RF Schedule 2017

Oh, well - I never expected Roger to win another 2 majors this year, so everything from this point really is gravy.

If Roger goes deep in Montreal and Cinci, I can't see how he can win the USO. But I didn't see how he could win the Austalian Open, either!

Another tournament win and he ties with Lendl in second place on the all time winners list, too - so lets hope he does that during the next few weeks.

I am sure I will get greedy by end of next week but for now all I want for Roger is the Montreal title. A lot of the top players are playing in Washington this week in pretty fast conditions and will be somewhat adjusted next week and hit the ground running. It would be nice if Roger gets a couple of matches under his belt and is still in the tournament because after that, he will find his timing and rhythm.

I think one thing that factored into this decision was Roger skipping the clay season this year. This is by far the freshest he has been after Wimby, only grass tennis to recover from, plus his Wimby road was smooth sailing! Best chance indeed for him to play Canada again, especially since he already said that skipping RG is not going to be a recurrent thing.

Oh really? Is he going to play? It came out of nowhere for me. :bounce: :bounce:

Kop8zky wrote:And the quest for no1 begins!
Let's go Roger!!!!!

Roger That!!!!!

Im not going to add my voice to any more speculations as I only get it all wrong anyway, but feel free folks- its all good
For me, W8 was the only #mustdo and now I really must try to keep my word and not care one way or the other about further titles except to be happy for him.
May he attain all the goals he sets himself - incl #1 and #20 and I have my own goal for him anyway - The Federer Decima this year- but the only thing that somewhat bothers me really is after all Roger's superlatives and that he's now 36 and still playing is that there are still records for him to break. how is this possible. OK Connors played till he was 41or something, ditto Rosewall but how on earth has Lendl stayed ahead of him so long when he stopped playing so much earlier (surely?)

oldfan wrote:

Kop8zky wrote:And the quest for no1 begins!
Let's go Roger!!!!!

Roger That!!!!!

How cool would it be if he got the number 1 back, even for a week.

MaxUS wrote:Hopefully, it will be an exciting August, I think I am finally at the point where I can watch matches live (Montreal is PST in the US, right?).

Montreal is EST in the US (eastern time zone).

avasbar wrote:For me, W8 was the only #mustdo and now I really must try to keep my word and not care one way or the other about further titles except to be happy for him.

Yeah, I need to remember that too.  I had pretty much given up on Roger ever winning another major a few years ago.  And I was okay with that as long as Nadal wasn't getting any closer... and he wasn't then.  

The AO title was the most unexpected gift: to win another major over Rafa in 5 sets after being down in the 5th???  It was like the dream scenario.  And then Roger beating Rafa at both IW and Miami enroute to winning the Sunshine Double again after 11 years?  It was almost too much.  But even after all that... I really did want Roger to get #8 at Wimbledon.  He so deserved to hold the record (just like Rafa deserved the RG one).  And he got it.

Do I really have any right to want more?  No, not really... but I wouldn't mind it.  #20 would be too cool... but getting back to #1 one more time?  Man... that would really be something.

But after all the wonderful things that have happened this year... I'm going to try very hard to be content with that and just be happy for Roger, as you said.    Anything else from now on would truly be triple icing on the cake.

Kop8zky wrote:And the quest for no1 begins!
Let's go Roger!!!!!

or no. 20. 

I'm really excited Roger decided to play Montreal, simply because it's a sign that he has #1 in his sight and he's feeling confident with his body! Nadal and his camp should be feeling very afraid now...

Posts moved: The posts/discussion regarding the Lendl/Connors (vs. Roger's) match records have been moved to the:
Lendl / Connors Records topic under Awards, Records, Analysis and Statistics

The tour tracer on Roger's website has been updated and now reads

US Open followed by Laver Cup.

http://www.rogerfederer.com/index.php

I have updated Roger's  schedule by adding a 'mini-trophy' for Montreal Final and greyed out Cincy since Roger withdrew due to back injury he sustained during the Montreal final.

His schedule for the rest of the season is pretty much set, except for Paris which remains a  

Still enough tourneys left for Rog to get the Federer Decima......

I love your charts, cromar. Thanks.

btw, any news of evil_ (was it her/his name?) ?