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Post by RogiFan on Jan 26, 2005 16:49:17 GMT -5
Roger Federer Sunday, January 23, 2005 R. FEDERER/M. Baghdatis 6 2, 6 2, 7 6 An interview with: ROGER FEDERER THE MODERATOR: First question, please. Q. You had a little fun with the possible castration shot, but you didn't make the shot. Do you remember that? ROGER FEDERER: Oh, the one around the no, the one between the legs this time? Q. Yes. ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, it was a pity. I could have hit it differently, but I thought, "Why not?" I saw Andy made it, so I thought I had to try it as well. I hardly ever do it in a match situation. Almost made it. Q. How did you like the Greek chorus? ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I wasn't sure if I was leading actually, you know, because they sang along like they were winning, you know. I always had to check the score and make sure that I was actually winning. But when I looked at the score board, I was always pretty happy, so. Q. You possibly might have to play Agassi next. Assuming you do play Agassi, do you think your game at the moment, you're at a level to beat him, considering how well he played the other night? ROGER FEDERER: I hope so. I mean, I don't know why you ask me a question like this. I think I've proven myself in the past, and I know my game's good enough, you know. Also on my day where I'm not playing perfect, I know I can beat him. He's not as good as he was when he was at the top of the ranking, otherwise he would be there. Fortunately, I'm there. I think he has to raise his game, not me. Q. When you got into the tiebreaker, were you thinking about the US Open, which was the last time apparently you lost a tiebreaker? ROGER FEDERER: Yeah. Because, yeah, he came again. Just before the break, he got fired up and played some fantastic forehands. That's exactly what happened also at the US Open. But just there, you know, there was more pressure because it was the second set. Here it was a third set and I was already leading two sets to love. So for me it was okay. But I was worried, 3 Love down, you know, I think two mini breaks. I'm happy I came back there and saved maybe crucial energy. Q. Chela got fined $2,000 US for spitting in yesterday's game with Hewitt. What do you think about that sort of fine for that sort of incident? ROGER FEDERER: Didn't see it. Q. Didn't see it at all? ROGER FEDERER: I didn't see it at all. I just heard. The papers say it all. It depends how close he spat (smiling). I don't know. I mean, we hardly ever get that in tennis, so it's tough. I don't know what the rule says. I don't do it. He can be fined $10,000, I don't care. But I think, you know, there should be a fine. We see it in soccer sometimes. It's not something very nice, so I'm happy he gets fined and things like this don't belong on a tennis court. Q. Hewitt gets himself obviously very fired up on the court. Do you think that plays a part in how maybe Chela reacted? ROGER FEDERER: Maybe, yeah (smiling). I don't know. I didn't see the match, luckily. I mean, it definitely plays a role. But I don't think you should go that extreme, you know. Q. How important is it when you are playing Hewitt that you keep your cool? I mean, how important is it to his game, that ability that he seems to have to get on his opponents and irritate them? ROGER FEDERER: I mean, totally different players have different characters. Different characters need different motivation, you know. So Hewitt, he needs his screaming. Other guys, they need the peace. Sometimes they like to get into each other's faces, you know, that they play better. So you just have to don't really have to care too much about what your opponent does. You know, I think it shouldn't influence you that much that you lose your mind. Q. Is it difficult when you're out there and things get tight? When you prepare to play a guy like Hewitt, do you have to set out from the outset, "I'm not going to buy into any of that stuff going on on the other side of the net," because you can lose your own game? ROGER FEDERER: No, I'm at the point where I just focus on my own game. Definitely, you know, tactics and everything, I analyze that. But whatever he does, you know, for me it doesn't play a big role. I turn around very quickly. You know, I see maybe one quarter of what my opponents do, you know, which is good. So I really just focus on myself. Q. Was there a time when you were disturbed by opponents' antics? ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, in the beginning. Yeah, you know, you have a look. You're like, "Why are you showing me your fist? Did I do something to you?" You take it very how do you say? personal. That's not what you should do. It's a match, of course, you know. Sometimes it's difficult to separate match, on court, off court. But I'm at the point where, you know, whoever does on the court, he's like that. Off court, he might be all right, so. What matters to me is how they are off court and not really on court. Q. You said Andre is going to have to really raise his game to beat you. What do you expect him to try to do? ROGER FEDERER: Well, first he has to win, so let's wait about that first. He has a tough opponent. Q. Can you talk a little bit about what Tony Roche is bringing to your game? ROGER FEDERER: Well, you know, we just started, so didn't have too much time. But I'm having a good time with him, like I said. I think it's just important to get new information. You know, so far I'm happy I coped well with it because very quickly, you know, it can influence your mental part I think in tennis and you try maybe what you have worked on, and in the end end up losing. And that's not what I'm really working for with Tony. I'm hoping just to improve my game, also if it's just little things. I'm not going to start serve volleying first and second serve. That's not why I got him as a coach. I think the next couple of months will show. I think now also here he sees all my matches live, and we can go from here. Q. Happy with how this first week has brought you into the second week? Went pretty smoothly. ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, well, I'm very happy. I saved a lot of energy. I'm really like tournament almost starts now, you know, for me, which is very good. I played a lot of all the matches on Laver now. Probably will keep on doing that. I'm looking forward to tough matches coming up now. You know, no matter Johansson or Agassi, it will be a tough one. It would be fantastic to play Andre here. But I try to look at the big picture and try to defend my title. Andre or Johansson are in my path, and I hope I can beat them. Q. Hewitt says the court is too slow. What's your version of this court? ROGER FEDERER: I think it's similar to last year. I don't remember too many guys making a big deal out of it last year. A little bit quicker, I don't mind. So as long as you don't change it, you know, to the extreme where basically there's no more rallies, you know, just because it's so quick, I think then we have a problem. But it could be a bit quicker. But the way it's now, I think we're seeing great rallies.
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Post by RogiFan on Jan 26, 2005 16:49:39 GMT -5
cont Q. Moderate, would you say? ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I mean, we don't have those quick courts any more like in the past. Like when I came on tour, there was a few quick ones around. Now it seems everything has slowed down so much. This is like a regular hard court. Q. Courier asked you on the court about the tsunami relief effort you did at Nike yesterday. Are you impressed with how the tennis community has come together on this or do you think there's not enough being done yet? ROGER FEDERER: No, I mean, I think every player wants to help, you know. We're all trying to do something. I also spoke to Horst Klosterkemper and asked him if maybe we should do something before Indian Wells or Miami, maybe a match, just where all the top guys, you know, they appear on the court, and all what the ticket and sales, that goes also away, because I think that's missing a little bit in the game of tennis, and I would be very happy to do it. We gave stuff, you know, to auction it off. I think we are all trying our best. Important is what the top guys do especially because they are in the limelight, and I think they have really shown that they do care very much. Q. On Hewitt, would you like to see him tone down his on court antics at all? ROGER FEDERER: No, I mean, I understand him. Geez, he's in Australia, you know. He wants to win this tournament so badly, and he's showing it. He wants people to feel it. So, I mean, you know, what is 'tone it down'? Three c'mons less per match? That's not going to make the difference, so. I mean, we all agree. I mean, he's fine the way he is. Q. What do you think about the possible return of Martina Hingis? ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I would like to see her coming back. I thought she never comes back. But now I think this is for a good cause. I might even see her winning the tournament, so we'll see what happens, right? Q. Can I just clarify, when you said earlier in your career some opponents might have got under your skin, were you talking specifically about Lleyton or just players in general? ROGER FEDERER: No, I had many, many opponents. Because when you start and you're young, all the players, they take advantage of it. You know, they take toilet breaks, change their stuff for 10 minutes, they don't watch the clock, you know, the umpires. There's just so much going on. Now, you know, that I'm playing on centre court and I'm No. 1 in the world, they don't try the stuff any more because they know in the end it comes down to tennis, not these little tricks. But in the beginning, you have to go through that and you have to experience this. And sometimes you lose your mind on such things because you can't control those, you know. And then, again, you know, you have people getting in your face just the way they act. But now nothing of that is bothering me, and that's why I'm a better player. Q. Has Lleyton ever annoyed you on the court? ROGER FEDERER: Well, I mean, we had all these tough matches, you know, in the past. He won too many of those. So, yeah, he did annoy me (smiling). www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/interviews/2005-01-23/200501231106464184759.html
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Post by RogiFan on Jan 26, 2005 16:50:32 GMT -5
