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sarah_lennon wrote:Or the focus. No coach, pop stars in his box at Wimbledon. Needs someone to take him by the scruff of the neck!
Mauler wrote:sarah_lennon wrote:Or the focus. No coach, pop stars in his box at Wimbledon. Needs someone to take him by the scruff of the neck!
You volunteering?
sarah_lennon wrote:Nadal's win in Canada closes him right in on number 1
sarah_lennon wrote:Nadal's win in Canada closes him right in on number 1
1st Federer , R. 6605
2nd Nadal , R. 6305
3rd Djokovic , N. 5055
4th Ferrer , D. 2945
5th Davydenko , N. 2925
6th Roddick , A. 2065
7th Nalbandian , D. 2005
8th Blake , J. 1980
9th Murray , A. 1835
10th Wawrinka , S. 1685
BBC Sport wrote:Federer loss opens door for Nadal
Roger Federer's reign as world number one is under serious threat after he lost to 16th seed Ivo Karlovic in the third round of the Cincinnati Masters.
The 6-7 6-4 6-7 defeat by the big-serving Croatian was Federer's 11th loss of the season and his first against his opponent in seven matches.
World number two Rafael Nadal will usurp the Swiss at the top of the rankings should he win in Cincinnati.
The Spanish Wimbledon and French Open champion faces Tommy Haas on Thursday.
Federer has been ranked as the world's number one for a record 234 consecutive weeks but his second-round loss to France's Gilles Simon in Toronto last week meant that Nadal had a chance to overtake him coming into this week's Masters tournament.
Having beaten Federer at Wimbledon and Roland Garros, Nadal could lay claim to being the world's best player but he can make it official should he win Sunday's final.
The Olympics in Beijing represent Federer's next taste of action and he could compete in China as the second seed after failing to get a grip of his opponent's serve with the Croat sending down 22 aces.
"It's not easy coming from slower conditions to fast ones," said Federer. "But I have played Ivo on all surfaces and he actually gets a greater play on the slower ones.
"But what are you going to do today if he serves like that? Maybe if I got the first set I would be sitting here and it would be different, but that's not the case."
The key moment of the first tie-break came when 16th seed Karlovic stopped mid-point to challenge a line call, with Hawk-Eye showing Federer had pushed his shot long.
That gave Karlovic set point on serve and the Croatian took full advantage to wrap up the tie-break 8-6.
Undeterred, Federer earned two break points in game three of the second set, an while Karlovic saved them both with aces, the Swiss then broke in game five to take the set 6-4.
Neither player could gain the upper hand in the third set and Karlovic claimed the first two points of the tie-break - the second of which came on Federer's serve - allowing him to carve out three match points.
And although the Croatian pushed the first two long, Federer then hit a long return of his own to lose it 7-5 and hand the match to Karlovic.
sarah_lennon wrote:Federer, who will lose his world number one ranking to Rafael Nadal on Monday, made a number of unforced errors and will need a dramatic reversal in fortunes if he is to successfully defend his US Open title later this month.
BlueArmyOriginal wrote:sarah_lennon wrote:Federer, who will lose his world number one ranking to Rafael Nadal on Monday, made a number of unforced errors and will need a dramatic reversal in fortunes if he is to successfully defend his US Open title later this month.
....And a coach, and a kick up he ar$e and about a year away from the game to get his head right, I could go on. Has any top level professional sports person had as bad a year as Federer has had this year?
Mauler wrote:BlueArmyOriginal wrote:sarah_lennon wrote:Federer, who will lose his world number one ranking to Rafael Nadal on Monday, made a number of unforced errors and will need a dramatic reversal in fortunes if he is to successfully defend his US Open title later this month.
....And a coach, and a kick up he ar$e and about a year away from the game to get his head right, I could go on. Has any top level professional sports person had as bad a year as Federer has had this year?
True, but I reckon Danny Cipriani might have something to say about that. Firstly in his youth he was rejected by MTV’s My Super Sweet 16 for not being ‘hunky enough’. Then the News of the Screws broke the story of his ex-girlfriend, Larissa Summers being born a man. Then he is dropped by Brian Aston for being in a night club a few days before an England International and then the poor fecker goes and breaks his leg and is out for 6 months. So not a good year for him either I suppose.
BlueArmyOriginal wrote:In fairness to Cipriani, at least he broke into the international side this year so he has something going for him, Federer's had no real good news this year at all.
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