The world No1, Roger Federer, has scored yet another win against Spain’s Fernando Verdasco at the ATP World Tour Finals in London recently.
Roger is considered one of best players in the history of tennis, and this is the lad who was the youngest player to be on the top hundred player list in 1999.He has come a long way from those amateur struggles and has displayed a commitment that is unmatched by his peers. He is known for a serve which is difficult to read because he tosses the ball in the same spot no matter where he intends to serve it and he turns his back to his opponents during his motion. He is often able to produce big serves on key points during a match.
Two years ago OxyRomandie sent an open letter to the world number one – signed by more than 500 international health experts – calling on him to either pull out of the Davidoff tournament or ask that the organisers to cut all ties with Davidoff and the tobacco industry. The Swiss Champ declined to respond.
Cigarette smoking has been banned in European Union since mid-2005, and as celebrities are asked to endorse non-smoking agendas, Roger Federer is only another great choice.
Federer won the recent match going through a series of errors. The world No1 looked like a man who wanted to get out of the O2 in the quickest possible time, rushing his shots and becoming ever more frustrated, having been broken to love in his opening service game.He has been going through a bad phase experiencing successive defeats and naturally London has shown him a new turn of events.
So anxious was Federer to get in extra practice that he let Britain’s Greg Rusedski, also a left-hander, to help him warm up. It is impossible to imagine, given his vast experience and multiple titles, that Federer gets nervous, yet there were moments in the first set when he seemed horribly on edge, attempting to strike winners from preposterous positions.What is the demolishing factor in Roger is his grip on his belief, and somehow that is unmatched by his peers even when the Achiles ‘s heels are at an unease from effort. The larger part of the match had Roger play with a sincerity that was never free from faults but that will not be the case with Murray.
One thing is certain: Murray will relish the challenge, for he loves nothing more than pitting his wits and skills against the player he believes is the greatest of all time. Federer has said he thinks he has worked out the way to beat him; Murray needs only to point out his 6-3 advantage and his two wins out of three this year.