R. FEDERER/A. Agassi 6 3, 6 4, 6 4 An interview with: ROGER FEDERER THE MODERATOR: Questions, please. Q. Agassi said that he was outplayed. Do you have the same feeling, and how does it feel, if so? ROGER FEDERER: No, I thought I started well. First service game was perfect, you know. I got the first break, which was important. Then I had to really battle hard, you know, to win the first set. Couple of breakpoints where I served well. And from then on, I had the feeling I really started to pick up even more with my serve. You know, I always got the good start into each set so I think that made a difference. I after could play with the confidence; he couldn't really. So that allowed me to take chances. I served through the whole match perfectly. So I think that's what made me win the match today. Q. Did you enjoy yourself out there today? ROGER FEDERER: Well, I thought I really had to concentrate very hard today, which maybe at times didn't allow me really to enjoy too much. But it's always a pleasure to play against Andre, and I think that's clear. Q. It was not a hostile crowd, but it was certainly an Andre crowd. Does that affect you? Do you hear them? ROGER FEDERER: I definitely hear them. I also felt they were on Andre's side, which is totally normal. He won the tournament many more times than me. He's been here for ages, you know. They wanted him to come back into the match, which is normal as well. So for this reason, I wasn't surprised at all. Q. Can you play any better than that? ROGER FEDERER: Well, it's tough to say, you know. Andre takes it away from you, the way he hits so hard from the baseline. So you can't really create the points like you want to. But, you know, I try to go against it. And again, you know, it came down to the way I served, which in the end decided how I played from the baseline. Q. After he had the last chance, had a breakpoint in the fourth game, you lost on your serve only I think seven points in eight games. Is that surprising to you? ROGER FEDERER: Yes, yes. It's very surprising. As surprising as the way I closed out the match at the US Open, also, where it was extremely windy and I was really struggling with my serve. Through the fourth set and the fifth set I think I barely lost a few points. So, again, there it was similar. Q. Is it a test to play against Andre? Does that make you concentrate all the time? ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, because, you know, he's one of the best returners of all time. You know you just miss a couple of first serves and he doesn't just put the return back into play, but he really hits it hard down the baseline. So every time I've got a difficult half volley to play, and if you're, you know, a little un confident and you're not really too much in the mood to play rallies, you know, that puts an unbelievable amount of pressure on you. So I always try to have a good start to each service game. That's I think what made the difference in the end. Q. Only time when you didn't put the first serve in was the end of the first set. Were you feeling more pressure, or there was other reasons? ROGER FEDERER: Well, I think just missing a first serve once in a while is no problem. So if you talk about that, you know, my life's doing just fine.
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Post by RogiFan on Jan 26, 2005 16:50:55 GMT -5
cont Q. Who do you feel are your toughest opponents at this time? ROGER FEDERER: You mean in a tournament? Q. Yeah, just in general. ROGER FEDERER: So far I've played or...? Q. Yeah, just going on. ROGER FEDERER: Look at the rankings or...? Q. I mean, for you. ROGER FEDERER: Who's my toughest opponent? Q. Yes. ROGER FEDERER: It's hard to say because my record speaks for itself right now, the way I've beaten all the Top 10 players, you know, so regular. So it makes it hard to obviously pick one. I have the feeling Safin is playing really good. You know, the other Top 10 guys, you always know on a given day they can upset you any time. So I'm really looking forward to the contest with Safin, you know. I have the feeling he's playing good again and he had a great finish last year, good start again. So it's going to be a really hard match. Q. Did you have a feeling that anybody can beat you? ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I always have the feeling. Everybody knows how quickly matches can turn around. And for this reason I was happy to win the first set. That kind of gave me just a little bit of cushion. I didn't expect to start like I had into the second set, but I had it in the end. Again, if you don't serve it out and you find yourself at 5 All, again, it's a different match. I didn't allow anything off that. For this reason, for me it was a perfect match. But I know that matches can turn around very quickly. Q. Can you think of any other match in the past that you feel that you felt so good about yourself? ROGER FEDERER: Well, like I said, you know, I served really well. He hit extremely hard from the baseline. So for this reason I couldn't play my regular game from the baseline. I just tried to counterpunch, you know, whatever was coming from Andre. This didn't really allow me to play my game. Only when I can really play my game I'm at my best. But, again, I played a fantastic match today to win in straight sets. I think it needs such a good performance to beat Andre so convincing. Q. Do you think Safin will offer you more problems than Andre did tonight? ROGER FEDERER: Well, I expect a tougher match, that's clear. I always expect five setters, or being down breaks or, you know, worst case scenario. And for this reason, I expect a tougher match. Q. Does he have different weapons to attack you? ROGER FEDERER: Well, he's got the bigger serve. That's going to