Roger Federer Practice at Cincinnati 2015 #2

More footage!!

[@dkangan]

This is fabulous. it is so great to watch Federer starting out his session with slow (for them), easy (for them) balls to warm up his core movement and get his timing centered, and several minutes later start driving them. But even then playing mostly rally balls and picking his shot on the ones he drove.

[@pedroV2003]

All matches should be shown from this angle.

[@trents3515]

i think Federer's hitting partner did a good job. he was consistent, even on some pretty hard shots from Federer. that's all you can really ask and i'm sure Roger was happy with that. he has suffered, in a good spirits, much worse!

[@TheEarlyAdoptr]

1:32 the proper way to deal with a high ball

[@hankhilldoeshisthing]

Why is it so entertaining to see Roger play at 10%?

[@federerfan3]

Cause you realise if you have the game of your life andplay at 110 % he can still drop a 6-0 6-1 on you

[@starllama2149]

@@federerfan3 6-0 6-0. I used to play competitive and I still think if he went at like 20% I would get double bagelled

[@dannylin5980]

Because even at 10%, he can whoop all of us lol. It’s his god given talent.

[@user-tl6nu4jt9p]

When Roger was born, he was a baby like everyone else. But Roger tried harder than anyone else to become a god. The result was Roger Federer.

[@ChaunceyDos]

Roger does this all the time, practicing with juniors and college players. Cleary, the point isn't to hit against a top pro, just banging. This guy is clearly trying to just get balls back, be a ball machine. This is good. Even at my level, there's something about hitting with a lesser player who is consistent, you can reacquaint yourself with certain fundamentals of a ground stroke. Like you have extra time to work on shaping your shots. Same with MMA, going all out sparring against another top guy isn't necessarily the way to get better.

[@GodGod1337]

Hi how do you not end up reducing your swing speed? :) care teachie I have trouble playing with lower lvl players as in I will control every shot reducing my spin so that the other guy can take it, but I realise this will be somehow detrimental on my match play because I will be like a coach feeding easy ball with easy pace and spin after getting use to it. sad thing is I like 2 to 3 session with ppl around my level or better to fix it back and I find it hard to improve it the cycle keep continue :(

[@justinkemeter]

The point is the guy is consistently getting feds balls back. I.e. he has no problem handling the spin and pace. He just doesn’t deliver it back hard. If your partner can’t handle your pace or spin then yes it would be detrimental to your game to ”take it easy on him”

[@cookdenmark]

Thanks for sharing

[@zeranwang9411]

Thanks, great video.

[@awesometape2752]

Federer hace ver el tennis aun mas sencillo cuando esta calentando.

[@skylaxx]

I absolutely envy the guy playing with Roger....

[@yenb86]

I was waiting for the other guy to hit the sweet spot. And then the video ended.

[@OriginalAtomicSheep]

lol he wasn't that bad.

[@forgotmyname2462]

Yazir N Actually the guy struck the ball very consistent but he has no real power behind his shots

[@1bcordell]

That's hilarious. I was thinking the exact same thing. Seems like he is just slapping at it with no drive.

[@skylaxx]

crisp and sharp with a wrist of steel.

[@user-ff5yk2di8z]

rather a wrist of butter

[@misterjohn5223]

Le meilleur mon idole Roger

[@TheFlydeagle228]

Fed slapping the ball for couple of mins is better than womens finals.

[@oneproudpeacock6901]

Quit disrespecting the women's sports. They're doing the best they can do with their physiques.

[@Me-xd7bd]

I love the wannabe professional tennis players in this comment section criticizing Feds hitting partner. That dude would crush all of you

[@thedivyanshu24]

No he won't. I am not saying it is right to say horrible things about another person but to be honest any decent college player has much better groundstrokes than that guy. It could be because he was nervous hitting against federer but the level we see in the video is quite bad.

[@ChristiaanRoest79]

Divyanshu Bhardwaj we would even beat you in a wheelchair with flat tires 😂😂

[@andersonmcdowell2655]

he actually played at Ohio State which is a very good college tennis program. He is a very defensive grinder who does not go for anything. He gave Roger a nice warmup without missing many balls.

