Roger Federer vs. Bernard Tomic: Why the Youngster’s Words Will Be His Downfall

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Published: January 18, 2013

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There's no beating around the bush when it comes to Bernard Tomic's recent attitude towards his fellow tennis contemporaries at the 2013 Australian Open; bold, brash, and ostensibly confident.

Over the course of the past couple of days, his demeanor towards his highly anticipated third round encounter against World No. 2 Roger Federer on Saturday night in Melbourne has become comparable to something in the realm between Lebron James' talents-to-South-Beach moment and Derek Zoolander's acceptance of an award he didn't actually win. 

Why the questionable comparisons?

The answer is simple: the implications posed by Australian Bernard Tomic have been about none other than Switzerland's Roger Federer, the greatest player of all time, and that takes a lot of brass.

Looking back at the past few weeks, we can better assess how we got here.

 

 

Big Game, Big Words

Roger Federer is coming into this year's Australian Open without a warm-up tournament as preparation for the year's first slam. The closest thing he's played to a competitive game in the past eight weeks has been a series of exhibition matches in South America. Federer isn't particularly match-tough, but so far, his form this week hasn't shown it. Roger's game appears crisp, with all of its cogs and gears clicking and turning uniformly in perpetual, Swiss-like motion.



Bernard Tomic's run up to the Aussie Open has been anything but underground: He has won seven straight matches (10 if you consider the three non-ATP tour level matches he won at the Hopman Cup) and his first ATP title in Sydney this year. The last month has been by all means the best tennis that Tomic has played in his short career, and he deserves praise for the strong effort he has given at the start of the 2013 season.

But it was after Tomic's win at the Sydney International when things became interesting for obse...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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