On Fed's decline

ACE of Hearts · 04-07-2008, 09:51 PM

Does anyone agree that this would be the biggest and most shocking decline?Its weird because this guy played well in the aussie open till he met Djoker and everything went downhill after that.U cant compare this to Borg because i felt that Borg still had alot of great tennis left.I still dont get it.I dont buy the Mono.This is baffling,how he is falling from grace out of the blue.26 is not old in tennis and his game isnt a grind.

crawl4 · 04-07-2008, 09:54 PM

why another thread on this..we dont no whats gonna happen to fed, he may win the next 3 GS or not

ACE of Hearts · 04-07-2008, 09:56 PM

Maybe because the guy has dominated the last 3 years and he hasncompletly goned backwards.He needs points if he wants to stay number 1 at the end of the year.

crawl4 · 04-07-2008, 10:00 PM

yeh but another thread on this..search for them theres a lot

jlan · 04-07-2008, 10:02 PM

It's probably been said already in the other 50 threads like this, but I believe Roger is still feeling the effects of mono. Ancic was out for 5 months and was in bed for up to 17 hours a day during that period. For Federer to even be doing anything is amazing.

Are people forgetting how he dismantled his opponents (minus Gonzalez) at the Masters Cup just last November? Ferrer was arguably playing the best tennis of his life during the tournament and Roger absolutely destroyed him in the finals. Two months later, Roger looks sluggish and still does right now.

Give the man a couple more months to be fully recovered and to find his game again. If he loses early in Wimbledon, that's when I would think he's really on a "temporary" decline.

srvnvly · 04-08-2008, 05:00 AM

I would love to see Roger break Pete's GS record, but even Pete (and I am a huge Sampras fan) had a lull before winning his last 2 GS titles.

Morrissey · 04-08-2008, 05:04 AM

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Originally Posted by jlan

It's probably been said already in the other 50 threads like this, but I believe Roger is still feeling the effects of mono. Ancic was out for 5 months and was in bed for up to 17 hours a day during that period. For Federer to even be doing anything is amazing. .

Which is why some people are not buying the mono story. But to each his own. I think if he won that AO we might never have heard the mono from his agent. It is possible. To be playing tour level tennis with mono is something I can't really imagine, much less just going out of the house just to play in your local park. But there are "different" levels of mono some people say. I find it ironic that Henin is kind of suffering the same surprising one sided losses of late as well.

Maybe, just maybe these players just took their gas off the pedal and are having trouble finding the groove again, especially since competition is seemingly tougher now than 4 years ago, even 2 years ago. But lastly, if he doesn't win a slam this entire year, what will it be? A decline or mono? If he doesn't win another slam will it be mono for 5-6 years too? I mean, when is the "mono" going to be used and for how much longer? If he wins one slam this year and never again will it have been that the mono went away for one slam and came back again for the rest of his career? You get where I'm going.

calvinchang · 04-08-2008, 05:28 AM

hold up... when sampras was 26 didn't he have similar results?
I remember there being a thread on it...

a quarter final, and 2 semis doesn't seem so bad to me

dooley009 · 04-08-2008, 05:39 AM

Maybe he's reached a point where his bank account is big enough so he's gonna coast through another year or two just to make sure he's set for life and go about his business being a playboy leaving a trail of spent models in his wake.

Lefty5 · 04-08-2008, 05:47 AM

the guy on CNNSI thinks he's just defending his #1 ranking with the least amt of effort neccessary. He can maintain the ranking if he keeps reaching quarters and semis. Then he'll probably get over his mono and take Wimby.

zagor · 04-08-2008, 05:51 AM

Well he is declining for one reason or another but that doesn't mean he's done winning slams,even if he loses the number one ranking.I still think he has great tennis left in him but I wouldn't be surprised if he loses the top spot this year.I don't expect him to win FO but I think that Wimbledon this year will be crucial for him.

ksbh · 04-08-2008, 05:56 AM

I'm counting and we're now at 1322- the number of times that Fed fans have claimed Fed has mono. Studies have shown that anything repeated for about 1600 times gets people to fiirmly believe. You're almost there!

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Originally Posted by jlan

It's probably been said already in the other 50 threads like this, but I believe Roger is still feeling the effects of mono. Ancic was out for 5 months and was in bed for up to 17 hours a day during that period. For Federer to even be doing anything is amazing.

ninman · 04-08-2008, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by zagor

Well he is declining for one reason or another but that doesn't mean he's done winning slams,even if he loses the number one ranking.I still think he has great tennis left in him but I wouldn't be surprised if he loses the top spot this year.I don't expect him to win FO but I think that Wimbledon this year will be crucial for him.

