Federer plays Roddick tonight

Originally Posted by Samarta

All you have to do is serve aces under pressure. See that's a great idea until you are ahead 5 - 4 in the first set of your first major and you realize Roger Federer is on the other side of the net. The only way anyone is going to beat Federer at this point in his career is for him to have a bad a day and forever is playing him to play the best match of their career. If any of the big servers bring their best day, (and let's be realistic, Roddick is the standard as far as big servers go) and Federer is playing his best, the servers got no shot. None. Nada. The only way anyone is going to beat him anytime soon is for him not to play well. Safin??? puhleeeze!

Federer is also very good at returning serve. Part of that is guessing like a hitter. A good serve does not have to be big. He can tell by the toss and the body set up which way a serve is to be placed. Placement and deception is much more important than pure velocity. And mixing it up. McEnroe did this.

I agree with Samarta. Federer has got to be bad. He continues to improve.