Why to underrate what Federer has done until now just because he's having a worse year?

Question

I respect both Federer and Nadal and I'm surprised that some journalists are ready to praise Federer when he keeps on winning but forget about his achievements when he has a worse year. His accomplishments are no less valid just because he's lost French Open and Wimbledon this year. Nadal has achieved a lot, Federer too, they just have different kinds of accomplishments. And everyone can be human and go through a difficult time once in a while? I don't think Federer is any worse now than he's been after last year's US Open. No one will take his 5 Wimbledons and 12 Grand Slam titles away from him... I also like both Federer and Nadal for being both confident and humble at the same time, respectful towards each other and able to appreciate other players too.

Answer 1

he has really good 4 yrs , it cant go forever

Answer 2

The same thing has happened with Tiger Woods.  There was one year where he didn't finish as the #1 in the world.  The media made such a fuss about it.  Still if you look at all his accomplish, they are simply legendary.  This also implies to Roger Federer.  He is a great athlete that has accomplished a whole lot in his career.  Yet people are making such a fuss over the fact that this is not his year.

Answer 3

Without getting into it too much I think overall he had a good year. His singles record for the year is 44-9 reaching 6 finals. I mean he breezed through Wimbledon without dropping a set until losing an immensely close battle with Nadal in the final.

To be frank if he had been playing Federer tennis in the first two sets I think he would have won in 4 sets. But I digress!

Rolland Garros was a defeat but not something that really affected him, he already lost to Nadal on clay two times that year. Wimbledon was a difficult defeat. But in the end I think it just shows him how much harder he has to work. He is too disciplined to let it ruin his career let alone his year.

Answer 4

2001

Federer's first ATP tournament victory came in Milan in February 2001. During the same month, he won three matches for his country in its 3–2 Davis Cup victory over the United States. He later reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, defeating four-time defending champion and seven-time Wimbledon champion Pete Sampras in the fourth round in a closely fought match, a victory that many consider to be the turning point of his career, as well as ending Sampras' 31-match winning streak in the tournament.[17] and finished the year ranked 13th.

(All results in 2001)[18]

[edit] 2002



Roger Federer at the 2002 US Open.Federer reached his first ATP Masters Series (AMS) final at the Miami Masters, where he lost to Andre Agassi. He won his next AMS final in Hamburg. He also won both his Davis Cup singles matches against former world number ones, Russians Marat Safin and Yevgeny Kafelnikov). Despite early-round exits at the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open and the untimely, devastating loss of his long-time Australian coach and mentor, Peter Carter, in a car crash in August,[19] Federer reached No. 6 in the ATP Champions Race by the end of the year and thus qualified for the first time in the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup. His run at the tournament was ended in the semifinals by then #1 seeded and ranked Lleyton Hewitt (who eventually went on to win the Cup).

(All results in 2002)[20]

[edit] 2003

In 2003, Federer challenged for the top ranking in men's tennis. Federer began his Grand Slam campaign at the Australian Open where he lost to David Nalbandian in the round of 16. He then won two hard court tournaments in Marseille and Dubai. He also won a clay court tournament in Munich, then lost in the first round of the French Open to Luis Horna. However, he won the tournament in Halle on grass, and in July, he won his first Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Andy Roddick in the semifinals and Mark Philippoussis in the finals, losing only one set in the tournament (to Mardy Fish in the round of 32). He lost to Roddick and to Nalbandian the Masters tournaments in Montreal and Cincinnati, respectively. As in the Australian Open, he lost to Nalbandian at the US Open, again in the round of 16. He won on hard courts in Vienna and ended the year on a high note by winning the year-end Tennis Masters Cup tournament in Houston, defeating Andre Agassi in the final. In a three-way battle for supremacy, Roddick captured the year-end No. 1 ranking over Federer and Juan Carlos Ferrero.

