Dhani among Forbes' best-dressed

by James Marvin Phelps

Dhani among Forbes’ best-dressed
Bengals linebacker Dhani Jones was one of two NFL players (Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was the other) to make Forbes’ list.
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Roger Federer – 1/2 finale de Roland Garros 2009 – semi final – tennis french open


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Roger Federer – 1/2 finale de Roland Garros 2009 – semi final – tennis french open


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Roger Federer Trivia!
Since 2004, Federer has lost 21 matches:
- 8 to Nadal
- 2 to Canas
- 1 each to Djokovic, Volandri, Safin, Nalbandian, Kuerten, Costa, Hrbaty, Berdych, Murray, Henman and Gasquet.

Out of these 21, only Murray, Henman and Gasquet speak languages that Federer knows.

18 out of 21 losses have been to people who speak languages that are foreign to him.

Is Roger Federer more likely to lose to someone who speaks a language that he can’t?
Clarification:
This is all in jest of course.

Federer speaks 4 languages fluently – German, Swiss German, English and French.
He speaks a little of a few other languages, but I”m not interested in those.

http://www.rogerfederer.com/en/fanzone/askroger/index.cfm?uNC=37353166&uPage=7

In Madrid and Rome, he spoke to the crowds in English because by his own admission, his Spanish and Italian were not very good.

Also most tennis players speak english. The question is whether they speak a language that Roger can’t.
Most tennis players speak english. The question is whether they speak another language that Roger can’t speak fluently.
Henman’s and Murray’s native languages are English. Would you really say that “Scottish” is a unique language, or merely a dialect of English?
It’d be funny to see Scotland start a war with someone. If you were to make such distinctions over such nuances of language, then what about European vs South American spanish? What about British vs American English?

Let’s redefine it as the Federer not being able to speak fluently his opponent’s native/first language.

Answer by rmarjadi
Hah.. That’s an interesting hypothesis. This could make a good paper if you can find the correlation between language and athletic (tennis) skill. Good luck, let me know if you do find it.