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| matthew larsen | March 9, 2010
2:18am |
| Where are you from: | australia |
| Favorite Roger match: | roger v.s murray |
| Comment: | you are awesome favourite player |
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Ewing Walker  | February 15, 2010
2:18pm |
| Where are you from: | Washington, DC |
| Favorite Roger match: | vs. Murray at Australian Open |
| Comment: | FEDERER’S FIRST FINAL - 10 YEARS AGO
It was 10 years ago, on February 13, 2000, that Roger Federer played his first ATP Tour singles final.
Federer faced a familiar face in the first final, countryman Marc Rosset, and, after a strong start, lost a nail-bitter 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the final of the Marseille Open in France. The match between the two Swiss players marked the first time in the history of the ATP that two players from Switzerland competed in a singles final. Since his debut final performance, Federer has gone on to reach 86 more ATP finals, winning 62 championships, including his most recent, the 2010 Australian Open, his 16th major singles title.
Rene Stauffer, in his book THE ROGER FEDERER STORY: QUEST FOR PERFECTION ($24.95, New Chapter Press, www.RogerFedererBook.com), describes the start of Federer’s 2000 season and the lead in to this first final in this book excerpt below.
The year 2000 began even better for Roger Federer than the previous year. At the opening event of the season in Adelaide, he finally experienced his first ATP match victory at an outdoor tournament, defeating Jens Knippschild of Germany in the first round, before losing to the Swede Thomas Enqvist. At the Australian Open, he beat former French champion Michael Chang en route to the third round before losing to Arnaud Clement of France. However, Federer continued to post his best results indoors. Playing indoors in Zurich against Australia in the first round of the Davis Cup, he defeated Mark Philippoussis and, with teammate Lorenzo Manta, topped Wayne Arthurs and Sandon Stolle, to give Switzerland a 2-1 lead. However, when in position to clinch the win for Switzerland, he narrowly lost to Lleyton Hewitt 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-1 as Australia defeated the Swiss 3-2.
Just eight days after his Davis Cup loss to Hewitt, Federer achieved a career milestone—his first ATP tournament final. He advanced into the championship match at the ATP event in Marseille, France, where he faced, of all people, his friend and countryman Marc Rosset in the final. At this time, Roger’s world ranking was No. 67, which was 10 places better than the six-foot-seven-inch man from Geneva. However, despite winning the first set, Federer lost to Rosset on this day, falling by a narrow 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) margin. Only 12 days later, nearly the same scenario repeated itself in London when Federer and Rosset squared off again—this time in the quarterfinals. Once again, Federer won the first set, but lost the match. As in Marseille, Federer watched as Rosset went on to win the tournament. The title ended up being the last ATP title for the 1992 Olympic champion.
Despite the defeats to Rosset, Federer creacked the top 50 in the world rankings. Having achieved his goal already for the season, he now quickly set his sights on reaching the top 25.
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| Ewing Walker | February 11, 2010
2:32pm |
| Where are you from: | Washington |
| Favorite Roger match: | vs. Murray at Australian Open |
| Comment: | From www.WorldTennisMagazine.com
Roger Federer first placed his names among some of the greatest players of all time back in 2001, when he accounted for all three points in a 3-2 win for Switzerland over the United States in the first round of the 2001 Davis Cup. Federer’s accomplishment is documented below from the February 11 chapter of the book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY ($19.95, New Chapter Press, www.TennisHistoryBook.com).
2001 – Roger Federer clinches a near single-handed victory for Switzerland over the United States in the first round of Davis Cup, defeating Jan-Michael Gambill 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 in the 3-2 win in Federer’s hometown of Basel. Federer, who beat Todd Martin in the opening singles and paired with Lorenzo Manta to beat Gambill and Justin Gimelstob in the doubles rubber, becomes one of seven players to win three live matches against a U.S. Davis Cup team, joining Laurie Doherty of Britain, Henri Cochet of France, Frank Sedgman and Neale Fraser of Australia, Nicola Pietrangeli of Italy and Raul Ramirez of Mexico. Says Federer, the future world No. 1, “My total game was good the whole weekend. I can’t complain. I was serving well, feeling well from the baseline. … Usually when I get tired I let go a little bit mentally, but that was absolutely not the case. It was just total relief, total happiness at one time. I was so happy for the team, happy for Switzerland — to beat such a big country.” Eighteen-year-old Andy Roddick, another future world No. 1, makes his Davis Cup debut in the dead-rubber fifth-match and becomes the eighth-youngest American to play a Davis Cup match in defeating George Bastl 6-3, 6-4 in 3-2 U.S. loss to the Swiss.
