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March 27, 2020, 06:58:30 PM
It must be very hard right now for sports athletes with the lock down around the world as it will be tough to stay fit during this. I know there are ways to stay fit however it won't be the same as practising on a tennis court which so many do. Its looking like we won't see any sports return this year which can help Federer however he will then need to work on his fitness and not being able to practice on courts it he may find it hard to reach peak fitness.  

Given that Roger Federer is still in recovery, I'm sure that he will extend his rehabilitation until everything has settled down. I will consider Federer an elite athlete (who wouldn't?) so for me it's going to be easy for him to recover and return to his peak form. They also have high level trainers to keep them fit in this time and I'm sure they have their own home gym to keep most of the athletes busy if the games are going to be suspended throughout the year.
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March 27, 2020, 06:25:01 PM
It must be very hard right now for sports athletes with the lock down around the world as it will be tough to stay fit during this. I know there are ways to stay fit however it won't be the same as practising on a tennis court which so many do. Its looking like we won't see any sports return this year which can help Federer however he will then need to work on his fitness and not being able to practice on courts it he may find it hard to reach peak fitness.   
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March 27, 2020, 09:16:31 AM
Yeah its a shame that this virus has affected everything in the world. I just wonder if this helps Federer continue his career into 2021 as like I have said in here, I do suspect that the current season might not go ahead for months or will he just announce his retirement at the end of the year? It will be interesting to see what he does this year. 

I think if there is someone who are going to 'benefit' from this cancellations of tennis schedules, it will be Roger Federer. He can still take more rest, no pressure for him to come back, since all games are suspended.

So there is a chance that he can still go way beyond this year and play in 2021 as his body has ample rest and he could get back fully recovered. So I doubt that he will announce his retirement at the end of the year.
Well that is one way to look at it but from other point of view , the only thing Federer is afraid of right now is Time. He might get good rest but since he is aging , it will very difficult for him to compete with the youngsters , so whatever time is lost now will be precious for Federer .

I'm thinking about Roger Federer's chance of making it to the Olympics to a new scheduled date. Now that he is injured, I doubt that he can attend the game in Tokyo this July. However, since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Olympic has been move, thus giving Federer ample time to heal and compete on the biggest sporting event. However, it's the age factor again, as you have said, no one can escape Father time, so I do hope that Federer can compete in the Olympics for the last time representing his country.
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March 22, 2020, 07:02:44 AM
Yeah its a shame that this virus has affected everything in the world. I just wonder if this helps Federer continue his career into 2021 as like I have said in here, I do suspect that the current season might not go ahead for months or will he just announce his retirement at the end of the year? It will be interesting to see what he does this year. 

I think if there is someone who are going to 'benefit' from this cancellations of tennis schedules, it will be Roger Federer. He can still take more rest, no pressure for him to come back, since all games are suspended.

Definitely, this postponement will give Roger more time to heal, he is old and additional time to recover is very beneficial to him.

So there is a chance that he can still go way beyond this year and play in 2021 as his body has ample rest and he could get back fully recovered. So I doubt that he will announce his retirement at the end of the year.

I don't know what his timeframe for a comeback, but seeing what is going on with the sporting world today as many tournaments have been push through, he could set a new retirement year in 2021.

@absy - Father Time will eventually caught us, so I don't think Roger is afraid of it, he is just delaying the inevitable so maybe next year perhaps he will retire.
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March 22, 2020, 06:53:35 AM
Yeah its a shame that this virus has affected everything in the world. I just wonder if this helps Federer continue his career into 2021 as like I have said in here, I do suspect that the current season might not go ahead for months or will he just announce his retirement at the end of the year? It will be interesting to see what he does this year. 

I think if there is someone who are going to 'benefit' from this cancellations of tennis schedules, it will be Roger Federer. He can still take more rest, no pressure for him to come back, since all games are suspended.

So there is a chance that he can still go way beyond this year and play in 2021 as his body has ample rest and he could get back fully recovered. So I doubt that he will announce his retirement at the end of the year.
Well that is one way to look at it but from other point of view , the only thing Federer is afraid of right now is Time. He might get good rest but since he is aging , it will very difficult for him to compete with the youngsters , so whatever time is lost now will be precious for Federer .

