A propos, je viens de trouver une compilation de highlights de Federer sur youtube; il faut taper "FEDERER AN AMAZING CAREER" et le numéro de l'année (il y a 2001 à 2006).

Pareil. Le grand Federer contre le grand Sampras sur gazon. J'aurais trop aimé voir ce match. Ou en indoor rapide.

C'est vrai que ca donnerait du spectacle, un tennis de reve.
Deja rien que la video posté plus haut, ca parait iréel quoi.
On ne peut même plus imaginer ça aujourd'hui comme vous l'avez si bien dit.

Déjà leur unique match de 2001 c'est un bijou. Ceux qui l'ont pas vu faut se jeter dessus.

Si Fed parvient à 7 Wimbly ou plus, vous considérerez toujours Sampras comme le goat sur gazon ?

Déjà pour moi on peut pas vraiment comparer parce que c'est pas la même surface

Federer Makes Emotional Visit To Ethiopia
Kore Roba, Ethiopia
by Barry Malone
| 12.02.2010

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Ethiopia is one of six African nations in which the Roger Federer Foundation supports education programs.
World number one Roger Federer sends the ball spinning into the net. His opponent, Ethiopian teenager, Jirata Demksa, smiles and prays the Swiss is having an off day.

But Federer just pauses and, taking a deep breath, serves a blistering ace. The 17-year-old, realising he's beaten, simply shrugs.

"He's the best tennis player ever," he says. "I am just lucky we played ping-pong."

Jirata says he will never forget taking two points from Federer in an impromptu game of table tennis at a school the tennis ace funds in the poor country. For Federer, this week's visit to Ethiopia was one that moved him to tears.

"When I arrived at the school and all of the children were singing, it was very emotional," Federer told Reuters. "They sang, 'Roger, our Father' to me. I didn't really understand it at the beginning but I still had tears in my eyes."

Federer, limbering up for an attempt to win all four grand slams in a calendar year having already claimed the Australian Open title, was taking some time out to visit Ethiopia - one of the countries his charitable organisation works in.

The Roger Federer Foundation, founded in 2003, spends $1 million a year on education in Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania, Mali, Malawi and Zimbabwe.

Click here for more information on Roger's Foundation

MOTHER'S INSPIRATION
"My Mum being from South Africa is obviously the inspiration behind the foundation," Federer said, as local kids screamed "Number one!' behind him.

"I went there on vacation a lot when I was younger. So we started with a project in South Africa and, as I got older and got more money, I wanted to expand."

Eating a lunch of traditional injera - a sort of spongy pancake - with the students at one of two schools he pays for in the country, Federer was peppered with questions. Most of the children wanted to know if he had any of his own.

His seven-month old twin girls, Myla and Charlene, could eventually take over the charity Federer wants to continue long after he stops playing, he said.

"I definitely want to show them that this world exists as well," Federer said, gesturing at the tin-roofed classrooms around him.

"There's no way around it for them because I'll be traveling. It will be a very exciting ten years for me because I'll be trying to educate and help them and show them all these things."

Ethiopia is the world's seventh largest recipient of foreign aid, receiving more than $1.94 billion in 2006, according to the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). About 12 million of the Horn of Africa country's people are reliant on foreign food aid to survive.

As multi-millionaire Federer drove through the streets of the capital Addis Ababa, four street kids caught a glimpse of him through the window of his coach. Leaping to their feet, they ran after the bus.

"Federer! Federer! We love you! We love you!" they shouted.

SURPRISE RECOGNITION
For Federer, who has won 16 grand slam titles, the level of recognition in one of the world's poorest and most remote countries, more known for athletics than tennis, was a surprise.

"It's my first time here so I didn't expect this," he said. "I always think I should have been to a country before people know me. I forget about the television."

Local girl Nihlaa Omar, stretching before racing against the tennis maestro in a 1km fun run, said she had seen him on television in a nearby town.

"We know he's as famous as our famous runners like Kenenisa Bekele," she said referring to the twice Olympic 10,000 meters champion. "But I think Ethiopians can beat him at running."

Federer, who was to run against the school's best athletes, agreed saying: "I'm in a lot of trouble."

The race kicked off, with the Swiss immediately humbled as the Ethiopian children, who live at high altitude, overtook him en masse, a goat leading the field for the first 500 meters. Federer finished near the back of the field.

"I've always had massive respect for long distance sports," he said. "The terrain was so dangerous and they ran barefoot. It was impressive to say the least."

The children, too, were confused by a man more used to split-second exertion.

"How old are you?" one girl said. Super-fit Federer, 28, asked her to guess.

"I don't know about white people," she said, shyly. "45?"

Story courtesy Thomson Reuters

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Federer says he has more drive than Nadal

World number one Roger Federer thinks he has more drive than rival Rafael Nadal and will make keeping the top ranking his main goal, despite speculation that he could land a rare calendar grand slam.

Talk of the 28-year-old emulating Rod Laver by sweeping all four grand slam titles this year has got louder since he won his 16th grand slam at the Australian Open last month.

"I'll try, that's for sure," Federer said in an interview with Reuters. "But it's not even number one on my to-do list. I'll just try to defend my number one position."

Federer said Nadal, who has been troubled with knee injuries, would be his biggest threat this year but that the Spaniard did not have the ambition to be number one.

"The first moment when I became number one in the world was six years ago now and it was a magical moment in my career," Federer said. "It was pretty special and I always wanted to get back there."

"Some people have that drive more than others who've been number one. Rafa doesn't seem like he cares as much for number one, or he doesn't show it."

BIGGEST THREAT

Despite casting doubt on Nadal's motivation, the Swiss still sees him as his biggest threat. Injury forced the world number three out of the Australian Open.

"He had a good start to the season," Federer said. "What he's going through is very similar to what I went through last year. Just because you don't win a major they start picking on you. I'm convinced he will come back shortly."


[b]The other players who could upset his shot at the grand slam this year were Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Juan Martin Del Potro and Nikolay Davydenko, Federer said, adding that he thought Briton Murray had "got Nadal's number a little bit".

"Davydenko has made his point and it will be interesting to see how long he can last because he's playing a lot of matches and he's not used to maybe winning that much," Federer said. "Players want to beat him even more now."

Federer was speaking to Reuters on a trip to Ethiopia to visit a school funded by his charity.

"Every season is different or special," he said. "Last year was the most emotional, the most special. Losing in Australia, coming back, winning Paris, Wimbledon, getting married, going through pregnancy, having the babies."

When asked if this season was going to be his best yet, Federer smiled: "Well, it's certainly on the right track."

Reuters

Federer-Blake '06, Masters Cup. Un niveau en revers de la part du Suisse... énorme !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjW-0K6X8jc

http://www.rogerfedererpoints.com/rfedererpoints.htm

4 compilations vraiment sympa des meilleurs coups que Federer a sorti au cours de sa carrière, un must !