1. 1. Fed-Verses A poetic look at Feds 17 Grand Slam titles and also the 8 Runner-up matches After all Feds game is poetry in motion !!!
2. 2. To begin with If you can dreamand not make dreams your master If you can thinkand not make thoughts your aim If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same From Rudyard Kiplings If a concept well embraced by Roger Federer. Check out the audio.. ( a surprise mid-way )
3. 3. Triumph 17 Wimbledon 2003 to Wimbledon 2012
4. 4. Title 1 - Wimbledon 2003 Was not easy against the Aussie Scud But with the title, Fed drew first blood
5. 5. Title 2 - Australian Open 2004 Fed ripped the Safinator asunder For his first Slam title Down Under
6. 6. Title 3 - Wimbledon 2004 This one against A-Rod was a four-setter As the match went on Fed just got better
7. 7. Title 4 US Open 2004 Didnt quite know what hit him, did Hewitt In the end he let go saying Ah ! Screw It
8. 8. Title 5 Wimbledon 2005 A repeat final of the previous year This time Andy was nowhere near
9. 9. Title 6 US Open 2005 Not to be taken lightly, Andre Agassi But Fed proved to be a bit too classy
10. 10. Title 7 Australian Open 2006 The easy win over poor Baghdatis Was really a case of pure gratis
11. 11. Title 8 Wimbledon 2006 Though first set , a bagel, Rafa got tough But on grass, Fed was more than enough
12. 12. Title 9 US Open 2006 Roddick yet again, but the surface was hard Another failure in poor Andys report card
13. 13. Title 10 Australian Open 2007 In the easy win over Fernando Gonzalez Fed never had to even once say Allez
14. 14. Title 11 Wimbledon 2007 This one with Rafa was tough from the start In the end Fed showed he had enough heart
15. 15. Title 12 US Open 2007 The young upstart did show his class To win, Fed had to really watch his ass
16. 16. Title 13 US Open 2008 Fed proved his many detractors wrong Against Murray, Fed was way too strong
17. 17. Title 14 French Open 2009 Fed was desperately looking for a silver lining It was in the form of Mr.Robin Soderlining !!
18. 18. Title 15 Wimbledon 2009 This match was not for the weak and frail As the final set was fought tooth and nail
19. 19. Title 16 Australian Open 2010 After his loss, Andy shed a lonesome tear But more to follow in the next to next year
20. 20. Title 17 Wimbledon 2012 Andy tried, Andy cried - this time on grass Started off well, but the roof closed, alas
21. 21. Title 18 Will it be on clay or grass or hard Most likely grass, but it will be hard
22. 22. Freaky Facts More than 40 % of Feds titles are against someone named Andy ( not counting one against Andre ) More than 50 % of Feds titles are in straight sets Fed has scored 4 bagels as against getting bagelled once in GS finals
23. 23. Disaster ( Not exactly ) 8 ( French Open 2006 to Wimbledon 2014 )
24. 24. Runner-up 1 French 2006 Fed started off with a blistering breadstick Thereafter Rafa didnt miss a single trick
25. 25. Runner-up 2 French 2007 Evenly matched could have gone either way But Rafa always had one more shot to play
26. 26. Runner-up 3 French 2008 Fed was so bad totally blanked out What you can call a complete rout
27. 27. Runner-up 4 Wimbledon 2008 Match in bad light caused a rift in my house Had to be suspended my permanent grouse
28. 28. Runner-up 5 Australia 2009 A tough five-setter ending in tears Was it really the end, were my fears
29. 29. Runner-up 6 US Open 2009 A match which Fed could have easily won But full credit to Delpo, all said and done
30. 30. Runner-up 7 French 2011 Down two sets Fed pulled back one too late Then totally lost steam thereby sealing his fate
31. 31. Runner-up 8 Wimbledon 2014 Stirring comeback to level after four Flat in the 5th was shown the door
32. 32. Freaky Facts 50 % of Feds losses have been in five-setters 50 % of Feds losses have been on clay Fed has lost only once in straight sets
33. 33. And finally.. Despite the many more titles he may still amass Triumph or Disaster, Fed has always showed class Has always said that tennis after all is just a game So in all humility, took wins & losses as they came