Rene Stauffer, in his book THE ROGER FEDERER STORY: QUEST FOR PERFECTION ($24.94, New Chapter Press, www.RogerFedererBook.com), wrote the following of Federer’s efforts;
There was no stopping Federer. He beat Todd Martin and Jan-Michael Gambill in two breath-taking performances in singles, and in between, paired with Lorenzo Manta to defeat the American team of Gambill and Justin Gimelstob in doubles. With his three match victories in the 3-2 Swiss defeat of the USA, he joined Raul Ramirez, Neale Fraser, Nicola Pietrangeli, Frank Sedgman, Henri Cochet and Laurie Doherty as the seventh and the youngest player to win three live matches in a Davis Cup tie against the United States. “It’s like a dream,” said Federer, who shed tears of joy after his match-clinching victory over Gambill.
The Americans, by contrast, were stunned. “You’d have to be blind not to see that he’s got a great future in store for him,” said Gambill. U.S. Captain Patrick McEnroe didn’t try to make any excuses although he was missing his two strongest players, Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras, in this match. “We knew that Federer would be tough but we didn’t expect this,” he said. “Whenever he got hold of the ball, the point was his.”
February would bring even more success for Federer. The week after his single-handed defeat of the U.S. Davis Cup team, he reached the semifinals in Marseille where his 10-match winning streak was ended by Kafelnikov. The next week, he reached his fourth career singles final, losing to Nicolas Escude of France in a third-set tie-break in the final of Rotterdam. The ATP chose him their “Player of the Month” and effusively praised in their official press communication, “The Federer Express has arrived!” playful warning was also issued in the press release stating that Federer, “has been blessed with so much talent that it almost seems unfair to his opponents."
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| Ewing Walker | February 4, 2010
1:44pm |
| Where are you from: | Washington |
| Favorite Roger match: | vs. Murray at Australian Open |
| Comment: | FEDERER’S FIRST ATP TITLE
Posted on WorldTennisMagazine.com
Nine years ago, on February 4, 2001, Roger Federer finally broke through and won his first ATP singles title. As documented in the book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY, Federer, then relatively uncertain19-year-old struggling to live up to the heavy expectations thrust upon him, defeated Julien Boutter of France 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 in Milan, Italy to win his maiden ATP title. “What a relief,” said Federer after the match. “I’m really happy to have won my first title here in Milan. As a kid you always dream of winning your first title.” Federer has gone to win grander heights, netting an additional 61 ATP titles, including 16 major singles titles. Rene Stauffer, the author of the leading Federer biography THE ROGER FEDERER STORY: QUEST FOR PERFECTION ($24.95, New Chapter Press, www.RogerFedererBook.com) documents Federer and his coach at the time Peter Lundgren at this crucial time in Federer’s career in this exclusive book excerpt below.
Lundgren expected a lot from Federer in 2001, his first full season as Federer’s private coach. He was convinced that “if he plays like he did last fall in Sydney, Vienna or in Basel, he’ll be in the top 15.” He even dared to speculate that “he could have his first title very soon.”
At the start of the season, Federer and Martina Hingis won the Hopman Cup in Perth. It was not an especially significant event but it was, after all, the International Tennis Federation’s sanctioned world mixed tennis tournament. He reached the third round of the Australian Open—avenging his Olympic loss to DiPasquale in the first round before losing to eventual finalist Arnaud Clement. February, however, became the best month of his career to date. At the indoor event in Milan, Italy after the Australian Open, Federer defeated Olympic Champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov for the first time in his career in the semifinals to reach his third career ATP singles final. Federer seized the opportunity and, with his parents in the stands cheering him on, he finally won his first ATP singles title, defeating No. 53-ranked Julien Boutter of France 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-4.
Lundgren was correct. A milestone was achieved. “The relief is enormous,” Federer said. “I’ve had to wait a long time for this moment. It should get easier from here on out.” But the excursion to Milan didn’t end very happily for Roger’s father. In his excitement, he locked his car keys inside the car and had to smash in the car window to retrieve them.
