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general masterclass you might as well fire up the great roger Federer thread at MTF.
he is going to snag another title.
Another correct prediction General. Well done sir. Thread fired up yesterday and responses incoming.
Looking back at the beginning of thread when many "knowlegeable" people were saying he might reach 80, many of them Federer fans, saying he would need to play in 250's in far off places to reach so many.
And now he sits on # 81, with the indoor season to come, Basel, Paris, WTF, oh, and Davis Cup Final.
He has 9 finals this year and 4 titles. If he had had his forehand down with the new racquet earlier, he might have had 2 or 3 more titles, but the forehand kill shot took the longest to get right.
Anyway, the main thing for him and all these players is staying healthy enough to compete. If these top guys like Novak, Rafa, Roger, Andy, are healthy, they are still going to win 9 out of 10 big tournaments. But you have to be able to be fit enough to play well to win!
Still astounding for me that Rafa just didn't go for surgery right away and be done with it. What is it, an overnight stay in the hospital and maybe a couple of weeks of recovery? So he might miss Basel, maybe Paris. But at least he is on the road to recovery early. Instead, he goes out and plays in a weakened state with Lopez, loses anyway, and now says he is going to try to postpone surgery till after the WTF. How strong and fit can he be playing with appendicitis? I just don't know what is going on with these decisions. I hope it works out for him... but it worries me.
Respectfully,
masterclass
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rafa continues to make one tragic decision after another general masterclass.
well look at the bright side. soon his career will be over since he cant get himself to stop farting around.
and then sure enough there will be nothing to worry about. he can go lay his poker and do nothing for the next 60 years.
he had a chance to state down history. that is what is tragic. there are players out there 10 years older who are fitter than him now and winning titles.
I told people he has allowed to take his fitness a massive hit after the end of u.s. open last year and nobody believed him.
all these injuries and his ailments are result of having backed off a little bit from the fitness front to go engage in a billion other activities.
and all this while he is in his prime.
others are not engaging in a billion other activities. they are working very hard on their fitness and focusing hard on their game.
now roger is #2 and probably could have even been #1 with a title at Wimbledon.
my prediction is the same: roger will play until he is 43 and he will be ranked in the top 20 at that age. -
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That is one heck of a prediction General
They would be going nuts on your 100 titles thread if you added that to it.
Hmm, maybe I'll create another thread for that. "Bold Prediction: Federer could play into his 40's and be ranked in the top 20!" but should I give you credit? I'm sure that thread will be bashed.
I wouldn't put it past him though. He'll play as long as he wants and can. He enjoys playing, the family seems to enjoy it.
Of course, if his back gets consistently worse, then he might have to call it quits, as so many players have done in the past, but he has some of the best physios to help him avoid it.
I have to laugh at the people there who say he's definitely not playing till he's 40, or not past 2016-2017. How do they know? Sounds like wishful thinking. He enjoys playing, enjoys the crowds that fill the stadiums to watch him, of course enjoys winning.
As far as Rafa goes it is stranger than anything I've seen yet from his camp. You've said it all. I don't understand it.
It's getting even more bizarre.
Uncle Toni just announced that Rafa would attempt to play in Basel, then see if he feels good enough to play Paris, but that he is almost definitely out of the World Tour Finals as he is scheduled for surgery at the latest early November, or earlier if he doesn't play Paris. I guess he might be playing in Basel for the big appearance fee, but still seems risky. Anyway, I'll believe all this when it happens...
And the he keeps making these videos about bluffing. Latest one is playing golf and getting hurt:
golf course injury video
Sort of an odd thing to joke about. Those people were really concerned for him.
Respectfully,
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That is one heck of a prediction General
They would be going nuts on your 100 titles thread if you added that to it.
Hmm, maybe I'll create another thread for that. "Bold Prediction: Federer could play into his 40's and be ranked in the top 20!" but should I give you credit? I'm sure that thread will be bashed.
I wouldn't put it past him though. He'll play as long as he wants and can. He enjoys playing, the family seems to enjoy it.
Of course, if his back gets consistently worse, then he might have to call it quits, as so many players have done in the past, but he has some of the best physios to help him avoid it.
