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Federer returned to Rod Laver Arena on Friday for the first time since 2020 for a practice session with Casper Ruud. Federer will be back in action to play an exhibition match during the opening ceremony of the Australian Open 2026

Federer played Ruud this Australian Open (2026) in a practice session/tiebreak, and looking at his racket couldn’t spot any PWS - which likely means he was playing with the RF01 Pro not an RF97. With a lot of people claiming the RF01 line are terrible rackets (inconsistent stringbed) and that...

Novak has obviously been the most consistent of the Big3 across the three surfaces, winning 54.2% of total points over his long career on the 'weakest' surface clay. 54.3% on grass and 54.7% on HC complete the mix. Federer achieved 53.5% on it, while getting 54.3% on HC and 54.6% on grass...

Dear anyone who is reading this. Earlier this year (2025), I think I saw a video online showing federer play mini tennis. I play at an advanced level myself but always find room to improve my mini tennis and literally the best footage I’ve ever seen of someone play mini tennis is the man...

As the title suggests, this appears to be a match that has never been uploaded on youtube or elsewhere :) Youtube link will be up in a couple of days once a bogus copyright claim from a non-existent organisation gets settled. Enjoy :) PS: This is my first attempt at creating an extended...

About 6 minutes in for him talking about coaching Djokovic. About 39 minutes in for when he starts talking about playing the big 3, with some interesting tactical details about playing Federer and what Federer changed as he got older, Djokovic's slice, and the difference in Nadal's serve on...

This is just a rough, relative overview on how much they were winning over what rally length, courtesy of Tennis Abstract. Sample sizes and quality differs a bit, with Nadal having surprisingly few fully charted matches, which might work against him. See the low absolute number of points...

Roger Federer beat Gilles Simon 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3 in the Australian Open second round, 2011 on hard court Federer, the defending champion, would go onto lose in the semi-final to eventual champion Novak Djokovic. Simon was unseeded. Simon had won the pair’s previous two matches and this...

obviously, Djokovic could still win a 25th, but realistically, it isn't likely, do you think that if Wimbledon was not cancelled for the pandemic In 2020, that Djokovic could have gotten to 25 slams?

As a newer tennis fan, just getting into tennis, I am wondering how you guys think Alcaraz and Sinner would fair against some of these single or few times slam winners who were outshined by Murray and the big 3.

With Djokovic going 8-13 in tiebreaks this year, his current official ATP tiebreak record stands at 346-186 (65.04%), allowing Federer to reemerge as the leader with 469-248 (65.41%). Nice to see at least a minor injustice corrected. I recall lots of Djokobois rejoicing when he inflated his TB...

I've seen many Djokovic enjoyers, and some neutrals who appear to have bought it, praise 2015 for its stronk cumpetishen, certain debaters even going as far as to claim it's one of the most competitive seasons in modern memory. Meanwhile, 2006 gets typically marked as a relatively weak season...

I got Nadal in a close 4, Alcaraz in 5 on grass and hard court

For me, i really like Taylor Fritz's racket he used at this years US Open.

Carlos Alcaraz has won the French Open, U.S. Open, and Wimbledon, multiple times, but always seems to struggle aty the Austrailian Open. For reference, Nadal was 24 when he completed the Career grand slam at the 2010 US Open. Carlos Alcaraz would need to win one of the next two Austrailian...

When will somebody serve 175 mph, for reference the fastest ever is 163 mph at a challenger match, the fastest ATP serve ever is 157 by John Isner and Giovanni Mpteshi Perricard hit one 153 mph at Wimbledon this year. I think its never happening.

Who will it be

I got both of em reaching 20

With the one-handed backhand being close to a dying art form I thought we could discuss the best one-handed backhands in history. For me, slice is a part of the backhand - whether a one-handed or two-handed backhand - and must be taken into consideration when discussing this. Other people...

Best (highest-level) opponents for the winner in each run: 2000 Safin - PETE (F) 2001 Hewitt - Roddick (QF) 2002 PETE - Agassi (F) 2003 Roddick - Nalbandian (SF) 2004 Federer - Agassi (QF) 2005 Federer - Hewitt (SF), Agassi (F) 2006 Federer - Roddick (F) 2007 Federer - Roddick (QF), Djokovic (F)...

Yes, he's a dinasour in terms of tennis age and many of his best matches took place in mid 2000s and early 2010s but I've made it my mission to recreate these highlights in the best possible quality on Youtube. If mods keep this thread, I'll post every Federer 4K video here. Federer vs Nadal -...

Results and scores: 2018 Federer: AO W, beat Cilic 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3 3-6 6-1 RG DNP WB QF, lost to Anderson 2-6 6-7(5) 7-5 6-4 13-11 USO 4R, lost to Millman 3-6 7-5 7-6(7) 7-6(3) 2019 Federer: AO 4R, lost to Tsitsipas 6-7(11) 7-6(3) 7-5 7-6(5) RG SF, lost to Nadal 6-3 6-4 6-2 WB F, lost to...

Of course this was Djokovic before he went nuts in 2011, but rarely has Federer seemed totally in control in just about everything in a match vs Djokovic. Sure, Fed bagelled him in the CIncy final in 2012 but the second set was closer with a TB. But this match, although Djokovic took a lead in...

My vote goes to Nadal based on that Djokovic got a lot more winning points off his serve and return than Nadal and in a neutral rally I'd go with Nadal on modern surfaces. On faster surfaces probably Federer is the best. Who do you guys have as number 1? Here's a video with my top 10 list:

Current players like Alcaraz and De Minaur certainly deserve a mention but I'd say Monfils is the fastest ever. Do we have any official data on this?

Novak really dominated Jannik early on, so despite losing so many sets and matches in a row he still has a positive dominance ratio against his best student. Against Alcaraz he won more matches but the DR also has been close. Despite Charlie having had recently a 5-0 streak against Jannni...

While many tennis fans have long appreciated the beauty of the backhand of Lorenzo the Magnificent, only a few keen observers have noted his increasing effectiveness. Having watched him a fair bit and often posted potency numbers I was among them. Another one - and way more important - has been...

While it is generally accepted that Federer is better than Djokovic on fast surfaces and Djokovic is better than Federer on slower surfaces, there are still people claiming that Federer was better than Djokovic on clay, at least in their prime, and that simply is not true. First of all, let’s...

Roger Federer beat Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 7-6(11) in the Istanbul final, 2015 on clay It was the first edition of the event and would turn out to be Federer’s last title on clay. He was the top seed, Cuevas was seeded third Federer won 84 points, Cuevas 66 Serve Stats Federer... - 1st serve...

Just received an email from Wilson that includes a count down clock currently 2 days 11 hours +. It includes pictures of Federer and a couple of statements "Experience a classic reborn" and "Sometimes looking forward starts by looking back". Sounds like another RF Prostaff. Anyone with...