Roger Federer Says He’s Living On “Bonus Time” [Video]

Good for you Roger…..play for fun for a change and enjoy yourself……after all shouldn’t there be more to life than always winning. You have achieved so much already……and like you said the rest is a bonus. Like the way he’s put his career into perspective. He loves playing and it is hard to give up something you love. The fans will have to chill out……He is in charge. Good luck, Rog and maybe we might see you and Rafa play each other again!! Those matches are why I watch tennis. Two greats!!

October 20th, 2013 at 10:03 am

Your fans are definitely shaken up a bit but their faith and unconditional love for u is still intact as always….

ROGER, we don’t jus love us coz u have won 17 slams, hold so many records to your name and overall a great champion….we also love u for the amazing person u r and the grace u behold on & off the court….we also love u for ur simplicity as well as ur down-to-earth nature….ur genuine love for ur fans….we cud go on :)

So don’t worry abt the results….doesn’t matter if u don’t win a single title anymore….but plz-plz jus keep playing and bring smiles to billions & trillions across the world. We love u!!

Lets-Go-ROGER-Lets Go !!

October 20th, 2013 at 10:25 am

ah Grigor wins first title. Very happy for him.

October 20th, 2013 at 11:23 am

Vamos Grigor! Props for winning his first title. Awesome variety from him and even ferru. Walked out after 3 games I. The 3rd and was nervous that Grigor may not see it out but see it out he did: a major moment for him!

October 20th, 2013 at 11:39 am

Finally Dimitrov wins a title. He had a ridiculously easy draw but to win over Ferrer especially being a set down in the final, quite impressive.

October 20th, 2013 at 12:24 pm

Congrats Grigor :)

October 20th, 2013 at 12:40 pm

Fed can do what he likes perfect fan. He doesnt need to prove anything to anyone.

Interesting that despite his horrible year, his recently departed coach still has great faith in Roger, as do his fans,

“Three weeks ago, we were in Dubai and it’s 125 degrees on the court, and I’m sweating through shirts standing there,” Annacone said. “And I’m watching this guy laughing and having fun, doing drills, doing his physical fitness, and I’m sitting there going, ‘Wow, how does this guy still love to do this this much?’

“So the challenge is to make sure that love translates to a process that is really, really pointed towards a focus and not just playing, and I think after he won Wimbledon last year, I think a lot of things happened in terms of refocusing himself.”

Annacone is convinced that, despite the odds and plenty of recent evidence, greatness is not.

“What will be the catalyst?” Annacone said. “Will it be a new voice? Will it be a streamlined team without me? Will it be a change of his life? I don’t know, but when I look at the skill sets and the talent level and the way he goes about things, I find it really hard to believe he’s not going to be contending for major titles.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/17/sports/tennis/paul-annacone-ex-coach-says-greatness-remains-within-roger-federers-reach.html?pagewanted=1&bicmp=AD&_r=0&bicmet=1385787600000&bicmst=13&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id

If Roger plays well over the next 15 matches, he is in with a chance of qualifying at the WTF, but honestly? Having been there for the last 12 years, I am not that bothered. He can rest for the rest of hte year for all I care, and work on coming back stronger in 2014.

The fact that Federer still is ambitious, (and what for?) I think shows the greatness of the man:

“[Playing at the Rio Olympics] is something I’d like to achieve. That doesn’t mean I’m going to end my career there, or earlier or later. It’s just an idea,” he said.

Read more at http://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/sport/story/249543.html#3GewLQytuZtzRmhv.99

October 20th, 2013 at 3:16 pm

…and if Roger doesn’t make it to London, no matter.

“I will be happy if Stan qualifies,” Federer said. “If that meant I will miss it, I honestly won’t care. That means he was the better player for the year.”

http://espn.go.com/tennis/story/_/id/9854439/roger-federer-regrets-playing-injured-march-july?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

He has done enough playing at the tournmanet for years, and won the title 6 times.

Rest will be his best medicine after Paris, I think, until 2014 and then I hope, he plays as many matches as he can, and really gets into the new season once more, without taking as much time off, but may be, for 2013, that was just necessary, in order to sustain his motivation, who knows?

October 20th, 2013 at 3:22 pm

Real Swiss fans know that a Swiss will qualify for the World Tour Finals because he had a very good year.

October 20th, 2013 at 4:28 pm

^Tsonga lost,so that will increase Rogers chances of qualifying for the season end championships.^

October 20th, 2013 at 4:41 pm

He’s not on bonus time, he’s on borrowed time.

October 20th, 2013 at 4:54 pm

So, next year Dimitrov will beat Federer on Wimbledon, only to lose in the next round. But the year after that, he will win it and become the next GOAT? Will history repeat itself? :)

October 21st, 2013 at 4:59 am

Race is over. Both Swiss No. 1 Stan and Swiss No. 2 Roger will make it. Raonic pulled out of Basel for “personal reasons” and Tsonga is MIA.

So chillax Fed fans! Indoor season is here!

October 21st, 2013 at 8:39 am

Also, Fed has a cupcake draw in Basel. Reeshard, not so much.

October 21st, 2013 at 8:45 am

WTF

I believe Roger is making a soccer reference, though I do agree that he is kind of on borrowed time.

October 21st, 2013 at 12:26 pm

Great attitude Roger. He’s not my favorite player, but he is a smart player and individual.

