Federer Fans: What would you like Federer to finish with, ideally but realistically?

[Prisoner of Birth]

Originally Posted by Towser83

I was doing similar reasoning, but I still think if Federer plays well enough, he can certainly beat Djokovic at the US Open since Novak has always struggled to beat him there, he was effectively 2 points away from being 0-5 vs Federer at the US Open. I also think Federer if he keeps his levelthe same has the edge on Murray and might even have a chance vs Nadal. But I do think he has a better chance at RG than the AO.

We just gotta take it one step at a time. First hope for the 18th. If he gets there, the 19th. If he gets there, which he probably won't, the 20th. It's funny how I was thinking, "Just this one tournament, nothing more!" during Wimbledon and now I'm getting so greedy

[cc0509]

Originally Posted by augustobt

Why no other French Open? Did you forgotten the 2011 Clinic that he gave to Djokovic in the semi-final?

I was not talking about Djokovic, I was talking about Federer beating Nadal at the FO, and that is hard to envision at Fed's age now.

[tennis_pro]

Originally Posted by Prisoner of Birth

We just gotta take it one step at a time. First hope for the 18th. If he gets there, the 19th. If he gets there, which he probably won't, the 20th. It's funny how I was thinking, "Just this one tournament, nothing more!" during Wimbledon and now I'm getting so greedy

Exactly, with Federer I'm like:

- he's got 1 more in him
- Federer wins Wimbledon
- he's got 1 more in him
- Federer wins major no 18
- he's got 1 more in him
etc...

[Towser83]

Originally Posted by Prisoner of Birth

We just gotta take it one step at a time. First hope for the 18th. If he gets there, the 19th. If he gets there, which he probably won't, the 20th. It's funny how I was thinking, "Just this one tournament, nothing more!" during Wimbledon and now I'm getting so greedy

yeah after he won that and overall had such a good season, won 3 masters, got to number one... you start thinking, hmm could there be more in the tank? Has he un-declined a bit? Guess we'll have to see.

[Prisoner of Birth]

Originally Posted by tennis_pro

Exactly, with Federer I'm like:

- he's got 1 more in him
- Federer wins Wimbledon
- he's got 1 more in him
- Federer wins major no 18
- he's got 1 more in him
etc...

But that Wimbledon was too important. So much at stake. I won't mind too much if Federer never wins another Grand Slam again but if he had lost that Wimbledon semifinal/final, I'd never have been content with Federer's career.

[Hood_Man]

18 majors, with an 8th Wimbledon. Mainly because I hate odd numbers.

[Prisoner of Birth]

Originally Posted by Hood_Man

18 majors, with an 8th Wimbledon. Mainly because I hate odd numbers.

Would you like Federer ending up with 18 instead of 19 Slams?

[DragonBlaze]

Originally Posted by Hood_Man

18 majors, with an 8th Wimbledon. Mainly because I hate odd numbers.

You would have hated Federer's reign at number 1 then

[zagor]

Originally Posted by ultradr

Hmm, I don't think he is perfectly happy with what he achieved, IMHO.

Yeah, I think he's terribly disappointed with his career, not being deemed worthy enough to be included in top 5 GOATs by a certain TW poster especially must constantly weigh on his mind.

Originally Posted by ultradr

I think there is a reason why he still plays.

You don't say.

Originally Posted by ultradr

He probably wants to show he can stand, once again, on top of this generation of
players: Nadal, Djokovic and recently surging Murray.

He showed that last year when he won the biggest prize in tennis (Wimbledon) and regained #1 at the age of 30-31.

Originally Posted by ultradr

He doesn't wanna get pushed out by these players and retire.

It's the natural order of things in all sports no matter how good you are, if you don't believe me rewatch 2000 and 2001 USO finals or 2001 Wimbledon 4th round.

Originally Posted by ultradr

He will want to stand on top and retire. All GOAT candidates tend to do that.

Actually none of them do/did but following your logic your idol certainly doesn't qualify now does he? Finishing your last year outside top 10 isn't going out on top, sure he won a slam but so did Fed at the same age.

And no before you mention his near decade long domination (like other of your supposed GOATs), 6 years is not close to a decade, it's closer to 5 years than 10 (simple math, I know).

[zagor]

On topic, I sincerely doubt he's gonna win more than one slam before he's done (heck it's arguable how likely he is to win even one more) so if I had to choose, it would be either another Wimbledon (to further **** off a certain fan base here) or another USO because I'd like to see him win another HC slam before he hangs his racquet.

[Hitman]

I think he has one more slam left in him. I always envisioned him ending on 18, even back in 05. I will stick with that whether it turns out that way or not.

[timnz]

Originally Posted by Prisoner of Birth

I'm sure he'd want an 8th Wimbledon more.

Absolutely. Who wouldn't want to be the all time leader in the most prestigous event?

[timnz]

If order of preference

1/ 1 more wimbledon - to be all time leader

2/ 1 more US open - to be open era leader

3/ 1 more French

4/ 1 more Australian

[xan]

hate to burst your bubble but there is no such thing as 'those are my picks thus they are realistic to me, go make your own'. its either realistic or not, that simple. unless you live in a world of your own like clarky does, where different rules apply.

with that being said, if federer finishes with anything but an injury is fine in my book.

[Prisoner of Birth]

Originally Posted by xan

hate to burst your bubble but there is no such thing as 'those are my picks thus they are realistic to me, go make your own'. its either realistic or not, that simple. unless you live in a world of your own like clarky does, where different rules apply.

with that being said, if federer finishes with anything but an injury is fine in my book.

I hate to burst your bubble but what's realistic to me need not be realistic to anyone else. That's subjectivity. I only asked people to make picks that are realistic to them, not to me. So if you don't find my ideal scenario realistic, too bad, make your own. If you can't, pray tell, why the heck are you in this thread?

[Netspirit]

Realistically speaking, Federer has 1-2 Masters left in him, no WTF/slams.

[forzamilan90]

20 slams baby

[beast of mallorca]

Originally Posted by xan

hate to burst your bubble but there is no such thing as 'those are my picks thus they are realistic to me, go make your own'. its either realistic or not, that simple. unless you live in a world of your own like clarky does, where different rules apply.

with that being said, if federer finishes with anything but an injury is fine in my book.

Way to go dude. Wishing for somebody to get injured. What a do***e !

[NadalDramaQueen]

Originally Posted by beast of mallorca

Way to go dude. Very classy !! Wishing for somebody to get injured. What a do***e !

I think he was wishing that he didn't get injured.

[beast of mallorca]

Originally Posted by NadalDramaQueen

I think he was wishing that he didn't get injured.

Then he has to re-construct his statement. If that's what he meant, my apologies.