Federer is that good

[TennNC]

I know there aren't many tennis fans on here, but if you appreciate sports, you have to appreciate what Roger Federer does on the court.

Right now in the US Open, Roddick is down a set (lost in a tiebreak) and on serve in the second. Roddick has been playing really well. Serving well, hitting solid ground strokes. And Federer is still winning. He just makes so few mistakes and is in every point. But something I just paid close attention to tonight is how smooth his footwork is. He makes everything look so easy b/c he's always in the right position.

I hope I wake up and see that Roddick won, b/c he's 1-13 all-time vs. Federer. But more than likely I'll see that Federer won...again.

[volfanbill]

federer is freaking amazing. roddick put up one of his best performances of his career and lost in three straight sets. amazing. No one broke serve until the end. federer is something special to watch, it's a shame not enough people realize it.

[TennesseeFan07]

Federer is simply incredible to watch.

[TennesseeFan07]

For those interested Federer defeats Roddick 7-6 7-6 6-2. I just wish Nadal was still in it so we could have a good final. But Djovacic(sp) may provide some good competition

[dickens821]

Federer is too good. We need someone from the US to dominate him.

And it's not going to happen

[TennNC]

The only guy who even sniffs Federer's jock is Nadal, and that's primarily on one surface. And that is more about how good Nadal is on clay than Federer being bad on clay.

The thing about Federer that's hard to comprehend is how complete his game is. Serving, groundstrokes, net play - he excels at all of them. He had more aces than Roddick did last night, and Roddick has one of the 2-3 best serves in the game.

Maybe the next US phenom should wait until Federer retires.

[volfanbill]

not only does federer have the complete game, he does it effortlessly. He had roddick all over the court last night and it seemed like he was playing around. He barely broke a sweat and Roddick lost a good 3 pounds from sweat alone. I wish he had a rival a la sampras-agassi, mcenroe-borg or lendl-becker so people would get more excited about it.

[Vercingetorix]

One of my favorite modern novelists is a guy named David Foster Wallace who just happened to play serious tennis in his youth. He wrote a long article in the NY Times last year about Federer; anyone interested in tennis and/or good writing might find it interesting. Wallace does a good job of drawing on his own tennis background to discuss something fairly ineffable, i.e. the genius of a great tennis player.


(Possible ads from the NY Times link before you get to the article. They suck. Also, read the footnotes. Wallace sometimes puts his best stuff in there.)

[volsgal03]

I love to watch tennis especially the Grand Slams, and I would love to see Roddick beat Federer, I think his game has improved since he hired Conners as his coach, he seems to be more focused. Federer,wow, what can you say about this guy he truly dominates his sport. I was watching some of that game last night and like volfanbill said he makes it look so effortless, he doesn't seem to run around on the court as much as his opponents. The speed of Roddicks serves are pretty amazing though.

[TennNC]

Originally Posted by Vercingetorix

One of my favorite modern novelists is a guy named David Foster Wallace who just happened to play serious tennis in his youth. He wrote a long article in the NY Times last year about Federer; anyone interested in tennis and/or good writing might find it interesting. Wallace does a good job of drawing on his own tennis background to discuss something fairly ineffable, i.e. the genius of a great tennis player.


(Possible ads from the NY Times link before you get to the article. They suck. Also, read the footnotes. Wallace sometimes puts his best stuff in there.)

Thx V. Will definitely read.

[TennNC]

Originally Posted by volfanbill

I wish he had a rival a la sampras-agassi, mcenroe-borg or lendl-becker so people would get more excited about it.

Would love to see a match between Federer at his peak and any of the following at theirs: Sampras, Agassi, Laver, Borg. I think he would clearly be better than the other greats, like Lendl, Becker, Edberg, Wilander... Just my opinion.

[SWIL]

Anyone think Sampras or Agassi (back in their heyday) could handle Federer?

[rockydoc]

Originally Posted by SWIL

Anyone think Sampras or Agassi (back in their heyday) could handle Federer?

Borg in his prime (he was basically finished at age 25) could have given Roger a tough time. Also, Sampras with his serve and volley at Wimbleton was almost imposible to break serve on.

However, I think pound for pound the best tennis player in the wourld is Henin.

[Vercingetorix]

Federer is better than both Sampras and Aggasi were, IMO. It's almost impossible to compare him to somebody like Borg or McEnroe; the modern rackets changed the game so much that it's impossible to know what they would do now or how Federer would have done then.

[TennesseeFan07]

Federer is about to win another US Open