ROGER FEDERER - The Greatest Tennis Player Ever - Thread IV

[hardkandy]

ROGER FEDERER - The Greatest Tennis Player Ever

• 16 Grandslams (and counting...)
• 6 Wimbledons
• 5 US Opens
• 4 Australian Opens
• 1 Roland Garros
• 10 consecutive Grandslam finals
• 23 consecutive Grandslam semifinals
• 237 consecutive weeks as World No. 1
• 4 consecutive years Laureus World Sportsman of the Year awardee
• 6 times recipient of the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award
• A consistent fan favorite. An all around classy guy. A snappy dresser. With great hair

Welcome to the thread of the greatest tennis player ever! Let's discuss our love for Roger - an amazing sportsman, a great role model, a loving husband and a wonderful father! Allez Federer! On board the Federer Express!

[blush212!]

Wow naman HK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for these wonderful account of the GOAT's achievements with matching piccies of his winning moments and of course those 16 GS trophies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Woot Woot!!

[hardkandy]

blush baka may gusto ka ipadagdag sa OP hehe medyo rush job kasi baka may nakalimutan ako

[blush212!]

blush baka may gusto ka ipadagdag sa OP hehe medyo rush job kasi baka may nakalimutan ako

HK-....pwede mo din bang i add yung fact na He's got the ff:
best hair, best dressed,most popular tennis player???!!Hehehe

[observer]

Wow! May bagong thread na!

[blush212!]

Dalhin ko din ito!


http://twitter.com/Maheshbhupathi

"Roger works for years to prove he is the greatest ever, its amazing how a few losses gets people talking about the End of an era"!!

[blush212!]

Wow! May bagong thread na!

yes.....post away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hardkandy]

HK-....pwede mo din bang i add yung fact na He's got the ff:
best hair, best dressed,most popular tennis player???!!Hehehe

wahahaha sige

[blush212!]

haha Mahesh isnt done ranting!

http://twitter.com/Maheshbhupathi
"Its the start of an Era.who will catch Roger Era? Not to mention I still think he will win another 5 slams and get to 20.."!!

Nice one Mahesh!!!!!!!!!!!That's sweet coming from a fellow player who has a real understanding of what it feels like to be in the Roger Federer Era!!!!!!!!!!!!!!You tell them , Mahesh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[blush212!]

wahahaha sige

waaaahahaha HK!me likey....nag iisip din ako na magpost ng mga uber Hot pictures ni pafa Roger e....maghanap ako sa baol ko....

[observer]

hehe... mukhang sandali lang puno na naman tong thread na to...

[blush212!]

Nice blog!from http://allineedisapicketfence.wordpr...e-of-mourning/

About Fed's sensationalized post match conference!

1. The last question of the presser: either you have the IQ of a piece of fungus, or Federer was being sarcastic. But of course, IQ and sarcasm-radar has nothing to do with it: people who want to hate on him will always jump to the worst conclusion without a lead.
2. Surliness: I probably won’t be with the majority here – I loved the press conference. The worst part of the US Open 2009 was that he lost, it wasn’t that he lost and didn’t seem bothered by it. (Sure, the babies, Roland Garros and Wimbledon probably eased the blow back then). But this is Wimbledon, the man just lost for the second time in 7 years on his home turf. If he turns up to the press conference his usual smooth self, if he appeared to be unbothered by it, I’d tell him to retire. As long as he’s surly, sarcastic, as long as he’s out there looking for explanations, he still cares, he still wants it. There is no greater assurance for a Federer fan than that.
3. Besides, what’s the point? I’ve watched him be magnanimous in defeat over the years, only to be preyed on the vultures the tennis media, only to be knocked down again and again by haters. It would’ve taken a lesser man less time to tell the tennis media to shove it. As far as I’m concerned, if “surly” is as bad as Federer ever gets on his worst day, it’s a pretty good reflection on his character.
4. Bringing up an injury was an excuse, it was his way of rationalising the loss. Again, as with the surliness, it’s oddly comforting. Kim Clijsters did essentially the same thing after her Australian Open loss to Nadia Petrova. (Funny how she’s still the epitome of class and nicety on the WTA tour isn’t it?) It all comes down to this really: Roger Federer just lost in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. There is nothing rational about it. It is not okay. I am not okay and he shouldn’t be either. So if he wants to turn up to a press conference grasping for a way to explain this so that it hurts less for him and his fans – be my guest, Fed. I have no insecurities when it comes to Roger Federer – I don’t need him to say the right thing 100% of the time to be convinced that he’s a classy guy. I know that for a fact.
5. The injury: those of us in Federer-fandom have known about his leg strapping since last week (here), and anyone familiar with Roger Federer knows how often we see a part of him strapped or bandaged: about once every half a decade, the last time being during Masters Cup 2005. That should tell you its significance. Funnily enough, not a single member of the media cared to ask.
6. Regardless of the injury, just like there is a presumption of innocence in law, there should also be a presumption of health in sport. You’re well enough to step on court, you’re well enough to play (and you’re well enough to lose fairly). So no, Federer doesn’t get much credibility for bring up an injury after a loss, with a minor caveat – the man has never retired from a single match in his career. He could barely stand during the 2008 Masters Cup match against Murray and he still kept playing. Do you see him pulling out of Wimbledon, ever?
7. Double stands. Hypocrisy. It runs both ways. If you’re a Rafa fan, I’m sorry, you don’t get to judge. Equally, if you’re a Federer fan who’s had a go at Rafa over the years for bring up injuries after a loss, then you don’t get to not-judge Federer on this either.
8. US Open. Roger will win it. And if he won’t? He’ll still walk away from 2010 with a slam. It’s what I asked for at the beginning of the year, the hardest part was telling myself not to be greedy.
9. I realise this is where I part ways with some of you: Rafa for the tournament please. I’ve always said that if someone tapped me on the shoulder and told me the bandwagon I’m on is about to tumble off cliff, I’ll probably still stay on it. Yesterday, my bandwagon crashed, and I have a feeling that Rafa fans know exactly what this feels like. This time last year was a low point for Rafa too. He hit rock bottom, stayed there for a while, and eventually found his way back up to the top.

