130 Libee. I shared your same comment. I am­ Roger's fan and he is the reason I love to watch­ tennis again after the Sampras / Agassi / Chang golden­ age era. As I have said in a few previous post, it­ is not realistic for us as his fan to dream that our­ hero can continue to win as he did in the past. Other­ players from his generation (Safin / Hewitt...) are­ already out. He is one of a kind. Only true champion­ like Federer / Sampras can remain competitive up to the­ age of 32-33 and still has chance to win major. But­ Roger has the potential to win much more than other­ past great champion. It is just frustrating me as his­ fan to see him keep losing match by his own error, ­ many times not really beaten by particularly well play­ from his opponent. His current consistency and­ stability is below average in his own standard. ­ There were so many matches / titles that he should not­ have lost in the past 2 yrs.....

By the way, I agree­ that Roger is a bit arrogant but he is still a nice­ gentlemen. Most players on tour have positive comment­ to his attitude (e.g Roddick / Nadal / Rafter....) and­ all said that this guy never treat himself as the king­ and he is always kind and polite to everyone. But as­ a special player with all kind of expectation on his­ shoulder, it is hard for him to face defeat­ (especially against Nadal) but he never showed any bad­ attitude to his rival. He just hate to admit that he­ has more problem to handle Nadal. All great champion­ should have the heart and this little arrogant attitude­ to defense himself as the best. On the other hand, ­ Nadal is the most humble player. He never said he is­ better than Roger after a win even though he has a­ better winning record against him and he still keep­ emphsize than Roger is the best of all time. Hope­ Nadal can bounce back next yr. Tennis is not as fun­ when Roger and Nadal are not at their best.

What is this all about ... Federer arrogant ...­ unsporting in defeat.? I don't recall Pete Sampras­ being that gracious either in defeat. Its a hallmark­ of great champions - they are used to winning - losing­ doesn't come easy to them. And if anyone thinks­ Nadal, Djokovic, Murray, Del Potro et al take defeat­ any better than Fed, they are fooling themselves. They­ may not show their emotions as much but they are just­ the same inside. I've never bought the­ "I'm very 'umble" patter from Nadal -­ and nor do I much care for Djokovic's victory­ celebrations. If Federer shed any tears at all (and I­ don't think he did, at least not till he got to his­ locker room), they should have been tears of­ frustration at his inconsistent game over the past few­ months. The match with Del Potro told me all I needed­ to know about his chances of winning the London­ tournament if he came up against an inspired opponent -­ zero.

well said Navarro

How is it even possible to know what is going on in­ another person's heart? Are people judging another­ as being arrogance based on their facial expressions?­ on their bodily reactions to a highly engaging­ activity? why necessarily arrogance? maybe it is­ exhyberance, joy, relief!!?? whichever it may be they­ sure put on an exciting display of tennis for us to­ enjoy, why can't we just appreciate that?

very good post LilBee.

LilBee don’t make things to complicated.. this story­ started about Federer, that he is not humble in defeat.­ And he definitely isn’t, especially comparing to Rafa­ or Novak - BUT, that doesn’t mean he is not a good man­ ! maybe he has full right to be arrogant, being such­ great champion.. maybe he is just too cold. not hot­ blooded like Djoko who is on the other side often­ overreacting, which I don’t like. People are different,­ but the sport is the same.

Of course you can have the right, it basically comes­ with the territory. But there's a distinction­ between being arrogant, and being evilly arrogant :­ Federer who is up at least a class in comparison to his­ rivals, when he loses a match for example, or a point­ he knows he could have won, he has a right to be sad or­ angry at himself, and that behaviour you interpret as­ arrogance, only because you are a Nadal fan or a­ Djokovic fan, or an "x" fan, and then­ there's arrogance like when Murray yells "come­ on" when his opponents make a double fault, or­ when Djokovic pumps his fists and yells at the­ spectators and punches his chest, and then there's­ Nadal who has the evilest squint when he stares at his­ opponents or up at his box... You know, each and every­ player has his her own courtside antics that anyone can­ interpret however they want. You call Federer arrogant?­ I call him one of the most passionate players out­ there. And he has the right to be passionate. Just like­ Nadal has the right to pick his bum (sorry had to­ mention that) or to spend 5 minutes placing his bottles­ in ridiculous manners or Djokovic bouncing the balls 46­ times before serving or....

"And­ for someone with his status and­ achievements, he can be­ as arrogant as he wants, if­ you ask me."

Sorry,but I don't understand­ this kind of an opinion. Even if you're the­ GOAT,you can't have the right to be arrogant.

