There are several elements to consider, Roger is indeed a very talented player, an excellent athlete and there is a list of things he does ultimately better then his present opponents;
1- All the necessary shots to attack and defend from any position on the tennis court. Even though he has some quirkiness about his movement, in general, he moves quite well.
2- With a service that many could consider "weak" in power and speed, he compensates by varying, with precision (great placement) and consistency by serving a very high percentage of 1st serves in.
3- He knows how to attack and when to attack.
4- In the middle of the court with short balls, he is unforgiving and merciless, he either puts those balls away or attacks and follows them to the net with the right shot.
5- Federer can trade shots from both wings at great pace and all of a sudden totally change from topspin to slice low, long or short, with or without pace.
6- Even though Roger does not use it often enough, he can serve and volley well.
8- The backhand is sometimes prone to mistakes but, often so varied that opponents with weak backhand slices or hard topspin shots can hardly bother him.
9- Can generate great angles and passing shots out of nowhere.
Rarely uses the drop-shot, drop volley or lob but, has the ability to do it well if necessary.
10- Returns very well off both wings. Since opponents do not know how to press him, sometimes he limits himself to just pushing the ball back deep into play and gets into the rally from there.
11- Has an excellent inside out and inside in forehand, that can spray winners to any corner of the court.
12- Generally Roger seeks control of the center of the court and often tries to stay close to the baseline or inside of the court. Once inside of the court all hell breaks loose for his opponents and he rarely loses a point from that position, neither will he concede an inch gained inside the court.
Now why does he win most of his matches so easily? How do his opponents contribute to their own demise?
1- About 95% of his ATP opponents, have no idea how to handle a backhand slice of any nature especially the short slice to the backhand or forehand.
2- Most of the ATP players clearly do not know how to attack with percentage play, let alone have a plan of attack to speak of! Exceptions; Tim Henman , Greg Rudzesky , Jiri Novak, Tommy Haas, David Nalbanian (all handicapped by injuries or old age), Ancic, Murray, Gasquet, Bagdahtis, Dyokovic young lads developing.
3- A majority of Rogers adversaries (exception Nadal), take on too much of Rogers "nice guy image" and are not pugnacious enough against him, turning what should be a boxing match into a social tea party. This culminates with Roger being so gracious at the Trophy awards ceremony, as to thanking his opponent and his camp (coach, agent, physiotherapist, etc...) for the "Good work"! Oh boy, in Pancho Gonzales, Ion Tiriac, Ilie Nastase, Jimmy Connors or John McEnroe's days, would Roger dare to say anything like that and they would all have beaten him up with the umpire chair!
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1- All the necessary shots to attack and defend from any position on the tennis court. Even though he has some quirkiness about his movement, in general, he moves quite well.
2- With a service that many could consider "weak" in power and speed, he compensates by varying, with precision (great placement) and consistency by serving a very high percentage of 1st serves in.
3- He knows how to attack and when to attack.
4- In the middle of the court with short balls, he is unforgiving and merciless, he either puts those balls away or attacks and follows them to the net with the right shot.
5- Federer can trade shots from both wings at great pace and all of a sudden totally change from topspin to slice low, long or short, with or without pace.
6- Even though Roger does not use it often enough, he can serve and volley well.
8- The backhand is sometimes prone to mistakes but, often so varied that opponents with weak backhand slices or hard topspin shots can hardly bother him.
9- Can generate great angles and passing shots out of nowhere.
Rarely uses the drop-shot, drop volley or lob but, has the ability to do it well if necessary.
10- Returns very well off both wings. Since opponents do not know how to press him, sometimes he limits himself to just pushing the ball back deep into play and gets into the rally from there.
11- Has an excellent inside out and inside in forehand, that can spray winners to any corner of the court.
12- Generally Roger seeks control of the center of the court and often tries to stay close to the baseline or inside of the court. Once inside of the court all hell breaks loose for his opponents and he rarely loses a point from that position, neither will he concede an inch gained inside the court.
Now why does he win most of his matches so easily? How do his opponents contribute to their own demise?
1- About 95% of his ATP opponents, have no idea how to handle a backhand slice of any nature especially the short slice to the backhand or forehand.
2- Most of the ATP players clearly do not know how to attack with percentage play, let alone have a plan of attack to speak of! Exceptions; Tim Henman , Greg Rudzesky , Jiri Novak, Tommy Haas, David Nalbanian (all handicapped by injuries or old age), Ancic, Murray, Gasquet, Bagdahtis, Dyokovic young lads developing.
3- A majority of Rogers adversaries (exception Nadal), take on too much of Rogers "nice guy image" and are not pugnacious enough against him, turning what should be a boxing match into a social tea party. This culminates with Roger being so gracious at the Trophy awards ceremony, as to thanking his opponent and his camp (coach, agent, physiotherapist, etc...) for the "Good work"! Oh boy, in Pancho Gonzales, Ion Tiriac, Ilie Nastase, Jimmy Connors or John McEnroe's days, would Roger dare to say anything like that and they would all have beaten him up with the umpire chair!
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