The story gives me hope, that someday,as Federer fans, we may make it out of rock bottom too.
xx doots

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I kinda agree with all of the above except for number nine because clearly im rooting for Murray or Berdych!!!!!!!!!!!!
So no!!!And we are not exactly in rock bottom yet, so i'm still ok... It only goes to show again that A federer fan is a classy fan !

[bernadith]

nice thread!
but
hope we can recover..or rather "I"..

[twylamc]

Welcome to our new home!

Good job HK!!!

[twylamc]

Nice blog!from http://allineedisapicketfence.wordpr...e-of-mourning/

About Fed's sensationalized post match conference!

1. The last question of the presser: either you have the IQ of a piece of fungus, or Federer was being sarcastic. But of course, IQ and sarcasm-radar has nothing to do with it: people who want to hate on him will always jump to the worst conclusion without a lead.
5. The injury: those of us in Federer-fandom have known about his leg strapping since last week (here), and anyone familiar with Roger Federer knows how often we see a part of him strapped or bandaged: about once every half a decade, the last time being during Masters Cup 2005. That should tell you its significance. Funnily enough, not a single member of the media cared to ask.

I guess, if you take just part of Roger's answer regarding the last question, it is misleading. But for people to react on something that they are not even aware is taken out of context, that just speaks of the kind of mentality they have.

As I said in the old thread, personally I haven't seen him strapped before. And it wasn't like the strap was made obvious. I didnt even see it. Except when Louise mentioned about it and I saw the photo. But it looked like his leg/thigh was heavily strapped. I guess to say something about it by Roger himself after going down in a match is not good. But Roger is also human. He is fair off and most importantly on court. But he is also human. Most people tend to forget that.

[hardkandy]

^ twy, as I said also in the previous thread, I would prefer that he did not mention his injuries kasi I don't like it when other players "blame" their injuries when they lose, para kasing taking credit away from their opponents who played well din naman.

Roger is no exception, syempre kahit gusto ko sya, it displeased me a bit. But as I said too, at least hindi sya nag-medical timeout or nagretire... which says a lot about the kind of sportsman Roger is. People can speak of him and his off court attitude and bla bla blah kesyo mayabang, kesyo ganyan... but at least he's a gentleman on court to his opponents - which people tend to forget, is the MOST important part of being an athlete. Athletes naman po sila, hindi sila running for Ms. Universe kaya wag magexpect mga pageant answers sa mga conference

[twylamc]

Irrelevant na siguro HK pero gano kaya kaseryoso yung injury ni Roger?

[blush212!]

Hi guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Kainis nawalan ng kuryente kanina.Nasa mood pa naman akong magpost sa bago nating thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hehe...

[blush212!]

Irrelevant na siguro HK pero gano kaya kaseryoso yung injury ni Roger?

Twy....tingin ko its not that serious pero talagang bothersome siguro for him dahil his serve was definitely affected.Siguro aside from hita e medyo affected din yung back niya....HOMYWGAWD...wag naman sana ang kanyang precious knees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hehehe

[blush212!]

Guys..i'm thinking of having a custom painted shoes like these ones....http://y3lhandpaintedshoes.multiply.com/. pero of course, i want it to be RF inspired na may portrait din ni pafa Rog ....any design suggestion guys????

O wag ng gumaya yung iba diyan sa tabi tabi ha....Mag isip kayo ng sarili niyo tutal super smart naman kayo di ba???Muwahahahaha