It's never too late for good old choking business.. Roger Federer prestiguos career of choking break,set and match points..

capusotto

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Originally posted by @lud

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2001:
Wimbledon QF Henman

2002:
AO - 4.Round: vs Haas 67,64,64,36,6:8, Blow match point and he was overall better player. Awful on important points.
WTF - 1/2 Final: vs Hewitt 57,75,57, Wasted billion set points in 1st set, and billion break points at 4-3 in 3rd set.

2003:
MIAMI - 1/4 Final: vs A.Costa 67,64,67, 3 match points and one served for match in 3rd.
Us Open 4.Round Nalbandian
DAVIS CUP - 1/2 Final vs Hewitt 75,62,67,57,15, Was 5-3 in 3rd rest ih history.

2004:
Olympics Berdych R2 (best chance to win Gold Medal)


2005:
AO - 1/2 Final: vs Safin 75,46,75,67,7:9, Karma truly is *****. Fed was kind of cocky during whole match.
MonteCarlo QF Gasquet
WTF - Final: vs Nalbandian 76,76,26,16,67. He may be injured. but 2-0 in sets and 6-5 & 30:0 should be enough for win this match.


2006:
DUBAI - Final: vs Nadal 62,46,46, First signes of mental laspses of Fed. Should never ever lost this match.
ROME - Final: vs Nadal 76,67,46,62,76, Was 4-1 in 5th and two match points busted with two easy forehands. Historical match because things probably would much more different if Fed won this match.
Roland Garros Final Nadal

2007:
Miami R16 Canas
RG - Final: vs Nadal 36,64,36,46, He wouldn't won this match even he if he won 1st set in my opinion,however 1/17 on break points is godawful.
Montreal Final Djokovic


2008:
MC - Final: vs Nadal 57,57. Was break up in both sets. Invisible on crucial points.
HAMBURG - Final: 57,76,36, 5-1 in 1st? Take a guess how set finished..
Cincinatti 2R Karlovic

2009:
AO - Final: vs Nadal 57,63,67,63,26, Where to begin? 4-2 in 1st set,0/5 on break points in 3rd set. overall much better player in first four sets.
MONTREAL - 1/4 Final:l vs Tsonga 67,61,67, 5-1 in 3rd set.Great chance for winning tournament,after this he never won this tournament in Montreal.
US OPEN - Final: vs Del Potro 63,67,64,67,26, Unexplainable loss until this day.
ATP Finals SF Davydenko

2010:
Indian Wells R32 Baghdatis
Rome R32 Gulbis
Roland Garros QF Soderling
Halle Final Hewitt
US OPEN - 1/2 Final: vs Djokovic 75,26,75,16,57, Djokovic played like monster at the end,though. This match give Djokovic confidence. After that..
Paris SF Monfils

2011:
AO - 1/2 Final: vs Djokovic 67,57,46, Djokovic was better player,to be honest. However from 5-2 to 5-7 in 2nd set is another hall of fame in Fed's greatest chokers.
Rome R16 Gasquet
RG - Final: vs Nadal 57,67,75,16, 5-2 & 30/40 one bad drop shot and set is adio amigo.
WIMBLEDON - 1/4 Final: vs Tsonga 63,76,46,46,46, Losing after 2-0 at his best GS against Tsonga(in great form,though) is what other ATG NEVER does in their careers:
US OPEN SF: vs Djokovic 76,64,36,26, Without doubt match that changed rivalry between them, And also historical match. Everything could be so different if Fed hit just one ace. That match truly give Fed mental scars vs Djokovic. And he never get rid of this scars until this day.

2012:
AO -1/2 Final: vs Nadal 76,26,67,46, Was break up in 2nd and 3rd set. Had 3 or 4 break points at 4-3 in 4th set. Also had couple break points at 4-5 for rebreak. Nadal was insanely lucky, though.
Miami R32 Roddick
WTF - Final: vs Djokovic 67,57, Was break up in 1st and 5-4 & 40:15 in 2nd. 40 ****ing 15

2013:
Dubai SF Berdych

2014:
WIMBLEDON Final: vs Djokovic 76,46,67,76,46, Set up, had epic momentum on his side in 5th set, wasted break point and miss easy smash at 4-4 & 15:15.

2015:
Australian Open R32 Seppi
US OPEN - Final: vs Djokovic 46,75,46,46, 4/23 on break points. As a fedfan,this has to be most frustrating loss in 4 sets match at GS.
Paris R16 Isner

2016:
Wimbledon SF Raonic

2017:
DUBAI - 2nd Round: vs Donskoy 63,67,67, Should never happened
STTUTGART- 2nd Round: vs Haas 62,67,46, Should never happened #2, especially vs Haas
Us Open QF Del Potro
WTF - 1/2 Final: vs Goffin 62,36,46, Golden chance for WTF after 6 years,only win for King Joffrey in h2h meetings

2018:
IW - Final: vs Del Potro 46,76,67, 40:15 strikes again. This was still hurts like crazy.
WIMBLEDON - 1/4 Final: vs Anderson 62,76,57,46,11-13, Great chance for 9th Wimbly, and ofc, he choked in his famous style.

2019:
Australian Open 4R Tsisipas
IW - Final: vs Thiem 63,36,57, Thiem played pretty good. Still Fed should takle adventage of Thiem's unexperience of first HC Master Final. Awful at bp's
Madrid QF Thiem
WIMBLEDON - Final: vs Djokovic 67,61,67,64,12:13, Greatest choke in tennis history.
Us Open 4R Dimitrov
SHANGHAI - 1/4 Final: vs Zverev 36,76,36, How the hell he didn't finish Zverev after saving 5 MP's in 2nd set?? Why does other players always win against him in same scenario?
WTF - 1/2 Final: vs Tsitsipas 36,46, Tsit played very,very clutch match to be honest. Still 1/14 on break points is ridiculous

2020:
AO - 1/2 Final: vs Djokovic 67,46,36, Career is close to end,so let's make one epic choke in this decade. 4-1 & 0:40 and easy forehand miss at 30:40 , 5-3 and servis loss with 0. 7-1 in tie break.
 
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King No1e

G.O.A.T.
Man this forum is unbearable after a slam. Nothing but negative drivel. Try to appreciate the greats because they won't be around forever.
I don't think this is one of the worse threads. Sounds like a Fed fan salty about him squandering break points, decided to compile that.
And Federer undeniably has a problem with break points.
 

Robert F

Hall of Fame
Pretty amazing to have the tenacity to keep fighting and being able to shake off all those breaks, lost opportunities.
Many other players get defeated by such things.
 
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