Federer Post Match comments

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Well, he confirmed what we all knew. He wasn't anywhere near 100%. I hope I don't get flak immediately from trolls for making excuses, but it was clear Fed's form was far below what we saw earlier this year. My only hope is he gets fully fit soon and can make things interesting for year-end. Granted If Nadal wins the Open, it will be a long shot for Roger, but if not, we very much will have a race on our hands! He also confirmed that his schedule for the rest of the year is set, barring further injury: Laver Cup, Shanghai, Basel, Paris, WTF, so no need to create a thread to debate his schedule.

http://metro.co.uk/2017/09/07/roger...s-open-exit-to-juan-martin-del-potro-6909107/

http://metro.co.uk/2017/09/07/roger...m-first-rafael-nadal-us-open-meeting-6909009/

http://metro.co.uk/2017/09/07/roger...s-open-exit-to-juan-martin-del-potro-6909039/
 
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I don't think Roger was injured. Roger lost because of his wrong strategy. He went to the net a lot of times, and Del Potro owned him with passing shots. Federer also made a lot of mistakes on the net, due to the power and accuracy of Del Potro's shots. Roger's backhand was also nowhere near as good as in AO. Also, let's not forget Roger was playing against a guy with an amazing forehand who already defeat him in the 2009 US Open.
 
Federer was clearly not clicking today - and he wasn't really against anyone else in this tournament even when he won comfortably, at least not for prolonged periods. His serve, as it often has, caused a bit of a mirage that prevented many seeing how he was a being rushed on his backhand in particular far more than at the Aussie Open and IW/Miami where he was getting behind them a lot more and getting the ball further cross-court or deeper as opposed to this entire tournament where he's been hitting them into the wheelhouse of his (right-handed) opponents way too much. Coming up against a guy with a forehand as good as Del Potro was always going to show up that shortcoming even more and make winning more and more difficult.

Del Potro served amazingly today - possibly the best he's ever served when needed that I've seen and he protected his backhand fantastically. Full credit for not getting drawn into the later (too late) attempts by Federer to chip and charge and catch him off-guard.
 
This result was no surprise to me. Federer was under huge pressure once Nadal was in SF. There was no upside really as he knew the ramifications of defeat to Nadal and it maybe one of those occasions where the joy of winning was outweighed by fear of losing. So with that baggage Del potro was the worse opponent as I don't feel Federer tactically gotit right.

Nadal will just go to Del potro BH all night.

Nadal wanted Federer I'm sure. Del potro a bad match up for him and he has to hope Del potro is tired
 
Glimmerman said:
This result was no surprise to me. Federer was under huge pressure once Nadal was in SF. There was no upside really as he knew the ramifications of defeat to Nadal and it maybe one of those occasions where the joy of winning was outweighed by fear of losing. So with that baggage Del potro was the worse opponent as I don't feel Federer tactically gotit right.

Nadal will just go to Del potro BH all night.

Nadal wanted Federer I'm sure. Del potro a bad match up for him and he has to hope Del potro is tired
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Nadal leads the H2H 8-5
 
VolleyHelena said:
Nadal leads the H2H 8-5
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Which isn't good for Nadal.
Especially considering they met three times in 07, when DelPo was a boy.

Nadal lost their last two encounters and if DelPo doesn't show up tired on Friday, Nadal won't stand a chance. He will go down in four, just like Fed did.
 
This Nadal is completely different from the Nadal that lost to Delpo twice in 2016. The question is if this Delpo is even better than last year. We'll see.
 
i honestly suggest reading the full press conference. made a post actually b/c i knew headlines would use a few lines from his press conference and not in context. i dont think anyone doubts his form was a 100% going in but i also don't believe and he basically said this as well that it influenced his performance last night. i think a lot of it had to do with prep for the tournament
 
Please read more of his comments:
“It was one of those matches where if I ran into a good guy, I was going to lose, I felt,” confessed Federer. “I don't want to say I was in a negative mindset, but I knew going in that I'm not in a safe place. Might have depended too much on my opponent, and I don't like that feeling. I had it throughout the tournament, and I just felt that way every single match I went into.