Here’s my tribute to him:

http://sportzcosmos.com/2013/10/19/roger-federer-a-force-of-nature/

October 21st, 2013 at 2:25 pm

Hawkeye:

Berdych has got the toughest. At this stage of his career, every draw is tough for Federer.

October 21st, 2013 at 2:30 pm

Fed got off relatively easy. Nothing in the first three rounds and a tired BabyFed potentially in the 3rd (if he makes it that far).

Then potentially Berdy, but as you say, not an easy path “planned” for Berdy to get to Fed.

Berdy could “magically” have to face three hard hitters in Ivo, Pospisil and Dodig. Funny how none of them were “randomly” thrown into Fed’s section lol.

All of the real opposition to Fed – Delpo, Wawrinka and Gasquet were magically placed in the opposite half.

October 21st, 2013 at 2:48 pm

To top it off, Fed played his first match today and Delpo doesn’t play until Wednesday!

Hilarious!!!

October 21st, 2013 at 2:50 pm

Well played Roger….keep going !!

October 21st, 2013 at 3:08 pm

Nice win for Roger congratulations.

October 21st, 2013 at 3:36 pm

Fed vs baby fed is coming!

October 21st, 2013 at 7:26 pm

The force is strong within you young Baby Fed… but you are not a Goatee yet!

Darth Federer.

October 21st, 2013 at 7:47 pm

Wow, so many sarcastic comments about Roger. Seriously, cup cake draw ? You really have no idea. Course would be different if his name were rafa, then of course, everything would be super random. I get prett tired of people saying these things.

Pathetic.

And hawkeye, if you dont enjoy watching federer plan, simple. Switch.off.tv.

October 21st, 2013 at 8:55 pm

Been sayin it since Fed broke Sampras record and then won FO, its all gravy baby, and he knows it. The most complete player Tennis has ever seen.
So what does he do @ 30? Win Wimbledon to hit 17. Hater posters try to make Fed more relevant when he is older or losing now…he’s only #7 in the world now…why so much attention?
….but the Maestro knows better. Let the chasers chase, he’s(Fed) playin for fun whilst others playing to get in his career stats. I have a phrase for those players….won’t happen.

October 21st, 2013 at 9:44 pm

@madmax,
Pay no attention to the rafanatic sock puppets, many names but the same poster or 2! Hold whaaa. Hawk whaa? Gliescher uh?
They resemble the Minions via “Dispictable Me”, but are all the one and same Minion , lol. Fanaticism at its worse with the bedroom poster girls.
Pathetic? Yep, and worse than that, the jealousy is so nailed.

*scroll* has never been more popular @ tennis x.
Amen.

October 22nd, 2013 at 12:02 am

Yep,

Let the Muppet club members entertain each other.

Scroll is the name of the game :)

Works wonders and leaves the mind clear and fresh.

A coffee and a scroll, perfect way to start the morning, Scroll-Tastic!

Speed reading course might help some also, lets you scan and scroll with no fuss.

October 22nd, 2013 at 4:14 am

@skeezer. Do what you do best, that is accusing posters of using multiple monikers. These are all different posters, for one they all have different writing styles. You of all people should know that by now Maybe you find some consolation in thinking there is just one poster instead of 4 different posters?
#21-10

October 22nd, 2013 at 4:21 am

Bonus time or borrowed time, I’m enjoying watching Roger play as much as he seem to be enjoying playing. So its an all good for me!

:)

October 22nd, 2013 at 4:46 am

@smashingaces,
same here. Started watching the game because of this guy. Loved watching the game because of his play

@alison,

its only the 1st round win. Don’t embarass roger by congratulating him for that;)

October 22nd, 2013 at 6:41 am

Scroll warning:

Appearance fee? Check.
Comfy draw? Check.
Preferred scheduling? Check.

Basel propping up their local boy and federazzi hopes of a return to the Weak Era? Priceless.

The only sock puppets are the federazzi who cannot look away.

October 22nd, 2013 at 7:01 am

Sirius yeah fair enough,but you have to start somewhere,he might even win this title,which would be a confidence and momentum boost ahead of the WTFs,time will tell though i suppose.

October 22nd, 2013 at 5:45 pm

ah rog…it won’t be the same once you’re gone.

one in a million!

October 22nd, 2013 at 7:53 pm

@andrea,

An unreplaceable huge hole will be left when Fed is gone, and despite the hate talk, the truth will prevail on Feds all time records, greatness, and undeniable impact on the Game. Play on Fed and have fun, its all gravy baby!!

October 22nd, 2013 at 11:27 pm

I am living on dead man’s time. My career has been dead 5 times, but I bounce back stronger and stronger.

October 23rd, 2013 at 12:01 pm

@Madmax 8:55 PM

Not all Rafa fans are sarcastic toward Federer….. read my the first post on this thread. I am a little surprised that some of Feds fans want him to play regardless of the back issue…..If Rog had taken a few months off maybe his back would be healed for real. Roger is a great guy and an amazing athlete. I say play on Roger as long as you want and can!

In the meantime……VAMOS RAFA!! I want to see you and Roger play more matches.

October 23rd, 2013 at 3:52 pm

Just like all Fed fans are not sarcastic towards Rafa!!!!

(Note to self: Wonder how long this one will take).

October 23rd, 2013 at 8:18 pm

Okiegal ditto you hit the nail on the head,personally i believe they all work hard for their success,i never have belittled Rogers achievements to make me feel better about Rafas,what would be the point anyway?it doesnt change anything,the only thing you end up doing is wasting nervous energy unesasrily.

October 24th, 2013 at 6:06 am