make it maybe more difficult maybe to break. But, again, we only will see after the match what happened. I think also the record here for him speaks for itself, how much he likes this surface. Of course, it's an even more interesting match just because of who's coaching him. But I'm happy I'm through that, that I played him, I got that match away in Houston. So for this reason I can really concentrate on the match itself and not thinking about who's sitting in his corner, you know. But I expect a tough one, yeah. That's clear. He's playing well. He had good matches so far. Q. You seem to be a silent man on court. Do you listen to Andreas Vollenweider, famous Swiss musician? ROGER FEDERER: Who? Q. Do you listen to Andreas Vollenweider? ROGER FEDERER: No, I don't. I never heard of him. I'm an international man. I like Switzerland, but... Q. Safin played extremely well under the closed roof. Do you think that it's a better case for you if the roof is open or closed or doesn't matter? ROGER FEDERER: I expect open roof. It's an outdoor tournament. So otherwise you shouldn't don't have to travel down here, you know, to play. But, yeah, I mean, it's maybe harder for him, you know, if it's outdoors again, it's windy, to get the rhythm back. But definitely gave him a great rhythm to play indoors, you know, no wind. But it was very similar for me tonight, you know, was very calm winds. It was really perfect conditions to play. The only thing that changed was the sky going from blue to black, you know. So I don't know if we play in the night or not, but it's going to be interesting. www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/interviews/2005-01-25/200501251106652976136.html
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Post by RogiFan on Jan 26, 2005 16:51:20 GMT -5
Federer, Safin Simply Stunning by Damian Glass Tuesday, 25 January, 2005 Roger Federer and Marat Safin have set up a semi-final showdown at Australian Open 2005 after both dominated their quarter-finals on Day Nine at Melbourne Park. Federer was simply awesome in defeating four-time champion Andre Agassi 6-3 6-4 6-4 in balmy conditions for the night session on Rod Laver Arena. It has been 26 matches since Federer lost a singles match and at no stage during his clash with Agassi did the American look like he was going to break the world No.1's winning streak. Right from the start of the match a familiar pattern emerged with games going on serve until the sixth game of the first set when Federer broke Agassi's serve for the first time to take a 4-2 lead. With a first serve percentage of 66 for the match - including 22 aces - Federer's serve was near impenetrable all night. The only time it appeared vulnerable was when Federer served for the first set, but Agassi was unable to take advantage of four chances to break back. These were the only chances Agassi had all night to break serve and Federer eventually claimed the first set 6-3. In contrast, Agassi's serve was only broken three times in the match but, significantly, Federer was able to put pressure on him by breaking serve in the first game of the second and third sets. Federer controlled the match at every level and although he made 11 more unforced errors than Agassi (31 to 20), he accumulated 46 winners compared to 13 for Agassi. If the Swiss was impressive in defeating Agassi, No.4 seed Safin was not far behind him in defeating Dominik Hrbaty in straight sets, 6-2 6-4 6-2 Playing under a closed roof on Rod Laver Arena in the afternoon, Safin took just 90 minutes to dispose of Hrbaty. Despite a relatively low first serve percentage of 49, the big Russian powered down 14 aces and hit 33 winners to completely outplay the Slovakian. In the past, Hrbaty had troubled Safin in with the pair sharing the honours in 12 matches. The last time they met in the Australian Open was 2001 and it was Hrbaty who recorded a comfortable straight sets victory in the fourth-round. However, in 2005 Safin appears to be peaking at the right time and after his win, the Russian admitted that the victory over Hrbaty was the best he has played in the tournament. Although the scoreboard made the match look relatively easy, Safin also revealed that the secret to his success was changing the way he played Hrbaty. "After the first couple of games that I was a little bit tense, I found out myself how to play against him, what I have to do," Safin said. "That's why it looks a little bit so easy. But on the court is completely different. You feel different because the way he plays, he plays really fast, flat balls." "If you're going to rally and try to beat him, his game, it's really difficult. So basically you have to change something, try to play with more slice, if you change, if you play smart against him, of course it was easy by the numbers." Perhaps the biggest catalyst for Safin's victory came before the match as the temperature hovered around the 35-degree mark and the tournament's Extreme Heat Policy was enacted, ensuring the roof would be closed. It was a decision that Safin believed favoured him more than Hrbaty, who is regarded as one of the fittest and hardest working players on the men's tour. "We were discussing it (in the locker room)," Safin said. "I said, 'they're going to close the roof'. I could see that he wanted to really play with the heat. But playing in the heat is an advantage for him. Really, honestly, I preferred to play against him in indoors, it's much better."
