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he will not retire in 2013 in my opinion

He should,no more slams for him.

Rafa will have no energy left after his 7 hr match with Novak on Friday, and Roger will lift his 2nd RG trophy on Sunday

Will see.

Caramba, you do realize that Novak plays Kohlschreiber, who has defeated the serb on these same grounds not too long ago, next?

Not just defeated, he SMASHED him.

Federer is still cool btw. HTH

mugs will be making the same thread for many more years

some more QFs in slams still to come

will only retire when loses to players outside nole, mugray and rafa

you are a long time retired, he had weeks off this year with injury, will take 3 times as long just to get back, performance will riose again from September onwards

keep playing and earning, why not?

not much good playing well when the slams are done

how many weeks was he off? 6 or 8? multiply by 3 to see when he could expect to reach pre injury levels

called The Principle of Reversibility

what injury?

he's simply playing a reduced schedule so he's fresher and can spend more time with his kids

i thaught berdy smashing him at us was a once off, but today just tells me he has to quit or hes guna lose his legacy.

his back definitely tightened up and he had to rest, that means he has not trained properly

all players have niggles

federer prob been the luckiest out there with injuries

his game has been falling apart for years

what injury are you talking about?

mugs will be seething when he makes Wimby final next month

will lose to Muzz but still the GOAT

I'm no fan but there is no reason for him to retire just because he doesn't win as much as he used to

I'm certain that he is not operating at optimal levels physically and he probably needs several months niggle free to regain the energy and movement he had 12 months ago

speaking as a Physical Therapist on general principle that is of course, not having specific knowledge

I would retire on top. It will be interesting to see what more he can do?

it's too late to retire on top as he clearly isn't, if he was going to do that he should have stood on Centre Court last year and announced it, that would have been going out on top

probably see how he does at Wimbledon

  top is not only number 1 but top 10 I would say

tipsarevic was top 10 for ages and hardly at the top

just another also ran

for someone like fed, getting crushed by the rest of the top 6 is pointless

Just because swebih asked so nicely

Still a mug thread though. I will always love and respect you Roger

Jun 4, 2013 -- 9:48PM, aaronh wrote:

mugs will be seething when he makes Wimby final next monthwill lose to Muzz but still the GOAT

half right

stupid Stakhovsky ruined everything.

yeah damn that guy

Nothing he has said has even hinted that he will retire. Today he spoke about his new racquet and how he wanted two weeks to practice with it.

its a shame but against mayer I said that's it the great man is finish

fed wont go in 2013. but you kind of wish he did.

can he even get to another final of a major, another semi?

at no5 in wor

at no5 in wor

swebih 04 Jun 13 22:44
I would retire on top. It will be interesting to see what more he can do?



agree

Give the game up Fed and leave on a high.

Why go out getting beaten by everyone?

signed again

Memo from Fed to Wilson: please send my old racquets back to me

he wasn't hardly winning anything with his old racquet in a long time, 1 slam in about 14 attempts, and that was lucky

True, but he's doing f*cking terribly with these new ones

The US Open should be his last tournament, when players like the last 2 weeks are not scared of him at all should be the sign for him to bow out.  Don't want to see him around trying to win the Hall of Fame championships in the next two years just to win another tournament.

yes USO should be just last try. I hope so.

Fcuk the trophies and tournament wins.I now think he should retire sooner than later because of his back.

I really think that is the underlying factor here.It was at wimbeldon against Benneteu right? Not long ago at all.I think it's got worse, he hardly moved or tried today.In his home town?

Racquets is one thing but the back is the real issue imo.He should quit before a serious injury.

I got the impression Fed was thinking about making it through to the next Olympics...

Fed resorting to trying to vulture Newport would be a sad sight indeed.

Given the decline of his serve and movement you have to feel like the back is giving up.  No reason to retire just yet but might be better off resting up before the USO instead of trying to get match practice in

would love to see Fed at the Hall Of Fame Championships

Jul 25, 2013 -- 7:13PM, DonNo1 wrote:

Given the decline of his serve and movement you have to feel like the back is giving up.

you'll have to wait a bit longer

http://www.live-tennis.com/category/
Tennis-News/Roger-Federer-hits-back-at-his-doubters-201308010002/

...
Federer made it clear that he hasn't made any plans to finish his career. After all, he's already started making arrangements to compete in tournaments in 2014 such as the Brisbane International, which he'll be playing at for the first time in his career.
...

he will and should carry on a bit longer but i'd surprised if he's still playing in 2015

losses to bad guys means nothing. he will look ok at uso.go to semifinal i think. probably will be nice to see fed vs nadal first time at uso. will not retire in 2013

retire fedex and stop throwing all these matches against mugs.

I don't think he's injured or there's a problem with his racquet. I think he's just more interested in the size of his bank account than tennis. Probably spends more time negotiating new sponsorships and checking on investments than training.

it's all about his back

When you lose a set 61 to a 35 year and broken straight away in the set 2......it's time to start thinking about when and where to retire, maybe basel

ITS TIME

making himself look like a fool, call it a day ffs

I would wait until US Open before judging him, he might not want to waste his energy in these mickey mouse tournaments. Presumably he has to make an appearance for his sponsors etc.

he's playing poorly, it's got nothing to do with energy preservation.   he even arrived to cinci one week earlier - skipping montreal - to train here with the goal of making a good result.  this is not a good confidence builder if we want to talk USO

Since when are masters events micky mouse? also he doesn;t want his ranking to continuous slip, he's defending 1000 points here
But here one minute to short than too long, the guy can't find his range
There is no way Federer stand a chance of winning the US open unless he gets lucky and doesn't face murray/djoker/nadal, i wouldn even fancy berdych and delpo to beat him

if nadal wins tonight which is fully expected I think we could see 1 of feds worst results tomara, he will absoloutly batter fed,

fed will never beat rafa again on any surface

Yes he should retire imho.

I think many of his problems have come from taking too many breaks between tournaments. He lacks match prowess, seems to crumble under pressure and the way to regain that is simply to play more matches.

He has said that he is not bothered about the rankings, and is trying to stay in the top eight for after the US Open, but his game is more important and he is trying to get it back on track.

its time

he wont retire until he gets to 1000 career wins, it'll take another 2 seasons at this rate, has anyone ever won 1000 times before?

He's making himself a laughing stock really. People will remember him fading away into back street tournies - not the way he would want to remain in the memory!

Sep 8, 2013 -- 11:50AM, AyersRock wrote:

he wont retire until he gets to 1000 career wins, it'll take another 2 seasons at this rate, has anyone ever won 1000 times before?

Jimmy Connors won 1249 matches.

Lendl won 1071 matches. Federer is currently #4 all time with 913, but will overtake Vilas soon as he won 924 matches.

no chance of catching conners record then

Trust me, he would like to retire, but cannot because of his sponsors.

I'll sponsor him to retire

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swebih 04 Jun 13 22:44
I would retire on top. It will be interesting to see what more he can do?



agree


lol. is this some Rome/octon account confusion?

B.U.S.T.E.D.

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Fools.

Fair play to the old man he has raised his game

hello.

better should have won in Wimbledon

any new signees?

ATP is all time low 2014

any new signees?

after olympic gold 2020?

Hope MESMERISED didn't lose much on this, awful just awful beat down

any new signees?

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