Witnessing The King - For No Human Can be a God!

This is going to be a short post..

Ticked off a huge item of the bucket list this week when I saw Federer play DelPo at the O2. 



A couple of quick points...

1) The King has a slight strut - that is more noticeable when one watches him live!
2) His one handed backhand looks even more amazing when you can spot the wrist movement!
3) The Audacity of the Player is to be seen to be believed :
Here's my assessment of Federer's genius - We've all grown up playing team games, For those of us in India that game would have been cricket.
Invariably there would have been a whiz kid in the group. He may not have scored the most runs, not taken the most wickets, but when he played - he looked extremely good! - no other way to say this. You wanted him on the team because you didn't want him on the opposite side. He may have even given an impression that he didn't give a damn about the game or his own incredible natural ability! 
Now if that kid managed to grow up and not change anything about his demeanor and become the greatest exponent of his sport. That would be a huge slap on the face of convention!
Federer for me is that kid - This is not to say that he doesn't take Tennis seriously or the fame and glory don't mean much to him. But in the short period when he's actually playing he's uncompromising! 
Almost every other rally that he and DelPo built up was altered by Federer either trying a cheeky volley or by altering the angle to force a winner. The fact that DelPo was up for that game is moot to the central point. 
Federer had 36 forehand winners, 16 backhand winners and 36 unforced errors!
DelPo had far lesser winners and more importantly errors too!
4) When Federer loses points - he loses it in a heap - it looked like that he doesn't have a Plan B when his attacking game is not translating to a winning game! In these moments, he looks extremely ordinary
5) Most importantly - the King looks extremely fit for a couple more years at the courts - that is not to say that he would be around. Fitness and motivation do not necessarily have the direct of relationships!

I also had a chance to see a man who could probably be seen as the anti thesis of Roger Federer - but who's in no way less revered :

Ivan Lendl

PS : Point 3 could be the reason why Federer has never had a full time coach!