2013 Gerry Weber Open Singles Finale: [1] Roger Federer(SUI) VS Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)

[kishnabe]

Federer for Wimbledon? Anyone?

Depends on Murray, Nadal to suck there for Federer to win

Federer Halle 2012 was better than Halle 2013....even though he won this year.

Federer not playing good enough yet....better than he was in Clay this year.

We will see....He is my pick though!

 

[forzamilan90]

that's cute they sit on the same bench

 

[underground]

The trophy is a good looking one.

 

[coloskier]

Once Mikhail finally came back down from all the lines he was hitting, the match was a done deal. Youzhny started to go for too much thinking he could continue to hit that way the entire match, and that was it.

 

[iriraz]

At Wimbledon,Federer certainly needs play better in the return games.He played well in this match on serve,but if his return is not on par he might have to face a lot of tiebreakers.

 

[Bud]

Who was the umpire? Haven't seen him much.

 

[Deleted member 77403]

Depends on Murray, Nadal to suck there for Federer to win

Federer Halle 2012 was better than Halle 2013....even though he won this year.

Federer not playing good enough yet....better than he was in Clay this year.

We will see....He is my pick though!

There is just something magical about Federer on grass. I think he's looking for the 8th Wimbledon title to go for the record. If he wins, it would be truly epic considering the last 10 months or so.

 

[axel89]

K chaps need to make a quick vid, laters.

don't even bother my god i'll dislike it with my youtube accounts

 

[Chanwan]

Where do people rank Federer for Wimbledon in terms of who's the favourite and all that? I would say he's only 4th with the way he's been playing, but I guess you could make the argument for third favourite.

 

[underground]

The Fed twins approved of this tournament.

 

[forzamilan90]

Where do people rank Federer for Wimbledon in terms of who's the favourite and all that? I would say he's only 4th with the way he's been playing, but I guess you could make the argument for third favourite.

let him fly under the radar, remember last year? Nadal and Djoko going in a heavy faves, you saw what happened

 

[Deleted member 77403]

don't even bother my god i'll dislike it with my youtube accounts

hahaha! LOL! :twisted:

 

[ManOfSteel2013]

Wow, looking at the last 2 matches, Federer has no chance at Wimbledon. He'll need a lucky draw just to make it to QF stage. Certainly no chance of beating Nadal.

 

[Chanwan]

let him fly under the radar, remember last year? Nadal and Djoko going in a heavy faves, you saw what happened

Hopefully, yes. Still, he was playing so much better in 2012.

 

[rommil]

Not sure if it's Father's day in Germany, Happy dad's day to Roger and
Mikhail

 

[FederErizeD]

don't even bother my god i'll dislike it with my youtube accounts

Hahahah, Ok that was actually good

 

[Sartorius]

Who was the umpire? Haven't seen him much.

Roland Herfel. A regular face on the tour actually as far as I know.

 

[forzamilan90]

Wow, looking at the last 2 matches, Federer has no chance at Wimbledon. He'll need a lucky draw just to make it to QF stage. Certainly no chance of beating Nadal.

wow looking at Nadal's last performance on grass, he's got no chance of getting past third round!

 

[underground]

Now Fed has at least 6 titles in Halle, Wimbledon and WTF, good reflection of his favourite surfaces, if he can get 6 at Cinci, Dubai and USO as well...

 

[Deleted member 77403]

Wow, looking at the last 2 matches, Federer has no chance at Wimbledon. He'll need a lucky draw just to make it to QF stage. Certainly no chance of beating Nadal.

Yeah, lets pray that Rosol doesn't decide to play this year. We can't have him opening up a can of you-know-what every year.

 

[iriraz]

Wow, looking at the last 2 matches, Federer has no chance at Wimbledon. He'll need a lucky draw just to make it to QF stage. Certainly no chance of beating Nadal.

I would agree with you if it`s clay.But on grass even if he is not playing well from the baseline he can always hang in there if his serve is working.And if he gets himself into tiebreakers he would like his chances vs Nadal.Also we don`t know yet how Nadal will play on grass and how well his serve is working.

 

[forzamilan90]

Now Fed has at least 6 titles in Halle, Wimbledon and WTF, good reflection of his favourite surfaces, if he can get 6 at Cinci, Dubai and USO as well...

GOAT is humble and generous, it will be too arrogant of him to do that.

 

[kalyan4fedever]

Good win for Rog , hope he builds on this and give a better performance at wimby ..