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Post by RogiFan on Jan 26, 2005 16:52:05 GMT -5
Sublime Federer ends Agassi dream Defending champion Roger Federer set up a semi-final against Marat Safin with a brilliant display against America's Andre Agassi at the Australian Open. Agassi, a four-time Australian Open champion, played some fine tennis but was simply out-gunned by Federer. The Swiss world number one served superbly and the rest of his game matched up as he won 6-3 6-4 6-4. Federer broke the Agassi serve in the opening games of each of the second and third sets as he powered to victory. In the end it took Federer just one hour 39 minutes to dispose of Agassi's challenge and claim his 26th win in a row. I would suggest to his next opponent that he doesn't look to me for advice Andre Agassi on Roger Federer Federer said it was his serve that had made the difference after pounding down 22 aces on his way to victory. "A good start always helps, especially against Andre and I think I really served well, he never broke me," said Federer. "From the baseline it was clear who was the better man, so I had to serve better." Agassi paid handsome tribute to Federer. "He does everything well and a lot of things great. He just outplayed me," said the 34-year-old American. "I wasn't picking his serve up well. You give a guy like that a lead and he can stretch it pretty quick. "He was too good. I would suggest to his next opponent that he doesn't look to me for advice." Agassi went for his shots throughout as he tried to unsettle the ice-cool Swiss but in the end he did not have the weapons to hurt Federer, and may have now played his final match at the Australian Open. Agassi tried to force the pace from the start but once he was broken in the sixth game he was never ahead. The shaven-headed shot-maker from Las Vegas battled bravely as Federer served for the first set but he could not take any of the three break points he managed to earn. Federer took the set at the fourth time of asking, and when he immediately broke Agassi in the first game of the second set the writing was on the wall. The young Swiss star has the complete game and at times he touched the heights as he dismantled Agassi's challenge. When he claimed Agassi's serve at the start of the third set the crowd feared Agassi would be swept aside. Despite Agassi's age his desire is undimmed and he pushed Federer all the way, but there was only ever going to be one winner under the lights in Melbourne. Story from BBC SPORT: news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport1/hi/tennis/4204959.stmPublished: 2005/01/25 10:29:39 GMT © BBC MMV
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Post by freudo on Feb 5, 2005 9:03:51 GMT -5
It felt so good to come here and see all these pictures on days that ended happy. I just finished watching the Roger vs Marat match and was so depressed after the last 2 games. Until then I was convinced Roger would win, or almost concinced, but those games were like a boxing match with the champ pinned to the ropes and being beaten on, then down for the count. Next time!!! Roger in four!!!!
