Australian Open 2018 (15-28 Jan).

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Federer ends up crying.

[HCZ]

Federer ends up crying.

I’d be crying if I turned what should have been routine straight sets victory into a five setter

Dude where’s my serve

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He got it back in the fifth set, again.

[HCZ]

I’m just messing. Most players Federers age are retired apart from exhibition matches

I know Jimmy Connors hung around for ages but certainly wasn’t achieving what Fed was

But more than that has hung around and actually improved the key area in his game which was letting him down, his backhand. It was that, that won him the AO against Nadal last year. That was the mother of achievements

[HCZ]

He is for me far and away the no1 sportsman of the 21st century

[Globalgunner]

Best decision he made was to skip the tour and just show up for the big matches. It will probably see him winning things till he is almost 40.

Still love Connors though....he was a mans man, an animal who just wanted to devour his prey. How come he is hardly seen these days. I hope he is healthy?

Federer is the Brock Lesnar of the ATP. No insult intended. He is just incredible.

[Xhaka Can’t]

He is for me far and away the no1 sportsman of the 21st century

I’m trying to think of any sportsman that surpasses him in my lifetime.

I can’t.

[HCZ]

Yep Last year was pretty amazing for him, winning Miami and Indian Wells as well as AO and Wimbledon

As you say, I think skipping a lot of the events (and most notably Roland Garros) is a smart move on his part

He was the favourite in New York as well but I always thought that was a tournament too far for him. He struggled against Tiafoe (one for the future) and Yuhzny.

I don’t know enough about WWE to even get the Brock Lesnar comparison

[Globalgunner]

Yep Last year was pretty amazing for him, winning Miami and Indian Wells as well as AO and Wimbledon

As you say, I think skipping a lot of the events (and most notably Roland Garros) is a smart move on his part

He was the favourite in New York as well but I always thought that was a tournament too far for him. He struggled against Tiafoe (one for the future) and Yuhzny.

I don’t know enough about WWE to even get the Brock Lesnar comparison

The only meaningful comparison is that Lesnar only shows up for about 20 events a year not the weekly grind that all the other wrestlers have to endure. I hear it is in his contract. Lesnar is no legend....except perhaps in his own mind.

[HCZ]

I assumed the whole sport was a sham anyway. It’s like the Undertaker never losing at Wrestlemania or whatever it is despite the fact he’s probably older than my dad (who is 67).

Again I’m not talking with any kind of authority here.