I would like to make an announcement...

MarcusInKensington said:
After spending years disliking Federer, I found myself driving home, listening to his match on the radio, and arriving at the realisation that what he's doing is nothing short of spectacular.

Yes, he still has lunatic fans who dress head to toe in Swiss flags, who frustrate me greatly, but if you can manage to block all of those out and appreciate him for his tennis alone, then I can't see how anyone could possibly dislike him. I feel bad that I have begrudgingly respected his achievements, but never warmed to him as a person. Not anymore.

From today I am announcing myself as a Roger Federer tennis fan, and I intend to bask in his magnificence until the day he hangs up his racquet.

Go King Roger! The game wouldn't be the same without you.
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I've been on a sabbatical since February and one day after I come back I see this thread again.
Reminds me of shops that have a closing down sale every week.
 
I'm all for giving people credit, I thought Fed was magnificent at the AO and this whole year really.

Becoming a fan is a totally different story though and I don't think you can just become a fan of someone like that. That's bandwagoning. Whatever.
 
If you're genuine, though, cool. You've just checked into the coolest club in town. Please cheer when prompted, and your free cap is in the mail.

Bel19ve.
 
smoledman said:
Anyone who was a Fed fan prior to 2003 Wimbledon is a real Fed fan. Anyone afterwards is a bandwagoner.
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1998 for me, after I saw him lose to Agassi in Basel. I knew he'd be good, but not THIS good! :) Didn't start rooting for him until 2001 because he was never on TV to root for.
 
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125downthemiddle said:
I'm all for giving people credit, I thought Fed was magnificent at the AO and this whole year really.

Becoming a fan is a totally different story though and I don't think you can just become a fan of someone like that. That's bandwagoning. Whatever.
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Yep, you don't choose it.
You tell yourself you like certain players, and then you end up liking whoever you like anyway.
At least that's my experience.
 
Firstservingman said:
You're getting a white one. Sorry.

;)
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Can paint it red, if he is up for the tribal thing.

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jm1980 said:
Supreme arrogance, enormous ego
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Hmm. Then don't watch interviews with him? :D A little arrogance and ego is nothing compared to some of the **** some of these guys come out with. He's basically a decent, respectful guy, who loves the hell out of the game, and who has for sure mellowed in his old age anyway.
 
ibbi said:
Hmm. Then don't watch interviews with him? :D A little arrogance and ego is nothing compared to some of the **** some of these guys come out with. He's basically a decent, respectful guy, who loves the hell out of the game, and who has for sure mellowed in his old age anyway.
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It'll take more than that to convince jm1980 I suspect :D
 
MarcusInKensington said:
After spending years disliking Federer, I found myself driving home, listening to his match on the radio, and arriving at the realisation that what he's doing is nothing short of spectacular.

Yes, he still has lunatic fans who dress head to toe in Swiss flags, who frustrate me greatly, but if you can manage to block all of those out and appreciate him for his tennis alone, then I can't see how anyone could possibly dislike him. I feel bad that I have begrudgingly respected his achievements, but never warmed to him as a person. Not anymore.

From today I am announcing myself as a Roger Federer tennis fan, and I intend to bask in his magnificence until the day he hangs up his racquet.

Go King Roger! The game wouldn't be the same without you.
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You're class, just like Roger.
 
I witnessed Federer take down Sampras in 2001, when all the talk was of the latter, the greatest champion of his age and of my childhood, going for his eighth Wimbledon title.

Now, sixteen years later, in 2017, Federer himself is going for his eighth Wimbledon title, and has surpassed not only Sampras but all players in men's tennis history, being lauded as the glorious, beloved GOAT of tennis - a man adored with unbounded adulation worldwide. At the age of 35, he has become nothing less than a deity in our sport.

And I, for one, am enjoying every moment.

So be it.
 
Long Face said:
I was a Sampras fan, and was heart broken to see him got beaten by Federer in Wimbledon. And then, one thing led to another...

