Wk.33- Federer 5 Times a 6-time Winner

Hey Y'all. Galileo here.

Nadal has withdrawn with another injury. The wrist this time. Fedalovic have all qualified for London in November. Federer has done it for the thirteenth consecutive time. It looks as if Federer is going to finish the year ranked number two. If he wins the Open, he will rise to number two.

I think we should again go through some statistics. These statistics are all-time statistics.



Federer also becomes the only player to win five tournaments at least six times. Nadal is the only player to have won four tournaments at least seven times, but his were all on clay. Federer has won Halle and Wimbledon seven times apiece, Dubai and Cincy twice, and the World Tour Finals six times. There is something to think about -- he has won what is possibly the hardest tournament to win six times. Yes, Nadal is dominant on clay, but the Fed isn’t discriminatory about where he dominates. Federer’s 54 titles on hard courts and 14 on grass courts will likely never be surpassed.

In addition to this, only Connors [1253] and Lendl [1071] have won more matches than the Fed. Federer will be the last player on the men’s side to get to 1000 wins. It just does not look like it can happen again. Played 1000? Yes. Win 1000? I don’t think so.

The statistics speak for themselves.

I think the Spanish movement is still strong. I thought it was going to diminish. I thought it would weaken. It has not. In fact, it has done the opposite. Ferrer, Robredo, and the other experienced vets have held on. They have ushered in the new generation of Bautista-Agut and friends. The new generation may be a little thinner, but it is there. It has talent. Spain is a power that is here to stay.

But enough of my talking, lots of other stuff happened this week...



*WEEK 33 CHAMPIONS*
CINCINNATI, OHIO USA
S: Roger Federer d. David Ferrer 6-3/1-6/6-2
D: Bryan/Bryan d. Pospisil/Sock