Jude, I absolutely agree with you about Davydenko, and­ most of the time I feel that way about Dementieva.­ These two have both killed themselves on court trying­ to get somewhere, playing fantastic tennis at times and­ giving their "better" opponents more grief­ than expected, yet there never seems to be an­ "award". It's a shame, truly, because it­ is players of their calibre that constitute tennis­ aswell, not just the top two or five players in the­ world. I knew Davydenko would win against Federer­ regarded he didnt choke. He's been playing­ outstanding tennis all week whereas Fed hasn't. and­ I am watching the final right now as I type and­ he's a break up in the first set and I am simply­ very pleased. Hope he goes on to win! Nothing against­ Delpo, I just really think Davydenko deserves this­ more.
Destong, obviously Federer isn;t gonna play at­ 28 the way he did at 24, it is simply crazy to expect­ that and to compare his play, but I'll tell you­ what - he's been around and stuck to his guns for­ so long, that even now when he is "sliding"­ he is still very much a threat and up there­ neck-to-neck with the younger, fresher, rising tennis­ players, he is STILL no. 1 and that is pretty much­ enough! If from now on he can win 1 grand slam a year­ and a few singles titles, that's enough. Remember,­ he has probably played twice as much tennis this year­ than Davydenko, reaching all four GS finals, winning­ two, etc etc. And still, he finished the year at no. 1,­ still he fought hard til the last game, still he posed­ a threat to his opponents. He is not going to win­ everything anymore, but he'll be up there with the­ best, possibly leading the way for a bit longer! And­ for someone with his status and achievements, he can be­ as arrogant as he wants, if you ask me.
Davydenko­ takes first set, whoo hoooo!!!

Some Roger fans here are really pathetic. They­ can't take any loss,either they attack to Rafa and­ talk about how arrogant loser he is (in fact,he was the­ one who signs all the autographs after losing every­ match,not your hero Federer) or they can't give­ credit to his opponents. He lost in Melbourne and New­ York because he gave them to his opponents? Pathetic­ stuff.

LOL. For all those who insulting Federer at the moment,­ breath free, i know you guys waiting for this­ opportunity a while since his dominance, it doenst­ bother anyway now and he is ending as world number 1,­ yet another achievement of his many achievements and­ counting...

Refreshing for Davydenko to finally beat him, good luck­ in the final! Blow me Donny :X

Davyenko played very well and he deserve to win. Hope­ he can win this year final. He is a skillful and­ classy player. On the other hand, it is another­ disappointing lose by Federer. For 4 straight­ matches, he simply gave the 1st set to his opponent. ­ He can't expect luck to be on his side all the time­ and thought he could catch up by winning next two sets.­ He can only survive this in a GS for a 5 set match. ­ If he continue to have a slow start in all match, he­ cannot stay long with all the younger top players­ today. He can only claim himself for this defeat. He­ played well in the 3rd set but I was so frustrated to­ see him losing all the key points (and match points) by­ hitting the ball long or into net. He was no beaten by­ good winner from Davy but he simply killed himself­ .....again. As his fan, I am happy that he did win­ French Open and Wimbleton again this yr. But other­ than that, at Federer's standard, he only has an­ average yr. He only played well for 4 months this yr­ and in 5 tournament (from Madrid Master to the US Open­ semi). Other than that, he did not play well in all­ other tournament. He gave the Australia Open and US­ Open title to his opponents by playing a very poor 5th­ set. During his old peak period, there was a scare­ factor for most players to face him like they had­ already lost the match to Federer before the game even­ start. Players has no chance to survive from his­ stable serving game and normally cannot stay long to­ exchange groundstroke with Federer as he could always­ make you run and make all kinds of amazing shot on the­ line like he is the only master on earth who know how­ to play tennis. He is no longer that the same­ Federer. Players can make him run now and he is­ always the one who is more frequently making unforced­ error when he has to play each point. His serving game­ is very unstable. Hope he can still improve a bit­ next yr or he will keep going down.

is there anywhere federer interview?

I love watching davy play. The angles he creates and­ aggressive play also. I dont think the final is as­ attractive to some without federer or nadal but at i­ think it will be interesting.

hmb222000 i also agree wih anna that nadal is really­ arrogant loser.here iam talking about tennis .i guess u­ r watching table tennis.u idiot u bettter watch table­ tennis.do not compare nadal with tennis genius federer.

anna ... nadal arrogant loser ???!!! i think u watch­ another sport !!! we talk about tennis here ..... i­ think the arrogant loser is ur crying baby federer ....­ remember australian open final .... stop attacking­ nadal without a reason cause u sound like an idiot !!!

rafa .... we are waiting for u next year ..... no drama­ no heroic play without u !!!!

Fed was so great in defeat, unlike the @#$% nadal,­ arrogant loser!
He really praised Davy, it's cool­ to have such an awesome number 1!

No wonder all the­ players loves him.