(All results in 2003)[21]

[edit] 2004



Federer at the 2004 Summer Olympics.In 2004, Roger Federer had one of the most dominating and successful years in the open era of modern men's tennis.[22] He won three of the four Grand Slam singles tournaments, did not lose a match to anyone ranked in the top ten, and won every final he reached. He won his first Australian Open title by defeating Marat Safin in straight sets. This win helped him succeed Andy Roddick as the World No. 1, a ranking which he has maintained as of July 2008. He successfully defended his Wimbledon title by defeating Andy Roddick, and won his first US Open title by defeating Lleyton Hewitt. Federer entered the 2004 Athens Olympics as one of the favorites but had his Olympic dream ended, being defeated in the Round of 32 against Tomáš Berdych 4–6, 7–5, 7–5. Federer went on to finish the year by taking the Tennis Masters Cup at Houston for the second consecutive year, defeating Hewitt in the final. Federer's only Grand Slam loss of the year was at the French Open, where he lost to former world number one and 3-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten in straight sets. His win–loss record for the year was 74–6 with 11 titles. Federer was named the ITF Tennis World Champion[23] and Laureus World Sportsman of the Year in 2005.[24]. He also won the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year again in 2006 through 2008. Throughout 2004, Federer did not have a coach, relying instead on his fitness trainer Pierre Paganini, physiotherapist Pavel Kovac, and a management team composed of his parents, his girlfriend and manager Mirka Vavrinec, and a few friends.[9] In 2005, Federer hired former Australian tennis player Tony Roche to coach him on a limited basis.[25]

(All results in 2004)[26]

[edit] 2005



Federer in Cincinnati during the 2005 US Open Series.To begin the year, Federer reached the Australian Open semifinals before falling to eventual winner Marat Safin in a five-set night match that lasted more than four hours, 5–7, 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(6), 9–7.[27] He rebounded to win the year's first two ATP Masters Series (AMS) titles: Indian Wells (by defeating Lleyton Hewitt of Australia in straight sets) and Miami (by defeating Rafael Nadal of Spain in five sets after being down two sets to love). He won his third Hamburg clay court title in May by defeating Richard Gasquet, to whom he had earlier lost in Monte Carlo. He then entered the French Open as one of the favorites, but lost in the semifinals in four sets to eventual winner Nadal.

Federer successfully defended his Wimbledon title, winning for the third consecutive year by defeating Andy Roddick in a rematch of the previous year's final. Federer also defeated Roddick in Cincinnati to take his fourth AMS title of the year (and sweep all the American AMS events) and become the first player in AMS history to win four titles in one season.[28] He then dropped only two sets en route to his second consecutive US Open title, defeating Andre Agassi in four sets in the final. He became the first man in the open era to win Wimbledon and the US Open back-to-back in consecutive years (2004 and 2005). He failed to defend his Tennis Masters Cup title, however, losing to David Nalbandian of Argentina in a four-and-a-half hour, five-set match (He was playing with an injury to his ankle).[29] Had he won the match, he would have finished the year 82–3, tying John McEnroe's 1984 record for the highest yearly winning percentage in the open era.

(All results in 2005)[30]

[edit] 2006



Federer playing in Basel at the Swiss Indoors, 2006.Federer won three of the four Grand Slam singles tournaments and ended the year ranked number one, with his points ranking several thousand points greater than that of his nearest competitor, Rafael Nadal.[31] Federer won the year's first Grand Slam tournament, the Australian Open, by defeating Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis. In March, Federer successfully defended his titles at the Indian Wells and Miami Masters, and became the first player ever to win the Indian Wells-Miami double in consecutive years. Federer then started the clay-court season by reaching the final of the ATP Masters Series (AMS) event at Monte Carlo losing in four sets to Rafael Nadal. He then reached a consecutive AMS final, along with Nadal, at the Rome Masters where it seemed as though Federer would finally defeat his rival on clay; however, Nadal won the epic five-set match, which lasted five hours, in the decisive tiebreak after saving two match points.[32] Federer chose not to defend his title at the Hamburg Masters, where he had won in the previous two years. At the French Open, Federer lost in the final to defending champion Nadal in four sets. Had he won the French Open, he would have completed a career Grand Slam and become the first man since Rod Laver to hold all four Grand Slam singles titles at the same time. Although the clay Grand Slam title eluded him, he became one of only two then-active players who had reached the finals of all four Grand Slam singles tournaments, the other being Andre Agassi.[33]

Federer entered Wimbledon as the top seed and reached the final without dropping a set. There, Federer beat Nadal in four sets to win the championship. This was Federer's fourth consecutive Wimbledon title. Federer then started his North American tour and won the 2006 Rogers Cup in Toronto, defeating Richard Gasquet of France in the final. In the year's last Grand Slam tournament, the US Open, he defeated American Andy Roddick in four sets for his third consecutive title at the Flushing Meadows. During the open era, 2006 is the only year in which same man (Federer) and woman (Henin) reached the finals of all four Grand Slams. At the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup at Shanghai, Federer defeated defending champion David Nalbandian in one of his three round robin matches and Nadal in a semifinal. Federer then defeated American James Blake 6–0, 6–3, 6–4 in the final to win his third Masters Cup title. In 2006, Federer lost to only two players: Nadal in the French Open, Rome, Monte Carlo, and Dubai finals; and Andy Murray in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters. The Cincinnati loss to Murray was Federer's only straight-sets loss of the year and the only tournament out of 17 (Davis Cup excluded) in which he did not reach the final.