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Post by RogiFan on Feb 7, 2005 10:55:26 GMT -5
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Post by RogiFan on Feb 9, 2005 21:21:52 GMT -5
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Post by RogiFan on Feb 15, 2005 17:25:58 GMT -5
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Post by RogiFan on Feb 17, 2005 11:35:51 GMT -5
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Post by freudo on Feb 18, 2005 11:41:38 GMT -5
great pictures..the next to the last must be that backhand whatever return
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Post by RogiFan on Feb 21, 2005 10:26:05 GMT -5
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Post by RogiFan on Feb 21, 2005 10:34:49 GMT -5
not an easy win for ROG: ABN AMRO Championship Rotterdam, The Netherlands February 20, 2005 Federer Clinches 15th Straight Final Win World No.1 Roger Federer was forced to dig deep on Sunday in the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament final, grinding out a 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(5) win over Croatian Ivan Ljubicic. Federer lost his serve for the first time in the tournament at 5-5 in the first set, the Swiss showing uncharacteristic nerves to be broken to love – and his streak of holding serve coming to an end at 46 games for the tournament. Federer raised his game in the second, but was persistently frustrated by Ljubicic who saved four of four break points up until the last point of the set, the Croat finally capitulating under pressure as the match went into a decider. The third set went down to the wire, neither player facing a break point throughout. Ljubicic led 4-2 in the tie-break with another serve to come, before Federer raised his level once again to seal the win in 2 hours, 44 minutes. Federer’s win erases the bitter memory of having lost to Nicolas Escude in a third set tie-break in the 2001 Rotterdam final. Federer’s win keeps alive his outstanding record in finals that stretches back to July 2003. The Swiss has now won 15 consecutive finals, extending his Open Era (since 1968) record over Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe, who both won 12 consecutive finals. The last final that Federer lost was in Gstaad 2003 (l. to Jiri Novak). Federer has now won 24 career titles (24-8), and two in 2005 (Doha, Rotterdam). He also defeated Ljubicic in the final of Doha earlier this year. Federer improves to 15-1 in 2005, his only defeat coming against Marat Safin in the Australian Open semifinals. Federer will overtake Lleyton Hewitt in second place of the INDESIT ATP 2005 Race when Monday’s standings are released. He will lie just 10 points behind leader Marat Safin. Federer and Safin are the top two seeds in next week’s tournament in Dubai. En route to victory, Federer defeated Bohdan Ulihrach, Stanislas Wawrinka, Nikolay Davyenko, Mario Ancic and Ljubicic. Federer extends his career lead over Ljubicic to 5-3. Federer’s win earns him 50 INDESIT ATP 2005 Race points and € 147,000. He improves to 17-5 lifetime in Rotterdam. Ljubicic has now lost three finals in 2005 (Doha, Marseille, Rotterdam). However the Croat leads the circuit with the most wins of the year (16) and will move up to 5th place of the INDESIT ATP 2005 Race on Monday. He is now 1-4 in ATP finals, his only title coming in Lyon in 2001. In the doubles final, Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram overcame Cyril Suk and Pavel Vizner 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to win their first ATP title of 2005, and fourth of their career (Bangkok 2003, Lyon 2003-04). WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID Federer: “I always expect a tough match but I was hoping it was going to go the way the final in Doha when I won 6-3, 6-1 against Ivan. Indoors, he’s more efficient, and he’s harder to break. He got off to a good start, got the first break, I didn’t play a very good game but anyway he broke me to love, which was good for him. But that game really ended up haunting all the way through to match point you know.” “ From then on I just had to fight and stay in there. I gave myself a lot of chances in the second set, eventually I squeezed through that one and it was all the way level through to the tie-breaker and anybody can win that. I was the lucky one.” “Fantastic. It’s been a long week. Started on Wednesday and played every day until today so I’m quite exhausted. I’m very happy with the week. I’ve won the doubles here twice before and now finally the singles and the way it happened, it was very nice.” Ljubicic: “It was a very close match. I was 4-2 up in the tie-break. If I had a chance to rally with Roger I thought I had a chance. I felt like in the rally he was the one who felt more pressure. I could go for my shots without overdoing it. I don’t think he was expecting me to stay in the rally, to stay with his power, but I did it pretty good today and he found himself down a set. “But he’s No. 1 in the world and he was fighting all the way. I didn’t have any break points from first set onwards. I had 4-2 in the breaker but I think he was the won who as a little bit better from the first set on. It’s difficult to say who deserved to win but in tennis someone has to win. This time he won but I think I can be totally satisfied with the way I played and the whole tournament.” Ram: “It’s our fourth title together. It’s a great feeling. We really enjoy playing in Holland, It’s a great tournament. We played very well last year and also again this year. We really managed to keep a high level all week which was great.” Erlich: “Defeating Black and Ullyett in the semifinals really gave us an unbelievable motivation, energy and power to go into the final today. That was a huge boost and it feels great to win our first title of 2005 after struggling a bit earlier in the year.” www.atptennis.com/en/newsandscores/news/2005/rotterdam_sunday.asp
