Tennis Forever

[JamesDap]

Also, at the year end, players are tired and drained anyway. Rarely is the WTF exciting as prestigious as it may be; this year the race to no.1 has created some interest in it. The heavy balls and medium paced courts don't help.

[raagadevan]

Also, at the year end, players are tired and drained anyway.

Looks like all players are not "tired and drained" this year end!

[omega]

Humble Bull surely is.........

[JamesDap]

Djoko thrashes Berdych and, with it, clinches the no.1 spot for the year. Made no mistake. Only he and Fed seem to be in form in this tournament. Without Nadal and with Murray joining the rest of the pack, ATP is banking heavily on Fed-Djoko. Hope the new kids like Coric step up soon. If there was no prospect of a Fed-Djoko final (and that could still be spoiled depending on the outcome of the semis), this would be as bad as the WTA finals.

[raagadevan]

Humble Bull surely is.........

He surely is... "Humble Bull" still has not perfected the art of doing the right "stuff" before certain matches and/or during bathroom breaks when he is just about to lose the match!

[raagadevan]

Djokovic Clinches No. 1

-By ATP News; November 14, 2014

"Being No. 1 in the world is probably one of the most difficult and biggest challenges that a tennis player can have, so it's incredibly fulfilling and I'm very happy with this achievement,” Djokovic said.

http://www.barclaysatpworldtourfinal...hes-number-one

[omega]

He surely is... "Humble Bull" still has not perfected the art of doing the right "stuff" before certain matches and/or during bathroom breaks when he is just about to lose the match!

Exactly. Just for this quality alone the King of MTO, Emperor of Time Violation etc has been awarded the "Best Sportsman award" voted by his peers year after year.....
What a role model for the future generation. Hail the Fake Bull!!

[JamesDap]

Hopefully the semis will be a little more exciting. Wawrinka-Fed should be close but depends on which Wawrinka and which Fed turn up. Nishikori did beat Djoko at The Open but he has been very erratic in this tournament. Looks like a third straight WTF title in the offing for Djoko.

[raagadevan]

Exactly. Just for this quality alone the King of MTO, Emperor of Time Violation etc has been awarded the "Best Sportsman award" voted by his peers year after year.....
What a role model for the future generation. Hail the Fake Bull!!

In spite of all those "titles", "Humble Bull" wouldn't even come close to some of the other "greatest of all time" ("goat") players... He has so many disadvantages! For example, he is not the "legend" around whom his fanatic fans, ATP and Nike want to build their fairy tales, fantasies and business interests! Unlike at least one of the other "goat"s, "Humble Bull"'s father and mother never worked for any big multinational pharmaceutical & research company that could develop undetectable performance enhancing drugs! He has taken bathroom breaks, but those breaks did not reward him like the bathroom breaks (and whatever happens during those breaks) that some other "goat"s took in the last few years!

For example (to quote just a few); [ஒன்றா இரண்டா எடுத்து சொல்ல...! ]

US Open 2014:

"Today against [Gael] Monfils on the fifth set once again Roger Federer left the court with something (not a make-up bag for sure), 3 or 4 minutes later comes back and oddly enough gets to his chair and proceeds to change his shirt! Woaw! 4 minutes in the bathroom and did not have time to change his shirt?…and then trashes Monfils 6/2 in the fifth!
Anyone with a very smart explanation to that please do!"

http://www.tenniscruz.com/us-open-ro...#axzz3GW9N0rit


2014 Cincinnati Open Finals:

"Ferrer’s level and intensity was not likely to drop thus Federer had to re-charge and so he did. After a quick bathroom break between the final two sets, Federer came out a new man. He served first in the 3rd set, opening with an ace and continued this fine serving till the end of the match, dropping only 3 points on serve in the set."

http://www.ubitennis.com/english/201...are-6th-title/


2013 French Open Round of 16:

"At that point of time [end of third set], Federer was looking down & out & clearly, [Gilles] Simon looked a different player in the 2nd & 3rd set from what we saw in the first set & the match in Rome which Federer won comfortably in straight sets. Roger Federer took a quick bathroom break and started to look a bit more charged-up and motivated from the very first game (of the fourth set), his come-ons both in English, Swiss Germans were audible to everyone."

http://www.rogerfedererfans.com/foru...d-garros-2013/


2012 Wimbledon 4th round:

"[Julien] Benneteau raced to 6-2 in the tiebreak, and took a two-set lead as Federer dumped a backhand into the net, his 19th error.
After a bathroom break, Federer won the next two sets as he regained the initiative, hitting 30 winners, 11 more than his opponent, and reducing his error count to eight."

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-0...wimbledon.html


2011 Wimbledon Quarterfinals:

"After winning the first two sets, Federer, who had never lost a grand slam match, was feeling pressure because Tsonga had won the third and fourth sets. He reverted to a tactic many players use when they are about to lose. He went to the bathroom to disrupt Tsonga’s momentum and to stall for time."

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/7...uing-with-umps


2010 Australian Open Quarterfinals:

"Federer made 11 unforced errors in the opening three games. The first went to five deuces before Federer prevailed. He was 4-1 down in 20 minutes. It could have been five had [Nikolay] Davydenko converted the break points in the opening game. Federer opted for the bathroom break after the first set. Judging by the prolonged time it took to go through his ablutions the principal motive for the hiatus was not the need to spend a penny."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ten...mi-finals.html
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I know that many tennis enthusiasts would find my comments blasphemous... The "goat" is the 11th avathar and/or the second coming of the Messiah! I hope I did not offend or upset any of my net friends!

[JamesDap]

I would not be surprised if Fed does a Lance on everyone but I find it strange that you would willfully ignore the dramatic increase in er musculature of The Bull between 2003 and 2004. The somewhat skinny teenager of Wimbledon 2003 was suddenly all biceps in Miami 2004. Rather dramatic, eh! I am not going to accuse him of doing drugs because I have no evidence to do so. But of the two, it's Rafa's career that raises many more red flags, including his increasingly frequent injury hiatuses. Everybody sympathises with injuries surely but if Fed's longevity is too good to be true, what does one make of Rafa's countless 'miraculous' comebacks from injuries as if nothing had changed? Disadvantage my ass! If Fed has done the dirty stuff, then as sure as eggs is eggs, Rafa would have too.