A week later, another career milestone was achieved for the 19-year-old as he returned to Basel for Davis Cup duty against the United States. There was no stopping Federer. He beat Todd Martin and Jan-Michael Gambill in two breath-taking performances in singles, and in between, paired with Lorenzo Manta to defeat the American team of Gambill and Justin Gimelstob in doubles. With his three match victories in the 3-2 Swiss defeat of the USA, he joined Raul Ramirez, Neale Fraser, Nicola Pietrangeli, Frank Sedgman, Henri Cochet and Laurie Doherty as the seventh and the youngest player to win three live matches in a Davis Cup tie against the United States. “It’s like a dream,” said Federer, who shed tears of joy after his match-clinching victory over Gambill.
The Americans, by contrast, were stunned. “You’d have to be blind not to see that he’s got a great future in store for him,” said Gambill. U.S. Captain Patrick McEnroe didn’t try to make any excuses although he was missing his two strongest players, Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras, in this match. “We knew that Federer would be tough but we didn’t expect this,” he said. “Whenever he got hold of the ball, the point was his.”
February would bring even more success for Federer. The week after his single-handed defeat of the U.S. Davis Cup team, he reached the semifinals in Marseille where his 10-match winning streak was ended by Kafelnikov. The next week, he reached his fourth career singles final, losing to Nicolas Escude of France in a third-set tie-break in the final of Rotterdam. The ATP chose him their “Player of the Month” and effusively praised in their official press communication, “The Federer Express has arrived!” A playful warning was also issued in the press release stating that Federer, “has been blessed with so much talent that it almost seems unfair to his opponents.”
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| myranda | February 3, 2010
1:28pm |
| Where are you from: | Amatta |
| Favorite Roger match: | Vs. Nadal |
| Comment: | From all this time I have never seen a tennis player as great and consistent as him.. U ROCK ROGER!!
WE  U!
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| tinyy fed | February 3, 2010
9:05am |
| Where are you from: | india |
| Favorite Roger match: | all wimbolldon matchs |
| Comment: | he is the best |
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| someone-shanker-god | February 2, 2010
6:25am |
| Where are you from: | INDIA |
| Favorite Roger match: | 2010-australia-open-final |
| Comment: | Tomorrow is my birthday on 3-feb-2010 please wish me in healthy –good will friendly way
Sir roger please be strong eat pure-veg food , be healthy lead good long-life of 100-years pra y to god, pray to lord jesus-christ
Also better relax atleast 32-days, then get fully fit strong ok………….allways end tennis –career on wining –note-be number 0ne-[1-rank]-take care
From someone-god
INDIA-peace-reach HEAVEN
Shanker.r.e-[ my e-mail : saistar5@rediffmai
Tomorrow is my birthday on 3-feb-2010 please wish me in healthy –good will friendly way
Sir roger please be strong eat pure-veg food , be healthy lead good long-life of 100-years pra y to god, pray to lord jesus-christ
Also better relax atleast 32-days, then get fully fit strong ok………….allways end tennis –career on wining –note-be number 0ne-[1-rank]-take care
From someone-god
INDIA-peace-reach HEAVEN
Shanker.r.e-[ my e-mail : saistar5@rediffmai
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| Ewing Walker | January 29, 2010
12:29am |
| Where are you from: | Washington, DC |
| Favorite Roger match: | vs. Djokovic at the 2009 US Open |
| Comment: | ROGER FEDERER’S LAST AUSTRALIAN TITLE – “THE PERFECT 10”
Posted on www.WorldTennisMagazine.com
On the current career resume of Roger Federer, the Australian Open stands as his most elusive major. The Swiss maestro has gone three years without winning Australia’s Grand Slam tournament, an eternity by the standards of Federer, the reigning French and Wimbledon champion who last won the U.S. Open in 2008. Federer last won in Melbourne on January 28, 2007, defeating Chile’s Fernando Gonzalez 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4 to win his third Australian Open title and his 10th career major tournament title. Federer’s win over Nikolay Davydenko on Wednesday in the Australian Open quarterfinals placed him into his 23rd straight Grand Slam semifinal, a record he earned also at the 2007 Australian Open when he surpassed Ivan Lendl’s previous record of 10. As documented below from the authoritative Federer book THE ROGER FEDERER STORY: QUEST FOR PERFECTION ($24.95, New Chapter Press, www.RogerFedererBook.com), author Rene Stauffer reviews Federer’s final-round match with Gonzalez in this selection from the book chapter called “The Perfect 10.”
