Take Your Shot!!

[Gander]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Final should be good.
The kid that beat Nadal made a professional comeback in the semi.

Nadal has Federer's number now.
Nadal plays well, Federer loses.
Yes, even at the big W.

Now? Nadal has had Federer's number for the last 3 years. He owns a commanding advantage in head to heads.

Dont be so sure about Wimbledon. It's still Federer's tournament.

Originally Posted by Gander

Now? Nadal has had Federer's number for the last 3 years. He owns a commanding advantage in head to heads.

Dont be so sure about Wimbledon. It's still Federer's tournament.

No he did not mentally.
Nadal may have beaten him, but Federer thought
he could beat Nadal. Federer knows he cant now
unless Nadal is way off.

Even with his tremendous ability,
Nadal has exposed the mental side of Federer.
It became clear to me in the last French Nadal destroyed
Federer. And then at Wimbledon this was born out.
Its not surprising, tennis is very tough too
stay on top of mentally.

Nadal's strength is Federer's weakness.
But I dont think Nadal will be around as long.
I think he is more likely to run into injury.

all imo opinion of course...

Safina was content with being number 1 and didn't challenge herself mentally. What she said at the start of the tournament was flip and proved to be part of her epic choke job in another slam final.

I never thought I would see anyone as personally elegant and gracious and Bjorn Borg, and then, Roger Federer showed up...

Im headed to the toilet.

[Smooth Operator]

Well, there's the career slam for the great Swiss. Only the sixth player in history to turn that trick if I'm not mistaken.

Couple that impressive achievement with the 14 Slam titles and I think we can safely hoist a cold one to the greatest player ever to step onto a tennis court...

Originally Posted by Smooth Operator

Well, there's the career slam for the great Swiss. Only the sixth player in history to turn that trick if I'm not mistaken.

Couple that impressive achievement with the 14 Slam titles and I think we can safely hoist a cold one to the greatest player ever to step onto a tennis court...

He beats a healthy Nadal on clay, I call him the greatest of all time.

imo...
1. Borg
2. Sampras
3. The Crying Swede

[Gander]

I dont know how you can put Sampras over Federer. He never came close to winning the French Open. His best showing there was 1 semifinal. He in fact only won 2 tournaments ever on clay, 1 of them being the Italian Open, which was pretty significant, the other a US Clay tournament which isnt really a significant win at all.

Federer has reached at least the semis in the last 20 Grand Slam events. Hes went on to the finals in 19 of those. Of those 19 finals hes lost to only 1 player- Nadal, and won 14 of them. His only galring weakness is very obvious...his bad record in head to heads against Nadal. But he still has time to win 2 or 3 key matches against Nadal (preferrably at the French) to make that go away.

Greatest ever? A judgement call but to put Sampras over Federer just plain nuts.

[Smooth Operator]

Originally Posted by pgardn

He beats a healthy Nadal on clay, I call him the greatest of all time.

imo...
1. Borg
2. Sampras
3. The Crying Swede

Not sure who "The Crying Swede" is, pgardn ... but the great Swiss just threw a straight set whoppin' at the guy who beat Nadal in the tournament.