Federer has not declined since 2007

[Blinkism]

Trolling in the deep

[sbengte]

Originally Posted by Agassifan

just that upcoming players like Tommy Haas have set the bar higher so he cannot match it. This also proves he won a lot because of the weak era.

QFT. Also don't forget the rising American talent who recently crushed him in Miami. Seriously, these youngsters have taken competition to a different level these days and Fed can't dream of dominating the way he did in his heydays.

[Wilander Fan]

Ive noticed Fed has lost significant pace off his serve since Indian Wells. Especially off the second serve. Not many aces and people have been punishing that second serve which is unusual. Also, he has been starting unusually slowly since Indian Wells. For a guy that is known to jump on top of opponents very quickly, he has been playing alot of come from behind. I would guess since Indian wells Fed has lost about half of his opening sets. This tells me he is not practicing much and resting quite a bit. Sounds like an arm issue.

[Cup8489]

Originally Posted by Wilander Fan

Ive noticed Fed has lost significant pace off his serve since Indian Wells. Especially off the second serve. Not many aces and people have been punishing that second serve which is unusual. Also, he has been starting unusually slowly since Indian Wells. For a guy that is known to jump on top of opponents very quickly, he has been playing alot of come from behind. I would guess since Indian wells Fed has lost about half of his opening sets. This tells me he is not practicing much and resting quite a bit. Sounds like an arm issue.

He's also been moving like a snail. Generally, his form has dropped.. he doesn't have the same sting on his shots, and he's not gettin into position fast enough in the first place.

[Emet74]

Originally Posted by Wilander Fan

Ive noticed Fed has lost significant pace off his serve since Indian Wells. Especially off the second serve. Not many aces and people have been punishing that second serve which is unusual. Also, he has been starting unusually slowly since Indian Wells. For a guy that is known to jump on top of opponents very quickly, he has been playing alot of come from behind. I would guess since Indian wells Fed has lost about half of his opening sets. This tells me he is not practicing much and resting quite a bit. Sounds like an arm issue.

Fed injured his hip at some point during the break he took between Miami and Madrid and while he says the injury is healed and pain is gone, he's also petrified of reaggravating anything so close to Wimby and has been struggling to relax and play freely.