Roger Federer In NYC Tonight For MSG Showdown

by Tom Gainey | March 5th, 2012, 9:37 am

15 Comments

federer-niketown After his fifth Dubai title Saturday, Roger Federer arrived into New York City early Sunday in preperation for tonight’s exhibition match against Andy Roddick at Madison Square Garden.

“Just landed in New York City from Dubai! Very excited to be in the Big Apple for the exo tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden,” Federer wrote yesterday on Facebook.

With some time on his hands, Federer visited the NikeTown store in the Big Apple, to apparently pick up some “gear”.

“In Niketown NYC trying to beat my jet lag. So far so good after a long trip. Checking out some gear…,” Federer posted.

Coming off of consecutive titles in Dubai and Rotterdam, Federer has won nine straight matches. Meanwhile Andy Roddick is going the other direction. The former No. 1 is down to a ranking of No. 31 this week.

Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki will also play in the “Blonde Undercard”. You can watch the matches on ESPN3.com.

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15 Comments for Roger Federer In NYC Tonight For MSG Showdown

bstevens Says:

Federer in straight sets! Oh, its an exhibition … Federer in 3 sets!

March 5th, 2012 at 12:12 pm

Stella Says:

Good clean fun . Both Roger and Andy will charm the crowd with their play and personalities.

Don’t know waht to say about the ladies. I just hope Caro behaves herself…LOL

March 5th, 2012 at 12:45 pm

El Flaco Says:

I wonder if Maria shrieks in exhibition matches.

March 5th, 2012 at 1:27 pm

Humble Rafa Says:

I wonder if Maria shrieks in exhibition matches.
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If Maria doesn’t scream, your Humble Highness will ask for a refund.

March 5th, 2012 at 2:21 pm

Kimmi Says:

what I am thinking is, too much tennis for fed.

March 5th, 2012 at 6:43 pm

skeezerweezer Says:

“I wonder if Maria shrieks in exhibition matches.”

I was wondering where else does she might shriek?

March 5th, 2012 at 7:28 pm

RZ Says:

Kimmi, heading into any other tournament (except perhaps Miami), I might agree with you about too much tennis for Fed. But Indian Wells is a fairly forgiving tournament, with first-round byes for the top pros (so the earliest he’d play would be Saturday), days off between matches, and its best of 3 format. Also, it doesn’t look like Fed is playing doubles there this year, so I’m guessing he’ll be rested enough.

March 5th, 2012 at 8:00 pm

Eric Says:

Wait, Federer lost? Wow… he must feel really bad for Andy!

March 6th, 2012 at 12:02 am

jane Says:

Where’d you get the score? Fed’s lost at least one exo to Andy before (KooYong 2007) but he always beat him when it counted (and hurt, from Roddick’s perspective) the most.

March 6th, 2012 at 12:20 am

Eric Says:

Googled it. Andy won 75, 76.

March 6th, 2012 at 12:23 am

jane Says:

Yep, just saw Eric; it’s up at ATP site. Well, maybe that’s a good boost for Roddick, although he seems to be starting to think seriously about moving into radio.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2012/03/Features/Federer-And-Roddick-Clash-In-Exhibition.aspx

March 6th, 2012 at 12:26 am

alison hodge Says:

@ skeezer the mind boggles,you have to feel sorry for her poor fiance.

March 6th, 2012 at 6:38 am

grendel Says:

alison – perhaps they perform a duet

March 6th, 2012 at 7:30 am

alison hodge Says:

grendel yeah maybe they do,in that case i feel sorry for the neighbours lol.

March 6th, 2012 at 11:35 am

skeezerweezer Says:

^lmao too funny grendel/alison

March 6th, 2012 at 12:00 pm

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