Later that year, I went to watch the World Tour Final, and I told my friends about "that guy who beat Sampras in Wimbledon". Most of them had no clue what the big deal was.
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Must have been a year later, because 2002 was Roger's first WTF.

It was the same story for me. I was Sampras fan at first, and then realised in 2001 that Federer would become big (still I had no idea HOW big of course...)
 
I must have a furball. Because I feel a bit like vomiting. Seriously, some of you need to take those posters down and zip you trousers up.
 
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MarcusInKensington said:
After spending years disliking Federer, I found myself driving home, listening to his match on the radio, and arriving at the realisation that what he's doing is nothing short of spectacular.

Yes, he still has lunatic fans who dress head to toe in Swiss flags, who frustrate me greatly, but if you can manage to block all of those out and appreciate him for his tennis alone, then I can't see how anyone could possibly dislike him. I feel bad that I have begrudgingly respected his achievements, but never warmed to him as a person. Not anymore.

From today I am announcing myself as a Roger Federer tennis fan, and I intend to bask in his magnificence until the day he hangs up his racquet.

Go King Roger! The game wouldn't be the same without you.
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Someone who has hated Federer for years suddenly can't imagine anyone disliking him. And you have the nerve to call other people lunatics. lol.
 
WhiskeyEE said:
Someone who has hated Federer for years suddenly can't imagine anyone disliking him. And you have the nerve to call other people lunatics. lol.
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Heh. The platform has been nuked but the question can still be asked of some users: "Where did it begin for you?" ;)
 
MarcusInKensington said:
How very cynical of you.
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I agree. Anyone has the right do change their mind about sports or a certain sports star. It's not "bandwagoning," maybe it's realizing (belatedly) that Fed's brand of tennis is simply in another realm of beauty. Better late that never. :)

Maybe the domination of Djoker and Murray forced people to watch that type of grinding tennis and then contrast that to Fed. It's not hard to see what's more entertaining to most people.
 
BeatlesFan said:
I agree. Anyone has the right do change their mind about sports or a certain sports star. It's not "bandwagoning," maybe it's realizing (belatedly) that Fed's brand of tennis is simply in another realm of beauty. Better late that never. :)

Maybe the domination of Djoker and Murray forced people to watch that type of grinding tennis and then contrast that to Fed. It's not hard to see what's more entertaining to most people.
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Absolutely correct.
 
I'm the most avid Rafa fan you can imagine, I'm talking zealously avid! I still would always root for Rafa in any contest between the two, (or any contest with any opponent), but I have a respect for Federer I can't deny. It grows by the day, too, especially in this year of 2017. How could it not? He is amazing and I will root for him any time he's playing anyone besides Rafa. I'm also in agreement with the poster who said hating any of the big 4 would be strange indeed (my words). I guess I'd call myself a new fan - or someone who's jumped on the bandwagon. Both the same to me! Still, vamoos Rafa! (Self: do you make any sense at all)?
 
Similar thing happened for me with Hewitt. Really disliked him early in his career, loved it when he lost. Miami 2002 is when I really became a fan of Federer, after he defeated Hewitt there in the SF lol. How times have changed... I just got over hating him, and all players really...
 
The Green Mile said:
Similar thing happened for me with Hewitt. Really disliked him early in his career, loved it when he lost. Miami 2002 is when I really became a fan of Federer, after he defeated Hewitt there in the SF lol. How times have changed... I just got over hating him, and all players really...
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Perhaps it happens to everyone (well most) as you get older. You start to realise that there's more to life than watching your favourite tenniser, and adopt a more rounded view on things.
 
smoledman said:
Anyone who was a Fed fan prior to 2003 Wimbledon is a real Fed fan. Anyone afterwards is a bandwagoner.
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LMAO, yo became a Fed "fan" on Jan 28th 2017 suddenly.
Then you reverted to Nadal fan just before the Miami/IW final when you were convinced Fed would be trashed by Nadal.
Within a day you jumped back.

