Injury cannot be blamed for the loss, says Nick Bollettieri
The well known tennis instructor and coach, Nick Bollettieri, is indeed an admirer of Federer, which describes his current agreement to disapprove what, it appears, has already been done over the past two weeks.
The big man, Roger Federer in reality uttered the horrific "injury justification" at a press conference after falling down by Tomas Berdych, without being particularly questioned by the correspondent and without exhibiting the usual signals of a player in some physiological soreness.
Federer's injury problems are not of the degree as to reassert blaming his grass court Grand Slam defeat to Berdych on them, as the big man himself along with few of his fanciers were doing so.
The truth of the matter is that Federer has some issues with his back from the very start of his professional life however he has managed to gain a record total of sixteen Grand Slam titles and numerous other trophies while fighting on and off the court with his injuries.
Therefore, Federer's rapid use of this suffering to describe his quarterfinal defeat, which was never used by the big man to justify other major defeats, was disapproved by many all around the world since that bright Wednesday. And Bollettieri is also one of them.
A leading tennis coach, counsellor, and originator of the Bollettieri Tennis Academy, was correct on some moments in his interview given to an Indian newspaper during his trip to New Delhi. He highlighted Federer's back injury, which as previously observed, has been nearly a persistent patron of this big man from the start.
However, the tennis coach was not right in saying that it was haltering him on that unfortunate day in the end of last month, as it did, for example, during his clash with the Brit Andy Murray at the Masters Cup back in 2008 when the big man in fact asked for an instructor in order to have work done on that part.
Bollettieri was also correct in observing that it will be harder now for the tennis master to succeed at the majors as "players not any more are scared of facing him," rightly showed by Berdych's excellent and voracious performance versus the Swiss tennis ace.
Injuries and aches, particularly towards the end of the year, are the routine events among contesters. However even if this "rigidity" was of such penetration that it disturbed Federer's performance in his recent encounter with Berdych, the Swiss exhibited no symbols of it, unless his outburst at the umpire in the set number three was rooted by intense ache.
Federer is yet the same inspiring player he was when he flared up onto the scene back in 2003 with his very first grass court Grand Slam victory. Anyhow, the blend of the big man’s age as well as the current aptitude of some of the upcoming players to tackle his game has implied that his strength has diminished to some extent.
The single handed backhand of the Swiss tennis ace which is an absolute delight to watch is becoming indebtedness, versus some of the players who are now adequate enough of constantly manipulating it with the help of their huge inside out forehands, and ultimately managing it successfully. For lefty Rafa, attempting that wing is as usual for him as jogging in the garden, cross court being the simplest method for him to smash his hardly-torque forehand.
After dominating the world of tennis for ages, it is pretty natural for the Swiss tennis player to start a slight down slope. His admirers should not blame "injury" on every occasion he falls down in a major contest, as that would be injustice to his opponent who fought better to knock him down, and also to the big man himself, who beyond any doubt still wishes to relish even the concluding phase of his professional life.
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