Prateek Raman

“Federer serves it deep and wide and attacks to the net….” on any surface or against any player it would hve been a similar story, .. following it with a perfect volley and point to the master……………………. but the story changes when the man across the net is the one “Rafael Nadal” and the surface is clay….

Federers’ greatness among the champions who hve graced this game is rest assured..some consider him to be the finest to hve ever graced this sport … and for obvious reasons… but the man knows tht to silent all his remaining critics( very few to be precise!!!) on his position as the greatest of his sport, he has to be the last man standing at the clay of Paris.

Well i welcome myself to the world of bloggers and it sure is an adroit business!!!! I must say i hve been inspired by blogs of my frens(shubu’s www.lifeisblogspot.com and Prateeks’ www.planetricks.com… well extra publicity for u guys.. may be i deserve something in return from u …..!!!!!)….

This being my first post, i really did not waste much time in deciding abt whom or wht to write….Sports ofcourse!!! .. and wht in sports???[:o] who else but Roger Federer…..

After watching the great man fail yet again on the clay of Roland Garros, the same old question of his position among the Champions of this game, arose once again.It would be naive of me to rate him above Sampras , Laver or for that mater of fact even Borg( whose 5 consecutive Wimbledon Titles record, Federer would be trying to match…), for greatness is not a quantitative thing….

Well the retrospections have been made and its time to start ,hopefully, an year of high voltage action on the tennis courts.

2006 was synonymus with the name Federer. What started as a great year , later turned into a David vs Goliath battle.Though we were treated to tennis of extraordinary brilliance ,the man from Switzerland hardly broke sweat. Federer is in the form of his life and competing against him ,leave alone defeating him, will be no mean task.The guy has brought beauty to the game of tennis. His strokes are synonumus to that of an artists’ work who is at the pinnacle of his carrier . Perfectionist to the core….

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