@EDDIE relax yours are in upper case we can tell who is­ who.

Whether we like it or not only grand slams count on who­ is or who are the greats in tennis. With 17 GS Fed is­ on top and may be together with Nadal as Nadal has­ beaten him several times in Grand Slams.Hey other­ Eddie, please change your ID as we have the same ID to­ avoid confusion. I can't change mine as I have been­ commenting since day one and you are a newcomer. Your­ comments are good and fair but they are not mine.

I thing the best tennist ever was Miroslav Mecir but­ many other guys learned how to struggle against him­ ......

Federer is the best one in tennis ever..But the other­ guys now learned how to struggle against him. And I­ think we need to see new faces and new stayles .­ I'm on my own opinion a bit bored of him.

some comment on here, lol , Tomas is Federer nemesis,­ funny

it is not that federer has lost confidence or is­ getting older. the nagging truth is that players in the­ top ten have figured out his style of play. they always­ play the ball to his back-hand which once upon a time­ they had not figure out that it was his weakness.­ always force federer to play back-hand and he is not­ that granite. if you watch federer matches against­ players like julien beneautteau, djokovic, murray etc ,­ you will see that they always play the ball to his­ back-hand. his back has not been that strong and it­ took all the players save nadal a very long time to­ figure out that it was nemesis. if you play the ball to­ his back hand it is comfortable for him and he feels­ uneasy returning the ball with a punchy and great­ accuracy. this has not got anything to do with old age.­ if you look at nadal who is a left-hander and very­ strong with that, if you play the ball to his right­ hand, he tries to be athletic and positions himself­ well to his left so he ceases the opportunity to hit­ the ball back with his natural left hand. that makes­ nadal unique. the great federer has still got so much­ steam in him. unless he learns how to transition­ himself to enable him hit the ball back with his­ natural forehand (right hand), i don't think it­ will be easy for him to win any grand slam again unless­ he get lucky if players like nadal, murray, djokovic­ etc get eliminated before he meets them. WHO WILL­ DISAGREE WITH THIS WISDOM?

I feel Roger is not mentally as strong as before, when­ he gets into tight situations he can not pull through­ anymore.

It is so frustrating to watch Roger playing matches­ against players like Berdych, tsonga, Delpotro, because­ he does not have the confidence any more to win against­ them.

Tomas is another Federer nemesis.

Djokovic will destroy birdshit tomoz! Just to show fed­ up even more lol

All tournaments count. It shows how good you are day in­ and day out. Roger has won over 75 tournaments. If he­ had only won the majors and no other tournaments, he­ would not be as respected as he is. They are matter and­ many of them payout close to $1M or more at times. He­ has won over $70M in his carreer. If he had only won­ slams he'd have half of that in winnings.

Tomas is working to be no.1

Now that Roger has gotten older it seems that his­ stamina is not the same as it was when he was 25 years­ old. I get that's part of getting old.

Federer really is a big flop! Huge flop! What a choker.

This is not a slam but no excuses,absolutely no excuses­ will be tolerated.

Only grand slams count. Losing to Berdie is no big deal­ for Fed. This is just a practice for him to be ready­ for the BIG ones like Wimby, NOT the French, USO may­ be.

Comment number 3.Poor Sam. Poor Sam.

Roger was the best but now struggles when he comes up­ against a seeded player!

Got to remember he has won Dubai 5 times already! To­ him this match is just practice great practice! Fed­ trying lots of new things I like it! It will all come­ together at the French open! That's what it's­ all about! It's the French open and fed is getting­ ready for that! So haters say what I want at the French­ fed will destroy berdych! I guarsntee that much!

Roger rarely loses tiebreakers. This one may have cost­ him.