(All results in 2006)[34]

[edit] 2007



Roger Federer at the 2007 Cincinnati Masters.Federer won his third Australian Open and tenth Grand Slam singles title when he, as defending champion, won the tournament without dropping a set, defeating Fernando González of Chile in the final. He was the first man since Bjorn Borg in 1980 to win a Grand Slam singles tournament without losing a set.[35] His winning streak of 41 consecutive matches ended when he lost to Guillermo Cañas in the second round of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, after winning this tournament three consecutive years. At the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Florida, Federer again lost to Cañas, this time in the fourth round in three sets. He was awarded four ATP Awards during a ceremony at the tournament, making him the first player to receive four awards during the same year.[36] [37]

Ppl who underrate him should see his accomplishments. Still `da best, no matter who says what.

Answer 5

I agree with you. I mean y`know what the media is like there waiting to pounce on someone and unfortunately Roger hasnt had a brilliant year and sooo they just exploit it and make a big deal out of it. In saying that Federer`s year hasnt been poor poor yeah he`s had some unexpected losses to players like stepanek, fish, murray blah blah However he still made the French Open final where he lost to Rafa not exactly something to be ashamed of lol Nadal is just far too good on the clay. I guess its because everyone was sooo use to him winning all the time and since this year he hasnt won much ppl are starting to assume and speculate that Roger is losing it lol ! Thats nonsense he is still world #1 however i do see Rafa being the new #1 in the near future :) which is well deserved and if im honest i hope he does it this year !!! Vamos Rafa

Answer 6

Here's the thing... Federer winning something is not really news at all.  But Federer LOSING???  Now, that's news.  I think Federer himself said that it's a good thing if it is still his LOSSES that get people talking.  What should worry him is when the time comes that his VICTORIES become a big deal.  

Anyone who has been following the sport for the past several years and who actually understands and appreciates the sport would not deny Federer the admiration and respect that he deserves for everything that he has achieved since he started playing.  The media is just doing its job... too find something out of the ordinary ("news") and to report and sensationalize stories.

Answer 7

It is easy for people to toss aside fed because they are used to see him winning. They dont realize that it wasnt because fed is getting worse it is because nadal is geting so much better. Fed still can kill everyone one on the tour except for djoco sometimes and nadal on clay... and just now a tough struggle on grass. Fed can still go a match making only 6 errors... Hoolysh**

i wish i could do that

Answer 8

I totally agree. They were both so evenly matched. It was Nadal's time for Wimbledon. He has worked very hard to achieve success on grass. As far as the French Open, he is the King of Clay Court, so for him to win that is not inconceivable. Therefore, we should still praise Federer. He is playing tremendous tennis!!!!! We can understand how they are ceded 1 and 2!!!! Very great job for both of them!!!!!!

Answer 9

The reason why people are saying stuff like that is because hes almost 27 and thats old for tennis players and his rival has officially caught up to him. Hes no longer at his peak anymore so hes on the downside of his career and now that hes lost his streak on grass to Nadal, his hard court season is most likely just gonna be as bad as the rest of the year. Plus, theres a guy named Novak Djokovic that can beat him on hard courts now. I like Federer too... Especially after seeing how he reacted to losing the final on sunday and im a HUGE Rafa fan. But i think people should just face the fact that federers reign is coming to an end. And that its time for someone else to take over... maybe a lefty Spaniard.... Who knows.

Answer 10

Me too. I think it's rather insulting the way people are saying his career is dead, especially after the phenomenal tennis he played on Sunday.

I'm just going to leave you with a quote from a German newspaper I read a day after the match:

"The Swiss is too motivated, too talented, too strong, too fit, too professionally organized and too proud to give up working toward winning the biggest titles,"

There you have it.

Answer 11

I know what you're talking about. People just want to see a new champion rise, like Nadal or Djokovic. They're tired of Federer winning all of these grand slams.