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March 21, 2020, 10:32:44 PM
Yeah its a shame that this virus has affected everything in the world. I just wonder if this helps Federer continue his career into 2021 as like I have said in here, I do suspect that the current season might not go ahead for months or will he just announce his retirement at the end of the year? It will be interesting to see what he does this year. 

I think if there is someone who are going to 'benefit' from this cancellations of tennis schedules, it will be Roger Federer. He can still take more rest, no pressure for him to come back, since all games are suspended.

So there is a chance that he can still go way beyond this year and play in 2021 as his body has ample rest and he could get back fully recovered. So I doubt that he will announce his retirement at the end of the year.
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March 21, 2020, 06:59:15 PM
Rafael Nadal is a great star in tennis. We know how much he can achieve for his great sports performance. 2020 is a great challenge for his career but currently, the Covid19 has us all in jake. The world economy is being affected and most importantly the safety and health of humanity are at risk. I have never seen what we are experiencing the effects of the virus in the world. The first thing above all is that we succeed in overcoming the virus and the vaccine is discovered in time before it makes more damage.

I think both Roger Federer and Nadal are great tennis players. Roger Federer has more Grand Slam singles title than any other tennis player. I am desperate to see some action happening on the court but, in these situations I do not know how many more months it will take for things to become normal.

Obviously, both are great tennis players in their own right, Nadal the clay court specialist he was and Federer, grass or hard court. Well, everyone is desperate to watch tennis specially the Grand Slams, but as of now, everyone is really affected by the pandemic. All we can do is hope that it won't take that long so see tennis games again.
Right now these 3 doing great things for tennis and we will remember them for very long time as they rule this court for one decade and still on what a players but sadly currently we are completely unable to have any action from any sporting event just because of this disaster hopefully this will end soon.

Yeah its a shame that this virus has affected everything in the world. I just wonder if this helps Federer continue his career into 2021 as like I have said in here, I do suspect that the current season might not go ahead for months or will he just announce his retirement at the end of the year? It will be interesting to see what he does this year. 
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March 21, 2020, 06:51:48 PM
Rafael Nadal is a great star in tennis. We know how much he can achieve for his great sports performance. 2020 is a great challenge for his career but currently, the Covid19 has us all in jake. The world economy is being affected and most importantly the safety and health of humanity are at risk. I have never seen what we are experiencing the effects of the virus in the world. The first thing above all is that we succeed in overcoming the virus and the vaccine is discovered in time before it makes more damage.

I think both Roger Federer and Nadal are great tennis players. Roger Federer has more Grand Slam singles title than any other tennis player. I am desperate to see some action happening on the court but, in these situations I do not know how many more months it will take for things to become normal.

Obviously, both are great tennis players in their own right, Nadal the clay court specialist he was and Federer, grass or hard court. Well, everyone is desperate to watch tennis specially the Grand Slams, but as of now, everyone is really affected by the pandemic. All we can do is hope that it won't take that long so see tennis games again.
Right now these 3 doing great things for tennis and we will remember them for very long time as they rule this court for one decade and still on what a players but sadly currently we are completely unable to have any action from any sporting event just because of this disaster hopefully this will end soon.
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March 21, 2020, 06:47:39 PM
Rafael Nadal is a great star in tennis. We know how much he can achieve for his great sports performance. 2020 is a great challenge for his career but currently, the Covid19 has us all in jake. The world economy is being affected and most importantly the safety and health of humanity are at risk. I have never seen what we are experiencing the effects of the virus in the world. The first thing above all is that we succeed in overcoming the virus and the vaccine is discovered in time before it makes more damage.

I think both Roger Federer and Nadal are great tennis players. Roger Federer has more Grand Slam singles title than any other tennis player. I am desperate to see some action happening on the court but, in these situations I do not know how many more months it will take for things to become normal.

In my opinion Federer will always be the better player as he has won grand slams in all the tournaments where as Nadal has won the majority of his grand slams at the French Open. Yes there is a case for Federer not winning more then one French Open however he has won a number of grand slams in the other three tournaments. The one that could out perform them all is Djokovic, he was looking good to win multiple grand slams this year but the virus has currently put a stop to that.
For me Federer and Djokovic both could be in Hall of Fame because these both have great achievements in tennis and Nadal is also one of best even he is doing good only in French Open but still one of best players of this era but still Federer and Djokoivc both have some good and better things for tennis and are much ahead of Nadal.
Before Djoker falls into Hall of Fame , Nadal will be in it for sure . You gotto look at the stats clearly and then comment on whether Nadal is behind Djoker and Federer or not . Nobody in the history is as comfortable on the clay court as Nadal is and it doesn't mean he hasn't won in other hard court / grass court tournaments , he has . We all know Federer only won the French open because Nadal was defeated in the SF and didn't face Nadal in the finals , otherwise he would still have not had the French title to his name.

