Wimbledon 2023

[Letters]

I always remember what he said to Murray when he beat him in the Wimbledon final: "I'm sure Andy will win one grand slam, one day"

You remember wrong. Your (bizarre frankly) distain for him even causes you to misremember what Federer said and infer some sarcasm in what he said. His actual words were

"He's done so well over the years, he's been so consistent and to me it shows he cares so dearly about tennis, about this tournament he'll at least win one grand slam, this is what I hope for Andy."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8x6f2FLzvc

Yeah, what an utter bastard!

[Mac76]

You remember wrong. Your (bizarre frankly) distain for him even causes you to misremember what Federer said and infer some sarcasm in what he said. His actual words were

"He's done so well over the years, he's been so consistent and to me it shows he cares so dearly about tennis, about this tournament he'll at least win one grand slam, this is what I hope for Andy."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8x6f2FLzvc

Yeah, what an utter bastard!

ok, so i got the exact words wrong but "at least one grand slam" - that's the key part I remembered - if you can't see the arrogant and patronising nature of his words then you're too far gone down the 'Darling Roger' road I'm afraid

[Letters]

ok, so i got the exact words wrong but "at least one grand slam" - that's the key part I remembered

You didn't remember it. That's not even what you said above. You said "one grand slam one day" and you emphasised the "one"s as if he said it in some sarcastic way.
He didn't say that and he didn't emphasise the "one". And you "accidentally" left out the part where he said "this is what I hope for Andy".

if you can't see the arrogant and patronising nature of his words then you're too far gone down the 'Darling Roger' road I'm afraid

The alternative explanation of course being you're so entrenched in your position that "Federer bad", you can't spot genuine good wishes for a fellow player when you hear it.

[Mac76]

You didn't remember it. That's not even what you said above. You said "one grand slam one day" and you emphasised the "one"s as if he said it in some sarcastic way.
He didn't say that and he didn't emphasise the "one". And you "accidentally" left out the part where he said "this is what I hope for Andy".



The alternative explanation of course being you're so entrenched in your position that "Federer bad", you can't spot genuine good wishes for a fellow player when you hear it.

OK sure, I (genuinely) agree I'm biased because I really don't like Federer, personally I do find him smarmy and smug and didn't particularly enjoy watching him play - also all the fawning over him made me feel nauseous tbh

but having said that, I remember saying to someone else at the time about that Murray remark and they said they thought it didn't ring true

anyway his legacy is being swiftly dismantled by Rafa and Jokeavic so all good

[Letters]

Certainly his position as the GOAT has been removed. I don't think his legacy as one of the "big 3" of the modern era is going away.
I am interested in your distain for Fed. I personally find Djok hard to warm to, but Federer always seemed like a genuinely nice bloke to me and I enjoyed watching him more than Djok or Nadal.
I've never thought of Federer as particularly divisive, but here we are!

[The Wengerbabies]

Certainly his position as the GOAT has been removed. I don't think his legacy as one of the "big 3" of the modern era is going away.
I am interested in your distain for Fed. I personally find Djok hard to warm to, but Federer always seemed like a genuinely nice bloke to me and I enjoyed watching him more than Djok or Nadal.
I've never thought of Federer as particularly divisive, but here we are!

I was never the biggest fan of Djokovic but have changed my mind a lot about him in the last few years.

It really is disgusting the way he is treated.

[HCZ_Reborn]

I was never the biggest fan of Djokovic but have changed my mind a lot about him in the last few years.

It really is disgusting the way he is treated.

I wonder why that would be? This sudden change of heart of yours.

Transparent as glass you are