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Gstaad R2: Brands def. Federer 6-3 6-4

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#1 ·
Poor Fed :sad:
 
#5 ·
Waiting For Montreal.
 
#20 ·
Fed isn't now Top Player.
 
#8 ·
Federer gambled and lost. He know the risks. Now his confidence is in the toilet, losing to 3 absolute mugs in 3 tournaments. The problem is not the racket but confidence. Roger has none
 
#374 · (Edited)
Fathertime has caught Federer as it does all great players. He should retire, he has nothing to prove. His 17 slam record will stand for a long, long time.

He just wont surpass Ivan Lendl or Jimmy Connors for overall tournanents won with 94 and 109 respectively. But it will be sad to see Federer stay too long as he continues to decline. The right thing to do would be to retire after he loses at the USO. Sampras retired at 31. Federer should do the same at 32.
 
#9 ·
Frustrating as hell.
 
#11 ·
Please retire already fed.:eek:
 
#38 ·
How is it weird? Brand plays the type of tennis that could give Roger trouble on clay. Sure, he should not beat Roger it is what it is. Bad mistake to play these 2 tournaments. But Roger's confidence is in the toilet after Wimbledon. I am not sure he is going to get it back soon.
 
#16 ·
this shit is getting old. take the cow and stay home backerer
 
#18 ·
oh God..this is sad, poor Rog
 
#24 ·
Awful match.

Positive thing is he can't go much lower than losing on the 2nd round of a 250 tournament.

Hope he gathers himself up somehow.

The fans will support Roger always, he just needs to figure out what he wants to do with his life and if it's tennis then work at it 110%.
 
#25 · (Edited)
Federer would probably have withdrawn if this was anywhere else. There were rumours he was going to do exactly that just yesterday.

Partly his own fault though - Federer has always had a stubborn streak outside slams. He'll play his way and let results fall as they will. If this was a slam, he'd have gritted his teeth and changed tactics ..... short slices to the Brands backhand, topspin it left and right, etc etc.


On Brands side, fantastic performance. 77% first serve, huge winners on the bps, took his chances. Playing like that he's a serious danger to anyone, with conditions there so ideal for him.
 
#295 ·
didnt watch match but that is disgusting .
 
#28 · (Edited)
Brand is really playing some solid tennis these days. Fed pls only play Madrid and RG next year on this disgusting surface.

And clowns talking about retirement after playing 250 on clay trying to find timing with new racket.

Have you ever watched wintersports and change of material:facepalm:

Dunno about this racket maybe the old is better still. Canada can't come soon enough. And pls no big server in first round.
 
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