posted Sep 11, 2007

There are those who feel that it is better for the sport that one team or one person should not dominate for too long. Manchester United were hated throughout the land during their decade of success,and Chelsea are now experiencing the same thing.Your assumption is that Federer will lose a Grand Slam next year and all of a sudden he will be toppled,his superiority will disintegrate etc.etc.But losing to Nadal 3 times in the French Open,as recently as June this year does not seem to have arrested his progress and he maintains his No.1 spot with 2 more Grand Slams and other titles.
The comparison with Borg is also flawed as Borg himself said that he retired because he wanted to do other things in life,and not just because he lost to McEnroe at Wimbledon.
Federer is just 26,and with his desire to overtake Sampras's record is as strong as
ever,as is his will to win any match he plays. It is a little bit early to hail the likes of Djokovic,Nadal,or whoever as the next king of tennis. Maybe in 2 or 3 years,when Federer overtakes Sampras,he will call a halt to his career.Maybe a little bit of wishful thinking on the part "Jollyoldtennis" or whatever your name is.

stenhammer

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posted Sep 11, 2007

Djokovic provided great hype for the tournament snatching Montreal (on Federer's mistakes to be consistent with some press coverage of the US Open final).

It remains to be seen how he will develop. And there is much to develop for this young chest thumping, shirt ripping braggard.

First he has to overcome his overly involved parents. His mother already thinks her son is better than Federer (which parent doesn't think, but to go out and tell press about it?).
Not ony that, she is predicting that he will win the next US Open.

We all know what happens with overzealous parents. Remember Capriati, Dokic, and now Sharapova among others.

On the other hand look at the dignified and well mannered parents of Seles, Sampras, Agassi, Federer and Nadal.

Do you see a connection with long term performance and achieving maximum results.

Then there is the individual psychology, which obviously has a lot to do with upbringing.

Djokovic is barely 20, gets into his first GS final, (but unforunately) against the most dominant #1 in the world. What was his attitude? His talk was as though he was facing a Gasquet or Berdych and that he would definitely win. Ok, he wanted to psyche himself up for a big match. But what happens? Federer was not at his best and gives plenty of chances, but Djokovic is too wound up to stay calm and take some opportunities given to him.

The other thing is handling the media.
He clamors for attention so much and is getting plenty of it thanks also to his impersonation skills (at the expense of irritated Nadal and others). He is glib with hi answers (often answers without understanding the question), and thinks that being slick is cool. The same media will be quick to call him a Dchoker the next time he fails to convert a few break points. The media will denude and expose you if you are only an imposter. What is his true personality?

Only time will tell how this promising, but brash, overly ambitious, and slick young player will evolve. He would do well taking a page from Nadal's life book.

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posted Sep 11, 2007

When you consider how many great matches we were able to see there is no question it was a great tournament! When you look at the men's draw and the way the scheduling was made during the event's Mens draw, you may ask yourself, was it really a great US Open?

As lover of the game and ultimately a fair person, I do not want to detract from the great merit and achiviement of Roger Federer that is indeed a very talented individual and certainly not responsible for certain obvious flaws in the system. Which can not stop me from looking at the lopsided way the order of play, the times of play, the courts chosen and even unusually long rest periods between matches that should have everyone else with big question marks on their foreheads.
Starting at the top of the men's draw, if we take a serious look at it your jaws will drop low:

Roger Federer
Qualifier
Qualifier
Qualifier
Qualifier
Qualifier
Wild Card

Unfortunately for post size restrictions I can not post the rest but you can read it at:
http://tenniscruz.com/content/view/101/1/

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posted Sep 11, 2007

Roger Federer
Qualifier
Qualifier
Qualifier
Qualifier
Qualifier
Wild Card

This is a misleading and deceptive suggestion. Yes, draws are crazy. But the fact is Roger played Scoville Jenkins (nothing was made of it when he played Nadal and Roddick in previous years), Paul Capdeville (who played a solid match), and then the most dangerous Isner.

Personally if I were Roger, I would have preferred any other first three rounds than the above.

Capdeville and Isner could have cause much damage but for Federer stopping them.

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posted Sep 12, 2007

Diego_is_God

Even in team sports the fame of one individual is directlt related to his team mates,Ronaldinho might not be that brilliant if he played for say Chelsea.The presence of the likes of Deco and Eto in Barca contributes alot to Ronaldo's brilliance.

talking about people talking rubbish

you havn't got a clue what your on about you start odd talking about ronaldinho and finish with ronaldo

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posted Sep 12, 2007

In an otherwise enthusiastic, thoughtful and civil discussion on this topic, Dr_Sincere and jimO4Oz have sadly become quite unglued, the latter far more so than the former. O4Oz, you really are unwell and could benefit from some counselling/treatment. You haven't yet moved too far along Life's maturation path have you, stuck somewhere between 'dermal' and 'venal' are we? Do seek help: good therapy could see you progress to 'heterosexual' and, if you do particularly well, you might even aspire to 'adult heterosexual'. In the meantime, please take your immaturity elsewhere and spare us your paranoid ranting here!

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posted Sep 12, 2007

^^

I'm assuming Diegoisgod likes Argentina, so he probably can't tell his Ronaldo from his Ronaldinho.

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posted Sep 12, 2007

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/sl_price/09/11/u.s.open0917/index.html

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posted Sep 13, 2007

Federer = Legend

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posted Sep 13, 2007

petreston ...if you were half the man your mother was i would hit you so hard and fast you would think you were surrounded.smug oiks like you need taking down a peg.. i was in uniform snapping necks with my bare hands whilst you were giving your uneducated illiterate oral diatrible clap trap on these posts , i can voice my opinion due to the fact i have a shelf full of medals . i take it that you are one of these pencil neck federer followers. ill wipe the floor wif the lot of you.

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