Federer to play extra clay-court event in 2010

Ia m sure that roger will be hero in the histoury of tenis , never the tenis federation has like roger
in the ruture .

#14 raypalgrwewal, you may be right about the points, although he is going to sit out Monte Carlo which is a Masters series 1000 point event. Sampras' record is 286 weeks. If Federer continues to be #1, his 286th week will be the Monday after the final's of French Open, so yes he has a lot of points to defend - Madrid and FO wins.

Halle, is on his schedule but if he reaches the FO final, there is no way Roger is going to play on grass on Wednesday the same week in Germany. He will take two weeks off and try to defend Wimbledon.

The summer schedule is tough and I am waiting to see what Rafa's schedule looks like. I am also not sure if Rafa can go into Wimbledon without a tune up tournament. Again if he makes the FO finals, he will probably have to play the grass tuneup on Wednesday. Rafa will not have played a tour level match on grass for almost 2 years at that point (I know he played a couple of exhibition matches against Wawrinka and Hewitt to test his knees on grass this summer).

I also think Roger learnt the art of scheduling from Tony Roche. Roche used to coach Lendl, who was a fitness freak and played almost every week. Today's Lendl would be Davydenko, who probably plays the most number of tournaments when healthy. This is also where Rafa and Uncle Toni did not have too much experience but I hope the last two years have taught them a lesson.

I believe Rogers is doing this to pick up extra ranking points going into the French Open (where he needs to defend his 2000 points). If he's still number one after the French, he'll pass Sampras for most weeks at number one. (i might be off by a week or two).

The great thing about Federer is that he never needs to take a "break" by missing Wimbledon... talk about idiotic pacing.. LOL

Federer doesn't need to be the best at court. He mixes his outer-court skills with his inner court skills to be number 1.

Roger is a master of scheduling. He will NOT play a schedule which will over-load him.
Another part of his yet "efficient" approach to playing tennis!! He's is "charge".
He'll be just fine, baring any type unforeseen injury. Heaven forbid :-)
Rafa, I hope, will "trim" his clay court season!!! His body is no longer (at least for now) up to the rigorous stresses the grueling soft red clay causes & HIS approach to tennis is SO all out, so grinding, he punishes himself with each point! Sometimes it's even painful to watch when I know he's injured, yet he just pushes through~
Two VERY great and gifted players of this era, yet very different styles.
One, seemingly, creates longevity, the other not so much. Of course much of this is in the "GENES" too. Certainly DNA has much to do with our athletic ability or lack thereof.
Some are born in different parts of the world with different types of surfaces & teams of coaches to guide them along the way. I personally feel "some" of those teams are NOT as good as others~Some have the player's welfare less at the center of their concerns as they do their own~
I feel blessed to have seen the great Pete Sampras play for many wonderful years and many others do what they did SO well and now I feel very much the same way about Roger and Rafael.
Great players, Classy gentlemen and Humble ambassadors for their sport~
MUCH SUCCESS to both these fine men!!!
I DO look forward to watching both play, but I hope I don't have to see EITHER retire and walk off the court "wounded"~
Take care "Gentlemen"~

Josh S Post #1:

Federer will not wear himself out . He is very good in scheduling his tennis matches. And if ever he needs to take a break- as long as he is healthy and injury free, due to hectic and gruesome tennis matches- he will if he needs to. Especially now that he is father! He can equally schedule his affairs in his professional life, as well as personal life.

Lance Pharmstrong has MANY drug busted teammates too!

Frankie Andreu
Stephen Swartz
Floy Landis
Tyler Hamilton
Roberto Heras
Benoit Joachim
Manuel Beltran
Pavel Padrnos
Ivan Basso
Alberto Contadoper
Greg Strock
Erich Kaiter
Gerrik Latta
David Francis
Chad Gerlach
Alexandre Vinokeurov
Michele Ferrari


Dead alums too:
Stive Vermaut
Michel Zanoli
Stephen Larsen

Federer is a Nike drug cheat too! as is Serena!

Roger Federer Best, I love you Roger

looks like a smart, well-planned scedule. thanks for the info, goFed!

Post #5 goFed I totally agree with you, especially your last sentence- Scheduling is the key in staying injury free and longevity in tennis. And we all know Federer knows that very well!!!

Here is Roger's 2010 schedule:


Capitala World Tennis Championship, Abu Dhabi
Qatar Exxonmobil Open, Doha
Australian Open, Melbourne
Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai
BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells
Sony Ericsson Open, Miami
Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome
Estoril Open, Estoril
Mutua Madrileña Masters, Madrid
Roland Garros, Paris
Gerry Weber Open, Halle
Wimbledon, London
Rogers Cup, Toronto
Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, Cincinnati
U.S. Open, New York
Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, Shanghai
Davidoff Swiss Indoors, Basel
BNP Paribas Masters, Paris
Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London


Federer has a couple of "appearance fee" tournaments early in the year. Dubai, Estoril, Halle and Shanghai are on the schedule but can dropped if he needs rest. Interestingly Monte Carlo, which is a Masters Series tournament is also off his schedule. Additionally, Davis Cup is not part of this list. Switzerland and Spain play each other in the 1st round, so either Roger or Rafa will have only 2 rounds of Davis Cup next year.

I am also interested in how Nadal is going to schedule himself next year. Is he going to overload the clay season as usual or will he also drop Monte Carlo and Barcelona.

Scheduling is the key in staying injury free and longevity in tennis.

I like Federer. I wish him and his family well. The great thing about anybody is not how great he/she is but how humble he/she is. Federer has that virtue.

Roger seems to be making it clear that he is not satisfied with just one French Open title. Good luck to him in 2010.

God willing, hope Federer will be in the best of health- injury free for him to be able to follow his planned tennis schedule for the coming year 2010. He is one player who knows when to put a break - should he need to; if he needs to. Good Luck to you Roger!

Well, at least I know now it might be Federer who wears himself out instead of Nadal next year.