You jump wagons more than the stunt actors do in Western movies. :D
 
MarcusInKensington said:
Exactly. I have been a signed up Federer fan for a few hours now, and have followed him through the easy times (first two sets) and the tougher times (3rd set). It's a rollercoaster, and I am enjoying it thus far.
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Let's see how long you last, lol.
See my poast about another so-called Fed fan, and how he reverts to a Rafan whenever Fed faces Rafa :D :D
 
Sentinel said:
LMAO, yo became a Fed "fan" on Jan 28th 2017 suddenly.
Then you reverted to Nadal fan just before the Miami/IW final when you were convinced Fed would be trashed by Nadal.
Within a day you jumped back.

You jump wagons more than the stunt actors do in Western movies. :D
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The test is how many remained Fed fans after the W 2008/AO 2009 losses and likewise after USO 2011. Those were the most painful ones and I know somebody who jumped ship after AO 2009. It's NOT about whether he's winning. Only if you still identified as a Fed fan when Nadal briefly ruled tennis in 2010 or Djokovic in 2011 are you a non bandwagoner fan. You should be able to take all the nonsense that the Vamos or Belgrade brigade will throw at you after a tough loss to either of Rafole and continue to bel19ve.
 
FedFosterWallace said:
Then again, perhaps the "more rounded view on things" facilitated the Fed fandom in the first place for many of us. Hmm.
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Wouldn't hazard to generalise but...most of those who became Fed fans in the early noughties would have been Sampras fans in the 90s. It's more of an aesthetic consideration and not much if anything at all to do with 'glory'. As John McEnroe said on air during the 2003 Wimbledon final, "reminds you of somebody who's won this 7 times."
 
Dolgopolov85 said:
Wouldn't hazard to generalise but...most of those who became Fed fans in the early noughties would have been Sampras fans in the 90s. It's more of an aesthetic consideration and not much if anything at all to do with 'glory'. As John McEnroe said on air during the 2003 Wimbledon final, "reminds you of somebody who's won this 7 times."
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I would say it's about both. Lethal efficiency meets jaw-dropping form.
 
FedFosterWallace said:
I would say it's about both. Lethal efficiency meets jaw-dropping form.
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Oh yes, if he was a complete mental midget or that sort of thing, I might lose interest. He's a winning machine who's elegant like a ballet dancer so it's an incredible combination. By glory, I mean that I don't really care about how many slams he has won. If I did, I wouldn't have been a fan in 2003.
 
MarcusInKensington said:
After spending years disliking Federer, I found myself driving home, listening to his match on the radio, and arriving at the realisation that what he's doing is nothing short of spectacular.

Yes, he still has lunatic fans who dress head to toe in Swiss flags, who frustrate me greatly, but if you can manage to block all of those out and appreciate him for his tennis alone, then I can't see how anyone could possibly dislike him. I feel bad that I have begrudgingly respected his achievements, but never warmed to him as a person. Not anymore.

From today I am announcing myself as a Roger Federer tennis fan, and I intend to bask in his magnificence until the day he hangs up his racquet.

Go King Roger! The game wouldn't be the same without you.
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This sounds like a political maneuver to win the Presidency of TTW. The voting base here is largely Pro Fed so this move makes great sense.
 
MarcusInKensington said:
After spending years disliking Federer, I found myself driving home, listening to his match on the radio, and arriving at the realisation that what he's doing is nothing short of spectacular.

Yes, he still has lunatic fans who dress head to toe in Swiss flags, who frustrate me greatly, but if you can manage to block all of those out and appreciate him for his tennis alone, then I can't see how anyone could possibly dislike him. I feel bad that I have begrudgingly respected his achievements, but never warmed to him as a person. Not anymore.

From today I am announcing myself as a Roger Federer tennis fan, and I intend to bask in his magnificence until the day he hangs up his racquet.