Nadal holds the most  ATP 1000 titles , next comes Djoker and far behind them is Fed .
Source - https://www.atptour.com/en/news/atp-masters-1000-stats-records-tournaments

All three will no doubt be inducted into the tennis hall of fame. When we take a look at each of the players we see that they are each dominate at one particular grand slam. Nadal has won the most French Open titles, Djokovic the most Australian Open titles and Federer the most Wimbledon titles. Its hard to see one of these three breaking or equalling the most US grand slam titles as Federer is 2 behind, Nadal 3 and Djokovic 4 behind so I don't think we'll see either one of these players reaching 7 US grand slams. 
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March 21, 2020, 12:30:54 PM
Rafael Nadal is a great star in tennis. We know how much he can achieve for his great sports performance. 2020 is a great challenge for his career but currently, the Covid19 has us all in jake. The world economy is being affected and most importantly the safety and health of humanity are at risk. I have never seen what we are experiencing the effects of the virus in the world. The first thing above all is that we succeed in overcoming the virus and the vaccine is discovered in time before it makes more damage.

I think both Roger Federer and Nadal are great tennis players. Roger Federer has more Grand Slam singles title than any other tennis player. I am desperate to see some action happening on the court but, in these situations I do not know how many more months it will take for things to become normal.

Obviously, both are great tennis players in their own right, Nadal the clay court specialist he was and Federer, grass or hard court. Well, everyone is desperate to watch tennis specially the Grand Slams, but as of now, everyone is really affected by the pandemic. All we can do is hope that it won't take that long so see tennis games again.
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March 21, 2020, 07:49:31 AM
Rafael Nadal is a great star in tennis. We know how much he can achieve for his great sports performance. 2020 is a great challenge for his career but currently, the Covid19 has us all in jake. The world economy is being affected and most importantly the safety and health of humanity are at risk. I have never seen what we are experiencing the effects of the virus in the world. The first thing above all is that we succeed in overcoming the virus and the vaccine is discovered in time before it makes more damage.

I think both Roger Federer and Nadal are great tennis players. Roger Federer has more Grand Slam singles title than any other tennis player. I am desperate to see some action happening on the court but, in these situations I do not know how many more months it will take for things to become normal.

In my opinion Federer will always be the better player as he has won grand slams in all the tournaments where as Nadal has won the majority of his grand slams at the French Open. Yes there is a case for Federer not winning more then one French Open however he has won a number of grand slams in the other three tournaments. The one that could out perform them all is Djokovic, he was looking good to win multiple grand slams this year but the virus has currently put a stop to that.

I agree with you mate, Federer is an all around player as he won in many and different surfaces as compare to Nadal which has focused more on clay. Djokovic could be the next player in my mind that could compare to Federer as far as winning Grand Slams and tournament in many surfaces.

@Indymoney - no argument there, the big 3 is definitely shoo-in for the tennis Hall-of-Fame once they retire.
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March 21, 2020, 06:41:51 AM
Rafael Nadal is a great star in tennis. We know how much he can achieve for his great sports performance. 2020 is a great challenge for his career but currently, the Covid19 has us all in jake. The world economy is being affected and most importantly the safety and health of humanity are at risk. I have never seen what we are experiencing the effects of the virus in the world. The first thing above all is that we succeed in overcoming the virus and the vaccine is discovered in time before it makes more damage.

I think both Roger Federer and Nadal are great tennis players. Roger Federer has more Grand Slam singles title than any other tennis player. I am desperate to see some action happening on the court but, in these situations I do not know how many more months it will take for things to become normal.

