No, he was stroking his own dick as usual. He could have just said "juan played a great tournament" and that's it, no need to go on to say how you yourself played a great tournament and you have won 40 games straight there. For real, that is egotistical crap. You are just so biased in your love for Fed he can do no wrong, even when he loses it's ONLY because he forgot his "A" at home.
you are really far off on this one. what player at the end of the tournament doesnt say "i thought i was playing great,had a great week, i just came up short & my opponent was great, congrats to him."
there is nothing wrong with that
he was asked about how he felt, honestly dude. you really will take any chance to kick someone.
i am not so biased. you are being patently absurd every time the name Federer comes up.
he can do wrong & has brought his A game & been beaten, but not often & frankly, you simply have not watched him enough to know that.
you already said you didn't watch most of his run. presumably, you did not even start going Rafamad, until 05 (FO win) & him becoming a big name in 06, if then, when he won the FO & made Wimby final.
even without you watching the majority of RF's run, you still, if you began watching him in say 2006, saw RF win 8 slams & come pretty damn close to winning 6 more.
so this is absurd.
you claim me being so pro federer as to cloud my judgment. but what about your bias? you are so anti-federer you find fault with the littlest things. even to calling Hewitt & Safin of 03 "scrubs".
you might want to point out these other quotes from Roger about Del Potro today and how the questions are posed
you also might consider, that RF is speaking in his *4th* language & that does not always lend itself to the easiest of expressions, even for one as intelligent & fluent.
as you see below, he doesnt even know what "resolve" means & this is a man who speaks fluently.
if you were asked to express your opinion in your 4th language, on a court in front of 20,000 people, dead tired, disappointed, etc. & you had to sit there answering dumb questions about how bad you feel, i'd say that you should be cut some slack.
post/iview:
Q. It's been a long time since we've been in this room with you not as a winner. I know on this end it feels very strange. Talk about the experience tonight and the way Juan Martin played.
ROGER FEDERER:
I got off to a pretty good start, and had things under control as well in the second set. I think that one cost me the match eventually. But I had many chances before that to make the difference.
So it was tough luck today, but I thought Juan Martin played great. I thought he hung in there and gave himself chances, and in the end was the better man.
Q. How disappointing is this not to get No. 6?
ROGER FEDERER: Five was great, four was great, too. Six would have been a dream, too.
Can't have them all. I've had an amazing summer and a great run. I'm not too disappointed just because I thought I played another wonderful tournament. Had chances today to win, but couldn't take them. It was unfortunate.
Q. Did he do anything differently today than he did in prior matches?
ROGER FEDERER:
Not a whole a lot. I just thought he was more consistent throughout. You know, I mean, he played pretty much the same.
Q. Can you look back five years ago and think about how he must be feeling as he's lying on the court after match point?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, I mean, got to compare it to my first Wimbledon.
I think the first major is always a big deal. Best feeling on the planet after all the hard work you put in. Especially nice when it comes when you're quite young because it comes kind of unexpected for him as well even though he put himself in a good opportunity and position. But it's great.
It was good to see him being so happy and emotional about it.
Yeah, I mean, he should enjoy it. He deserves it. It was a great match for him, too.
Q. How do you look back at the Grand Slam results of this year? You got two titles of Grand Slam, two finalists. How did you look back?
ROGER FEDERER:
Unbelievable. Unbelievable run. Being in all major finals and winning two of those, I'm losing the other two in five sets. Sure, I would have loved to win those two as well. Being so close, I think was two points from the match today. That's the way it goes sometimes.
But year has been amazing already and it's not over yet. Got married and had kids, don't know how much more I want.
Q. With all the good that's happened this year, will that eventually help ease the sting of this?
ROGER FEDERER:
Yeah, I mean, this one I think is easy to get over just because I've had the most amazing summer. I tried everything, you know. Didn't work. I missed chances. He played well and in the end it was a tough fifth set. It's acceptable. But life goes on. No problem.
Q. You were fully in control early on, and then the match start to change. Was there a moment where you said, uh‑oh, I got to get more serious or things aren't going the way I need them to go?
ROGER FEDERER:
Not really. I thought I had him under control for the first two sets. I should never have lost so many chances. It was just a pity. I think if I win the second set, I'm in a great position to come through. Unfortunately, I didn't win that and that was it.
Q. Would you say this defeat, looks like a little bit the one you had in Australia with Nadal?
ROGER FEDERER: I don't remember the match almost in Australia. Was I up or down two sets to one?
Q. Down.
ROGER FEDERER:
Down. I felt like today I was much more in control. You know, I had many more chances. It's one of those finals maybe I look back and have some regrets about it.
But, you know, you can't have them all and can't always play your best. He hung in there and did well. In the end, he was just too tough. Just the way it is.
Q. Are you at all surprised that he was able to keep his composure and not get sucked up by the moment of his first major final?
ROGER FEDERER:
Well, I mean, I guess, yeah. It's always an amazing effort coming through and winning your first in your first final. Got to give him all the credit because it's not an easy thing to do, especially coming out against someone like me with so much experience. I think it's not easy to have a steel racquet. Towards the end, of course, up 5‑2 in the fifth. That was easy.
But he had to live through some really tough moments earlier on in both breakers throughout those sets to come back.
So his effort was fantastic. I thought himself he went through quite a few ups and downs. This is the one I should have used to make a difference, but I couldn't.
In the end, was really good.
Q. Could you talk about his forehand, just talk about it and how it compares to other big forehands on the tour.
ROGER FEDERER:
Well, it's different. I guess he hits it well on the forehand side. The inside‑out is good, too. But I mean, there are some better ones out there. He definitely strikes it with great pace and good margin, too. Sometimes he hits crazy ones, too, but that's what happens when you go for it a lot. He has a great technique at backhand. Rock solid.
Q. The other ones, you've spoken highly of González's forehand. Who are the others, the better ones?
ROGER FEDERER:
Yeah, his is different. I don't know if I could put it up to González and Blake and Nadal. He's got a very good forehand, but I don't know if it's the best in the world right now. I don't think so. But it doesn't matter. He won the match, right? Doesn't matter if you have a great backhand or forehand.
Q. So far Rafa is the only one to defeat you in a major final. How do you feel about this other name coming into that list?
ROGER FEDERER:
No problem. He deserved it. He played well. I don't know what to say. Rafa, we've had some epic ones, sure, great ones over the years. Who knows, maybe Del Potro is gonna to join that as well. I wish him all the best for the future. That's for sure.
Q. When you look back at this, how will this strengthen your resolve now?
ROGER FEDERER: "Resolve" meaning?
Q. To get back and win the Aussie.
ROGER FEDERER: There's a lot of time between now and the
Australian Open. We have some big ones, you know, along the way. So I hope I can keep it up because I'm playing great tennis right now. I'm confident and I think I'm hitting a good ball. This doesn't take away anything from how much I've achieved this year, so I've had a wonderful season in terms of Grand Slams. Next to that, I also got back to No. 1 in the world. I hope I can defend that until the end of the year and then hopefully win the World Tour final in London. Along the way, I hope I can get some other titles like my home tournament in
Basel. We'll see how it goes.
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i see absolutely nothing wrong with any of that. if you do, then i think you have some big problems in what you demand of athletes. even the most composed ones.