[@champy511]

In this Cincinnati tourney, they have college players, current or former to be hitters for the pros. Some of them, including Wyatt Lippert here, are currently teaching pros for the clubs around

[@ToxopIasmosis]

The noise says it all.

[@justinkemeter]

Look at the difference between Federer’s one handed backhand follow through and the other guys.

[@transamination]

Yeah, the other guy just needs to relax his arm at the end and let the racquet flop over like Fed does. I do this, it's not hard to learn, if anything it feels more natural.

[@Sean-xs1zp]

Fed finally lost his patience at 4:05

[@gonzabustos1205]

God! the other guy's forehand technique is so horrible!

[@morelnones3709]

That guy plays make me sleep 😴

[@hanafijakaperkasajaka5509]

Siip

[@alvaromenabustamante4273]

The left-handed is very good

[@danyeun01]

around 3:35 federer got mad at the other guy's inconsistency

[@ivanlim1935]

fed has strong wrist

[@mrbobevans]

Sampras had strong wrist and strong shoulders

[@andreaho]

​@@mrbobevans Sampras is nothing compared to the maestro.

[@chrisclark5304]

wow Roger was really teeing off here

[@jeanbobbb]

Who's the other guy? Han Di Capped? Or Reed Ard?

[@overtherainbro]

+jeanbobbb He's better than your dumbass would ever dream to be

[@stevem842]

+jeanbobbb You're right, that guy is shit. Should be locked up or put down humanely

[@overtherainbro]

+Steve Em The guy is Wyatt Lippert, a college player for Ohio State and 5-Star recruit in his senior class...So exactly how good are you?

[@stevem842]

overtherainbro Well in that case he embarrassed himself and his college by taking an opportunity to get on court with Roger Federer and looking like a fool. No wonder American tennis has zero champions (or contenders) on tour if this guy is part of the up and comers

[@overtherainbro]

I was wrong when I said he was a top college player, but yes, he did play poorly, but you really can't blame him. I'm pretty sure anyone would choke playing Federer

[@DobriyKondrat--]

I wanna go sleep....

[@sampathrg1]

That's the first left handed single hand backhand player I have seen -_-

[@TheFlydeagle228]

Feliciano Lopez from Spain... hes lefty w one handed back hand...

[@hennyhuang5240]

Denis Shapovalov is a lefty with one of the most beautiful one handed back hand

[@Lemont321989]

Ladies and gents, the forehand of a generation.

[@alvaromenabustamante4273]

The sparring it’s even more greatful to watch than Federer

[@dfdgdf5924]

Man oh man... what ever happened to the Federer forehand?

[@ertugrulkorpinar51]

dfdgdf it’s back

[@noypiwanderer2194]

The other guy is from the Philippines hes name is Tagalog.

[@IMindiffernt]

Does this kid not know how to hit the ball with more pace?

[@zrsous8874]

The other guy is obviously nervous as hell. You can tell he is playing really tight.

[@wxsty]

there is no way Federer was hitting with a pro

[@dkangan]

+oopsroger You get D1 players and some former ITF guys going down there to hit with the tour players. But don't be fooled by what you see. That guy has a job, to play balls that Federer can warm up on. And this is the beginning of a hitting session, where he is/they are just warming up their timing. And those guys on the tour make hitting rockets look easy and routine.

[@luanlovelyman]

seems like the hitting partner was still digesting a hamburger... didnt hit one clean ball

[@PH-TENNIS-CONSULTING]

変な奴等観た後は、「フェデラー」で目の保養しないと。w

[@lammie001]

wtf is wrong with federers hitting partners??? sorry but theyre rubbish

[@Mcbeef34]

Guaranteed any college student would feel like they are holding a racket for the first time when they are rallying with Federer. Hes a living legend, the hitting partners (unless they are on the tour) are almost always shaky. btw, Fed DOES sometimes warm up /practice with D1 college students to more or less introduce them to the pro scene

[@tonyngo2723]

This is what the future of American tennis is going for us guys. The other day I watched a college player use a two handed forehand smh.

[@tylertran1304]

Tennis sucks

[@MrJohndory111]

Tyler Tran fuck off then