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Federer’s Hiring Of Annacone Bringing Early, and Aggressive, Returns
Published: December 28, 2010
Something just hadn't seemed right with Fed since his Australian Open triumph over Andy Murray, and it appeared that his game was in dire need of some fine-tuning.
Many also viewed the famously stubborn Federer's decision to retain a big fish like Annacone as evidence of his hunger to improve, and continue playing for years to come, a welcome and comforting thought for tennis fans all over the world.
However, with the praise came uncertainty.
How do you teach a natural genius like Federer?
What tools are there to add to an already limitless toolbox?
How long until they butt heads and Fed remembers he's had plenty of success without Annacone?
But after a brilliant end to Federer's season, which included a record-tying fifth Year End Classic championship, a hometown win in Basel, and significant victories over Murray, Nadal and Novak Djokovic, all of these questions have boiled down to one—
How did Annacone do it?
Many have credited Annacone with cleaning up Federer's ground-strokes, installing a more aggressive approach to his game and honing Roger's sometimes troublesome serve and backhand.
While these parts of Fed's game did improve greatly as the year wound down, these were hardly never before seen developments in the great one's game.
Federer has always operated with a suffocating, yet controlled aggression, and despite the prognostications of many, we have yet to see Annacone infuse a consistently effective "chip and charge" hyper-aggressiveness to Roger's game.
Nor is the concept of Fed returning to form, after an extended period of sloppiness, with a reinvigorated backhand, more consistent serve and crisper ground-strokes unprecedented, as these lynch pins o...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis
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