In my opinion Federer will always be the better player as he has won grand slams in all the tournaments where as Nadal has won the majority of his grand slams at the French Open. Yes there is a case for Federer not winning more then one French Open however he has won a number of grand slams in the other three tournaments. The one that could out perform them all is Djokovic, he was looking good to win multiple grand slams this year but the virus has currently put a stop to that.
For me Federer and Djokovic both could be in Hall of Fame because these both have great achievements in tennis and Nadal is also one of best even he is doing good only in French Open but still one of best players of this era but still Federer and Djokoivc both have some good and better things for tennis and are much ahead of Nadal.
Before Djoker falls into Hall of Fame , Nadal will be in it for sure . You gotto look at the stats clearly and then comment on whether Nadal is behind Djoker and Federer or not . Nobody in the history is as comfortable on the clay court as Nadal is and it doesn't mean he hasn't won in other hard court / grass court tournaments , he has . We all know Federer only won the French open because Nadal was defeated in the SF and didn't face Nadal in the finals , otherwise he would still have not had the French title to his name.

Nadal holds the most  ATP 1000 titles , next comes Djoker and far behind them is Fed .
Source - https://www.atptour.com/en/news/atp-masters-1000-stats-records-tournaments
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March 21, 2020, 05:07:35 AM
Rafael Nadal is a great star in tennis. We know how much he can achieve for his great sports performance. 2020 is a great challenge for his career but currently, the Covid19 has us all in jake. The world economy is being affected and most importantly the safety and health of humanity are at risk. I have never seen what we are experiencing the effects of the virus in the world. The first thing above all is that we succeed in overcoming the virus and the vaccine is discovered in time before it makes more damage.

I think both Roger Federer and Nadal are great tennis players. Roger Federer has more Grand Slam singles title than any other tennis player. I am desperate to see some action happening on the court but, in these situations I do not know how many more months it will take for things to become normal.

In my opinion Federer will always be the better player as he has won grand slams in all the tournaments where as Nadal has won the majority of his grand slams at the French Open. Yes there is a case for Federer not winning more then one French Open however he has won a number of grand slams in the other three tournaments. The one that could out perform them all is Djokovic, he was looking good to win multiple grand slams this year but the virus has currently put a stop to that.
For me Federer and Djokovic both could be in Hall of Fame because these both have great achievements in tennis and Nadal is also one of best even he is doing good only in French Open but still one of best players of this era but still Federer and Djokoivc both have some good and better things for tennis and are much ahead of Nadal.
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March 20, 2020, 07:02:28 PM
Rafael Nadal is a great star in tennis. We know how much he can achieve for his great sports performance. 2020 is a great challenge for his career but currently, the Covid19 has us all in jake. The world economy is being affected and most importantly the safety and health of humanity are at risk. I have never seen what we are experiencing the effects of the virus in the world. The first thing above all is that we succeed in overcoming the virus and the vaccine is discovered in time before it makes more damage.

I think both Roger Federer and Nadal are great tennis players. Roger Federer has more Grand Slam singles title than any other tennis player. I am desperate to see some action happening on the court but, in these situations I do not know how many more months it will take for things to become normal.

In my opinion Federer will always be the better player as he has won grand slams in all the tournaments where as Nadal has won the majority of his grand slams at the French Open. Yes there is a case for Federer not winning more then one French Open however he has won a number of grand slams in the other three tournaments. The one that could out perform them all is Djokovic, he was looking good to win multiple grand slams this year but the virus has currently put a stop to that.
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March 20, 2020, 12:24:51 AM
Rafael Nadal is a great star in tennis. We know how much he can achieve for his great sports performance. 2020 is a great challenge for his career but currently, the Covid19 has us all in jake. The world economy is being affected and most importantly the safety and health of humanity are at risk. I have never seen what we are experiencing the effects of the virus in the world. The first thing above all is that we succeed in overcoming the virus and the vaccine is discovered in time before it makes more damage.

I think both Roger Federer and Nadal are great tennis players. Roger Federer has more Grand Slam singles title than any other tennis player. I am desperate to see some action happening on the court but, in these situations I do not know how many more months it will take for things to become normal.
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March 19, 2020, 11:44:52 PM
Rafael Nadal is a great star in tennis. We know how much he can achieve for his great sports performance. 2020 is a great challenge for his career but currently, the Covid19 has us all in jake. The world economy is being affected and most importantly the safety and health of humanity are at risk. I have never seen what we are experiencing the effects of the virus in the world. The first thing above all is that we succeed in overcoming the virus and the vaccine is discovered in time before it makes more damage.
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March 19, 2020, 09:05:35 PM
Yes, this cancellation might take longer as we expected, every country is taking a big hit, US and EU wherein most of the tournaments are being held. And I'm expecting players as well to take care of themselves not to get infected.So let's admit that we will missed tennis for now and will have to wait till everything has settled down.

