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Federer Prevails
It took him 3 hours, 33 minutes, but Roger Federer found a way to finally finish off the men's 23rd seed Igor Andreev at 6-3 in the fifth set. Roger received a prolonged standing ovation from the New York crowd that couldn't stand to see him leave.
For a guy who looks like agonized on the court when he's struggling, he sure doesn't let on afterwards.
"You always wish three sets, but honestly those five sets are pretty fun too," he said in an on-court interview afterwards.
"I'm really happy with the way he played, but God, the guy's a good player so I'm really, really happy," he continued.
On his walk toward the men's locker room, Mary Jo Fernandez was standing outside it and congratulated him. "Oh, man," he said. "He was good, he was good."
Whether he's right or wrong, Federer looks like he'll play this argument for all its worth, but I don't know if it's going to fly with the press.
If the announcers fir the U.S. Open Tennis championships are bored with the tennis action, why don't they go home? Let's let someone who is really interested in the game talk about what's going in the playing field. THe announcing really is awful.
Thanks for the opportunity to voice my opinion.
Seems like now that Fed is not perfect anymore the crowds are beginning to appreciate him.