Federer gets walkover to the 3rd Rd!

Docalex007 · Jan 17, 2012

Discuss!

Good or bad?

kishnabe · Jan 17, 2012

Good for Federer back injury to not reoccur....he can spend time with the kids and mirka.

Bad....his mind could be out of it in the beginning of the 4th round match. Maybe his opponent can pull away with it.

Docalex007 · Jan 17, 2012

I say it's a mostly a good thing. Federer won't need much match time to be able to shift through some of his higher gears when he'll need them.

Great for his back and his energy levels come later on in the tournament.

SoBad · Jan 17, 2012

He got walkovers to titles for the entire 2004 - 2007 period, so this is not too surprising.

MichaelNadal · Jan 17, 2012

It's a good thing for him, not bad. He will be fresh for the rest of the tournament.

mandy01 · Jan 17, 2012

Bad Swiss mafia conspiracy is bad.

forthegame · Jan 17, 2012

I think he plays Karlovic next so not such a good thing, he needs to be sharp

Ronaldo · Jan 17, 2012

kishnabe said:
Good for Federer back injury to not reoccur....he can spend time with the kids and mirka.

Bad....his mind could be out of it in the beginning of the 4th round match. Maybe his opponent can pull away with it.

Spending time with Mirka and the twins...........not so good for his back

hyperwarrior · Jan 17, 2012

Bad...If I was a player, I wouldn't feel satisfied winning 6 matches for a 17th titles...

bluetrain4 · Jan 17, 2012

He's experienced enough that it shouldn't matter at all. It's a fact of tennis life. Walkovers happen.

Edward DFW · Jan 17, 2012

Doesn't matter, he has zero chance of winning this one. He is a choker.

Towser83 · Jan 17, 2012

might as well lose his next match, you know if he wins the title he will get no credit cos he had one less match, if he loses next match it will be plain that the lack of play robbed him of a chance to go further

what happened anyway?

niff · Jan 17, 2012

Towser83 said:
might as well lose his next match, you know if he wins the title he will get no credit cos he had one less match, if he loses next match it will be plain that the lack of play robbed him of a chance to go further

what happened anyway?

Beck has a back injury. No jokes.

Towser83 · Jan 17, 2012

niff said:
Beck has a back injury. No jokes.

ah ok, thanks for the info.

nikdom · Jan 17, 2012

Bummer. Was hoping to catch His Airness tonight.

Polaris · Jan 17, 2012

Good, because:
(1) He gets extra rest.
(2) If his back is still tender, then there is a chance for further recovery.
(3) Fed's good luck pisses SoBad off. See post #4.

Bad, because:
(1) Beck's back is hurt.
(2) Beck's tournament is over.
(3) Fed's good luck pisses SoBad off. See post #4.

Pwned · Jan 17, 2012

As long as he gets through his 4th round match fairly easily then it won't matter in the end. I don't see him having a huge problem with it. His next match will likely be 'rhythm-less' anyway.

Hood_Man · Jan 17, 2012

All that tea and coffee I've drunk all day to stay awake for it, now I won't be able to sleep and no Fed :evil:

Hmph!

jakemcclain32 · Jan 17, 2012

He'll wipe Karlovic off the map, I predict. Karlovic has an awesome serve, but anyone in the Top 15-20 will eat him alive, and he really doesn't have any other game. Fed will probably just crosscourt him into submission.

And this is real good for his back, and he can get some rest.

nikdom · Jan 17, 2012

jakemcclain32 said:
He'll wipe Karlovic off the map, I predict. Karlovic has an awesome serve, but anyone in the Top 15-20 will eat him alive, and he really doesn't have any other game. Fed will probably just crosscourt him into submission.

And this is real good for his back, and he can get some rest.

What back? Roger said his back is normal at the start of the tournament. Let's take the man at his word.

jakemcclain32 · Jan 17, 2012

I have a healthy back too. I've also blown my back out before, and in a freak accident. Trust me, the back is NEVER the same after it's been injured.

joeri888 · Jan 17, 2012

jakemcclain32 said:
He'll wipe Karlovic off the map, I predict. Karlovic has an awesome serve, but anyone in the Top 15-20 will eat him alive, and he really doesn't have any other game. Fed will probably just crosscourt him into submission.

And this is real good for his back, and he can get some rest.

