by AP
MADRID — Take hub, tennis hackers: Roger Federer has shown that even the greatest can look graceful bad on a finger.
An respected by no chance, at that. One put from losing the Madrid Masters sure to Rafael Nadal, Federer of a mind to hit a forehand off a ball that bounced a few feet in front of him. In place of of flying back over the net, the ball kept sailing and landed behind the 16-beat chief stand up for, giving Nadal a 6-4, 7-6 (5) winning.
A discerning look appears to show Federer whiffing positively. Replays — a variety of clips are at Monday on YouTube — humour it come up attainable that Federer’s scam tipped the ball.
Either way, Federer managed to chortle at himself, saying after Sunday’s privation: “Well, I’ve had more superior rival points. … I absolute to take a probability, and it didn’t pay off.”
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more imagesHAMBURG - Roger Federer retained a acceptable clue at the top of the men's tennis rankings issued Monday by the Comradeship of Tennis Professionals (ATP) consideration an initially bid adieu at the Miami Masters last week. The Swiss Federer, who was knocked out in Florida by Czech Tomas Berdych, has 10,765 points to edge surrogate-placed Serb Novak Djokovic (7,630) by more than 3,000 points....
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