Comments on: ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS DAY 1: STARRING ROGER FEDERERS EVIL TWIN

By: lorrie

lorrie — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:30:43 +0000

aaha, i believe ur onto something here.

By: lorrie

lorrie — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:27:47 +0000

i second that.

By: lk28

lk28 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:03:58 +0000

I think he generally does best when he gets to serve first (remember Wimby final set). At the end of the second set against Verdasco, I was REALLY glad he got to serve first. Let’s hope he brings his A game tomorrow night.

By: ranjolie

ranjolie — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:37:27 +0000

If given a choice, I rather choose the drama of coming behind victory, than winning the first set playing brilliantly and losing the second barely, and throwing the last set completely…

By: judy

judy — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:59:03 +0000

i wanted del po to win, but i was happy that he at least made it competitive, post nose bleed. that was icky! glad it was not a cake walk for murray mints. everyone in group A inc evil twin fed should be tired before they face goat fed! agreed, jwt should get some love for being there.

By: judy

judy — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:54:01 +0000

i could understand a nervous start, new WTF arena, big championship, pressure of being expected to win and wanting to retain the #1 ranking. still, it took rog a long while to settle in and into the 2nd set i was getting frustrated. no offense to nando, but it’s not as if he was playing spectacular tennis or pushing rog around a lot. fed was making too many easy errors, couldn’t find the court.

evil twin rog definitely came out to play. i love this theory ff! 1.-3. made me laugh (kind of deserves it with his cheap ass self not sharing twin pics!), 7. fear of spanish giggles could have been a factor, but a little laugh may have pulled him out of the funk earlier, 8. choc during changeovers, i’m pretty sure he had a kitkat and pepsi before the epic wimby ‘08 final… which rafa won, so… 9. he has been signing big deals lately so that bank acct is getting nice and fat! he did seem a little slower in the beginning, 16. i think it’s this benneteau image that is stuck in fed’s head…

http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/2009/tennis/11/11/federer.paris.ap/julien-benneteau.p1.jpg

i’d like to add another reason bad fed came out to play… he thought his navy blue camouflage would be much more effective. obviously he learned nothing from basel!

did anyone else notice during the match, i think it was late 2nd set when things were still iffy and fed could have lost in 2, that mirka was looking super stressed and massaging her jaw? i was like, ‘rog, stop stressing your wife out!’ mirka is the boss and the mother of your children. do not piss her off!

thankfully he turned it around, but geez, the competition will only get better, so get it together now please! one early break could make all the difference. it’s ok, we don’t need the drama of a come from behind victory. you can be ruthless and play brilliant tennis the whole time!

By: judy

judy — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:28:01 +0000

last night during the first set or so i was thinking… darren, what did you do?! what secret strategies did you tell the chester cheetah t-shirt wearing nando to make roger bring his B- game? 100 mph serves out wide to throw rog off? be like rafa and try to break fed’s backhand?

killer cahill, you had no intention of working with rog full time… you just wanted a nice little vaca in dubai, some one on one time with GOAT and you wanted to pick rog’s brain so you could go back to your addidas camp with all the tools to try and take fed down. curse you dc! even though i think you make a fantastic commentator and seem like a really nice guy.

By: judy

judy — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:21:30 +0000

i love the architecture of the stadium in shanghai, but agreed on the lack of full capacity. the O2 seems cool, though not sure about the towers sticking out of the roof. it is interesting how this arena is such a huge contrast to the elegance, tradition and more refined feel of wimbledon center court. still, i find the O2 court to be done tastefully and cleanly in a modern way, as far as advertising on the sides, ball kid and lines person outfits, etc.

By: judy

judy — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:14:18 +0000

absofreakinlutely jealous! it is never possible to be over-tennis-ed or over-roger-ised! top 8 in the world going toe to toe- sounds fantastic to me. enjoy every min and please allow us to live vicariously through you!

By: LongLiveKingRog

LongLiveKingRog — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:10:49 +0000

I wish I had some more outrageous outfit! but i stick with my RF cap and Swiss t-shirt. But you are right, it is soooo pitch dark there’s almost no point wearing them b/c no one can see. Well, they do turn on the lights during changeover though and then everyone will wave their Swiss flag like crazy!

and yes, you ALL be VERY jealous of me, i’m going to all the matches this week!!! is it possible to be over-tennis-ed / over-roger-ised? (hmm NOT).

By: C.F.

C.F. — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:54:23 +0000

Bernardes would probably speak Portuguese, not Spanish… but now it makes me wonder: would we have a fit of Roger giggles if someone spoke Portuguse to him? Can I be the one to try the experiment? Please?

By: lorrie

lorrie — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:05:08 +0000

maybe he accidently drank “slims” soda.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:28:03 +0000

Platonic schmaschmonic, I’m going to propose.

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:17:01 +0000

My point exactly. It’s not Wimby! Bring the hooligans. Andy needs it –well not now but will be soon

By: FortuneCookie

FortuneCookie — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:01:49 +0000

Definitely,think the reason that the crowd isn’t *quite* as pumped up as,say a USO night session is because,well,we’re Brits…
we’re all so used to just Wimbly here and it’s genteel feel that it’ll take a few matches for the crowd to realise that they can act differently!
Really loving the tourney atm though,the organisers have admitted themselves that it’s all aimed at a younger generation,and in the music choices,lighting effect etc I think that’s been clear

By: freakyfrites

freakyfrites — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:07:25 +0000

I really am surprised del Po made a match of it But I’m happy for him – it would have been lame to go down in flames. Hope they at least show Jo-W sitting in the stands. . .

By: freakyfrites

freakyfrites — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:06:05 +0000

Meanwhile Severin looks like he’s on speed!

By: freakyfrites

freakyfrites — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:05:09 +0000

It was torture – but if you taped it watch the third set. Breathtaking stuff.

By: freakyfrites

freakyfrites — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:04:08 +0000

Interesting theory! Should be smooth sailing from here on out, in that case!

By: freakyfrites

freakyfrites — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:03:37 +0000

I was wondering if Roger might reconsider his strategy of always choosing to serve. I noticed he won the coin toss and chose to serve. I understand it can be an advantage and is a sign of confidence, but perhaps in a big, first round match against a WTF newbie, it might be nice to make a semi-weak server like Verdasco squirm a little bit. And it did work for Rog in Madrid vs. Rafa. Oh well, the more I armchair coach the more likely Rog is to prove me wrong and win all four majors next year. (Maybe I should keep it up!)

Yes, so glad he won that deciding set. . . .this time!