Hey all, where to start? Not the dream end we all hoped for at this years Australian Open as Roger went down 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 6-7(2) 6-2 to Andy Murray in the semi final. Never fun to see Fed lose but this is just one of those matches where winning was always an uphill task. As usual I had high ... Read More »
Wow, talk about a topsy turvy match from Roger as he pulled out another great win beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3 in 3 hours and 34 minutes on Rod Laver Arena. It was a match full of fluctuations and momentum swings right till the very end, with both players hitting both a number of exceptional winners but ... Read More »
Well how about that folks? An absolute clinic from Roger as he dispatched Milos Raonic 6-4 7-6(4) 6-2 in 1h 45 minutes. It was a JesusFed like display from start to finish and the Canadian never had a look in as Roger was far superior in all departments including the all important serve as he coasted over the line without ... Read More »
Wow, it’s not often I post on matches where Federer hasn’t taken part but I felt like this one deserved a post of it’s own as fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka just went down 1-6 7-5 6-4 6-7(5-7) 12-10 in the fifth to defending champion Novak Djokovic. It was a crazy match, lasted over 5 hours and could have easily gone ... Read More »
Hey all, it’s always interesting to get other Federer fan’s perspectives on his matches and today a long time commenter of the blog, SidTheCookieThief, who I’m sure most of you will know put together a running commentary on the Federer vs. Tomic match. It’s almost like the BBC Sport style of live updates, just better and more interesting. So for ... Read More »
Wow, well matches that come with a boat load of hype rarely live up to it but I thought this one was pretty special as Roger showed yet again his class defeating Bernard Tomic 6-4 7-6(5) 6-1 to move into the 4th round at the Australian Open. The Australian press had been hyping this match up all week and with ... Read More »
Another cruise match from Roger as he made light work of Nikolay Davydenko 6-3 6-4 6-4 to setup a third round tie with the only Australian left in the draw and the guy everyone is talking about, Bernard Tomic. I’ll get onto that match shortly but firstly todays match against Kolya. Just like the match against Paire on Tuesday this ... Read More »
Hey all! Roger’s tournament is underway and it couldn’t have started much better for him as he cruised through with a routine 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 victory over young Frenchman Benoit Paire. I expected Roger to be pretty rusty after he chose to play no warm up tournaments but to be honest he looked to be on form from the outset. ... Read More »
The Australian Open pre tournament press conferences took place today and as usual Roger’s is an interesting read. You can read the full transcript here but I’ll run through a few things in this post and what I make of them. I’ll start by saying Roger sounds very relaxed and quietly confident about his chances at the Australian Open. All ... Read More »
So it’s finally here, the draw for the 2013 Australian Open and to be honest there are no surprises as Federer and Murray landed in the same half of the draw. I guess the prospect of a Djokovic vs. Murray final was too much for Tennis Australia to pass up seen as though it’s the supposedly the hottest rivalry in ... Read More »
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