Category Archives: Federer

Green Turns to Brown …

Posted on July 8, 2008 by

“…Now, on Nadal’s ad side there’s a 16-stroke point. Nadal is serving a lot faster than he did in Paris, and this one is down the center. Federer  floats a soft forehand high over the net, which he can get … Continue reading →

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Of wounded Tigers …

Posted on June 24, 2008 by

For years Roger Federer has steamrolled, dismantled, and humbled his opponents with consummate ease. The ranking of the opponents or the stage of the tournament didn’t really matter. The comments that followed from the vanquished ranged from ‘I played my … Continue reading →

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Does anybody remember laughter …

Posted on November 19, 2007 by

The Million Dollar Question – Is it just me getting old fashioned or is sports really changing too fast ? Is the modern day sportsperson chasing that dream so hard that its becoming difficult to make him the role model … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebration, Clippings, controversy, Cricket, Debate, F1, Federer, General, match fixing, Sachin Tendulkar, Sports, Tennis | 9 Comments

When, not if. Roger that…

Posted on September 13, 2007 by

When you join the growing list of Novak Jokovic’s fans and search Youtube for his many videos, you will find that he does a few brilliantly funny ones of Maria Sharapova (“just friends”), Andy Roddick, Goran Ivanisevic, Lleyton Hewitt and … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebration, Federer, heroes, Media, Nostalgia, Rohit Brijnath, Sampras, stories, Tennis, Writings | 6 Comments

The World on Time – Fedex

Posted on September 2, 2007 by

Now, thats not even a headline I thought of. Its an ad slogan for FedEx and since this is a post about Roger Federer, it just seemed kinda apt. The US Open is about to enter its second week and … Continue reading →

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History is now also his story …

Posted on July 9, 2007 by

Out on a sunny Centre Court enter two men that are different. As different as red clay is to green grass. So different you’d think they were from different planets or at least different eras. And yet both here chase … Continue reading →

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King Rafael, III

Posted on June 11, 2007 by

This is what Roger’s father had to say after the match. “It was a game against history, for both of them. Only Rafa was good enough.” He turned 21 last week. (And already has an asteroid named after him)

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Art on Clay ….

Posted on May 30, 2007 by

Its tennis season. Things go kind of crazy. Earlier this month somebody spent 19 days (and $1.63 m) to prepare a court which was half grass-half clay. And then matched Federer and Nadal in an exhibition game on it. Nadal … Continue reading →

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Look Ma, No Hands .. (nor feet of clay)

Posted on May 21, 2007 by

Roger Federer won his first Grand Slam under Peter Lundgren’s guidance. Wimbledon 2003. Six months later, they parted ways. In Feb 2004, without a coach, Federer became World no 1. He also won 3 more Grand Slams. All except the … Continue reading →

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Roger Federer …

Posted on May 10, 2007 by

I think the reason that I look at Cricket the way I do is because it symbolised a lot. And so a lot of excellence that one sees, one likes to equate with cricket. And so, even tho I might … Continue reading →

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