This shot was a winner I know it.
I hate every men's tennis player on the ATP, besides Roger Federer (and sometimes Rafael Nadal). Nadal is good, if not great, but is not even in the same hemisphere as the Swiss Maestro that is Roger Federer. I have played tennis for 27 years. I have taught and coached the sport. I grew up with Connors, McEnroe, Becker, Sampras and Agassi, among others. I have witnessed all of the above in person and I know if Federer were to take the court against anyone of them, Roger would dissect them like they were frogs on a science table.
I don't like it though. Sampras was the man. I thought he was the greatest player to ever walk this earth. I was actually able to get his autograph, shake his hand and have a 15 minute conversation with him. (That's a whole other story in itself....) Federer walked onto the scene and beat Sampras at Wimbledon in 2001 to end Pistol Pete's 31-match winning streak at the hallowed ground that is Centre Court in East London. That was it. I hated Federer from right then. I shouldn't hate the guy. He has my birthday, (he's a couple of eights himself. August 8 if you are wondering). He has completely mastered the game of tennis.
Here is why I really hate Federer. It's not him. It's everybody else that I have to watch during the Australian Open and any other tournament. At the moment, I am watching Mario Ancic of Croatia take on Andy 'I have a serve and a forehand and that's it' Roddick. It is disgustingly painful to watch. They are both very, very good players though. Ancic is like 6'5, gawky, and he serves and stays at the baseline expecting to hit winners. Where did the serve and vollier go? Goran Ivanisevic was CROATIAN FOR GOD'S SAKE! Didn't Ancic grow up watching the fiery left-hander serve and come straight to the net? Don't get me started on Roddick. He hasn't had a backhand or a net game for his entire career. He can feelfree to get to No. 3 in the world all he likes, but he sure as heck won't come close to Nadal and Federer with that game.
SEE! THAT'S THE PROBLEM! I blame you Federer. There are good players out there, but I don't want to watch them after seeing you play so magnificently. To me, everybody else stinks and are no fun to watch. During this Ancic vs Roddick match, I find myself thinking to myself 'Roger would do this' and 'Roger would do that' and every point would be over long before these two slops have finished a point.
So in closing, Roger Federer is too good for the game of tennis. He will win more Grand Slams than any other player ever. He is only 25 years old and hopefully, and I do mean hopefully, will play for another ten years so he can win 20 Slams, if not more. Keep on keepin' on Roger. You are the man.
4 comments:
i agree, roger federer is on the verge of ruining tennnis. but on a side note, i think ur way too harsh on andy roddick. he definately was a a serve and a forehand, but i dont know how much of him you've seen in the aussie open, but his backhand and net game look excellent. he's really turned into an all court player, with a booming serve and forehand, so ease up a little on the guy
again mike you are wrong. that should be your middle name, wrong. i have watched roddick at the aussie open and he hasn't changed. getting his backhand in the court doesn't make it a good backhand. roddick hit his backhand right back to ancic and ancic doesnt have the forehand to hit winners like a great player would (i.e. federer and nadal). roddick's volley's still suck but he has improved, but it's his mental side that has. i grew up with sampras and agassi so it's hard to like blake, roddick, genepri, etc because they will never live up to the guys i grew up with. i'm a Scot and andy murray is the man. he will be better than roddick because of his coach, brad gilbert. -- rwta
ryan, i dont know if you are watching these matches on mute or just not listening, but all the announcers talk about is how much they like his improved backhand and how effective his approaches (especially the slice backhand) and his volleys are. everyone is talking about how improved he is right now. read some reviews online or listen to the experts. they are all very impressed with the improvements in his game, especially his backhand and net play. so ur definately wrong on this one. and even if u dont believe me, andy pretty much dominated marat safin last week. you urself said that safin can be as good as roger federer, and roddick solidly outplayed him. sounds like he's doing pretty well.
okay, this is the last time i responding to one of your comments because you are braindead about sports. i was talking to you about the announcers saying this and that about oden compared to okafor. you said 'i dont care about the announcers and the experts, i care about what you are saying.' same here. i dont care about the experts. i care about what you are saying and you are way off base. surprisingly enough. i said safin COULD be as good as federer. that doesn't mean he is training and preparing as much as he should be and i TOLD YOU THAT. the 'improvements' in roddick's game, like i said, will NOT get him past #3 in the world. period.
it's nice to have somebody to spare with back and forth about sports but i'd rather be doing it with somebody who is knowledgeable about them. -- rwta
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