Did Federer throw the match?

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Well, did he?

Hmm well I did wonder!

I doubt it. the oracle my dh said that he's never win olympic gold and he'll be too old at next olympics so this was his last chance. Why would he throw the match?

Said this before on another thread.

Very insulting that people would think that an athlete would 'throw' a match/race/whatever at this level.

Makes you sound bitter that his opponent won. And very unsporting.

Why on earth would he?

I can't imagine that an athlete of that calibre would ever deliberately lose a match.

no! he's not great when it's windy. he had treouble playing somebody else in the wind. he beat murray at wimbledon on a totally still day. (this according to my tennis mad mum). I couldn't give a *&^%

Federer has been beaten by Murray before you know.

I do think that the 19-17 final set in the semi final took it out of him though (if not Del Potro).

I can't believe one of the most successful tennis players ever would deliberately play poorly when representing his country in an Olympics final. It would go against everything he worked for!
Murray did say that the crowd noise kept holding Federer up though; he likes to play fast but kept having to wait for quiet and it was jamming him up a bit.

Maybe he just had an off day. Or indigestion. Or a wild night.

Murray has beaten Federer more times than he's lost to him.

I doubt Federer is allowing himself to be beaten every time!

TBH I don't think he did either. But there's a lot of talk on the Internet speculating that he did. Google "did Federer throw the match".

Given the turning point in the Wimbledon final that happened when the roof was closed, no I don't think so. Murray had at least part of the upper hand while the roof was open. Also tbh I think now that he's older, Federer does better in longer matches, he takes a while to play in these days (am no sort of tennis expert though). The two-set open-air format was a killer for him.

Google "did Federer throw the match" and see lots of self-important twats who know eff all about sport making ridiculous claims.

Nah, it just wasn't a biggie to him, that's all. Nadal's not there, for example - It's all about the slams to lots of players, the Olympics isn't all that important.

No, not at all. Both were playing well but I have never seen Murray play better, Federer maybe not at his best but no-one can be every day. Also although Murray played two matches the day before, they were both quite short and doubles is presumably less physically demanding than singles anyway, given your partner covers about half the shots.

And yes, Murray has beaten Federer plenty in Masters which have the three set format. (yes I know the final was best of five!)

Google "did Federer throw the match" and see lots of self-important twats who know eff all about sport making ridiculous claims.

Indeed, but you could apply that to many things on the internet; Everyone's an expert!

Well, yes, I'm one of them !

It's utter madness that anyone would think that Federer would throw a match!

To be world number one you have to be insanely driven and competitive - not the sort to throw a Match!

Plus Murray is quite good you know :)

Yes, I'm also struggling to understand why anyone would think Federer would prefer a silver rather than a gold medal

Agree with Ken ^ that it just wasn't as important to him. In the same way that the average soccer player would prefer to win the world cup than an Olympic gold (I would presume), I think Federer has his eye more on the upcoming US Open.

If it wasn't that important to him, I feel sorry for his supporters in Switzerland who were probably desperate to see a Gold medal for their country.
They're not going to get many are they?
Shame on him if that's true, he was playing for his country.

If it wasn't that important to him, why would he bother turning up? Or getting to the finals?

I can't imagine that an athlete of that calibre would ever deliberately lose a match.

As oppose to those world class Badminton players...