Fed Fans - Which of these would you rather see?

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Question for all my fellow Fedfans - :)

If you could choose only ONE of two scenario's below, which one would it be?

Federer wins Wimbledon one last time, getting 17 slams for a career, equalling Sampras, and having his last big moment at the place where it all began. But...he does not reclaim the number one position, and therefore does not break Sampras' record at the top.

Or...

Federer wins a Non-Wimbledon Slam (anyone you want, they all have their historic importance), getting 17 slams for a career, but also overtakes Sampras with the most weeks at number one.

Which would you rather see?
 
Hitman said:
Question for all my fellow Fedfans - :)

If you could choose only ONE of two scenario's below, which one would it be?

Federer wins Wimbledon one last time, getting 17 slams, equalling Sampras, and having his last big moment at the place where it all began. But...he does not reclaim the number one position, and therefore does not break Sampras' record at the top.

Or...

Federer wins a Non-Wimbledon Slam (anyone you want, they all have their historic importance), getting 17 slams, but also overtakes Sampras with the most weeks at number one.

Which would you rather see?
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Non-Wimby. USO or AO, So he can fully dominate those two tourneys :) Plus, weeks at #1 all time would be nice :)

But, any slam would be great :)
 
Fed wins a non-Wimbledon slam because everyone with half a brain knows that even if Sampras got 1 more Wimbledon Fed is still king there since Fed owned Sampras there. Best would be if he got another FO.
 
Hitman said:
Question for all my fellow Fedfans - :)

If you could choose only ONE of two scenario's below, which one would it be?

Federer wins Wimbledon one last time, getting 17 slams for a career, equalling Sampras, and having his last big moment at the place where it all began. But...he does not reclaim the number one position, and therefore does not break Sampras' record at the top.

Or...

Federer wins a Non-Wimbledon Slam (anyone you want, they all have their historic importance), getting 17 slams for a career, but also overtakes Sampras with the most weeks at number one.

Which would you rather see?
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The second one for sure. He's at 285 and only needs 2 more weeks to break it. Can you imagine how much that RG10 QF against Soderling will hurt if he doesn't break that record? I know as a Federer fan, being that close but so far away is painful, and Roger's gone through a lot of that lately. As for the slam, I'd rather it be the French if not Wimbledon.
 
Second Scenario....Federer winning the FO as his last slam beating his long time nemesis on the dirt "The Nadal".

Way more significant than another Wimbledon he already has 6 in the bag anyways.
 
Hitman said:
Question for all my fellow Fedfans - :)

If you could choose only ONE of two scenario's below, which one would it be?

Federer wins Wimbledon one last time, getting 17 slams for a career, equalling Sampras, and having his last big moment at the place where it all began. But...he does not reclaim the number one position, and therefore does not break Sampras' record at the top.

Or...

Federer wins a Non-Wimbledon Slam (anyone you want, they all have their historic importance), getting 17 slams for a career, but also overtakes Sampras with the most weeks at number one.

Which would you rather see?
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definitely the 2nd one... especially if it's another US open ! :)
 
As a fan I'd probably prefer scenario #2 as it would get people off his back about that record.

But I suspect if you ask Fed he might choose #1 - he's always said if he can only win one more big event he wants it to be Wimbledon; it's always been super-special to him.
 
Ideal scenario: He beats Djokovic in a 5 set epic in a Wimbledon final that ends with the sun going down, without them having closed the roof yet, so we get a similar look to the end of Federer/Nadal Wimbledon 08.
 
Federer wins a Non-Wimbledon Slam, getting 17 slams for a career, but also overtakes Sampras with the most weeks at number one.
 
Option no 2 without a shadow of a doubt. A major's a major. Actually, it seems to me that Wimbledon is slowly losing its dominant position as THE grand slam tournament everyone wants to win.

A better question would be - would you like Fed to win another major or reclaim the no 1 spot for 2 weeks?
 
Id like to see him win Wimby again. He probably has the record for the most records lol. It won't kill him to be one week short of someone else's.
 
MichaelNadal said:
Id like to see him win Wimby again. He probably has the record for the most records lol. It won't kill him to be one week short of someone else's.
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I would normally agree, but it's just one more week! I know if ended something being just one anything short of a record, it would not be easy to stay content.
 
FlashFlare11 said:
I would normally agree, but it's just one more week! I know if ended something being just one anything short of a record, it would not be easy to stay content.
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I know but think about how dominant he was and how fantastic his career has been, to me it almost just seems like destiny that he lost the ranking ONE WEEK early out of all the times he could have lost it, dunno.... it just seems meant to be, like one of those cool tennis-trivia things lol.
 
MichaelNadal said:
I know but think about how dominant he was and how fantastic his career has been, to me it almost just seems like destiny that he lost the ranking ONE WEEK early out of all the times he could have lost it, dunno.... it just seems meant to be, like one of those cool tennis-trivia things lol.
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I agree, imagine how Sampras feels LOL. He couldn't even enjoy the 14 Slams record for a measly 10 years after he retired. Let the poor old guy have at least one record, come on people...Federer has won enough already.
 
The second option at the French Open. I'm not to bothered about who he beats in the final, but a win over Nadal would be nice.

It's not just because it would give him 2 Career Grand Slams, it's also because they play the winning players national anthem there during the trophy ceremony.
After Federer won it in 2009, and seeing him standing there on the clay holding the trophy with a tear running down his face, with the Swiss anthem playing... it made the interview with Sue Barker after winning the following Wimbledon a bit of an anticlimax.

