And Federer just took his 85th title in Istanbul over Pablo Cuevas, 6-3, 7-6 (13-11). It was kind of ho-hum, with Federer taking a straight forward first set, until the second set when Federer gave back a break at 4-3 after having broken Cuevas. Then Cuevas upped his level and got it to a tiebreak, and the tiebreak was crazy. First Federer had a chance to put it to bed, then Cuevas, then Federer, then Cuevas. Finally Federer took charge with a couple of insane backhands, one clean winner off a first serve return, and then a superb backhand volley off a low drop shot, and finished it with a forehand winner for a 13-11 tiebreak win.
#85, and MTF has got your Federer 100 title thread going. Now many people are thinking he is going to get that 100 (but not the 20 slams), and there has been a call to lift your ban there general.
I remember about 9/10 of the people thought you were nutty in the first few months of that thread for making that quest thread... Who is nuts now?

Respectfully,
masterclass
remember that we founded one of the largest chat threads ever on the planet there general.
it will live on and on.
MTF mods and admin were not too bright.
they did not see that I was fair and kind to all.
and that we were capable of founding visionary threads with lasting value.