Federer's Schedule for 2016

[Carol]

I would have been very surprised if Roger would play in IW. It doesn't matter how minor surgery has been but if he needed it is because his knee was in bad conditions, otherwise he did't need to go through it. I know people who have had that surgery, they have a lot of discomfort for a while and they are not professional players.
Depending how he is feeling he will decide when and where to play, now it's too early to figure it

 

[Busted]

OK. Fed had announced he will be skipping IW and has entered MC.

I hope he also enters Rome (since he missed so much, it should not be a huge burden).

Not surprised by that. I thought he'd play Miami instead, but maybe he just doesn't want to play hardcourts as his first tourney back. Don't know that sliding on clay is a better option but those are the only 2 choices he has right now.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Apparently, Fed attended the Oscar Ceremony. There is a video clip of Fed drinking a Taqueila shot bottoms up. :nono

 

[Kieran]

He might as well enjoy his downtime. I'm sure he'll be sober by Monte Carlo...

 

[Puppet Master]

Apparently, Fed attended the Oscar Ceremony. There is a video clip of Fed drinking a Taqueila shot bottoms up. :nono

If it helps him relax when facing a certain someone, sure go for it, why stop at 1 shot? :laydownlaughing

 

[isabelle]

Apparently, Fed attended the Oscar Ceremony. There is a video clip of Fed drinking a Taqueila shot bottoms up. :nono

Williams and Masha were there too, don't know if the "ladies" drunk tequilla too

 

[Carol]

Apparently, Fed attended the Oscar Ceremony. There is a video clip of Fed drinking a Taqueila shot bottoms up. :nono

If it helps him relax when facing a certain someone, sure go for it, why stop at 1 shot? :laydownlaughing

Yep, and here is....

http://youtu.be/wDSi-EoqzJk

 

[ftan]

Roger announced on twitter he is playing Miami

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Good to see him back, not too sure about the Miami surface to come back though. There has been fresh tar surfaces faster than Miami...

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I would have preferred that he waited and appeared at MC and Rome.

My guess is that he feels ready to go and want to test his body out quickly, to see where he stands competitively, to relieve the anxiety and hence he added Miami.

 

[ftan]

yea and the fact he has nthing to defend..will only give him added points

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

The guy loves to play. This last couple of months must have been torture for him.

 

[Busted]

Roger announced on twitter he is playing Miami

Thanks! :clap I missed seeing that. Good to hear...because Indian Wells has been boring as hell without him.: :cry I get that Murray just came back from becoming a father...but he won 3 Davis Cup matches...and then can't get out of the 2nd round at IW? Lame, Andy, just plain lame.

 

[mrzz]

I do not know if someone else has posted along these lines (I am having a hard time following the boards lately), but I guess he saw an opening. Honestly, field level seems a tad lower right now. Even Djokovic is looking quite below his usual level.

 

[isabelle]

Roger announced on twitter he is playing Miami

Thanks! :clap I missed seeing that. Good to hear...because Indian Wells has been boring as hell without him.: :cry I get that Murray just came back from becoming a father...but he won 3 Davis Cup matches...and then can't get out of the 2nd round at IW? Lame, Andy, just plain lame.

IW boring ? I don't think so, I saw some good matches this year

 

[Front242]

The surface is too slow to reward aggressive play properly. It shouldn't be so easy to retrieve everything.

 

[isabelle]

The surface is too slow to reward aggressive play properly. It shouldn't be so easy to retrieve everything.

Slow surface ??? Raonic is still there, not too slow for a big server at least

 

[GameSetAndMath]

The surface is too slow to reward aggressive play properly. It shouldn't be so easy to retrieve everything.

Slow surface ??? Raonic is still there, not too slow for a big server at least

No, the talk is not about Raonic's serving. The courts are so slow that even Raonic (who is not known to be having agile movement on court) is also able to retrieve balls.

 

[nehmeth]

The courts are so slow that even Raonic (who is not known to be having agile movement on court) is also able to retrieve balls.

You made me smile GSM. Very good.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Roger has left his name on in Madrid's list. This means that there are good chances that he plays there. Rome's list will come out in a week and it remains to be seen. Hopefully, he will play both Madrid and Rome as he missed Miami also.