fed express
ok.. i have to admit that i was depressed at federer's consecutive losses this year.. and when news got to me that he lost to roddick.. it was like a blow and a critical sign.. i held back this post for a while because i never thought that it rendered such significant attention.. after all tennis is a game that is often very close rivalry between the fantastic players.. and for federer to have dominated in this realm for so many many years is already a feat on its own.. but seeing the many reports and being directed to them is a rather unsettling feeling for me.. i don't think the fed express is losing its steam.. or perhaps i just hope..i first watched him during his win in 2003 wimbledon.. the long hair moustache guy just didn't seem like the kind who will appeal much to me.. but to be fair i always love a winner.. so technically he was THE tennis star since I started watching tennis.. he grew up with me.. and i just realised lately that he is only 5 years older.. twice i watched him LIVE in New York.. in the span of the last 8 months.. it was just so spectacular that the feeling is almost indescribable.. it's like being so touched to see the person u truly admire being on top form and unbeatable doing the thing he does best.. even during the start of this year when many talks abt his reduced capabilities, i saw him live against pete sampras in madison square garden.. and the shots he manages are just out of this world.. it's almost less of tennis and more of a display of grace..
to be honest, i never had very much faith.. or more like i never wanted to disappoint myself by telling myself that he would win something that i think he will not.. wimbledon last year against nadal, autralian this year in the quarters.. but he never failed.. and maybe because deep down i know he wouldn't lose that i dare to place that possibility in my mind..
australian to djokovic, dubai to fish and sony to roddick.. the last one was the last straw for me.. i never doubted that roddick got closer and closer as time gone by.. US Open last year which i followed so religiously in Madison Square park in NY.. I believe the Federer Roddick match was one of the best matches I have ever watched.. but to me the result should always be the same since its a 11-2 record of wins head on head.. and yet this year was the second of the 13 matches..
at this point however, i refuse to concede that this is the end of the federer regime.. maybe because the tides have changed and people are starting to lose that faith in him.. sampras was perhaps another man whom we can put in comparison.. and yet he did not win grand slams consecutively as well.. this year might not have been a great start for him.. but i believe that the belief he has in himself and the mental strength which kept him going on for so long will soon bring him back into the victory streaks.. who knows? he might just win the french this year.. the elusive trophy often for the world's best players..
rebec inspired @ 4:30 PM
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