Wouldn't be a big deal if he did lose the number 1 ranking, he's been ranked number 1 in the world for more consecutive weeks than any other player in history by a mile. In fact whenever he does lose it the record that he sets probably won't get broken by anyone, male or female, for a good 30 years. I think he'll win 6-8 titles this year including Wimbledon and the US Open, possibly the French too if he's lucky and end the year as number 1.

Remember that 10 years ago when Sampras was 26 this was the last year that he finished at number 1 in his career. I think Federer still has a lot to give and I just hope his body recovers soon so we can see him at his best again.

ninman · 04-08-2008, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by ksbh

I'm counting and we're now at 1322- the number of times that Fed fans have claimed Fed has mono. Studies have shown that anything repeated for about 1600 times gets people to fiirmly believe. You're almost there!

We aren't claiming it, Federer said it himself. So you're basically calling Federer a liar.

zagor · 04-08-2008, 06:03 AM

I hope we'll see him play great tennis agains as well and yes he set many records that will be very hard to beat.He is one in a lifetime player even if some people here don't give him enough credit(mainly those who don't want him to break Pete's record)for what he has done for the last 4 years.

ksbh · 04-08-2008, 06:05 AM

Pretty brave there, ol' bean! Coming into a place swarming with Federer lovers and making comments like that!

Anyways, I have a bad habit of digressing. So back to the subject ... perhaps it's a new variant of the mono, maybe a Swiss version that only surfaces when Federer is losing? Well, I'm no doctor or mono specialist but you see the point? LOL!

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Originally Posted by Morrissey

Maybe, just maybe these players just took their gas off the pedal and are having trouble finding the groove again, especially since competition is seemingly tougher now than 4 years ago, even 2 years ago. But lastly, if he doesn't win a slam this entire year, what will it be? A decline or mono? If he doesn't win another slam will it be mono for 5-6 years too? I mean, when is the "mono" going to be used and for how much longer? If he wins one slam this year and never again will it have been that the mono went away for one slam and came back again for the rest of his career? You get where I'm going.

zagor · 04-08-2008, 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by ksbh

Pretty brave there, ol' bean! Coming into a place swarming with Federer lovers and making comments like that!

Anyways, I have a bad habit of digressing. So back to the subject ... perhaps it's a new variant of the mono, maybe a Swiss version that only surfaces when Federer is losing? Well, I'm no doctor or mono specialist but you see the point? LOL!

What has bravery got to do with internet?

ksbh · 04-08-2008, 06:08 AM

Well, hold your horses there young Ninman! I wouldn't go so far as to call Federer a liar. I must admit I don't have the courage of a certain Morrissey to make comments like that on this forum .

How about we just say Federer isn't being entirely honest? LOL!

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Originally Posted by ninman

We aren't claiming it, Federer said it himself. So you're basically calling Federer a liar.

ksbh · 04-08-2008, 06:09 AM

You should know better than that, Sir Zagor. I was just being cheeky

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Originally Posted by zagor

What has bravery got to do with internet?

TheNatural · 04-08-2008, 06:32 AM

Fed just had a bug befopre the AO, but he was 100% by the first round, Fed just called that bug Mono for some reason.-mabe to take the pressure off himself while he works on fixing his game.

Looks like Fed's never going to catch Sampras. Oh well.

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Originally Posted by ninman

We aren't claiming it, Federer said it himself. So you're basically calling Federer a liar.

04-07-2008, 10:02 PM	#5
jlan Rookie Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: CA Posts: 213	It's probably been said already in the other 50 threads like this, but I believe Roger is still feeling the effects of mono. Ancic was out for 5 months and was in bed for up to 17 hours a day during that period. For Federer to even be doing anything is amazing. Are people forgetting how he dismantled his opponents (minus Gonzalez) at the Masters Cup just last November? Ferrer was arguably playing the best tennis of his life during the tournament and Roger absolutely destroyed him in the finals. Two months later, Roger looks sluggish and still does right now. Give the man a couple more months to be fully recovered and to find his game again. If he loses early in Wimbledon, that's when I would think he's really on a "temporary" decline. Last edited by jlan : 04-07-2008 at 11:16 PM.

04-08-2008, 05:00 AM	#6
srvnvly Semi-Pro Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 705	I would love to see Roger break Pete's GS record, but even Pete (and I am a huge Sampras fan) had a lull before winning his last 2 GS titles. __________________ "I filed it under H, for toy."

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