Annacone has done an amazing job with Roger, and Roger is very close to coming back to full form as the end the the year proved. He cleaned the floors with Nadal and Novak was no challenge at all.
Beware the sign of the beast RF:shock:
Eh, no. According to you the real season ends with USO so what Fed did in post USO exos doesn't matter.
You can't have it both ways LOLville.
You are right, that is why we know his decline started when Safin defeated him!
No.
-Safin's level in 2005 AO was higher on average and in his particular match against Fed than Tsonga's.
-Safin went on to win the tourney, Tsonga didn't.
-Fed didn't have only one BP against Safin (he had 14), no matter how good of a server, you can't reduce 2005 version of Fed to one BP in the whole match in a slam, in a best of five match, period.
-Safin has proved to be more lethal at his best than Tsonga.
-Anyone with few functioning brain cells realizes Fed overall played at a much higher level in 2005 than 2011 and therefore was harder to beat.
Some times you can't stop a guy from defeating you, period!
Of course, just like 24-25 year old Nadal this year got slammed 6 times by peak Novak so stop making excuses for him. He just couldn't stop a guy from defeating him, period !
BTW. It's still incredibly shameful to argue and disagree with posters who claim Fed is past his best at the age of 30 while making a ton of excuses for 24 year old Nadal and claiming he's past his best.
Since you'll deny it as usual:
However, Nadal did look rather subpeak at FO 2011, also Wim 2011 was rather sloppy regardless of Novak playing a great match.
So Nadal is still in prime, however he is not playing peak anymore. Perhaps that will change next year, but I am not sure Nadal has his head 100% in the game. He does not seem to be trying as hard, and seems he has other stuff on his mind.
Nadal will have to do something drastic next year, like he has in previous years, if he is still to continue. Not saying that he can't do it, however the likely hood is rather low at this point in time. He does not look like he has the motivation, focus, energy, etc like he did at his peak and that is rather obvious.
Forgot to ask, have you already prepared Fed voodoo doll and shrine to pray that he doesn't win a slam next year (or maybe even 2, the terror) ?
