Comments on: CONGRATS TO ROGER FEDERER ON NUMBER 15

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:10:48 +0000

I agree. Federer made the last two Wimby finals such nailbiters, it was so scary to watch! I am so glad Federer pulled through this year! Congrats!

By: ranjolie

ranjolie — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:01:50 +0000

Hey, I have been begging Roger to stop playing those nail-bitters, but he just won’t listen. I swear I feel my heart going so much faster on the crucial points, every time Roger served yesterday, my heart almost stopped, and all the chances he got to break Roddick that he didn’t convert. I have been reading this blog when I found it around the time of Roland Garros and I love it because I can see and feel the ADORATION for Roger and I went back and read every single entry since its inception, it is such a great blog, my husband sometimes gives me a hard time about Roger, but yesterday he was the one telling me that Roger was going to win during the whole match. And please ignore my grammar and bad punctuation, I am not from this country.

By: freakyfrites

freakyfrites — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:34:49 +0000

No, I stopped before the joints! hehehe.

By: freakyfritters

freakyfritters — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:17:51 +0000

HAH! Poor Shi Meng! You, FreakyFrites, and Dootsiez should create a RF E.R. room for post slam final emergencies.
I think Frites gnawed all her fingers down to a nub.

By: shi meng

shi meng — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:35:29 +0000

I got “internal bleeding” after watching the final.. the way Roger won was traumatizing.. Hats off to Andy, who played absolutely amazing. When Roger was down 2-6 in the second set tiebreak I was so afraid he had the nightmare of losing it last year coming back to him and couldn’t do it. But he hangs in there and I see determination in his eyes during the latter half of the final set. And he did it..

Congrats Roger!! You are a true warrior and champion!!!

By: freakyfrites

freakyfrites — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:18:09 +0000

Gripping as in gripping my fingernails between my teeth? It was a tough one. I couldn’t decide if I was happy that it was Andy Roddick pushing Federer to the limit or if I just wanted Roger to win. But in the end, I think we can all be pretty happy. Like last year, we have a final that brought out the best in our sport.

I hate the way Roger is marketed! I want to petition Nike to stop making the wardrobe malfunctions, already.

By: freakyfrites

freakyfrites — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:13:51 +0000

. . .except maybe Andy Roddick. But that’s the way of the warrior.

By: freakyfrites

freakyfrites — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:13:11 +0000

Hello, gavotte! Thanks for posting. I agree with you analysis 100%! I do think it was 4th gear vs. 5th gear, with a combination of Roddick’s play and the pressure of the moment keeping Federer in check. And all of us can feel good in the end.

By: gavotte_dmajor

gavotte_dmajor — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:58:52 +0000

First of all, Congratulations to Roger, his accomplishments speak for themselves. Nothing more needs to be said about him because we have fast run out of superlatives.

However I do believe that he was not at his best today. Understandably, he must have been under enormous pressure. For example, against the Roddick serve, he never changed his returning positioning, was nowhere near as aggressive on the 2nd serve as he usually is and on 7 occasions failed to capitalise on a breakpoint (very un-fed like). In matches gone by against Roddick, he would always vary his stance and ALWAYS attack the 2nd serve.

In saying that true champions find a way through even when they are not playing that well. Fed did just that & his 4th gear was as good as Roddick’s 5th gear.

Let this analysis take nothing away from Roddick’s performance, he was awesome. His improvement this year has been very impressive. First serve has got even better, huge improvement on his backhand, his slice is actually a weapon as opposed to a shot he played when tired. I hope he continues this upward trajectory.

For tennis fans this can only be good news and I for one am relishing the upcoming American hard court season.

By: lucka

lucka — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:37:34 +0000

congratulation roger…. i lowe u