Go King Roger! The game wouldn't be the same without you.
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Awwwww! How sweet. :P We'll accept you I suppose. Might have to put it to a vote though. :)
 
smoledman said:
Anyone who was a Fed fan prior to 2003 Wimbledon is a real Fed fan. Anyone afterwards is a bandwagoner.
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Yea, I do not agree with this. I didn't start tennis until late 2007, so in 2008 I finally started with the pros and loved the look of simplicity of Federer's shots yet how good he actually was, knew nothing of how great he was or anything. Thats when i became a Fed fan. Even when everyone claimed he was finished in 2013, I stuck with him. I will always consider him as my all-time favorite.
 
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forzamilan90 said:
what about younger fans who due to age weren't exposed prior to 2003? That ostracizes based on a lot of criteria including age.
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Agree. Personally I never grew up in a tennis loving family. It's hard in a cold weather climate in a country where most people barely knew tennis was a sport until Milos Raonic came along.

I was 13 when Federer won Wimbledon in 2003, but Hewitt (the previous year's winner) never captured my attention, and guys like Sampras and Ivanisevic were on the verge of retiring. Federer captured my attention though, and for that I am eternally grateful since if not I might've been one of those casual Raonic fans who knows jack about tennis (I still don't profess to know much, mind you).

Besides, nobody knew Federer would go on to win 18+ slams when he won Wimbledon in 2003. And the poster that posted that is not even a real Federer fan in the first place so that's the real joke.
 
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MarcusInKensington said:
After spending years disliking Federer, I found myself driving home, listening to his match on the radio, and arriving at the realisation that what he's doing is nothing short of spectacular.

Yes, he still has lunatic fans who dress head to toe in Swiss flags, who frustrate me greatly, but if you can manage to block all of those out and appreciate him for his tennis alone, then I can't see how anyone could possibly dislike him. I feel bad that I have begrudgingly respected his achievements, but never warmed to him as a person. Not anymore.

From today I am announcing myself as a Roger Federer tennis fan, and I intend to bask in his magnificence until the day he hangs up his racquet.

Go King Roger! The game wouldn't be the same without you.
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Or you could progress even further to a higher-level of consciousness, free yourself of adolescent chains, drop the worship, and just be a FAN OF TENNIS.

Being a fan of the sport, it's history, it's present, it's future... will allow you to be able to find happiness in everyone's success. There are so many great tennis stories out there to be happy about.
 
Steve0904 said:
Agree. Personally I never grew up in a tennis loving family. It's hard in a cold weather climate in a country where most people barely knew tennis was a sport until Milos Raonic came along.

I was 13 when Federer won Wimbledon in 2003, but Hewitt (the previous year's winner) never captured my attention, and guys like Sampras and Ivanisevic were on the verge of retiring. Federer captured my attention though, and for that I am eternally grateful since if not I might've been one of those casual Raonic fans who knows jack about tennis (I still don't profess to know much, mind you).

Besides, nobody knew Federer would go on to win 18+ slams when he won Wimbledon in 2003.
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We're in the same boat essentially. My family only used to watch Wimbledon so 2003 is when I first saw Federer, both he and Roddick caught my attention that tournament.
 
mightyrick said:
Or you could progress even further to a higher-level of consciousness, free yourself of adolescent chains, drop the worship, and just be a FAN OF TENNIS.

Being a fan of the sport, it's history, it's present, it's future... will allow you to be able to find happiness in everyone's success. There are so many great tennis stories out there to be happy about.
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Amor y Paz baby!
 
mightyrick said:
Or you could progress even further to a higher-level of consciousness, free yourself of adolescent chains, drop the worship, and just be a FAN OF TENNIS.

Being a fan of the sport, it's history, it's present, it's future... will allow you to be able to find happiness in everyone's success. There are so many great tennis stories out there to be happy about.
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Indeed, I felt so happy when Mardy Fish beat Troicki in his last appearance at Cincinnati. Even though I hadn't previously been a huge fan of his, I was pulling for him.
 
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