CAMELOT FANTASIES

I had the pleasure to meet Federer a couple of times. This summer he came to the tennis club close to my home. After that I understood him better why he seem arrogant to some.
I think he just tries to avoid talking about others and end up talking about himself. Maybe he is afraid that people will misunderstand him and say he talk badly about others.
He is very popular here in London. Rafa is also very popular here. I know so many people who have no problem liking them both.

Federer will be missed badly when he retires. I try not to think about it. Makes me sad..

Yeah, I believe both Federer and Nadal are quite popular in the UK.

And now Andy more and more popular too! He melted the british hearts after he lost Wimbledon last year.
Andy must be the most interesting player out there, so articulate, smart and funny.

Hmmm i regret I dont have him in my boarder!!! (still forgetting the name of what it is called..)
Federer has been so popular here since he won those Wimbledons. Build up a huge fan base.
But Andy is the one for the younger ones I think.
When I talk to people a lot of older like Federer. But yes, his win in Wimbledon was so big for the brits. Went crazy. You should have seen the newspapers day after his win.
People were screaming from their houses. Me 2. So intense that day, difficult to describe how it was.
The brits have cheered more for Federer than Andy earlier. Brits are a bit different from what I am used to. The players must prove their respect, nationality is not enough.
Winning Wimbledon.... Nothing more to improve! What more can he do? People finally took him in their arms. Now we see how wonderful person he is.

Federer only has fans here because he won Wimbledon many times. Thats for sure!
Andys case.. since he is scottish he is used to the people here and how they are.
I am not british and I have liked Andy better than many brits here.
People wants to be posh or something, I don't know. I don't know the culture perfectly well yet.
But I was at wimbledon tennis some days this year, and all the people I met talked about Andy. Forgot that Federer had lost the 2 round.
Did you see the BBC documentary about Andy? so good! Andy must be the smartest and funniest sportsman in Britain.

I think the Brits just worship successful people. If Federer wasn't so successful then do you think he would have such a big fanbase anywhere? I doubt it.

I never had any problems liking Andy. He seemed nice and extremely grounded from the start. It's a shame that he had to do all the hard word and take all those criticism just to be liked. And now that he has Wimbledon, suddenly he's the golden child. It's kind of pathetic on their part if you ask me.

i think roger is the most popular tennis player ever baron. there has never been anybody quite like him.

he is polished, cultured, and speaks so many languages well.

17 slams and all those years at #1 does not hurt.  the business community loves him too. the man moves products like they are going out of style.

Here's another post of mine from Murray's World back from 2012. I didn't take 2013 because we weren't into that just yet, but now that we know he's won 1 title this year and that not being on clay, the % almost remains the same - 12.98% if you want to be very specific.

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Here's a look at Federer's overall results on clay. Turned pro in 1998 but his first title came on indoors (carpet) in Milan in 2001 where he beat Julien Boutter in the final.

2001: No title

2002: title: 1 (Hamburg Masters)
Beat Safin

2003: title 1 (Munich 250)
Beat Nieminen

2004: 2 titles (Gstaad 250, Hamburg)
Beat Igor in Gstaad
Beat Coria in Hamburg

2005: 1 title (Hamburg)
Beat Gasquet

2006: No title

2007: 1 title (Hamburg)
Beat Nadal

2008: 1 title (Estoril – 250)
Beat Davydenko

2009: 2 (RG, Madrid Masters)
Beat Soderling at RG
Beat Nadal (Nadal was far too tired after beating Nole in a 3 grueling sets in the semi)

2010: No title

2011: No title

2012: 1 (Madrid Masters – blue clay - both Nadal and Nole bombed out early due to sudden surface change)
Beat Berydych

So to sum it up, Federer has won 10 clay titles in total in 13 years – 1 RG, 4 Hamburg Masters, 2 Madrid Masters and 3 250 events (Munich, Gstaad and Estoril). That’s 13% of his total title (10/77).

He beat Safin, Nieminen, Igor, Coria, Gasquet, Nadal, Davydenko and Soderling to win those titles.

Didn’t win anything in 2001, 2006, 2010 and 2011.

And now here's his overall resutls on each surface:

34 outdoor hard titles out of 75 – 45%
20 indoors hard/carpet titles out of 75 – 27%
11 grass titles out of 75 – 15%
10 clay titles out of 75 – 13%

Interesting to see that despite ATP having at least 30% of the total tournaments on clay, Federer has won so far only 10 of them or 13% of his total titles. He went back again and again to Hamburg to win one more clay title as it seemed like the only clay title he was almost guaranteed to win due to its damp and muggy nature.

The 2 Madrid (notorious itself due to bizarre history of the tournament) Masters are the notorious ones as we've seen due to blue clay this year when both Nadal and Nole, the true clay contenders bombing out early. And the previous one, both Nadal and Nole were in a dogfight in the semi and by the time Nadal made the final, he was all out of gas. Thanks to Federer easy draw he remained fresh.

So this is just to show Federer's overall results but in particular his results on clay.

Federer should shoot for 100 titles. that would be a cool goal for him.


he still has the game. all that is missing is fitness and consistency.

roger is planning on a strong showing in 2014:





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