Plus I like the idea of watching a tennis final where more or less the entire crowd will be rooting for my fav player :D

I'm not all that fussed on Federer equalling Pete's 7 Wimbledons. He already equalled Borgs 5 in a row, and has his own record of 7 consecutive finals. He's done ok in my book ;)
 
I pick the latter choice. I prefer 2 Career Grand Slams, or record breaking number of AO or USO in the Open Era, over record-equaling number of Wimbledons. :) Breaking the number of weeks at #1 would just be cherry on top!
 
2nd option; Federer beats Nadal in 5 amazing sets at FO, and promptly retires afterwards having already reclaimed #1 long enough to break the record.
 
Juan Ma Del Pony said:
I agree, imagine how Sampras feels LOL. He couldn't even enjoy the 14 Slams record for a measly 10 years after he retired. Let the poor old guy have at least one record, come on people...Federer has won enough already.
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I actually like Sampras, I was a fan of his. The only reason I would want him to lose the record is to irk the irreverent Samprastards.
 
This is true, the constant "Federer played in a weak era" chant from the Sampras fans is getting annoying.

Still, I think Sampras deserves to have at least one record intact for posterity's sake. And I disliked Sampras even more than I dislike Federer, so I'm not saying this as a Sampras fan, but rather to support the great achievement of weeks at #1 that Sampras himself set.
 
Juan Ma Del Pony said:
This is true, the constant "Federer played in a weak era" chant from the Sampras fans is getting annoying.
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It's amazing how people who joined yesterday know so much about this forum. Do they teach TW lore and history in tennis academies nowadays. Or do new joinees just pretend they know this place like they've been here forever.

I don't care which one Fred wins, but getting the #1 would be great. FO would be a nice slam to win since he has only one, and lost so many finals there, and the crowd is really nice and supportive too.

I'd eat croissants for a whole year if Fred wins the FO.
 
Probably non Wimbledon because although I don't place huge importance on the number one ranking compared to slam wins,I think if Federer wins USO he has an open era record of 6, RG he has a double career slam, AO the open era record for those titles with 5? So in any scenario he gains 2 really good achievements (the other being the weeks at number one) plus as JM DelPony said, Pete deserves one record left
 
Best scenario is Nadal beating Djokovic, then Federer beats Nadal. Any surface, FO being the best. Federer derailing Djokovic is also good. Federer beating Nadal is the best scenario.
 
Towser83 said:
Probably non Wimbledon because although I don't place huge importance on the number one ranking compared to slam wins,I think if Federer wins USO he has an open era record of 6, RG he has a double career slam, AO the open era record for those titles with 5? So in any scenario he gains 2 really good achievements (the other being the weeks at number one) plus as JM DelPony said, Pete deserves one record left
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Pete has the more impressive one locked in: 6 YE number 1 finishes. No one even came close.
 
FlashFlare11 said:
The second one for sure. He's at 285 and only needs 2 more weeks to break it. Can you imagine how much that RG10 QF against Soderling will hurt if he doesn't break that record?
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I don't think it is the RG10 QF against Sod that is to blame. Post AO 2010, Fed was in a major slump (didn't he get a lung infection or something in that period ?) and was losing to Baghdatis and Berdych after holding Match points in IW/Miami. He also skipped Dubai and Monte Carlo (earning some decent points there would have got him the record perhaps) Lost to Montanes and Gulbis of all people in the clay tournaments. It is these losses that should hurt more in terms of getting the #1 record than losing that one match to a on-fire Soderling at RG.

Though I admit it was a bit of bad luck to run into a red hot Soderling in the QF, when he needed just that win to get the record. He would have won against any of the other potential QF opponents in the other three quarters. Guess Pete was somehow destined to keep that record.
 
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sbengte said:
I don't think it is the RG10 QF against Sod that is to blame. Post AO 2010, Fed was in a major slump (didn't he get a lung infection or something in that period ?) and was losing to Baghdatis and Berdych after holding Match points in IW/Miami. Lost to Montanes of all people in Estoril. It is these losses that should hurt more than losing to a on-fire Soderling at RG.

Though I admit it was a bit of bad luck to run into a red hot Soderling in the QF, when he needed just that win to get the record. He would have won against any of the other potential QF opponents in the other three quarters. Guess Pete was somehow destined to keep that record.
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Absolutely true. That lung infection amplified the decline because he played really well at AO10.

That QF match had so much drama surrounding it. I remember how much ESPN commentators hyped up Federer's 23 slam semis streak at that particular tournament and also stressed how he needed to reach the SFs to break Sampras' record. That along with the rain delays, the missed set point, and the match was truly a heartbreaker considering what was on the line and how it was lost.
 
DjokovicForTheWin said:
Come on, how is that any different than you ****s believing Nadal will beat Djoker 2.0? :)
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We are not making fantasy posts, this is totally different. Ya i believe that rafa can beat joker he was very close at AO, but i do not make threads of what would be the best scenario of dreaming and fantasy.
 
I'm pretty sure all Fed fans would choose FO (i.e. beating Rafa) with more weeks at #1 than another Wimbly.

x2 career slams and highest number of weeks at #1 v 7 Wimbledons? It's not even a contest!
 
phnx90 said:
I'm pretty sure all Fed fans would choose FO (i.e. beating Rafa) with more weeks at #1 than another Wimbly.

x2 career slams and highest number of weeks at #1 v 7 Wimbledons? It's not even a contest!
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What contest?


Edit: There is no contest here.
 
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