Federer vs. Monaco

[fastdunn]

Originally Posted by ACE of Hearts

Fed's serve has been a problem during this bad streak.He cant serve over 60 percent for the match.

Yes, indeed. Players are attacking Fed's serving games.

And footwork.

Footwork and serves have been Fed's relative weakness revealed
whenever Fed had any trouble. His backhand has become quite strong.

He has had similar periods in the past. But he usually went thru those
periods successfuly and rose to the big occasions.

But this time, this bad period is getting longer and more severe.

He'll probably recover by RG and Wimbledon..

[Sup2Dresq]

Originally Posted by fastdunn

Yes, indeed. Players are attacking Fed's serving games.

And footwork.

Footwork and serves have been Fed's relative weakness revealed
whenever Fed had any trouble. His backhand has become quite strong.

He has had similar periods in the past. But he usually went thru those
periods successfuly and rose to the big occasions.

But this time, this bad period is getting longer and more severe.

He'll probably recover by RG and Wimbledon..

I agree. I got a chance to watch the Monaco match. His serve really broke down and gave Monaco a lot of freebies. Also when he had a chance too put it away he went lame. Something is off but I'm sure he will pull it back in time for the French Open. Go Fed.

[fastdunn]

Althought I really think he'll recover, I don't think it will be as easy as
2005 and 2006.

The rest of field are getting stronger and Federer is somewhat burned out
physically and mentally.

Next a few years, we will see what really he is made of.