The Legendary +Swiss Maestro+ ROGER FEDERER: Greatest Of All Time [PART VI]

[louise107]

Quick match. Could have been quicker kung di lang na broken serving for the match. We've been seeing that a lot lately. Hehe.

On to the finals! Hoping for Kohls to come trhough in his semis vs. Haas.

[Smurfs1992]

Congrats Roger!!!

[louise107]

I wished for Kohls but Roger gets Haas. Oh well . . .

[twylamc]

Di ko masyado napanood ang match ni Roger kagabi. So it's a veterans affair. Go Roger!

[R3'91]

http://www.rogerfederer.com/fileadmin/user_upload_com/Contentbilder/Pokale/Pokal%C3%BCbersicht_Karriere.jpg

Madadagdagan pa 'to!!!

Oh, yes, definitely! As long as he's swinging that racquet, the chances of him adding to that is still very, very high.

I would just like to point out that Fed won the runner-up to RG many times (to the eventual winner, Rafa, of course). Just imagine, kung di lang talaga minalas si RF sa RG, hindi lang isa ang napanalunan niya. In fact, three (or four?) straight years na naka Grand Slam si tatang! Pero that's wishful thinking. I just want to emphasize that RF has been that dominating, and just like all champions, there is nowhere to go but down. But I'd take being No. 3 anytime! It just shows his consistency.

I'm looking forward to him winning Wimbledon and the US Open this year. In fact, I already filed my annual leave for August (instead of December ) so I can fly over and watch him in person sa NY (for the first time!) to watch him win the US Open.

[Smurfs1992]

Good Luck Roger against Haas

batiin ko na rin siya ng Happy Father's Day!!!

[louise107]

Anybody home? Twy? Smurfs? Nagkakalat si Roger.

@R3'91 - Hope ikaw ang good luck charm ni Roger sa USO.

[twylamc]

Louise, late ako. Roger lost but I didn't mind it that much. I just hope nothing is bothering Roger.

On to Wimbledon na tayo guys!

[twylamc]

R3'91 - WOW! Sana nga ikaw ang lucky charm ni Rog for the US Open. Update us with photos and posts ha.

[observer]

Good morning everyone! Nakakahinayang din yung Halle title pero ok lang rin, maganda pa rin ang preparation ni Roger para sa Wimbledon.

[diehardrf]

Roger lost but I didn't mind it that much. I just hope nothing is bothering Roger.

On to Wimbledon na tayo guys!

I think of all Federer's losses this would have been the easiest to take. Anyway, close friend naman ni lolo si Haas and mag reretire na sya end of this season... baka pabaon na ni lolo yun sa kanya... he he he

Hope this will not happen on Wimbledon...Goodluck RF!!!

[diehardrf]

nice post from a certain Dave regarding Sean Randall article on Grass as Roger Federer’s Worst Surface Now ?

http://www.gerryweber-open.de/gwo_en/News/2012/June/Incredible!-Tommy-Haas-dislodges-Roger-Federer[/url]

As I proved yesterday, Federer still has the best win-loss record in both absolute and relative terms (most wins, least losses, best winning percentage) of the top players over the past 52 weeks, see below (updated).
1. Federer: 69-10 (87.4%)
2. Djokovic: 65-11 (85.5%)
3. Nadal: 65-13 (83.3%)
4. Murray: 60-14 (81.1%)
5. David Ferrer 66-18 (78.6%)

Despite this, there is never a shortage of panicky and/or opportunistic pundits and haters who are super anxious to jump on every Federer loss as the next big sign of decline or slump. After all, any news about Roger is big news. Then sooner or later Roger does something to silence those obituaries as premature. We’ve seen this broken record repeat itself over and over again the past 4.5 years (actually longer of you add the obituaries after Roger lost to Safin at the 2005 Australian Open). Relax, calm down, breathe slowly.

2010 Halle and 2010 Wimbledon: Federer was carrying a leg injury he got in Halle semifinals. In Jon Wertheim’s column (Sports Illustrated) at that time, spectators at Federer pre-match warm up before the Berdych quarterfinal match reported that Federer was uncharacteristically complaining about his leg injury even in the light warm ups that Federer does. His bad match against Alejandro Falla in the first round is sufficient proof: Federer took out the clay courter in straight sets at 2010 Roland Garros R2, yet suddenly could not handle Falla on Wimby center court – whose worst surface is grass and who had won only 3 grass matches before meeting Roger? This is where we need to investigate and dig deeper instead of jumping to conclusions based on cursory facts.