“I didn't have that feeling at Wimbledon or at the Australian Open, and that's why rightfully so I'm out of this tournament, because I wasn't good enough, in my mind, in my body, and in my game to overcome these three pillars.

“If you're missing all three, it's going to be tough. I'm okay with it, and I tried until the very end. And smashing certain stuff in the net that I normally wouldn't, smashing forehand volleys into the back fence, I mean, that stuff sucked. Honestly, it was terrible. Juan Martin did well. He served well, had some big shots when he needed to. That was the part that he did so much better tonight, and that's why he deserves to win.”
 
D.Nalby12 said:
I am glad he lost. Nadal would have slaughtered him semis.
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Yeah. Ive said Fed looked off since hte beginning. People just kept saying "If Fed says he's fine he's fine". No competitor is gonna give any edge tot heir opponent by saying they're not 100%.

I will admit he looked better in the Kohl-Feli matches but still the same struggles remained. Del Po match he actually looked healthier than I've seen all tourney, it was just a combination of 1) still being rusty and not in top form and 2) Del Po being a freight train.

Everyone should have known Fed wasn't healthy when he's been serving so bad all tourney (For his standards). He said in the PC he was hoping his serve would improve as the tournament progressed. When you also add in the court conditions weren't fast, meaning Fed had to grind a lot with a not 100% back it just wasn't a good formula.
 
Looks innocent enough to me. My theory is a relatively simple one and I just posted it in the match thread as well. Feel free to laugh, but I believe that in his older age the USO is getting harder to win because he doesn't have the fuel left in the tank by the end of the (GS) season. And I'd trace it back as far as 2012 or so.
 
I am thoroughly impressed with the way Federer spoke in the press conference. I have NEVER heard him give anyone that much credit or basically state "I had no answers tonight", as if to say, someone was better and it wasn't on my racket. Federer has not only had a terrific year but the time off and the renaissance has changed his mindset and made him a little less of a sore loser (which you have to be if you want to win 10+ GS's).
As a Fed fan, really impressed by JMDP and Nadal's comeback as well this year. May the best man win in the next round!
 
The odds of anyone winning 3 grand slams in one year ( or even getting into the quarterfinals of 3 in one year ) are pretty low. The odds of anyone Federer's age doing it are almost impossible. He himself knows that ..
 
wy2sl0 said:
I am thoroughly impressed with the way Federer spoke in the press conference. I have NEVER heard him give anyone that much credit or basically state "I had no answers tonight", as if to say, someone was better and it wasn't on my racket. Federer has not only had a terrific year but the time off and the renaissance has changed his mindset and made him a little less of a sore loser (which you have to be if you want to win 10+ GS's).
As a Fed fan, really impressed by JMDP and Nadal's comeback as well this year. May the best man win in the next round!
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Give it rest Fed fans. Federer is not a sore loser. He exited the tournament because he saw the "handwriting on the wall" and Delpo is a friend, so it was no need for him to be sore.
 
jstr said:
The odds of anyone winning 3 grand slams in one year ( or even getting into the quarterfinals of 3 in one year ) are pretty low. The odds of anyone Federer's age doing it are almost impossible. He himself knows that ..
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Federer didn't lose because of his age. He was not physically prepared to win the US Open and that can happen at any age.
 
fedtennisphan said:
Federer didn't lose because of his age. He was not physically prepared to win the US Open and that can happen at any age.
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Exactly. These guys are creatures of habit - and his prep was blown when he couldn't play Cincy and had to limit his practice time and effort in the week before the Open. Then when the tournament started his serve speeds vs Tiafoe/Youzhny showed his back still wasn't right (or he couldn't trust it).

And some 'stubbornness of genius' mixed in. He refused to change his game to expose and abuse Delpo's much weaker BH. And played one of his worst TBs ever.
 
Surion said:
...if DelPo doesn't show up tired on Friday, Nadal won't stand a chance. He will go down in four, just like Fed did.
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Fed wasn't moving great and chose wrong positions, which Nadal will not have issue with, so it certainly isn't a stated fact or foregone conclusion. I put DelPo as the underdog, which actually helps DelPo with no real pressure. However, if Nadal comes out like his last match DelPo will have a difficult time keeping up.

Fun part will be to see what is fact and what conjecture has been true.
 
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