Roger Federer Down: Appreciating His Failures in 2010 Pt. 1

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Published: December 7, 2010

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I’ve been thinking about reviewing the best matches of 2010. For some reason though, I can’t think of many. There’s Nadal-Murray at the World Tour Finals, and, well, not much else that I can think of. Compared to 2009, when we had Nadal fending off Verdasco and Federer at the Australian Open, Nadal-Soderling along with some dramatic Federer matches in Paris, and then Roddick’s matches against Hewitt and Federer at Wimbledon, this year seems rather dull.

Maybe it’s because I didn’t watch as much tennis as I usually do. Or perhaps it seems 2010 wasn’t all that because the Grand Slam finals were one sided for the most part, whereas in previous years we had two classic Nadal-Federer finals, plus Del Potro and Roddick’s heroic efforts.

Maybe I feel the year was a bit of a letdown because my favorite players didn’t play as well as I would have liked. Unable to depend on Nalbandian and Davydenko, I was rooting for Federer at the Slams. He suffered three Slam defeats this season, and amongst all the matches played this year two of those matches stick out to me. At the time they were both bitterly disappointing, but in hindsight I think I have a better appreciation of what happened in those two games.

Soderling vs. Federer, Roland Garros Quarterfinal

I wanted a Federer versus Nadal final as much as anyone else, especially since the dynamics this time would be slightly different – it would be Nadal trying to reclaim his Roland Garros title from Federer. In retrospect, it seemed appropriate that Nadal would win back the title against the one man who had been able to beat him in Paris.

Reflecting back, it was also one of the most amazing displays of tennis this season and I can’t let the fan in me be upset about that. Coming into the match, the odds were stacked against Soderling. He had lost 12 straight matches against Federer, and had lost to him in st...
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