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I am excited to be in Paris for Roland Garros. I just finished my hit and am walking past the wall with all the players signatures who have played on center court.

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Roger Federer with Francesco Totti.

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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal has both made the Forbes’ 2012 list of the world’s most powerful celebrities.

Federer was the highest-ranked tennis players at No. 31, followed by Nadal (47), Maria Sharapova (71), Serena Williams (77) and Li Na (87)

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Its really hard to keep Roger Federer out of the headlines at the moment. Roger has just surpassed more than $70 million in Career Prize Money on the ATP Tour.

Federer has won 74 singles crowns on ATP World Tour, including 16 Grand Slams and 20 Masters 1000 series and earned $3,082,343 so far in this season.

Is there any chance of him breaking the $100 million mark? Only time will tell.

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An interesting topic has surfaced in Rome, the language barrier.

Andy Murray has commented that English speaking players are more likely to be punished for swearing on court.

Murray was warned during his 2nd Round match against David Nalbandian despite the fact that on several occasions during the match Nalbandian was guilty of using obscene language.

“I swear on court regularly.

“I try not to but sometimes you forget where you are and what’s going on. It’s a mistake and something I try not to do.”

“I understood a lot of the stuff he was saying from the time I spent in Spain.

“But because what I say is in English we’re always the ones to get the warnings.

“I don’t think what came out of my mouth was anywhere near as bad as the translation of the things he said.

“But it’s not right to do it and I deserved a warning.”

Roger Federer has joined in the debate. Though he is Swiss, Roger regularly speaks on court on English.

“I guess the English speakers are more likely to be understood so I probably agree with Andy.

“It shouldn’t matter what language it is, the umpire should be consistent.”

A side topic that arose from this conversation is that old chestnut, coaching. Roger commented that it may also be easier for non-English speakers to be coached during a match.

“It’s like the coaches who speak to their players while they are out on court. It’s an advantage to be able to communicate in their native language to their player and no one understands.”

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Roger Federer has started strong at the Italian Open in Rome. Roger defeated Carlos Berlocq 6-3 6-4. This is a great start for Roger as he now finds himself as the number 2 ranked player in the world.

Looking forward to seeing if he can keep this form rolling on at the French Open which starts in 9 days time.

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And with the victory in Madrid he has claimed the Number 2 spot from Rafa.

A very productive afternoon for Roger Federer in Madrid. Not only is he #2 but he now holds the record for the number of Masters Titles, 20.

It was not all plain sailing for Federer, he had to work to get his hands on the rather unusual Mutua Madrid Open trophy.

It took a fightback from a set down to beat against Tomas Berdych 3-6, 7-5, 7-5. Is this the first step towards reclaiming the coveted World Number One spot and break Pete Sampras’ record?

Naturally Roger was very pleased with his afternoon’s work.

It is amazing to win here again,”
“It has been a tough tournament. Tough to move, but you’ve got to try to make the most of it. Here there was some good tennis and some bad tennis, but you see that in all tournaments.”

Berdych was understandably disappointed

“I would just say that it was a very close game,”
“You sometimes need to make those small adjustments to win a match like this, but it wasn’t my case today.

“The week was great until the last day, right now I am really upset and I am sad because of how I finished it. I lost the final but in a couple of hours I am going to see it in a more positive way. I had a great week, I beat a lot of great guys and made it to the finals.”

Let’s see how Rafa responds and if Novak can build on his lead as Number One. It is going to be tense over the next month in Rome & Paris.

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“I want to forget this week as soon as possible and move on to the real clay courts,”

“It took me at least a week to try to get used to this surface and somehow find a way to win matches and play a decent level of tennis,”

“There is no discussion in my eyes, it’s very simple. No blue clay for me.”

The courts were not his only target:

“I don’t blame the new president (Australian former player Brad Drewett),”

“He came to the job in January. It was the last president. He was going away and knew his contract was not renewed. He made the decision on his own.

“Something was going on behind closed doors. He (Helfant) didn’t care about tennis and what the players thought. He was only interested in himself and his interests.”

“The losers this week are the players and their opinions. They (ATP) made the decision without players agreeing on it. This is a rule that has to be changed immediately.

“The tournament has done its job and represented its own interests,” he said of the blue courts, which have proved to be successful for television viewing.

“I can’t blame the event for fighting for its own rights. The fault is from the people who gave them permission. We discussed this in 2011 – we were more than clear we didn’t want it. “

Roger had added his thoughts that are very different from Novak and Rafa.

“If you want to be a good claycourt player, you must be able to play everywhere,”

This of course is true. To be the best you should be able to adapt to a variety of surfaces. Is this where Rafa & Novak fall down with their argument? We saw with the Raonic v Federer that attacking, entertaining tennis can be played. The tour is currently too defensive so those at the top who have “less variety” in their game are going to be hardest hit.

But the tour is not only about Rafa & Novak, it is about 100+ players who have different styles & talent. The sooner the tour reflects this the better the game will be.

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I will take a photo of the street sign when I go there next month.

Over the years Roger has won some weird and wonderful prizes (a cow for Wimbledon) but now he has a street all to himself.

The road where the Gerry Weber Open in Halle takes place has been given a new name. Weststrasse is now known as Roger-Federer Allee. Roger has stayed loyal to the pre-Wimbledon tournament and is a 5 time champion.

In a statement released Roger is said to “extremely humbled” and called it an “amazing honor”.

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