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"If you've never seen [Roger Federer] play live, and then do, in person, on the sacred grass of Wimbledon, ... you are apt to have what one of the tournament's press bus drivers describes as a "bloody near-religious experience." It may be tempting, at first, to hear a phrase like this as just one more of the overheated tropes that people resort to to describe the feeling of Federer Moments. But the driver's phrase turns out to be true — literally, for an instant ecstatically." -- David Foster Wallace, from the special to New York Times' Play Magazine, "Roger Federer as Religious Experience"

"To bear witness ... is to evoke some sort of spiritual experience that occurs only a handful of times in a lifetime - if you're lucky. To try to describe the way Federer plays tennis is like trying to describe how Nureyev danced or Heifetz played the violin. Common words or images cannot do justice." --The Age

"Part of the pleasure of the Federer experience comes from watching people watch him. On Sunday, a spectator is propelled by awe out of his seat when confronted by a short cross-court forehand that lands and runs almost parallel to the net. Later, a fellow simply bows in Federer's direction, as if applause is an unsatisfactory response. ... Some sigh, exhale, cry "Oh my God". It is an opera of exclamation. Cynics who believe they have seen everything need to watch Federer. ... How, how, we ask, as if mind is still disputing what the eyes have seen. With other players, even in other sports, we sometimes see their shots as beautiful, we wish we could play like that. With Federer we accept almost that we can never play like that, his shots arrive from another dimension, it is too much to wish for." -- Rohit Brijnath, The Hindu

Channel: Sports
Uploaded: July 31, 2007 at 11:30 am
Author: dastacomantwo

Length: 00:04:50
Rating: 4.91
Views: 94740

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patrick7pat (January 2, 2009 at 5:04 pm)

do u guys think roger can win the aussi open this year and tie petes rcord

RubinJayJay (December 29, 2008 at 12:20 pm)

perfect...also check out my channel
ROGER RULEZ!!!

kingkong0ko0king (December 22, 2008 at 1:35 pm)

federer = M ali = M Jordan

OBeymydreamz (December 15, 2008 at 5:37 pm)

I think when roger loses,and rafa wins,.. still he has more eyez on himself,.. I think he was bigger than nadal in wimbledon 2008 even though he lost..

rabanoscuro (December 8, 2008 at 8:43 am)

Holy God! thank you for this video! I really enjoyed it!! the music and those voices in off are just an awesome mix and complement!!

kris11wxyz (December 6, 2008 at 1:02 pm)

its alejandro falla...in fact, i thought it was roddick, until i realized that he wasn't left handed.

laperdepaperhond312 (November 25, 2008 at 4:37 pm)

i think roddick
he has the same cap
i know it almost for sure

OBeymydreamz (December 1, 2008 at 7:29 am)

dude roddick is righty!

yassertanvir (November 25, 2008 at 1:26 am)

its hard to say it could be santoro as even though he is right handed he does play like that sometimes. btw if you find out let me know as well. lol

kris11wxyz (December 6, 2008 at 1:02 pm)

its alejandro falla

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