Is Federer finished?

[sureshs]

First USO, and now this. Obviously he cannot compete with the younger generation who are much fitter and hit harder. A generational change has occured in tennis, which Agassi used to say occurs every 5 years (and you know how Agassi countered it )

Should he hang up his racquet for good?

Originally Posted by sureshs

First USO, and now this. Obviously he cannot compete with the younger generation who are much fitter and hit harder. A generational change has occured in tennis, which Agassi used to say occurs every 5 years (and you know how Agassi countered it

Should he hang up his racquet for good?

If you say so.....

[NamRanger]

I concur with you.

[flyinghippos101]

Yup, old man Federer is done, finished. Should jsut hang up his racket and his millions in endorsements before he embarrasses himself any further, besides, he's only won three slams this year! THREE! shameful

[Blinkism]

Fed is still the premiere clay courter

what with him holding both clay slams at the moment

[GustafsonFanatic]

Who's Federer?

Originally Posted by GustafsonFanatic

Who's Federer?

This guy who is good at tennis....

[jamesblakefan#1]

Originally Posted by sureshs

First USO, and now this. Obviously he cannot compete with the younger generation who are much fitter and hit harder. A generational change has occured in tennis, which Agassi used to say occurs every 5 years (and you know how Agassi countered it )

Should he hang up his racquet for good?

But he won the real slam, didn't he?

[LafayetteHitter]

Originally Posted by sureshs

First USO, and now this. Obviously he cannot compete with the younger generation who are much fitter and hit harder. A generational change has occured in tennis, which Agassi used to say occurs every 5 years (and you know how Agassi countered it )

Should he hang up his racquet for good?

He is probably just waiting for you to pull the trigger and give him the green light. After letting you down personally with only two slams in the bag this year along with taking Pete's claim to fame i'm sure he values your opinion more than anything.

[kishnabe]

Originally Posted by flyinghippos101

Yup, old man Federer is done, finished. Should jsut hang up his racket and his millions in endorsements before he embarrasses himself any further, besides, he's only won three slams this year! THREE! shameful

He won Three? Unless You mean Roland Garros, Wimbledon and Cincy.

[Turning Pro]

His best bet is Wimbledon next year, and even that's not guaranteed.

[timnz]

Same comments as a year ago, saying that Federer was finished.

And then Federer won 2 more Majors.

People need to reflect that this year Federer was 2 sets from winning the real grand slam (all 4 in one calendar year).

So agreed, Federer is finished. If you mean that by being finished you still win one or two Grand Slam tournaments a year.

[jmverdugo]

So if he is finished and made it to the finals what do you say about the guys that lost to him every tournament.

[Cantankersore]

Originally Posted by jmverdugo

So if he is finished and made it to the finals what do you say about the guys that lost to him every tournament.

This. In his younger years his play was at an untouchable standard. Now he's older, and naturally not as good. Playing pretty badly and losing the final in three sets to the world number three while gaining ranking points isn't a terrible way to go out.

[Bud]

Originally Posted by sureshs

First USO, and now this. Obviously he cannot compete with the younger generation who are much fitter and hit harder. A generational change has occured in tennis, which Agassi used to say occurs every 5 years (and you know how Agassi countered it )

Should he hang up his racquet for good?

He's definitely lost the edge on his ground game and the overall intimidation factor is not nearly what is was 2-3 years ago.

He doesn't move as well as he did in the past (especially side to side), his mental game is not as strong and he lacks the passion for winning he showed in the past. There were a number of times that Djokovic went behind Federer and he was simply unable to adjust his footwork.

If it were not for his immensely improved serve over the last few years... much of the competition (top 5) would have eaten him up. He still gets a ton of free points on serve... with either service winners or aces.

If he's serving below average (like today) and playing someone with an excellent defensive game (again, like today with Djokovic), his success will be limited in the future.

Let's face it... Federer is approaching 30 and the twilight of his career... he won't be on top forever.

[rocket]

Originally Posted by sureshs

Should he hang up his racquet for good?

Of course he should, any loss is unacceptable.

Also, don't forget to hand in your letter of resignation everytime you have a bad day at work.

[Bud]

Originally Posted by Cantankersore

This. In his younger years his play was at an untouchable standard. Now he's older, and naturally not as good. Playing pretty badly and losing the final in three sets to the world number three while gaining ranking points isn't a terrible way to go out.

He won this event last year... how did he gain ranking points?

[Fedace]

Could it have been the Tech of Youtek that demised Federer today?. Looked like Novak couldn't miss.

Originally Posted by Bud

He won this event last year... how did he gain ranking points?

It was a 250 event last year.

[Bud]

Originally Posted by Fedace

Could it have been the Tech of Youtek that demised Federer today?. Looked like Novak couldn't miss.

Novak played decent, solid tennis today... but he also had his share of silly errors and brain farts.