Federer confirms his belief in regaining the number 1 spot....

Nore Staat wrote:

Tenez wrote:

Nore Staat wrote:Yep, that's a fair point from hawkeye. Nadal did speak up regarding the increasing toughness of the tennis season and offered a few solutions.

No. He offered solutions to suit his agenda. Not the rest of the players. That's exactly what annoyed most people here. His agenda may have suited Federer's too but Federer saw beyond it and thought about the game and the rest of the players.

Nadal is irritating.

It would have been a win win solution for Federer and the players. He could have said yes the tour is too demanding for the top players but we shouldn't shorten the season and reduce the number of mandatory tournaments because that would be unfair on the tournament organisers and the lower ranked players. The solution is therefore to get back towards the previous conditions of faster courts, which will shorten the matches, thus prolonging the careers of the top players, keeping the same opportunities for the lower ranked players, making the tournament organisers happy for keeping their tournaments mandatory, making the spectators happy etc etc. But no he didn't do that he said it's all fine, we should keep everything as it is. Now that's fair do s in my book. Case closed. New balls, Djokovic to serve.

noleisthebest wrote:

legendkillar wrote:I don't think there is anything wrong with having the self-belief to set such goals, however we all know that there is a difference between what one believes and what one does on the court to back up that belief. He finds himself in a position by where if Djokovic or Nadal are left standing between him and a Slam, then the latter would be heavily favoured for the end result. Whether Federer can achieve that with Masters titles would be a whole new discussion entirely.

May just interpose to say that belief and confidence are two very different things. Belief, you're born with. It never leaves you. Confidence comes and goes.

hawkeye wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:

legendkillar wrote:I don't think there is anything wrong with having the self-belief to set such goals, however we all know that there is a difference between what one believes and what one does on the court to back up that belief. He finds himself in a position by where if Djokovic or Nadal are left standing between him and a Slam, then the latter would be heavily favoured for the end result. Whether Federer can achieve that with Masters titles would be a whole new discussion entirely.

May just interpose to say that belief and confidence are two very different things. Belief, you're born with. It never leaves you. Confidence comes and goes.

What do you think Nole has noleisthebest? What do you think Federer has? I bet I can guess what you think Nadal has.