2011 Wimbledon: I already explained that the Tsonga loss was probably due to what happened in the final three sets: a case of Tsonga playing lights out tennis and Federer sticking with the logical (but in hindsight wrong) strategy of expecting Tsonga to fizzle and fold – after all, Federer had straight-setted Tsonga in their previous three matches at 2010 Wimbledon, 2011 Doha and 2011 Rome (and 5 of those 6 sets were easy). No one expected Tsonga to display such fight for 3 sets, after being down 2 sets – this an aspect of Jo we had rarely seen before. In hindsight it was easy for critics to criticize Federer for not changing strategy.

Sean, not sure if you have ever played on grass, but you almost totally missed the basic reasons why Federer has the best winning percentage on grass and most grass titles in ATP history – as well as why Tommy Haas won today. Federer plays so early and fast and takes away time from his opponent (you don’t need a big power game when the ball is coming back that fast); his accuracy in serve sets up points or aces at the right time; yes, his reflex returns of fast serves; and Federer’s grass court tactics and court craft are superior to his opponents. All of those things should have been rewarded by the faster Halle courts. Instead Tommy Haas pulled a Roger Federer today – and did all those things better than Federer. Hats off to Haas, very few players have been able to do what he did. No need to worry — Federer still has most of the speed and lightning reflexes. Last thing he needed to do was injure himself again before Wimbledon — one big slip and fall is more than enough to re-injure the hip.

An easy win today for Fed could have led to complacency before Wimbledon. The positive out of this match is that Roger got an excellent workout with a very high-quality grass court opponent, so he knows what he needs to work on for the next three weeks. His basic game is still there, but Fed’s timing and rhythm were way off, indicating the toll that his hip injury in Madrid has had taken on his practice sessions and matches for weeks. Even if his hip injury is 100% resolved (which is what he claims), he still has to put in the hard practice to ingrain his baseline game and get his confidence back up again. In Fed’s interview after beating Youzhny, he explained that he was working to build up his baseline and serving game on grass first: “ I didn’t want to start serve and volleying off the back and then knowing that maybe Wimbledon played a bit slower, particularly in the second week. Then when you stop playing from the baseline you completely lose that rhythm. So, I wanted first to start my game here this week with a solid baseline game, with a good serve, good forehand, good backhand, take time away from the opponent to make sure I get into the tournament first before I start trying out things. Today obviously I did throw in the occasional serve and volley but that’s more something I’ll practice again next week. This week, I’m just trying to make sure I move well, serve well and return well and then the rest will automatically lead me to the net and depending on who I play I can maybe serve and volley a bit more. Obviously it’s something particularly on the grass I should be using more often as I go deeper into the tournaments.”

[blush212!]

Haha bat ganon guys? Mas affected ako sa pagkatalo nya kay Haas kesa sa pagkatalo nya kay Djoko sa RG???!!! Ang weird no??Hahaha..

Anyways, di ko makuhang ma disappoint ng matagal sa losses ni lolo Roger lalo na at may mga ganitong eksena!

[blush212!]

ang kulet o!haha!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X54Ao...ature=youtu.be

[letran_j]

Wow! Roger is still the top earning tennis player in the world! Fifth Highest paid athlete last year with almost $53million in earnings!

[blush212!]

^^^ Thanks LJ !Good to know na highest paid pa rin despite the "fact" na laos na daw!

[blush212!]

Roger's FB message :

"Just like last year, I'm asking my fans to choose the headline for my next Mercedes-Benz print ad, this time featuring me alongside the new 7-passenger 2013 GL, the vehicle of choice for me and my family. Whichever of the two options has the most "likes" by Thursday, will be the winner. You did such a great job helping me out last year with this, let's go two for two!"

The first


The second


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so which one do you like best???I Like the 2nd one!

[boytoy143]

Hello Team, I'm back.

^I like the 2nd one blush.

[MikaeloAngelico]

Roger's FB message :


so which one do you like best???I Like the first one!

this one's tough..
I like both descriptions/captions..
and i can't make the slightest difference between the two photos..
Albeit, I guess the first caption had more 'kick' on it.



may bago na akong wallpaper..hehe
napatingin ako sa 74 titles..haha
kung nagkataon pala outdated na agad ito kung nanalo siya sa Halle..
but I'm genuinely happy for Impong Haas the other night.

[louise107]

Parang like ko ang 2nd headline dahil sa tennis legend and daddy.