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Post by RogiFan on Feb 27, 2005 10:28:20 GMT -5
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Post by RogiFan on Mar 2, 2005 13:15:15 GMT -5
Wawrinka before DC05 R1 v. Holland: Justement, Rotterdam: la rencontre face à Roger Federer? Quelque chose de très particulier. Sitôt fini le match face à Grosjean, «Rod'j» (ainsi qu'il signe ses messages) m'a envoyé un SMS. Lui-même devait jouer le soir même, il écrivait: «Félicitations pour ta victoire (...). Je vais tout faire pour gagner mon match et pour me qualifier. Je me réjouis de jouer contre toi demain!» Ce message, je l'ai gardé. (Et de pianoter sur son téléphone portable...) Et... le lendemain, pendant et après le match? J'étais trop tendu, il m'a fallu plus d'un set avant de lâcher mes coups... Après le match, je sais que Roger a dit beaucoup de choses positives à mon égard. Et, de cela, je suis fier! Dans le vestiaire, nous avons parlé de la Coupe Davis. Il m'a dit: «Quand tu seras sur le court, face aux Hollandais, tu auras forcément «la main un peu raide». Lâche-toi, joue, dis-toi qu'après tout il ne s'agit là que d'un match de tennis...» ... J'ai parlé de Marc avec Roger, de son rôle, de ce qu'il pouvait m'apporter. «Ecoute-le, suis ses conseils. Quand il sera sur la chaise, et toi sur le court, «prends» tout ce qu'il te donnera...» m'a dit «Rod'j»... www.lematin.ch/nwmatinhome/nwmatinheadsport/sport_divers/_rod_j__peut_compter.html
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Post by Doris on Mar 16, 2005 7:09:45 GMT -5
Wow RF merci!!
That's just our Roger!!
And Stan almost made the upset in DC!!
Keep it up Stan!!
And of course Roger!!
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Post by RogiFan on Mar 17, 2005 11:13:11 GMT -5
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Post by RogiFan on Mar 17, 2005 11:16:22 GMT -5
Tsunami Emergency Relief March 11 , 2005 Fun and Funds at All-Star Exhibition The ATP All-Star Rally for Relief raised $18,282.76 for UNICEF, a figure that does not include revenue from ticket sales from Friday's special night at the Pacific Life Open. In an unprecedented show of support from the world's greatest players, stars from both the ATP circuit and the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour put on a crowd-pleasing show to raise funds and awareness. The event launched a new global partnership called ACE (Assisting Children Everywhere) aimed at harnessing the power of tennis to help ensure the health, education and protection of children everywhere. The UNICEF-ATP partnership will focus on fundraising and advocacy. Among the first joint initiatives will be a campaign to raise money for global child immunization programs. “I cannot think of a better way for UNICEF and the ATP to begin their partnership,” said Anne-Marie Grey, UNICEF Chief, International & Corporate Alliances Private Sector Division. “The gesture of the all world's top tennis players to donate their time, energy and enthusiasm for this event and cause was extremely impressive. We also applaud the generosity of the Pacific Life Open fans for providing this tremendous benefit to the world's most vulnerable children.” ATP players participating were Roger Federer, who hosted the ATP Foundation event, Lleyton Hewitt, Andy Roddick, Marat Safin, Carlos Moya, Andre Agassi, David Nalbandian, Guillermo Coria, Paradorn Srichaphan and Tim Henman. Sony Ericsson WTA Tour players who played and also helped pass UNICEF buckets through the crowd to collect funds were Kim Clijsters, Elena Dementieva, Amelie Mauresmo and Daniela Hantuchova. Lindsay Davenport, Taylor Dent and Lisa Raymond also raised funds for UNICEF at a pre-event gathering at the Indian Wells Village Stage. About UNICEF For nearly 60 years UNICEF has been the world's leader for children, working on the ground in 158 countries to help children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence. The world's largest provider of vaccines for poor countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, quality basic education for all boys and girls, access to clean water and sanitation, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of governments, businesses, foundations and individuals, and through our National Committees for UNICEF we sell greeting cards and other products that help advance humanity. www.atptennis.com
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Post by Brinyi on Mar 18, 2005 11:10:59 GMT -5
Quote of the day, Andre Agassi on Roger Federer:
"I don't know if we're going to get tired of talking about Roger first or Roger is going to get tired of being Roger first."
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