Meles
Bionic Poster
Many, many reasons:
1. His form is actually building right now and its starting to look like shades of 2017, but betterer. No tough matches at Miami and Isner final will not tax him. In 2017, Bendych and Kyrgios took him to three sets in back to back matches and he needed the time off. That's just not the case now.
2. Federer is playing Madrid (confirmed on entry list) and RG. Two weeks off and then Monte Carlo would be the perfect addition to his schedule to keep his form sharp without overdoing it (Madrid two weeks after MC). Skip Rome and he gets another two weeks off before RG. (Madrid/Rome back to back would be insane.)
3. Fed's new backhand might take extremely well on clay as he'll have plenty of time to really unload.
4. With Miami win Federer is 2100 points behind Nadal who has bad knee and defends MC, Barcelona, and Rome titles (2680 points with Madrid QF). If Federer can amass nearly 1000 points on clay (final and SF) he might pass Nadal for 2nd seed at RG. This gives him 50/50 chance of Nadal/Djoko SF at RG and of course he'd love to be waiting for a likely beleaguered Djoko in the final.
5. Not playing Monte Carlo risks Thiem overtaking him for 4th seed at RG and then the chance of very hard draw at RG. (Thiem playing three masters on clay and Barcelona has good chance of winning one of them, more if Nadal's knee causes him to drop Madrid, Barcelona and/or Rome to rest for RG.)
6. Would add tremendously to his legacy and if his last year on clay, why not make a full go of it.
7. Federer has never won Monte Carlo and with Djoko reeling and Rafa heeling, time to strike.
I don't ask much and Fresherer looks clearly up to the task.
1. His form is actually building right now and its starting to look like shades of 2017, but betterer. No tough matches at Miami and Isner final will not tax him. In 2017, Bendych and Kyrgios took him to three sets in back to back matches and he needed the time off. That's just not the case now.
2. Federer is playing Madrid (confirmed on entry list) and RG. Two weeks off and then Monte Carlo would be the perfect addition to his schedule to keep his form sharp without overdoing it (Madrid two weeks after MC). Skip Rome and he gets another two weeks off before RG. (Madrid/Rome back to back would be insane.)
3. Fed's new backhand might take extremely well on clay as he'll have plenty of time to really unload.
4. With Miami win Federer is 2100 points behind Nadal who has bad knee and defends MC, Barcelona, and Rome titles (2680 points with Madrid QF). If Federer can amass nearly 1000 points on clay (final and SF) he might pass Nadal for 2nd seed at RG. This gives him 50/50 chance of Nadal/Djoko SF at RG and of course he'd love to be waiting for a likely beleaguered Djoko in the final.
5. Not playing Monte Carlo risks Thiem overtaking him for 4th seed at RG and then the chance of very hard draw at RG. (Thiem playing three masters on clay and Barcelona has good chance of winning one of them, more if Nadal's knee causes him to drop Madrid, Barcelona and/or Rome to rest for RG.)
6. Would add tremendously to his legacy and if his last year on clay, why not make a full go of it.
7. Federer has never won Monte Carlo and with Djoko reeling and Rafa heeling, time to strike.
I don't ask much and Fresherer looks clearly up to the task.