PLAYER OF THE WEEK: FEDERER, SUI
...In fifteen years time what will the world be like? Will the Democrats be in power? Will the British Labor Party? Will Dimitrov have five Wimbledon titles and a slew of Masters crowns, too? Will Tomic ever grow up? Will plane journeys be quicker? Will there be a strong Cleveland sports team? Will Peyton Manning be retired? I don’t know the answers to any of these. I do know one thing -- Federer will be talked about. Forever. They will name a stadium after him in Basel. Federer is the greatest player ever. Of that there can be no doubt now. Not with another Rafa injury following the kind of year the Spaniard has had. Federer has managed to almost outlast the span of Djokovic and Nadal’s careers and come out the other side. Federer will never again be rivaled. Not in the stats department and not in the way he played and what he did. To be honest, I could talk about Federer all the time. It really is incessant. I am obsessed. I shall therefore give you all a break from that talk and just talk about what everyone else did. We can touch upon Federer again later.
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RISER: FERRER, ESP
...Guess who is no longer in a slump. Ferrer will be seeded fourth for the upcoming event. And I think that is the correct seeding. Wawrinka is a semifinalist from last year and a grand slam winner this year. Ferrer, however, has not had a good 2014. He has a shot at what could be a final hurrah here, though. He has a shot here to win a major. A three-time semifinalist and someone who can play on the US Open courts is someone who is dangerous. There is no Nadal. There is a shaky Djokovic and a wobbly Federer. Murray and Berdych are a mystery. There are few who can stop Ferrer, but the draw does need to fall for him a little. Ferrer proved this week that he still has it. Just what ‘it’ is remains to be seen, but I think the Spaniard has ‘it’ back. He very nearly lost in the very first round. He struggled past Kohl 6-7, 7-6, 7-6. He was then pushed by Youzhny and it looked like he might be in trouble again. Nope. He rolled past Youzhny 7-5, 6-0 to make the quarters, his fifth Masters QF of the year. He was looking to add the Cincy final to his list. When he did get to that final, he added one more line on his big page of achievements. He has not reached the final of Indian Wells, Madrid or Canada. At the rest he has had some form of success. He then edged Robredo 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 though a well placed net cord definitely helped. Ferru handily swiped aside Bennyman 6-3, 6-2 to make the final. In the final, Federer dictated in the first set. He took it 6-3. He looked in control. And then he decided to serve-volley. A lot. Ferrer rebounded well and took the set 6-1. Federer regained control and outclassed Ferrer in the third to win 6-3, 1-6, 6-2. Ferrer, however, looks almost guaranteed to make the semifinals in New York, so all is well.
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SURPRISE: BENNETEAU, FRA
...The French. They are unpredictable. Politically speaking, financially speaking, language speaking and most other speaking that one can think of, the French are surprising and unpredictable. They do things we cannot comprehend. They do things which we would never think of, boring people that we are. They play tennis in this manner, too. It does not seem to them that winning is important. Playing nice shots is more important. If Paire, for example, had been coached by, say, Brad Gilbert or some such just think how good he would be. But no, he is French through and through. And he will reap the rewards for that, though he must also bear the punishment. It was the turn of Benny to be surprising this week. Benneteau should not have had a good week. He struggled past Rola. He really had to dig deep. He beat him 6-7, 6-3, 7-6. He won that breaker 9-7. He had lost the earlier breaker by the same score. Benny then dismissed Ward [6-2, 6-2] and Janowicz [7-5, 6-1] to make the quarterfinals of a Masters for just the third time in his career. Wawrinka dominated Benny in the quarterfinals. He won the opening set 6-1 and had too much of everything for the Frenchman to handle. So Benny decided to cut out the errors and be consistent. It worked. Suspiciously well. Benny rolled through the last two sets 6-1, 6-2 to make his maiden Masters event semifinal. And we don’t need to talk about the final. The semi was an achievement in itself.
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FRESH FACE: BUCHANAN, USA
...I can remember Buchanan losing to Tomic in the boy’s final of the US Open in 2009. Well, now he has qualified. He made his first Masters event. He managed to do it in spectacular fashion, as well. He dismissed Llodra 6-1, 6-3 and then edged Smyczek 6-4, 7-6 to make his Masters debut. He won the first set in the first round against Sousa but it was not to be. He lost 5-7, 7-6, 7-6. It was a promising start for the inexperienced youngster.
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VETERAN: ROBREDO, ESP
...The man named after a rock opera has been at the top of the game for a while. Robredo is a master at the comeback. He has come back from injury numerous times. He is also the only man to have won four matches in a row where he has been two sets to none down. And we aren’t talking journeymen; we’re talking seriously good players like Almagro and Monfils. Robredo has been around since 2005. He has been dirtballing for donkeys’ years and he just keeps on grinding. He just keeps at it. He knows his trade and he goes about plying it. Every now and then, usually on clay, he will put together a great week. This is why he will be the sixteenth seed at the US Open. With Delpo and Rafa out, the 32-year old is seeded to make the fourth round. If he does then he will not lose a lot of the points that he had gained from his quarterfinal effort last year. I think that if he has a fortunate draw, he could even make the semifinals. If, for example, he draws Berdych or Murray at the US Open, and then Ferrer or Wawrinka he could make a real go of it. I think he has dark horse potential. It’s always the wily vets and the big-firing young guns that are the ones to watch out for.
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DOWN: DJOKOVIC, SRB
...Two weeks in a row Djokovic has lost, and lost to opponents he should not be losing to. The loss to Tsonga we can forgive. Tsonga can blow you of the court. Robredo cannot do that. Djokovic should have broken down the Spanish serve and then slowly taken over. He should’ve attacked that forehand wing, the wing that is merely solid. But Djokovic did not appear able to execute his game plan. Djokovic could only look on as Robredo took the first set in a breaker and then closed out the second 7-5. Djokovic will not win the US Open. I don’t even know if Federer will win it, though he looks the most likely. I think Djokovic has not looked himself over the past couple weeks and it will be a big ask for him to do well on the big stage.
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UPSET: ROBREDO, ESP
....Djokovic has looked shaky over the course of this swing. Cincy has not been the happiest of hunting grounds for him. He looked out of sorts and he had looked out of sort the week before losing in straights to a good player having an on day. Robredo played that consistent, metronome style that can disrupt so many players’ rhythm and games. In the end it did for Djokovic, but the Serb’s number one ranking is not under threat, luckily for him.
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CIN QF - FEDERER d. MURRAY 6-3/7-5
CIN SF - FEDERER D. RAONIC 6-2/6-3
....Master classes have been given before by this man and, indeed, Nadal has given him a master class. But Federer showed Murray, and then Raonic, just how far out of their league he is. We’re talking Bruce Hornsby and the Range here. We’re talking AFC South here. We’re talking Tina Turner doing karaoke in my living room. We’re talking a serious lesson. Federer showed that while Murray may have occasional periods of brilliance, Federer has consistent longevity and is not one to go away. Federer used the forehand to blow Murray away, and the return of serve for Raonic. Nobody can defuse big servers like Federer.
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2. CIN 3rd Rd. - MURRAY d. ISNER
...6-7/6-4/7-6. Isner has a big serve. Isner also has, uhh, a forehand and sometimes he can put two hands on his backhand. Despite mainly just being a big serve, Isner wins a lot of matches. He also pushes most of the top guys. He did Murray. He even had match points. But Murray had consistency and came through. The former number two is starting to fade, but still has fight in him.
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3. CIN 1st Rd. – YOUZHNY d. TSONGA
...6-1/6-4. Absolutely baffling. Tsonga was on frightening form, literally making craters in Canada with that serve. He played Youzhny in the first round. Youzhny should have been a nice test that Tsonga would eventually pass. The scheduling caught up with the dynamic Frenchman, though, and he succumbed to the Russian in two easy sets.
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4. CIN QF - FERRER d. ROBREDO
...6-4/3-6/6-3. It would be an American setting for an all-Spanish clash. Ferrer needed a let-cord to strike the final hammer blow. Robredo plays a fantastic baseline game. He plays like a metronome. The ball always has similar, consistent pace but goes in a different place each time. Ferrer managed to combat it well in this break-fest.
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*Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA*
=SF=
Isner [1] d. [3] Robredo
Anderson [2] d. [4] Mayer
=FINAL=
Isner [1] d. [2] Anderson

...it’s Isner in America.

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