Conceding to Rafa's Supremacy on Clay, Federer to skip Monte Carlo

Roger Federer will skip Monte Carlo for the first time in his career, the organizers confirmed.

Comments:

Federer is conceding to "fate". Now he doesn't put "winning career Grand Slam" as his priority. He feels it is ok to accept Sampras' fate because he knows it will never ever be a doable thing to defeat Rafa in Roland Garros. So why bother Monte Carlo?

This year's Wimbledon gonna be BIG.

If for any reason Roger can't win it.... I would say his career is essentially over. It is impossible to imagine that he will make it to 2012 London Olympics if he doesn't win this year's Wimbledon.

From 2004-07, everyone will feel "wow, it is endless, greatest for ALL time". Now people finally realized how GREAT Sampras is:

He finished year-end No 1 for a consecutive 6 years (Federer 5);

He was on top of the ranking for a total of 286 weeks in his career (Federer 237 now).

These two records are "un-breakable" and they were made in a much much tougher environment.