 

[Cosmic_Colin]

Where do people rank Federer for Wimbledon in terms of who's the favourite and all that? I would say he's only 4th with the way he's been playing, but I guess you could make the argument for third favourite.

Fourth, but we haven't seen Novak and Rafa on grass, so it's hard to call.

 

[underground]

Wow, looking at the last 2 matches, Federer has no chance at Wimbledon. He'll need a lucky draw just to make it to QF stage. Certainly no chance of beating Nadal.

On grass just Fed's serve alone can bail him out of tricky situations right up to the QF.

 

[romeo8880]

Sad stuff today even though Federer won. I don't think he has much of a chance at Wimbledon since he struggles against Mikhail Youzhny these days.

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

hahaha! LOL! :twisted:

He's being serious too. The hate is strong in this one.

Fortunately the event happened so recently that I won't need to make a dedicated thread for this one, he'll still hunt me down anyway.

 

[Nitish]

Rogers serve is looking good now.I seriously cant understand what happened to his FH in the space of 10 months?

 

[forzamilan90]

Sad stuff today even though Federer won. I don't think he has much of a chance at Wimbledon since he struggles against Mikhail Youzhny these days.

Nadal lost to an unknown punk in that 250 event...and then had a long clay season to look better, Fed only has Wimby after this to do something but I trust the Eagle.

 

[veroniquem]

This is Fed's 77th title, his 21st 250 title, his 13th grass title and his 6th Halle title. Congrats to him.

 

[TheF1Bob]

Fed lost a set to Youzhny. :/

 

[ManOfSteel2013]

wow looking at Nadal's last performance on grass, he's got no chance of getting past third round!

Yep and Nadal missed 7.5 months after that Rosol loss because he was too healthy for the tour...

 

[underground]

Fed lost a set to Youzhny. :/

Oh you're back, barely recognised you with the change avatar.

Wait, that means 130 is back because he was banned at the same time as you...

 

[ManOfSteel2013]

Yeah, lets pray that Rosol doesn't decide to play this year. We can't have him opening up a can of you-know-what every year.

The only thing I worry about regarding Rosol is that Rosol will tank the round before he's due to meet Nadal (as he did at Roland Garros). Having a winning slam h2h over Nadal is a once in a lifetime opportunity. He won't want to look the gift horse in the mouth.

 

[TheF1Bob]

Oh you're back, barely recognised you with the change avatar.

Wait, that means 130 is back because he was banned at the same time as you...

I wasn't banned lol. Just been busy lately.

Don't have a clue about 130.

 

[ManOfSteel2013]

I would agree with you if it`s clay.But on grass even if he is not playing well from the baseline he can always hang in there if his serve is working.And if he gets himself into tiebreakers he would like his chances vs Nadal.Also we don`t know yet how Nadal will play on grass and how well his serve is working.

The only thing working for Nadal last year at Wimbledon was his serve. Nadal hit 23 aces vs Rosol. But, yeah you can be skeptical of his serve if you like.

 

[Deleted member 77403]

The only thing I worry about regarding Rosol is that Rosol will tank the round before he's due to meet Nadal (as he did at Roland Garros). Having a winning slam h2h over Nadal is a once in a lifetime opportunity. He won't want to look the gift horse in the mouth.

Well, I'd rather Nadal didn't live in a hole with shame for another 7.5 months, if Rosol beats him again. This time, even 7.5 months probably won't be enough....Rosol tanking will at least help keep Rafa on the tour.

 

[TheF1Bob]

Well, I'd rather Nadal didn't live in a hole with shame for another 7.5 months, if Rosol beats him again. This time, even 7.5 months probably won't be enough....Rosol tanking will at least help keep Rafa on the tour.

He would of thought of retirement if Novak defeated him at the French.

Nice avatar btw.

 

[ManOfSteel2013]

Well, I'd rather Nadal didn't live in a hole with shame for another 7.5 months, if Rosol beats him again. This time, even 7.5 months probably won't be enough....Rosol tanking will at least help keep Rafa on the tour.

Even I had to laugh at this

 

[Deleted member 77403]

He would of thought of retirement if Novak defeated him at the French.

Nice avatar btw.

Trolling is a disease...Meet the cure. :twisted:

 

[Fiji]

Congrats Federer.

 

[RF20Lennon]

Finally!! but he gets his first title of the season! Next up: WIMBLEDON!

 

[sunny_cali]

Rogers serve is looking good now.I seriously cant understand what happened to his FH in the space of 10 months?

