No. Fedr is the King of tactical MTOs and toilet breaks.
Roger Federer: Injury Timeouts Are More Mental, But He Took One So I Did Too
Q. You said on the court you never take the timeouts. That’s kind of a new turn for you. Did it help to give you a chance to clear your head before the fifth set?
ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I mean, I think these injury timeouts, I think they’re more mental than anything else. Okay, normally you would have to do it on court. If you do groin or something like that, or a tape way up there, you have to go off court.
For the first time maybe during a match you can actually talk to someone, even if it’s just a physio. We know him well. It maybe relaxed Stan, you know, just to be able to talk about I don’t know what. The same thing for me, as well. You start chatting about it, how good or bad the leg is, how you hope it’s going to turn around. That can leave a positive effect on you when you come back.
I only really did take the timeout because I thought, He took one already, maybe I can take one for a change, because I’m not a believer in any way that we should be allowed to take a lot of timeouts. But I took it after the set break.
Yeah, people know I don’t abuse the system. I hope it’s going to stay that way in the future for me, too.
Roger Federer talks about his big win over Stan Warwrinka.
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Roger Federer once used one to wait for the sun to move, after losing the first set of a 2010 Australian Open quarterfinal match against Nikolay Davydenko.
“When the sun comes from the side, the ball seems half the size and is just hard to hit,” Federer explained after rallying to win. “I never take toilet breaks. But I thought, Why not? I just hoped with every minute it took, the sun would move another centimeter.”
For players at Grand Slam events, a trip to the bathroom is sometimes necessary and sometimes strategic.
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Tennys Sandgren reacts to Roger Federer medical timeout during Australian Open clash
Roger Federer took an aptly timed medical timeout during his Australian Open clash with Tennys Sandgren. The world No 3 claimed to be struggling with his groin as he headed for off-court treatment which took nine minutes.
The Swiss star had just lost the second set and was 3-0 down in the third when he called for the physio.
Tennys Sandgren did not think there was anything suspicious about Roger Federer's medical timeout.
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Roger Federer takes rare medical timeout to treat back problem against Grigor Dimitrov
Roger Federer took a rare medical timeout in his US Open quarter-final against Grigor Dimitrov moments after losing the fourth set.
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STUART BALLARD
PUBLISHED: 05:07, Wed, Sep 4, 2019 | UPDATED: 05:07, Wed, Sep 4, 2019
Roger Federer took a rare medical timeout in his US Open quarter-final against Grigor Dimitrov moments after losing the fourth set.
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