With that said, let us re-lived 2001: Pete Sampras vs Andre Agassi QF match.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sh2ApXMSCY
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March 19, 2020, 06:47:37 PM
Well as I suspected we won't be seeing any tennis in 6 weeks as they first thought. I'm starting to think that we might not see any grand slams this year with the way things are going right now. Not just with the corona-virus but the economy is taking a big hit as well and that will effect everything.
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March 19, 2020, 11:44:36 AM
https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/51930214

we will have RG as last grand slam this year, since it is delayed for the end of September, from 20nd till 4th of October, just one week after US Open, it clashes with Laver cup, but there was not other spare dates, and French federation do not want to cancel it

since Laver cup is promoted by Nadal, he could miss RG due to his contract obligations, so tournament will be without the king, doubt that it will happen, but RG decided new dates without consultation
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/17/french-open-tennis-postponed-until-late-september-due-to-coronavirus

Ok, but the schedule is messed up right now, one week break for tennis athletes though is nothing so I guess they can re-adjust with the grueling schedule this year. I think we will see minor tournaments being cancelled totally this year, to give way to bigger tournaments of them all, the Grand Slam.

I think Nadal has no choice but to go with Laver Cup, but let's see how it goes, maybe tournaments official will have to work out so that there will be no conflicting schedules.

I can’t believe how messed up the schedule has got as players will barely get time to recover, and many players will now have to play in selective tournaments only to keep themselves fit, which will dilute the competitiveness in these tournaments. As far as Nadal is concerned we will have to wait and see what he chooses, but I don’t expect him to participate in both the tournaments due to the various injuries he has suffered in the past, therefore he’ll be forced to play in limited tournaments only.

Read More: https://www.express.co.uk/sport/tennis/1231280/Rafael-Nadal-injury-2019-Australian-Open

I expect more delays and more changes of the schedule because situation is very unstable right now and nobody can predict future.
Health and Security is much more important now, more important than sport and profit.
I feel sorry because of Nadal but he will have to make some difficult decisions soon,  like everybody else.
I'm sure that RG is his top priority.
Most likely we will be normal in July or August because its not easy to have this all in very quick time now we have more causalties and more spread of this in many areas just because of peoples movement Italy is hurting very seriously as 350 deaths before yesterday and 450 deaths yesterday really matter of serious concern for authorities here.
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March 19, 2020, 02:18:45 AM
https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/51930214

we will have RG as last grand slam this year, since it is delayed for the end of September, from 20nd till 4th of October, just one week after US Open, it clashes with Laver cup, but there was not other spare dates, and French federation do not want to cancel it

since Laver cup is promoted by Nadal, he could miss RG due to his contract obligations, so tournament will be without the king, doubt that it will happen, but RG decided new dates without consultation
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/17/french-open-tennis-postponed-until-late-september-due-to-coronavirus

Ok, but the schedule is messed up right now, one week break for tennis athletes though is nothing so I guess they can re-adjust with the grueling schedule this year. I think we will see minor tournaments being cancelled totally this year, to give way to bigger tournaments of them all, the Grand Slam.

I think Nadal has no choice but to go with Laver Cup, but let's see how it goes, maybe tournaments official will have to work out so that there will be no conflicting schedules.

I can’t believe how messed up the schedule has got as players will barely get time to recover, and many players will now have to play in selective tournaments only to keep themselves fit, which will dilute the competitiveness in these tournaments. As far as Nadal is concerned we will have to wait and see what he chooses, but I don’t expect him to participate in both the tournaments due to the various injuries he has suffered in the past, therefore he’ll be forced to play in limited tournaments only.

Read More: https://www.express.co.uk/sport/tennis/1231280/Rafael-Nadal-injury-2019-Australian-Open

I expect more delays and more changes of the schedule because situation is very unstable right now and nobody can predict future.
Health and Security is much more important now, more important than sport and profit.
I feel sorry because of Nadal but he will have to make some difficult decisions soon,  like everybody else.
I'm sure that RG is his top priority.
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