Press hype revolving around Federer is ludicrous

[dh003i]

I think Federer went 81-4 in 2005, losing a 5 set match in the Masters' Cup final that would have matched McEnroe's record - that's pretty dominant if you ask me.

I think his record in '06 was even more impressive still.

 

[zapvor]

Donald Young wouldn't win R1 of US open on the WTA tour.

hahahha wow harsh

 

[veroniquem]

Seems as if the Press and the Tennis following World won't allow Roger Federer to lose at majors (like Tiger Woods does regularly) and cut the guy some slack, due to how he dominated before.

Federer wins the Aus Open, everyone loves him, his longevity is applauded what with all the young guns being unable to beat him despite being 28 years old. His class is unquestioned.

All of a sudden Soderling plays an outstanding match against him in some heavy conditions (which helped Soderling's cause immensely and disadvantaged Roger), he picks up a bit of an injury at Halle, loses to Hewitt in an ATP 500 event, the wolves were now out in full force. Then Berdych plays and serves out of his mind to beat him at Wimbledon, and all of a sudden, after 2 straight quarters in a row, the Apocalypse is near, merely 5 months after he blew away the field including the supposed future No. 1 Murray in Melbourne without so much as breaking a sweat.

All of a sudden according to the media and the press and the world in general "the game has moved on" Roger is now "struggling to keep up with the younger generation" he needs to "retool his game" just to compete with Nadal, et al.

Puh - lease!

The game does not just "move on" in such magnitude that Federer suddenly needs to improve just to compete. All the guy needs is to be healthy and injury-free. Really the whole media has been probably very harsh on him to the point when after losing to Berdych his patience probably wore thin and then snapped. How would you feel if tournament after tournament your imminent demise as a player was put forward to you in the form of stupid prodding questions again and again and again. Yes Federer has a duty to answer those questions, but he is also a human being. The Press and media really has become ridiculous with him.

This was what Federer was probably trying to get across when he had his mild outburst after the Berdych match. These guy(s) (including Soderling) simply played screamer of matches and he was slightly off his game. Normally being slightly off for him is not enough to lose to these guys, but against them having a mind bender of a game, it resulted in two losses for him.

Federer knows that he is still the same player that won in Australia, the problem is that due to various reasons including his injury niggle and the infection he caught after Australia, he has been less than perfect. There is nothing wrong with that for someone who has achieved so much and stayed as healthy and relatively injury-free for as long as Federer has. People and the media in general should really just get off his back.

That said, Federer probably created the problem by being outlandishly successful for so long, but still the amount of wolves circling him and his future in tennis is unprecedented in the history of tennis.

Er no, he created the problem by being on the other people's backs with a zero tolerance policy which those other players didn't deserve. (don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you).
Also impressive accumulation of excuses in just 1 post! Congrats, Fed himself couldn't have done any better.
+ equally impressive dose of denial: the change of tone about Fed hasn't been caused by just 1 or 2 matches but his day in day out results for months now have been indicative of his game losing efficiency.
Fed himself is very aware of that which is why he hired Annacone to help.
The press has been kissing Fed's ass for years to the most embarrassing extent with those "religious experience" comments and all that overinflated crap. It would be about time people came to their senses about him. He's just a tennis player and yes (gasp) he's flawed like the rest.
Finally, Fed has been using that passive aggressive stuff in interviews for years. (the one he used after the Berdych loss) Absolutely nothing new and nothing that could have been induced by any kind of "press persecution" (I'm rushing to my kleenex box kind)

 

[decades]

he needs a bigger stick and a better backhand. the media isn't the problem.

 

[OddJack]

Seems as if the Press and the Tennis following World won't allow Roger Federer to lose at majors (like Tiger Woods does regularly) and cut the guy some slack, due to how he dominated before.

Federer wins the Aus Open, everyone loves him, his longevity is applauded what with all the young guns being unable to beat him despite being 28 years old. His class is unquestioned.

All of a sudden Soderling plays an outstanding match against him in some heavy conditions (which helped Soderling's cause immensely and disadvantaged Roger), he picks up a bit of an injury at Halle, loses to Hewitt in an ATP 500 event, the wolves were now out in full force. Then Berdych plays and serves out of his mind to beat him at Wimbledon, and all of a sudden, after 2 straight quarters in a row, the Apocalypse is near, merely 5 months after he blew away the field including the supposed future No. 1 Murray in Melbourne without so much as breaking a sweat.

All of a sudden according to the media and the press and the world in general "the game has moved on" Roger is now "struggling to keep up with the younger generation" he needs to "retool his game" just to compete with Nadal, et al.

Puh - lease!

The game does not just "move on" in such magnitude that Federer suddenly needs to improve just to compete. All the guy needs is to be healthy and injury-free. Really the whole media has been probably very harsh on him to the point when after losing to Berdych his patience probably wore thin and then snapped. How would you feel if tournament after tournament your imminent demise as a player was put forward to you in the form of stupid prodding questions again and again and again. Yes Federer has a duty to answer those questions, but he is also a human being. The Press and media really has become ridiculous with him.

This was what Federer was probably trying to get across when he had his mild outburst after the Berdych match. These guy(s) (including Soderling) simply played screamer of matches and he was slightly off his game. Normally being slightly off for him is not enough to lose to these guys, but against them having a mind bender of a game, it resulted in two losses for him.

Federer knows that he is still the same player that won in Australia, the problem is that due to various reasons including his injury niggle and the infection he caught after Australia, he has been less than perfect. There is nothing wrong with that for someone who has achieved so much and stayed as healthy and relatively injury-free for as long as Federer has. People and the media in general should really just get off his back.

That said, Federer probably created the problem by being outlandishly successful for so long, but still the amount of wolves circling him and his future in tennis is unprecedented in the history of tennis.

I agree, except for the bold part.

Rodge has no such obligation to answer to anyone.

 

[veroniquem]

I think his record in '06 was even more impressive still.

I would put Fed's 2004 season above his 2006 if only because in 2004 he won titles on every surface but he won 0 title on clay in 2006.
Laver's 1969 was remarkable and Connors' 1974 quite impressive too.
McEnroe's 1984 and Borg's 1979 were 2 of the most dominant seasons ever but of course they won 2 slams instead of 3 (it shouldn't make them inferior to Fed's 2004 though because at that time AO was just not that important and a lot of players skipped it.)

 

[veroniquem]

I agree, except for the bold part.

Rodge has no such obligation to answer to anyone.

He certainly does. There is a heavy fine for skipping press conf. Answering journalists is one of the main duties of pro players. It is not within their rights to decide to skip it or stay mute. You are just plain wrong.

 

[abmk]

Its always like this . The press always hypes up a player too much when he's doing well and criticises him way too much when the going gets tough

 

[veroniquem]

That's true as well.

 

[slicefox]

people are weak in the head