Except for the fact he's beaten Federer and Djokovic in the past, came close to beating Nadal as well, has beaten Tsonga in best of 5 on grass, and has ranked as high as no. 14, so what are you talking about? Karlovic is a dangerous floater in the draw.

I don't particularly like this. If Federer has Karlovic next, he'll have four days without any rythm at all. He needs the workouts cause he's not yet playing great and would lose to todays Nadal in straights if he doesn't improve.

Magnus · Jan 17, 2012

I think its bad. Fed is known for his slow starts of tournys. He needs court time.

jakemcclain32 · Jan 17, 2012

joeri888 said:
Except for the fact he's beaten Federer and Djokovic in the past, came close to beating Nadal as well, has beaten Tsonga in best of 5 on grass, and has ranked as high as no. 14, so what are you talking about? Karlovic is a dangerous floater in the draw.

I don't particularly like this. If Federer has Karlovic next, he'll have four days without any rythm at all. He needs the workouts cause he's not yet playing great and would lose to todays Nadal in straights if he doesn't improve.

Karlovic is dangerous if his first serve is at least 80%. Anything under that and he's toast. It's really the same with Isner, but at least Isner can get into rallies with his opponents.

autumn_leaf · Jan 17, 2012

Magnus said:
I think its bad. Fed is known for his slow starts of tournys. He needs court time.

This is true, but it's Karlo. So Fed will be concentrating mostly on returns, anything that goes beyond the serve is 80-90% Fed. Not to say Karlo isn't dangerous.

TTMR · Jan 17, 2012

Beck according the reverence Federer should receive from all of his competitors: yielding to his majesty without contest.

DragonBlaze · Jan 17, 2012

BAD because I had tickets to this match and now I will not get to see it! EFFFFFFFFFFF YOU BECK. :evil:

aphex · Jan 17, 2012

mandy01 said:
Bad Swiss mafia conspiracy is bad.

.....

Starfury · Jan 18, 2012

They actually believed I was going to play in Hisense.

mandy01 · Jan 18, 2012

Starfury said:
They actually believed I was going to play in Hisense.

LOOOOOOOOOOL! :lol: WINNER.

Blinkism · Jan 18, 2012

Andreas Beck paid off by Mirka with chocolates and Wilson racquets.

mandy01 · Jan 18, 2012

Blinkism said:
Andreas Beck paid off by Mirka with chocolates and Wilson racquets.

No, the poast by starfury is still the better piece of trollery. You are rusty.

IvanisevicServe · Jan 18, 2012

hyperwarrior said:
Bad...If I was a player, I wouldn't feel satisfied winning 6 matches for a 17th titles...

His 2004 US Open and 2007 Wimbledon titles came in only 6 matches.

david93 · Jan 18, 2012

Starfury said:
They actually believed I was going to play in Hisense.

You, Sir, made my day!

AM95 · Jan 18, 2012

hyperwarrior said:
Bad...If I was a player, I wouldn't feel satisfied winning 6 matches for a 17th titles...

lol. i think if you won a grand slam you'd die of joy...or fatigue.

Starfury said:
They actually believed I was going to play in Hisense.

loooool. i knew something like this would happen

joeri888 · Jan 18, 2012

Lol, yeah real asterisk next to this one if Federer wins it. Imagine how much harder if he'd have to beat Andreas Beck for the title.

purge · Jan 18, 2012

lmao about not having to play in hisense arena

other than that tho im sure he wouldve rather played the match. he likes to play against the germans -.-

Russeljones · Jan 18, 2012

It's win-win for Fed. Any 30 year old needs his rest.

Sentinel · Jan 18, 2012

Blinkism said:
Andreas Beck paid off by Mirka with chocolates and Wilson racquets.

Getting rusty due to too much rest, Blinky?

Or lost "humour" as one Nadal fan put it recently.

nikdom · Jan 18, 2012

Sentinel said:
Getting rusty due to too much rest, Blinky?

Or lost "humour" as one Nadal fan put it recently.

Haha. Poor guy must be spending too much time in the real world.

Towerofpower205 · Jan 18, 2012

i think he'll come out like he always does against ivo. hes too strong for ivo

Smasher08 · Jan 18, 2012

Good - his back should now be completely healed from here on in.

ttbrowne · Jan 19, 2012

It's always good when you don't have to grind out a win in heat.

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