Excuse me, what happened?
With the all of the impressive players in Rome I was expecting some entertaining tennis and perhaps even an upset or two. However, I didn’t think it would happen to two of the world’s best. Atleast, not this early. World number one Roger Federer lost Thursday to wildcard Filippo Volandri. He couldn’t keep his game straight and had an uncanny 44 unforced errors to his unranked opponent.
Besides winning in Dubai two months ago, Federer has failed to notch another victory. What’s wrong, Rog?
“I don’t know what’s wrong,” Federer said.
Well if it’s preparation time he needs, he now has more than enough time to get ready for the French Open. It’s disparaging to see a historically significant player such as Federer going through a slump. Much like last year in Baseball when Alex Rodriguez couldn’t hit a ball to save his life. However, The scary thing is THE COMEBACK.
Again like A ROD, who came out this year on a mission and had one of the best April’s in Major League history, Federer will return. We all know it will happen. People will begin to doubt the Swiss’s right to the top ranking. They will lift Nadal up on their shoulders and proclaim him the new numero uno.
And then, Federer will dig deep. He will have to something to prove. Believe me, you don’t want a champion like the Swissman feeling like he has something to prove… atleast if your last name is Nadal, Roddick, or Davydenko. And then he’ll find his forehand in wherever place he lost it and start blasting away. This return to form may not come on clay, but it will come and it will be a glorious spectacle of modern tennis.
Fans will cheer. Haters will boo. Rog will lift more trophies. Rafa will stay numero dos. The tennis world will regain balance.
Oh yeah, Roddick was the other player I mentioned at the top of this blog. He lost too.
Darn it.
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