Federer reached his seventh straight Grand Slam tournament final—tying the 73-year-old record held by Australian Jack Crawford. By reaching the semifinals, Federer broke Ivan Lendl’s record of 10 straight Grand Slam semifinal appearances. He was careful not to celebrate prematurely. A year ago in the Australian Open final, he nearly crashed and burned against the unseeded upstart Marcos Baghdatis. His final-round opponent was the red-hot Fernando Gonzalez and Federer did not want to let his nerves—or another slow start—prevent him from closing out another Grand Slam title. Gonzalez defeated Lleyton Hewitt, James Blake, Rafael Nadal and Tommy Haas en route to his first Grand Slam final. He was the third Chilean Grand Slam finalist after Luis Ayala, a finalist at the French in 1958 and 1960, and Marcelo Rios, who also was a finalist at the Australian Open in 1998. Gonzalez desperately wanted to become the first player from his country to win a Grand Slam singles title.
For the second time, Federer reached a Grand Slam final without surrendering a set. In 2006 at Wimbledon, he also won 18 straight sets en route to the final before Nadal managed to win a set in a tie-break to spoil a perfect run to a Grand Slam title. Gonzalez began his first Grand Slam final on a cool January evening undaunted by Federer’s quest for a perfect run through a Grand Slam draw. The Chilean, in fact, had two chances to immediately stop Federer’s run to perfection in the first set. Serving for the first set at 5-4, Gonzalez held two set points at 40-15, but Federer hit an elegant volley to save the first set point, and benefited from the hard-hitting Chilean netting a blistering forehand on the next set point. As it turned out, it would be the only chances Gonzalez had in the match.
Nothing could stop Federer after he confidently won the first-set tiebreak 7-2. He did not shy away from engaging the Chilean’s whipping forehand, while converting winners off his backhand side and at the net.
At 10:08 pm local time in Melbourne, Federer fell to the court after converting on his first match point in his 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4 victory. He yelled out in joy and lay on the court in exultation. Federer’s parents, Lynette and Robert, traveled to Australia for the first time and looked on from Federer’s box along with his late coach Peter Carter’s parents.
The match was a perfect 10. The victory was his 10th in 10 career matches with Gonzalez—the Chilean being the first player to lose 10 straight matches to Federer. It was Federer’s 10th career Grand Slam title and the first time he won a Grand Slam without losing a set. Federer became the first player to win a Grand Slam tournament without losing a set since Björn Borg won the 1980 French Open. The only two other players to win a Grand Slam event without losing a set in the Open Era were Ilie Nastase at the 1973 French Open and Ken Rosewall at the 1971 Australian Open. In his quest to find perfection, Federer was nearer to his goal than ever before. The headline in the newspaper Age the next day read: “The Perfect 10.”
With his 10th Grand Slam title, Federer moved into fifth place in the all-time rankings list—tied with American Bill Tilden who, in the 1920’s and early 1930’s, was the paragon of the tennis world. “Moving from nine to 10 is a big step,” Federer said after his 36th consecutive match victory. He now only needed four more Grand Slam titles to catch up to Pete Sampras and his record 14 Grand Slam titles. Besides the American, only Australian Roy Emerson (12) as well as Rod Laver and Björn Borg (with 11 each) were ahead of him. Federer won nine of the last 13 and six of the last seven Grand Slam tournaments and he also was a finalist in Paris—marking an unprecedented run on Grand Slam trophies.
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| ramyateja | January 25, 2010
9:52am |
| Where are you from: | india |
| Favorite Roger match: | all his matches especially wmbldn,rolandgaross-2009 |
| Comment: | i love roger very much.i treat him as my brother.i am soooooo lucky 2 have a soul brother like him.hope i will meet him soon.take care roger |
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| ameni | December 15, 2009
10:16pm |
| Where are you from: | Tunisia |
| Favorite Roger match: | Wimbeldone 2009 |
| Comment: | roger is and will remain the best player of all times and no one on whatever condition can deny him that   |
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