Federer vs. Nadal

[Samarta]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Federer plays on clay like he does not
think he can beat Nadal. Nadal is Ungodly
on the stuff, but Federer (if he is considered
the greatest of all-time) has got to show
he can cross the guy up.

He never has at this venue.

He can't cross him up though. There are a couple of reasons the first of which is conditioning. Nadal is the fastest and strongest out there. The biggest difference though is with the slow surface the ball bites, sits up and he is able to set up and hit forehands all day. Remember he is right handed, so when he hits his backhand, he's able to do with his dominant side being the lead, so he is actually hitting forehands all day. Plus factor in only 11 mistakes all day and 75% first serve and that equals total domination. Federer will never win the French as long as Nadal is playing.