His whole ground game is off -- it's barely top-15 level at the moment.

Does anyone know if he's experimenting with a lower tension setup ?

 

[merlinpinpin]

Federer for Wimbledon? Anyone?

This is a bit like asking "Nadal for RG, anyone?"

Of course, there is actually some serious competition on grass, while there hasn't been any other top claycourter but Nadal since Gaudio and Coria went away in 2005, but still...

 

[Steve0904]

This is a bit like asking "Nadal for RG, anyone?"

Of course, there is actually some serious competition on grass, while there hasn't been any other top claycourter but Nadal since Gaudio and Coria went away in 2005, but still...

No it's not. Not even close to the same thing these days actually, regardless of "competition." If this was 2006 I'd agree with you, but not today. Besides, there was no competition on grass in 2006 either because Federer blew the doors off anyone like Nadal does on clay because they're that good.

 

[merlinpinpin]

No it's not. Not even close to the same thing these days actually, regardless of "competition." If this was 2006 I'd agree with you, but not today. Besides, there was no competition on grass in 2006 either because Federer blew the doors off anyone like Nadal does on clay because they're that good.

Of course it is. A bit. Which is why I used a smiley, btw. But discounting a seven-time champion, winner of the last edition and winner of the most titles on grass since like forever is *exactly* like Clarky saying that Nadal has no chance at all of winning RG.

Not saying that he's going to win, nor that he's the favourite, but of course he has a chance. With diminishing returns each year now that age has caught up with him, but still, it was enough in 2012, so he's still in the running.

So, Federer for Wimbledon, anyone? Heck yeah. At least as much as Nadal, Djokovic, or Murray. Maybe even as much as some of them put together.

(Oh, and I know it's fashionable to diss Roddick on these boards, but he and Hewitt were definitely serious contenders on grass half a dozen years ago. Had Roddick won in 2004 and 2009, it would have been totally deserved.)

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

Of course it is. A bit. Which is why I used a smiley, btw. But discounting a seven-time champion, winner of the last edition and winner of the most titles on grass since like forever is *exactly* like Clarky saying that Nadal has no chance at all of winning RG.

Not saying that he's going to win, nor that he's the favourite, but of course he has a chance. With diminishing returns each year now that age has caught up with him, but still, it was enough in 2012, so he's still in the running.

So, Federer for Wimbledon, anyone? Heck yeah. At least as much as Nadal, Djokovic, or Murray. Maybe even as much as some of them put together.

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[Steve0904]

Of course it is. A bit. Which is why I used a smiley, btw. But discounting a seven-time champion, winner of the last edition and winner of the most titles on grass since like forever is *exactly* like Clarky saying that Nadal has no chance at all of winning RG.

Not saying that he's going to win, nor that he's the favourite, but of course he has a chance. With diminishing returns each year now that age has caught up with him, but still, it was enough in 2012, so he's still in the running.

So, Federer for Wimbledon, anyone? Heck yeah. At least as much as Nadal, Djokovic, or Murray. Maybe even as much as some of them put together.

(Oh, and I know it's fashionable to diss Roddick on these boards, but he and Hewitt were definitely serious competition on grass half a dozen years ago. Had Roddick won in 2004 and 2009, it would have been totally deserved.)

Which is also why I said it's not even close to the same thing these days. And why I said I would've agreed with you if it was 2006, for example. I'm not discounting him at all, and I think Roddick and Hewitt were fine competition, I just don't think the two questions are anywhere close to being the same. Nadal is a massive favourite every year at RG only slightly questionable since 2011, but it's highly questionable whether Federer at his age is even the favourite at Wimbledon, let alone a huge one.

So Federer for Wimbledon? Sure, I could see it, but it's not a bit like Nadal at RG IMO. Anyway this is semantics and is not important at all.

 

[Goosehead]

Other examples - one of the defining points in the Wimbledon semis which further turned the tide in Roger's favour mentally occurred in a very long rally where Fed eventually won the point by drawing an error with a beautifully struck backhand dtl, where he redirected the pace beautifully. The only reason he was able to win this point is because his weaker stroke just wouldn't break down.


Same occurred against Murray in the final.


For Roger to win Wimbledon his only choice and chance is to make sure that his weaker stroke can't be adequately attacked.

I always thought federers backhand won him last years Wimbledon..those end of set 2 and set 3 exchanges that went on and on..

and federers so-called feeble backhand gets him out of jail plenty o times

 

[tudwell]

13th grass court title for Federer! Is that the most in the Open Era?