Comments on: THE BATTLE FOR NO. 1: RAFAEL NADAL VS. ROGER FEDERER

By: GRACE

GRACE — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:37:24 +0000

Hope the great Roger will do his best as in Cincy I believe in Roger, he´s positive and that´s good.

By: raeb

raeb — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:51:35 +0000

Roger Federer the one & only!!

By: freakyfrites

freakyfrites — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:16:15 +0000

I really liked that Roger, too!

By: freakyfrites

freakyfrites — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:12:28 +0000

Gosh a Fed/Rafa final where Rafa wins and Roger remains No. 1 would be a pretty controversial result, wouldn’t it? But I do think Rog deserves the No. 1 ranking for his stellar performances in all 4 slams. Hopefully he can fufill at least the minimum requirements in London to hold onto it – as you said, it’s a pretty reasonable ask.

By: freakyfrites

freakyfrites — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:05:16 +0000

I love that photo! But I like that Roger is one of the least stubbly of all the top players!

Rafa needs a Gillette contract – I think he looks so much better when he shaves. That goes for almost everyone on the ATP tour (that means you Murray, del Po!) IMHO.

By: judy

judy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:59:14 +0000

i like the new banner, but what a difference a year makes… half of the guys are not in it and new guys are in this year. love that rog and rafa are the focus though. i hope roddick is healthy and can play. rog should play with a purpose!

By: judy

judy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:51:46 +0000

a poll i could participate in would be one related to rog pics. like which pic is hottest or do you prefer him with our without stubble? ha! i have to be honest, i occasionally miss the stubble. damn it gillette!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41775000/jpg/_41775944_federer400gt.jpg

By: lorrie

lorrie — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:55:00 +0000

i have total confidence in rog.
he does want it.

By: judy

judy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:04:27 +0000

I love gtt polls, but I’ve been avoiding them for some time for fear of jinxing fed or adding undue pressure. besides, you never know what will happen!

By: judy

judy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:00:06 +0000

excellent idea… fed from cincy could beat everyone! he rocked that tourny, getting the vendetta on novak and andy murray in convincing fashion. great defense and aggressive offense. he should be rested and ready! let’s go roger!

By: Cyn2887

Cyn2887 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:52:10 +0000

Arrgh!!Roger Federer year end #1 is all i want to hear!!Nothing more!!

By: lk28

lk28 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:39:11 +0000

By: Liz

Liz — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:18:11 +0000

Judy, I had the same thought about the poll! I’ve been jinxing Roger in the polls since the US Open. I’m not going to vote in this one and see if that helps.

By: patzin

patzin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:15:33 +0000

I’m not too sure either Roger or Rafa will win the event, based on how they are playing. However, in that scenario, I think Roger will end year as #1. I think Davis Cup is more important to Rafa from an emotional perspective.

By: JFK

JFK — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:11:12 +0000

I’m nervous. So nervousss. Who knows what could happen in London? I just hope the Federer from Cincy shows up to play.

By: evie

evie — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:04:23 +0000

I feel better that it’s basically in Fed’s hands. Even if Rafa were to win every single match next week (an achievement I consider unlikely) Fed can still take the year-end #1 by either winning all three of his RR matches, or getting to the final. He doesn’t even have to win the tournament.

(I guess this means that Rafa could win every match next week, beat Fed in the final, and still not make it to number 1. That’d be brutal for him.)

By: majorfedfan

majorfedfan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:49:48 +0000

It sounded like Roger knows what he needs to do, from the interview after he lost in Paris – play more aggressive, etc. So hopefully with doing those things we won’t even have to be biting our nails! I am just hoping they show all the matches on TV. It looks like, on the Tennis Channel schedule, that they are going to be showing doubles and singles, so it’s hard to see how they will fit them all in. I want to watch every singles match!

By: Kristin

Kristin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:24:52 +0000

ahhhh what a nail biter! I’m gonna be pretty pissed if Roger doesn’t get the year end #1 after the amazing year he’s had!

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uberVU - social comments — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:08:45 +0000

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