I have to laugh at the people there who say he's definitely not playing till he's 40, or not past 2016-2017. How do they know? Sounds like wishful thinking. He enjoys playing, enjoys the crowds that fill the stadiums to watch him, of course enjoys winning.
As far as Rafa goes it is stranger than anything I've seen yet from his camp. You've said it all. I don't understand it.
It's getting even more bizarre.
Uncle Toni just announced that Rafa would attempt to play in Basel, then see if he feels good enough to play Paris, but that he is almost definitely out of the World Tour Finals as he is scheduled for surgery at the latest early November, or earlier if he doesn't play Paris. I guess he might be playing in Basel for the big appearance fee, but still seems risky. Anyway, I'll believe all this when it happens...
And the he keeps making these videos about bluffing. Latest one is playing golf and getting hurt:
golf course injury video
Sort of an odd thing to joke about. Those people were really concerned for him.
Respectfully,
masterclass
It's a part of the Poker Stars Promotion. They do all of these segments to test Rafa's acting skills to see how well he can bluff others. I've seen a ton of them. Last month he was a pilot, and in an earlier video he was a clerk at a hotel and each time he has to pretend he isn't Nadal. All of his fans know he's doing these spots, so no harm, no foul. -
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que pasa general masterclass. you might as well fire up the great roger Federer thread at MTF. I think he will snatch the Basel title.
that is the prediction here at Camelot. -
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que pasa general masterclass. you might as well fire up the great roger Federer thread at MTF. I think he will snatch the Basel title.
that is the prediction here at Camelot.
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que pasa general masterclass. you might as well fire up the great roger Federer thread at MTF. I think he will snatch the Basel title.
that is the prediction here at Camelot.
Already been fired up General Hercules and Lady TT... It dies down when he is having off days at the office, or not playing, but it's going to get more and more attention if Roger Federer keeps winning, which is I think what you envisioned.. He has 81 titles now and a lot of people in that thread early on said he would be lucky to get 80. When (if) he reaches 90, I can just imagine the countdown and the debate. That thread will sticky itself.
Respectfully,
masterclass
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que pasa general masterclass. you might as well fire up the great roger Federer thread at MTF. I think he will snatch the Basel title.
that is the prediction here at Camelot.
Already been fired up General Hercules and Lady TT... It dies down when he is having off days at the office, or not playing, but it's going to get more and more attention if Roger Federer keeps winning, which is I think what you envisioned.. He has 81 titles now and a lot of people in that thread early on said he would be lucky to get 80. When (if) he reaches 90, I can just imagine the countdown and the debate. That thread will sticky itself.
Respectfully,
masterclass
So much for people and their "predictions." You can never count an all-time great out. When Federer went through his slide, I attributed it to lack of motivation, letdown, whatever, but it was still obvious to the human eye that he had maintained his skills. It was only a matter of time.
Now, some of the fair weather fans who dogged him out and now crowing.
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que pasa general masterclass. you might as well fire up the great roger Federer thread at MTF. I think he will snatch the Basel title.
that is the prediction here at Camelot.
Already been fired up General Hercules and Lady TT... It dies down when he is having off days at the office, or not playing, but it's going to get more and more attention if Roger Federer keeps winning, which is I think what you envisioned.. He has 81 titles now and a lot of people in that thread early on said he would be lucky to get 80. When (if) he reaches 90, I can just imagine the countdown and the debate. That thread will sticky itself.
Respectfully,
masterclass
general masterclass that very roger Federer thread may become one of the biggest and one of the most popular threads in the history of MTF in time.
we will have had a hand in 2 of the biggest threads on the planet:
1. the castle which surely has around 70 volumes or more now.
that is 5000 posts a volume
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can somebody go and fire up my roger Federer thread at mtf and add another title to his name?
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I think roger is going for 100 titles and more.
he is going to compete until he is 41-43. -
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I think roger is going for 100 titles and more.
he is going to compete until he is 41-43.
It's amazing how well he's still playing. You have to give credit where credit is due. Good for him. -
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roger has a growing family but he works on his fitness daily without missing a single day.
same with guys like nole and ferru. they never miss a single day of work on fitness. -
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good morning everybody.
first slam is out of the way. now lets start getting ready for the 2nd slam.
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