Do you play tennis? How much you know about it? Federer wants, actually force A Rod to come to the net then hit a passing shot or at least a tough volley for him to handle. Sampras lost to Hewitt 6-1,6-1 in the last two set in 2001 Final. Serving Volley is not as easy as before, becourse baseline hitters are a lot stronger and faster than before. Thay can hit passing shots from any where. So it's not Federer is lucky with no good volleyer to stop him,actually the game now has been changed. Joe