Nicholas - cheers mate well said! Cannot say anything­ constructive on this post. Most of Fed fans cannot­ accept he is past his best. He was a fantistic player­ but I still maintain the slams he holds he had nowhere­ near the opposition that Novak and Rafa face today,­ hence Roger didn't accept the fact he needed to­ improve and thought what he had was enough and then we­ all know up comes someone called Rafa Nadal who I hope­ will take the title, but Novak played great today so­ good luck to both of them.

Fed is a good player but not great any more this was­ alway going to be on the cards really that he really­ needed a good start to his account here otherwise­ people would dog him even more than they do normally.­ VW i agree with you to be honest fed is a good player­ and deserves his praise but lets not kid our selves if­ he can reach the final without dropping a set and win­ in four then he is still in and above his best in my­ opinion. However lets not get ahead of ourselves here­ he beat a nobody to advance lets see how he does­ against slightly tougher competition. In other stages,­ djokovic also came through his match with relative ease­ and shows signs of his 2011 game and he has just come­ off reaching aussie and french open finals with a rest­ as well he looked amazing on court so guessing he for­ me is the most obvious favourite and oh yeah fed has to­ beat him in the semis which lets not kid our selves­ here in the last two slams they have met in a semi­ final fed lost to djokovic us open 2011 and most­ recently french open semi and that some would consider­ fed a much better clay court player than djokovic and­ he was annihalted there so guessing fed will have his­ moments in this grass court tournament but he will fall­ most definalty to djokoivc in the semi take that and­ smoke it sam he is a has been vamos djokovic and nadal

Sam - you are on another planet mate - never said Roger­ would lose in any first round of Wimbledon, what I did­ say was he has the easiest first round of the top 4 -­ cannot read anything into today - Ramos is weak, but to­ say I am sorry he won - wrong! I want to see the top­ guys go through until the semi's, but never made­ any secret of the fact I want to see a Rafa/Novak­ final. Can't you read? Next time get your facts­ right. Roger is a fantastic player but getting on a­ bit, and I personally don't think he will live­ through 2 weeks of 5 setters, nothing wrong with that­ comment.

Great Eddie:::: I see u r here! I am sure u r happy to­ see the real king roger win today!

Don't believe him Eddie. He might ambush you.

What a stunning performance that was! Yes, there was no­ fight whatsoever from Ramos but there was little­ Federer did wrong on his end as well.

Great performance by Fed. Keep playing like that!

Eddie::: ur very consistent with ur comments hats off­ to u! Remember as promised if u were to come visit new­ York during the us open! I will take u to see a rafa­ match take Care!

Easier win than Djoko! .

Federer is the new dark horse...he has an excellent­ chance of stunning the tennis world and winning­ this...fighting back to #1. :)

A good start for a 17th GS!

Wv;;;; u were right roger would lose in the first­ round! U just forget to mention roger would lose only 4­ or 5 games in the first round! Hahaha I am sure u r­ happy to see the king roger win today!

The best chance Roger has of making the final is by­ winning his matches in 3 sets. Beating Nole in the­ Semis then possibly Rafa in the Final will be a task.­ If he could pull it off, it might be his biggest Major­ win ever.

Must be the easiest first round draw of the top 4 -­ well played Novak, hard to judge roger against this­ opposition.

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This could be an easy start for Fed in his quest for­ his 17th GS! Vamos Roger!

Roger Federer has had a good season with some excellent­ displays and tournament wins. He will be disappointed­ that he didn't contest the final in the French,­ after putting himself in good positions in the first­ two sets against Djokovic in the semis, especially that­ inexplicable second set with a double break up. He also­ will feel some diasappointment at losing two important­ breakers to Nadal at the Australain Open semis. ­ Federer needs to keep up the great form he has shown so­ far this season which led him to impressive consecutive­ tournament wins ealier in the season. It's a great­ achievement that he has reached the semi-finals of the­ two grand slams played so far this season, although by­ his standards he will have been expecting more from­ himself. He certainly has the game to win more majors­ he just needs to keep find again that extra steel in­ those crucial games against the likes of Nadal and­ Djokovic, so he doesn't lose his nerve and dictates­ and controls play and comes up with the winners. ­ Also, he must make sure he plays consistently at that­ level he needs to, so he doesn't get caught out by­ players he should more comfortably win against. He­ canmnot afford to drop his guard against lower ranked­ players and in games he is controlling. Otherwise he­ could get caught out, as was the case at Wimbledon last­ year with his surprise loss to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in­ the semi-finals, and his struggle to wrestle back­ momentum in the Nicolas Mahut 3rd round game at the­ French Open recently. So Federers greatest­ challenge, and he is capable of rising to it, is to­ control his fear and not lose his nerve in the crucial­ moments of matches which will then allow him to dictate­ and control play and come up with the winners he is­ withiout doubt capable of producing. He needs to keep­ coming up with the right stategy too and to mix up play­ as needed. This must include coming to the net more,­ which he seemed to not do enough against Djokovic in­ the French Ope