which is playing him­ behind d baseline u will find urself dance out of tune.­ Nadal won d duel last year coz his baseline game is a­ little superior than feds. Since nadal is not in­ picture no one is capable of beating fed since d­ majority u see today r baseliners. If karlovic, Haas­ which r both decent volleyers too will stick to a game­ plan of serve n volley or d chip n charge (by­ opportunity) they will a big chance.

Cathrenehume for your info Cilic hasn't won yet.­ And Federer's game was joyous to watch as always!!!­ you must be one of them haters that have nothing better­ to do than write c**p!!!

Attaha, I agree with you Federer is killing men's­ tennis. It's time for him to go.
Remember all the­ great men's tennis players? Lew Hoad, Rod Laver,­ Roche, Conners, Bjorg, Sampras, MacEnroe, Agassi,­ Becker. Not one of them had the need for fancy jackets­ or cardigans and long trousers are just too ridiculous­ for words.

Recently read some comments about the H2H games between­ Federer and Murray (2-6). Most of the posters­ didn't think it'd affect Fed too much in an­ eventual final between them, mainly due to the fact­ that it's Wimbledon and that Fed is very very­ experienced on GS generally, especially if Murray­ isn't able to take the lead. Saying that, I­ don't want to play the fortuneteller, there's­ long long way to the final for both of them. Fed has­ some tough opponents ahead as previous comments say and­ Murray will face either Roddick or Hewitt who seems to­ be in good shape again. Ypu never know.
However,­ Fed's record against Soderling is much more­ conclusive, being 10-0. I liked the way Robin performed­ on RG (besides the first set of the final, when he was­ clearly under stress) but don't think he has the­ right weapons against Federer. Surely Soderling­ won't feel under such pressure as in the RG final­ and will want to beat Fed for first time more than­ anything else, but something tells me that the Swiss­ knows quite well what to do against this opponent. In­ RG Fed successfully put a lot of pressure on­ Sodelring's backhand which is good but not his best­ shot. Time will tell, fingers crossed for an exciting­ game with Soderling playing the best he can all the­ time.