"We're going to have some defeats but, as long as we use those defeats as learning tools, then they can be positive".
Though Federer has had some crushing defeats, he has never had a phase quite like this since he rose to dominance at Wimbledon a decade ago.
"I've had some heavy defeats in my time in Holland.
"We've had some tough defeats over there, games that we feel we maybe should've won.
Nebraska had some success, defeating them on Jan . 10by working the shot clock and playing deliberately.
"We've had some really poor defeats.
(With such a strong hand East should have risked a takeout double. Here West would have advanced to four hearts. But if he had a balanced hand, he probably would have passed, and East would have had some expectation of defeating the contract).
He added: "The fans have seen some defeats they would not have expected and they have stuck with the team.
When the church's final legal challenge to the bill was overturned, the defeat had some in the Catholic Church, worried.
