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Swiss professional tennis player

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Start Like a Tiger, Finish Like a Phil

Apr 17, 2009

by pboyes71

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I have been around the sport of Tennis for 25 years. Grew up with Borg, McEnroe and Conners - watched Agassi, Sampras and Courier climb the ranks, and now get to sit back watch the Nadal / Federer rivalry.

Although its getting to be one-sided in favor of Nadal, Federer is still the best player I have seen in my generation. His game is classic and smooth, which allows him to excel on all surfaces...not just grass, or not just clay...a sign of a great player.

Additionally he (at least until recently) wins when he gets to a final, and maintained similar type statistics to Tiger who rarely, if ever loses when starting the final round of a tournament with the lead...another sign of great talent and mental strength.

But those stats seem to be falling off as his mental block with Nadal and now Andy Murray seem to have him derailed. Although that doesn't change my opinion of him as a +5 in my book, I have a sense his Tiger like start will fade to a Phil type finish of talent and tournmanet wins, but not many more slams.

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ari1974 July 07, 2009

I have to say that I predicted the same Phil type finish after the Australian Open loss -- but boy were we wrong. That said, if Nadal stays healthy, I think he will continue to consistently beat Federer. Much of the potential loss of dominance isn't totally the new players, so much as the deterioration of Federer's return game and ground strokes.

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jrjohnson April 17, 2009

nice review Pete!! i'm a littel bummed you limited your review to his actual tennis and you didn't delve into his fashion sense... for example how he likes to have a wardrobe change before the trophy presentation at Wimbledon. Don't get me wrong, he looks good in all white blazer and slacks, but changing into that on the court seemed a bit odd.

pboyes71 July 07, 2009

So rumor is that "the Fed" read the review on Lunch back in April and proceeded to win back to back slams just to prove it wrong!...Dude is amazing, even if he wears the white blazer and slacks!

jrjohnson July 07, 2009

he is unreal. that Wimbledon win against Roddick last weekend... unbelievable. He is making everyone he plays against better too. Nadel, now Roddick... he is elevating their games to new levels.

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djevoke April 17, 2009

Great review...I get into constant arguements with my boyfriend (a Nadal fan) over who's the better player- I still say Roger! Not only is his game smooth but, he's just so quick. He gets back balls I NEVER would've thought possible.

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Roger Federer (born August 8, 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 1. He was the World No. 1 ranked player for a record 237 consecutive weeks, from February 2, 2004, to August 17, 2008. Federer is widely considered to be one of the greatest male singles tennis players of all time.

Federer has won 15 Grand Slam singles titles (3 Australian Open, 6 Wimbledon, 5 US Open, 1 French Open), currently one ahead of all-time leader Pete Sampras. He also has won 4 ATP World Tour Finals titles, 14 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles, and 26 standard ATP tour titles. He holds numerous records in the sport, including having appeared in 10 consecutive Grand Slam men's singles finals (2005 Wimbledon Championships through the 2007 US Open) and 21 consecutive Grand Slam singles semifinals (2004 Wimbledon–present). He also holds the open era records for most consecutive wins on both grass courts (65) and hard courts (56). He also has a storied rivalry with Spaniard Rafael Nadal, who succeeded Federer as the World No. 1 player in 2008.

As a result of Federer's successes in the sport, he has been named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for 4 consecutive years (2005–08).

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