I'm surprised no one has brought this up, but maybe it was cut from the CBS feed. I watching a Eurosport feed online and Federer rips into the chair ump when Del Porto took so long to challenge a call.
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The five-time defending champion took exception to the decision of chair umpire Jake Garner to allow Juan Martin del Potro to challenge a line call a full 11 seconds after the shot was ruled wide. By the time del Potro casually raised his finger, Federer was about to sit down for the changeover.
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"No, no, no! Too late. We stopped! Come on. I wasn't allowed to challenge after, like, two seconds and the guy takes like 10. Every time. How can you allow that stuff? Do you have any rules in there or what? (Inaudible) Don't tell me to be quiet. When I want to talk, I'll talk, alright? I don't give a [expletive] what he said. I'm just telling you he waited too long."
It was pretty shocking to see from Federer, who is normally so composed. It was only a few points earlier that Federer was furious with a Chase review call that he felt was blatantly wrong. He pointed to a mark on the court for a good 4 more points, and it was pretty clear overall his head just wasn't in it like normally is. May explain how poor his service game was.
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Reading the thread title, I simply assumed that Jpold and Jroc came out of the closet and have a love baby together.
I actually liked that from Roger because he is normally such a nice guy. It was a joke of a challenge for sure!
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Not at all, as I've said, I would rather start with LA over any of the other WC playoff teams. Bunch of underachievers who look good on paper but don't even deserve to be in the playoffs.
Inaudible was because the umpire was talking to him at the time. Probably saying something like "Be quiet, I've made my decision," to which Federer says "Don't tell me to be quiet..." and so forth.
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Originally Posted by iggypop
It was pretty shocking to see from Federer, who is normally so composed. It was only a few points earlier that Federer was furious with a Chase review call that he felt was blatantly wrong. He pointed to a mark on the court for a good 4 more points, and it was pretty clear overall his head just wasn't in it like normally is. May explain how poor his service game was.
I agree partially, especially for a few points after that line call. However, Federer showed great mental strength to stick with his guns, powering his forehand and going for backhands that ultimately kept missing. I think the biggest example of his mental strength is on the last championship point. He worked so hard to hit that forehand slice to return Potro's monster forehand, but again, it just was not his day as he made another UE on a routine backhand.
To me, that shows he fought for every single point. It would've been easy to give up on a lot of those Del Potro forehands, but he did the best he could considering he could not put a ball into the court. He worked hard to win some 50% of his points on his 2nd serve, where a lot of players would just mentally check out when their opponent is jumping all over the serve.
I think the mental strength is still there, and that'll allow him to challenge for slams, even as the physical part slowly fades away.
Btw, huge gratz to Potro. His forehand was monstrous today, and it'll be interesting to see how consistent he can make it. Usually he sprays a lot of errors when he hits huge forehands, and usually they don't clip the baseline with the frequency that they did. What a fun US open.
I was watching the CBS view. Not only did they have his rant (justified in my opinion) but the censor was a little late on the button so his swear word (The 'S' one) was very loud and clear. Makes me respect Roger even more for being able to turn on the competitive switch when he's in-match but doesn't let it ruin him once a match is over.
Inaudible was because the umpire was talking to him at the time. Probably saying something like "Be quiet, I've made my decision," to which Federer says "Don't tell me to be quiet..." and so forth.
My mistake, that wasn't when he dropped the F-bomb, that came later:
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Originally Posted by Regorium
I agree partially, especially for a few points after that line call. However, Federer showed great mental strength to stick with his guns, powering his forehand and going for backhands that ultimately kept missing. I think the biggest example of his mental strength is on the last championship point. He worked so hard to hit that forehand slice to return Potro's monster forehand, but again, it just was not his day as he made another UE on a routine backhand.
To me, that shows he fought for every single point. It would've been easy to give up on a lot of those Del Potro forehands, but he did the best he could considering he could not put a ball into the court. He worked hard to win some 50% of his points on his 2nd serve, where a lot of players would just mentally check out when their opponent is jumping all over the serve.
I think the mental strength is still there, and that'll allow him to challenge for slams, even as the physical part slowly fades away.
Actually yeah I agree have to with that. I was stuck in class for half this match, and had to watch the rest on a grainy online stream as I hadn't setup cable at my new place; so I really can't say much either way about the finer details of the match.
Still disappointed he couldn't pull it off. I think he can pull out 2 more again next year, but I think age is going to catch up with him pretty quick here. I think that will be the last year where he can be a multi grand slam winner.
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Reading the thread title, I simply assumed that Jpold and Jroc came out of the closet and have a love baby together.
