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Originally Posted by nemanja2306
The arrogance of this guy never ceases to amaze me. I really admire his tennis career, no doubt he's one of the best ever, but with his personality, I just wanna punch him in the face. All he does is look out for himself, I don't think he ever stood up for somebody else.
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as a Nole fan I know you're contractually obligated to feel this way, and that's alright. but to say he only looks out for himself isn't true. there's plenty of examples, but I remember a couple years back when both Fed and Rafa were on the players association council, and Rafa was fighting for fewer mandatory events, because of the toll it was taking on his body/knees. Fed was against this because he knew that the lower ranked players needed as many chances on the tour as possible to make a decent living, since the vast majority weren't making 6 or 7 digits per appearance. so unlike the NHLPA heads, you had a top star repping for the no-name grunts as opposed to his fellow stars.
now that isn't to say Fed is above a certain level of gamesmanship, and I think that's what rubs non-fans the wrong way. his dismissal of heat complaints is probably his way of taunting his opponents with "oh it's too hot for you princess? I'm all good, piece of cake, see you on court!" it's either funny or irritating depending on your preferences.