Federer goes coach-less!

Roger Federer recently announced his decision to part ways with Tony Roche, his part time coach for 2 1/2 years. It seems he also said that he is planning to go without a coach for some time. I am not an expert in this as my experience in sports compitetions is limited, but looking at the trends, it surely seems a bad idea for world No. 1 to be without a coach. As for Federer, he knows in and out of tennis and surely knows how to stay on top for a continued period of time, but thinking that mentoring from a Coach will be a distraction to his thoughts and methods doesn't seem to make a good enough reason.

On the other hand, this is not the first time Federer is playing without a coach. He has won slams without a coach and surely is capable of doing it again. The difference in points for ATP rankings between Federer and No. 2 Nadal speaks for the game that he has. He is arguably the best tennis player in the history of tennis. Its really amazing if you see the way he changed his game when he was raising up to become No. 1. Anyone who has seen just seen Federer for past 3 years or so will never believe that he was a very angry and expressive player who would often throw his raquet in frustration, but now its just the opponents who do that as many of the times they have no idea what's happening on the court! (a bit of exaggeration! thats fine!)

So far this year, except for the Australian Open, its been the worst for him. For the first time since he became No. 1, Federer has lost 4 straight tournaments leading to French Open. If we are looking at similar statistics for other players, it doesn't seem surprising but with Federer, it does. The French Open has eluded him from past many years. That is the only slam required for Federer to complete his Grand Slam collection. With French Open scheduled to start in 2 weeks (May 27), Federer in his worst form in years and also having fired his coach, winning the slam is a difficult task to accomplish. Add to this, Nadal, the king of clay has been playing extremely well and is winning tournaments in the run up to the French Open.

I really hope the no coach plan works out well for Federer and he goes on to win French Open! GO FEDERER!!!!!

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Link to Federer-Roche split article
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=aomfoaLd.Rk8&refer=australia