‘I love Watching Matches’- Roger Federer

Coaches often suggest the top players, to watch matches of different players and opponents to learn, new tactics and styles. However Roger Federer is one of those few players who watches matches as a fan. Federer, in his press conference revealed that he watches a lot of matches on TV when he is still playing in that tournament. However, he has never tried to sit down and watch matches to study the game or analyse an opponents’s weakness.

‘Maybe I am somewhere where they don’t show it on vacation or I don’t have the patience to go sit down and watch it and start studying it and going all coaching all about it’, said Federer. He also added, ‘I can’t do it. You know, I’ve seen so much tennis. I love watching matches when I’m still in the tournament. You just kind of try to, with any other player, I watch more as a fan. At times you’re like, Look, he did that maybe a bit different’.

Federer was also asked about how he has over the years managed to solve the Rafael Nadal puzzle. The Swiss maestro says that he has managed to increase the physical aspect of his game in his recent years to cope up with the Spaniard. ”Obviously, he’s evolved. He hits his serve bigger today. I’ve changed my game. I’m playing more physical than three, four years ago”, said Roger. ”Just try to put all that together, in split seconds break it down and take the right decision, which isn’t easy because you have so much info”. He also realized that players like Rafel Nadal exploited his backhand wing; read about it here :Roger Federer- ‘Backhand Was My Weakness

However, Federer also implies that once he is out on the court, he tries not to think much and tries to keep things simplified and straight-forward. “But at the end of the day, it’s pretty simple. Just play a good match, hit the right balls, take the right decisions and start the games out well”, said Federer. Federer also revealed how by changing racquets and strings, his game has changed- Roger Federer-‘Many are playing with a hybrid-string’

Federer is currently in the second place in the ATP singles rankings with 6900 points. Nadal leads the race to finish as the year end world number one with 8760 points. However, it is Novak Djokovic who has stolen the limelight in the latter half of this year, to steal the third spot with 6445 points. It will be interesting to see who finishes at the top, with just a handful of tournaments left.