Tag Archives: Roger Federer

Fed, Peyton: Made Weak by Time & Fate?

By Robin Bates | Published: September 8, 2012

Peyton Manning and Roger Federer, in the twilight of their careers, bring to mind Tennyson’s Ulysses.

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Tennis Playing–and Writing–at Its Finest

By Robin Bates | Published: July 21, 2012

David Foster Wallace’s ode to Roger Federer comes the closest to capturing his beautiful game.

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Federer: Floating Butterfly, Stinging Bee

By Robin Bates | Published: July 9, 2012

In the immortal words of Muhammad Ali, Roger Federer floated like a butterfly, stung like a bee as he won his 7th Wimbledon title yesterday.

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Fed, Rafa, Djoker–A Sibling Drama

By Robin Bates | Published: September 19, 2011

Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic are like the brothers in a Dostoevsky novel or a Grimm Brothers fairy tale: the two older brothers focus on each other and then the unassuming younger brother comes in and takes over.

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The Prizefighter vs. the Yokel

By Robin Bates | Published: June 5, 2010

Sports Saturday So my tennis idol, Roger Federer, is out of the French Open.  Before the semi-finals.  Federer’s astounding streak of 23 straight appearances in Grand Slam semi-final matches is one of the great streaks in sports and will never be approached.  (To get a sense of its magnitude, consider that Rod Laver and Ivan […]

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Applying Kipling’s “If” to Wimbledon

By Robin Bates | Published: July 6, 2009

An exhilarating and exhausting week at Wimbledon has come to an end with an exhilarating and exhausting match between Swiss player Roger Federer and American Andy Roddick. Roddick was once my favorite player and Federer is my current favorite so I felt torn as I watched the longest match in grand slam history. It came […]

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