Roger Federer vs. Marat Safin - Australian Open 2009

Roger has reached the third round of Australian Open 2009. He will be facing Marat Safin to reach the fourth round. Ironically both roger and marat are my favourite players. Marat has exceptional talent maybe only matched by Roger Federer.But as federer mentioned in his last interview, both of their careers went very different ways after 2005. Federer went up and up, Marat went down and down.
I think Federer will win it easily in three sets, but it should be a high quality match.

Roger wins Kooyang. One of the favourites for Aus Open

Roger has won the Kooyang 2009 tournament in style. Roger defeated Stanislas Wawrinka in 57 minutes!!! I thought Wawrinka was playing well and looking in good form. But does that mean that is playing at an excellent level that he defeated Wawrinka so easily? I think fed has a good chance of winning the Australian Open 2009, if he does not run into any long matches early on and if he beats djokovic(expected opponent) easily in the semi final. I think if Roger was to play Murray in the final, it not going to be a straight three set win for Federer. I think its going to be a bit tighter than that, but Fed should prevail without much difficulty. If roger was to play Nadal in final, roger might win in straight sets or maximum four sets. We will know all in a fortnight!!!!
Best of luck roger

Roger Federer at Estoril Open

Roger is starting his clay season at the Estoril Open in Portugal from Monday 14th April.

He will look to improve his perfect 5-0 record against Olivier Rochus in the 2008 Estoril Open first round. Federer has been drawn in the same quarter of the draw as sixth-seeded Frenchman Nicolas Mahut, who he could meet in the quarterfinals. That wil be an interesting match.

Best of luck to roger

Roger federer gets a coach..

Roger Federer arrived at the Estoril Open in portugal on Saturday with tennis coach Jose Higueras.

Federer has been without a coach since splitting with Tony Roche almost a year ago. After suffering a bout of mononucleosis at the beginning of the season, he has not gone beyond the semifinals in any of the four events he has played this year. His title drought has triggered speculation about a slump and calls to bring in outside help.

Higueras has previously worked with Michael Chang, Jim Courier, Sergi Bruguera and Jennifer Capriati and is known for his conditioning and clay-court expertise. Nobody knows yet if this is a short- or long-term coaching arrangement, nor whether Higueras will be regularly traveling with Federer to tournaments.

But i fell that federe will be back to his best soon and is a real contender for the french open 2008.