Federer20042006
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Hey, let's play a drop shot on the fastest player in tennis! Great idea.
Hey, let's play a drop shot on the fastest player in tennis! Great idea.
It's baffling that you don't know that dropshots are not always intended to produce outright winners. Sometimes they are intended to simply interrupt the baseline play rhythm of the opponent. More often then not, they serve to set up a winner or definitive shift in the initiative.
To make a thread about this, however, well, 'baffling' is too mild a word for it.
He also has a tendency to hit right back at player instead of open court. Hurt him many many times throughout his career.
The problem is that when you're playing the fastest player in tennis, not only is he going to get there, but he's going to have a big advantage. Playing drop shots on critical points against a player who moves the way Monfils does is ill-advised.
The drop shots should work much better against Cilic, though.
Even after I patiently explained, you still don't get it. Someone else can try now.
No, actually, YOU are the one who doesn't get it.
It's a stupid shot, you fu(king moron. It doesn't just "change the pace of play," it puts Federer in a horrible situation in which he has almost no chance to win the point. You don't purposely choose shots that give you virtually no chance to win the point...ESPECIALLY on big points, as he did.
funny he is willing to risk points with dropshots but getting him to the net is like pulling teeth. not sure where that thought process is coming from. its not edberg thats for sure. I dont think I have ever seen Stephen hit a drop shot before in a rally. maybe he was trying to get molfis to guard against it and move closer to the baseline. Good luck with that though. french players are tricky...you have to lull them and get them bored. If you turn the match into a show off contest they can hurt you. simon is the exception obviously does not fit this french mindset. he is like the french version of feliciano Lopez.
Umm.. Net points won in this match against Monfils: 53/74 (72 %)
He came in SEVENTY-FOUR times. Did you want him to serve from the net too?:?
No, actually, YOU are the one who doesn't get it.
It's a stupid shot, you fu(king moron. It doesn't just "change the pace of play," it puts Federer in a horrible situation in which he has almost no chance to win the point. You don't purposely choose shots that give you virtually no chance to win the point...ESPECIALLY on big points, as he did.
You don't play tennis, I get it. Aren't you late for school already?
Explain to me how playing a drop shot that virtually guarantees you are going to lose the point because Monfils will get there and put it away is a smart tactic. Explain to me how this is a good thing to do when you're facing BREAK POINT.
Nobody plays a point to lose it. Disparaging someone for not executing a shot well enough is one thing. Going over the top and creating a thread about the shot selection of one of the most tactically astute players the game has ever seen, well, that's truly bafflingly stupid, to use your words.
Federer can win a point outright from a drop shot or call the opponent to the net, where he can be passed, lobbed or otherwise vanquished. I called you out on your tantrum/forced incredulity; please stop addressing me as if I am the outrageous one (questioning the shot selection of someone with over 1000 ATP matches).
No, actually, YOU are the one who doesn't get it.
It's a stupid shot,
you fu(king moron.
It doesn't just "change the pace of play," it puts Federer in a horrible situation in which he has almost no chance to win the point. You don't purposely choose shots that give you virtually no chance to win the point...ESPECIALLY on big points, as he did.
And yet later in the match those drop-shots won him some key points. Had he not practised them earlier on he may have missed them.Hey, let's play a drop shot on the fastest player in tennis! Great idea.
And yet later in the match those drop-shots won him some key points. Had he not practised them earlier on he may have missed them.
Hey, let's play a drop shot on the fastest player in tennis! Great idea.
He can hit whatever he wants to hit. He got frustrated in first two sets. He tried everything to change up. He end up winning in 5sets. Boom. End of story.
Wow, the Fedfanboys are now flaming the other Fedfanboys with obscenities?!!!! This is hillarious!!! Fed with a great win... and they're still bed-wetting!!! LMAO!!!
Queens...
That guy is a Rafa fan, but is such a loser in life that he needs to create an account based on Federer's name and spew some hate. Some people's lives are so screwed up.
Explain to me how playing a drop shot that virtually guarantees you are going to lose the point because Monfils will get there and put it away is a smart tactic. Explain to me how this is a good thing to do when you're facing BREAK POINT.
You don't play tennis, I get it. Aren't you late for school already?
I think you mistake a game plan not working and then deciding - based on desperation and a thousand matches collective experience - to go all-out attack on some crucial key points was necessarily an indication he started playing "smart tennis." Had he played like that from the get-go he would likely have been unsuccessful with it as Monfils was fresher. And then you would be here saying Federer was a fool for playing so risky.I'm a huge Federer fan. But even I recognize that the way he played Monfils for first two sets was a product of stubbornness and possibly some arrogance. I mean, come on, he's Roger Federer. He shouldn't have to hit good shots to beat a punk like Monfils, right? Wrong.
And by the time Fed decided to swallow his pride and play smart tennis...