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27th November 2012, 09:08 PM
#661
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Federer releases 2013 schedule.
http://www.rogerfederer.com/en/tenni...year/2013.html
Not playing in any tournaments before AO.
Not playing Miami where he has to defend 45 points and skipping Monte Carlo as usual which gives him 2 month break before Clay season.
Madrid until USO is intact. Playing Shanghai and Paris. Surprisingly missing Basel and WTF London.
Looks like he doesn't care about No.1 anymore and can still remain in Top 4 next year with this schedule.
"Basically I've given myself enough space," Federer said recently. "It's about just making sure you manage your schedule correctly.
"I have to make sure I create my schedule so it makes sense for my practice schedule. I need to practise a whole lot more next year, because this year, I hardly did have an opportunity to do that. I have some catching up to do in that standpoint."
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27th November 2012 09:08 PM
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27th November 2012, 09:16 PM
#662
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http://www.thetennisspace.com/analys...dule-for-2013/
The reason he can do it is that he has accrued a number of exemptions over time, to the point where he is no longer required to commit to playing eight Masters 1000s, as the rest of the top players do. The ATP rules allow players to drop one Masters 1000 commitment according to the following criteria; when they have played more than 600 matches, spent 12 full years on Tour and are 31 or older on January 1 of the relevant year. When they fulfil all three, as Federer does, they have complete exemption.
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12th January 2013, 08:44 PM
#663
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Federer on track for another record
If Roger Federer wins in Melbourne that would make him the only man aside from Andre Agassi to have won 4 Australian Open trophies since the Open Era.
http://www.thehindu.com/sport/tennis...?homepage=true
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12th January 2013, 09:29 PM
#664
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Same applies to Djokovic.
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12th January 2013, 09:55 PM
#665
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I think the report is wrong....Fed already has 4 AO, he needs 1 more to become the first man to hold 5 AO trophies in open era, if he wins he will become the first to win AO, Wimbledon and US Open atleast 5 times
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13th January 2013, 01:22 AM
#666
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Looks like a rough draw for Roger....
1R - Paire
2R - Davydenko
3R - Tomic
4R - Raonic
QF - Tsonga
SF - Murray
F - Nole
Would be happy if he can keep his SF run going at AO (tough ask though)
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13th January 2013, 05:12 PM
#667
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All excited about this year's AO. Only blip is Nadal's unavailability. But coming to Federer. Will be happy if he reaches the SF. From there no, I guess it will be 'a better man on the day' kind off win'.
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18th January 2013, 04:37 AM
#668
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Federer beats Davydenko (6-3, 6-4, 6-4) at the Australian Open
http://www.thehindu.com/sport/tennis...?homepage=true
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19th January 2013, 02:41 AM
#669
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Roger takes on local boy Tomic in the much hyped 3R match tommorrow.
Should be a good match with the recent form of Tomic.
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19th January 2013, 08:14 PM
#670
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Good win for Federer. A really good comeback in the 2nd set tie breaker I would think, being 3-5 down. The third set was then just a mere formality
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