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Roger Federer @rogerfederer  ·  Oct 15

Claycourt practice #dirtysocks #sliding #grinding


Federer coming up to big part of the season for him, Basel, Paris (maybe), World Tour Finals, 
and DAVIS CUP FINAL vs. France at Lille on clay..

General Hercules, Lady TT, and the others, Roger is already practicing on the red dirt back in Switzerland.

Interesting, Roger must be trying to get the ground game in good shape and he used the hash-tag grinding in his tweet, so he must be trying to get even more fit, even after winning Shanghai.  He says he isn't really thinking about it, but I think he's also gunning for Year End #1.

Will be interesting to see how he plays on the hard courts after practicing on clay

Meanwhile, here is Rafa also on Oct 15,  practicing on his indoor hard court in Manacor for Basel. From the interview with Toni and Rafa, it seems that they are going to see how things go in Basel, before making decision on whether to play Paris, or go for the surgery on his appendix.

Rafa practicing for Basel in Manacor on Oct 15

Respectfully,
masterclass

Roger Federer @rogerfederer  ·  Oct 15

Claycourt practice #dirtysocks #sliding #grinding


Federer coming up to big part of the season for him, Basel, Paris (maybe), World Tour Finals, 
and DAVIS CUP FINAL vs. France at Lille on clay..

General Hercules, Lady TT, and the others, Roger is already practicing on the red dirt back in Switzerland.

Interesting, Roger must be trying to get the ground game in good shape and he used the hash-tag grinding in his tweet, so he must be trying to get even more fit, even after winning Shanghai.  He says he isn't really thinking about it, but I think he's also gunning for Year End #1.

Will be interesting to see how he plays on the hard courts after practicing on clay

Meanwhile, here is Rafa also on Oct 15,  practicing on his indoor hard court in Manacor for Basel. From the interview with Toni and Rafa, it seems that they are going to see how things go in Basel, before making decision on whether to play Paris, or go for the surgery on his appendix.

Rafa practicing for Basel in Manacor on Oct 15

Respectfully,
masterclass

Why clay? Which tournament is on clay? The Davis Cup.

Going for YE#1 is a great goal, and with the way he's playing I don't put it past him. This is really phenomenal, no two ways about it. I doubt we'll ever see this again. A 32 year old playing tennis this way.

As to Rafa, I'm still mad at him. Health should always come first and taking unnecessary risks is not smart.   

order of play for Basel:



http://www.atpworldtour.com/scores/schedule.aspx?year=2014&eventid=328

this is still a fairly tough draw lady TT.


goffin has been playing well all year. Roger is always a huge threat.


and then there is Milos.



here is the draw again:


http://www.atpworldtour.com/share/event-draws.aspx?year=2014&eventid=328&draw=ms

Federer won his 6th Basel title today, defeating a bit tired looking David Goffin in straight sets 6-2, 6-2, and the scoreline was probably closer than the play.  David's only chance to hang in would have been to put 75% of his serves in. He didn't, only 49%.  Roger was imperious. Hitting forehands, backhands, volleys, serve all very crisply. 19-11 W/UE for Federer.  almost the reverse for Goffin (11/20).  Goffin was just overpowered and well-schooled in indoor tennis.







Federer's play looks ominous for the end of the year.  Paris is next.  A bit of a tough first round possibly with Chardy who has given Roger trouble at times, but if Roger is not tired from Basel, his form looks too good to lose to Chardy this time.

Que pasa Emma, lady TT, general masterclass and the others.


Congrats to roger and his fans. He continues to rack up titles.


Camelot delivers again. Camelot accurately predicted this title in advance.


our roger federer threat at MTF has to be rocking right about now.

Yes, General Hercules. And curiously enough, for the first time, I'm seeing many more people daring to say that if he can play like this for a couple of years, he can do it. Ah, so brave when the writing is almost on the wall. Whereas before almost everyone (including his most die-hard fanbase) was speaking words like delusion, fairy tale dream, he's done, stuff like that.   I would guess that when he gets between 85-90, people will start going crazy in that thread, saying how lucky he is that other players are not playing, in decline, injured, youngsters are poor, and that's the only reason he is still winning.  Others will start a countdown watch.  Should be fun!

Respectfully,
masterclass