I was going to put a question mark after the wording “Federer’s Year” initially since there’s only been 3,5 months so far, but even if he didn’t win another match you can still call it his year. At soon 36 years of age, Roger Federer has won his 18th slam and 25th Masters title (with his 6-4 7-5 win against compatriot Stan Wawrinka in the Indian Wells final yesterday) and he looks hungry for more. The most valuable brand in sports is just growing stronger. You wonder what strings and racquet Roger Federer uses? Read this article. I felt quite …
Federer 18th Slam
In my predictions I gave Sam Querrey a 40% chance to finish what he started against the world number one, Novak Djokovic. Djokovic had done it before (against Kevin Anderson last year) and like I wrote on Twitter: “Djokovic will come back poised & with a clear strategy while Sam will feel like he can lose a lead, when before he had everything to win.” I really believed it too. But despite losing four straight games and the third set after they had resumed play, Querrey find his way into a tie-break in the fourth, which was extra impressive since …
It’s arguably the match of the year. With Nadal and Djokovic playing that one-sided quarterfinal at the French Open surely this must be the one to rule them all. After last year’s five-setter it’s hard to picture one of the players to walk away with this easily. But then again, if one were to do it, it would be Roger Federer. Question is: did Federer peak one match too soon? Or did the royal beating he served to Murray work as a saver of energy and a hefty intimidation factor for Djokovic? Hard to say. Bookmakers put Djokovic as the …