Federer is in...

[Gander]

I concur 100%.

Back to Rome, he was up 4-1 in the 5th set, blew that and was lucky to get it to a tiebreaker. He was up 6-3 in the tiebreaker and blew 3 match points.

Very unlike Federer, clearly he more than "got close" he played better tennis than Nadal and choked. Cant believe I just said Federer choked but he did. First time for everything I guess.

I love Federer to win on Sunday. He actually played pretty mediocre against Naldabian and was very fortunate things worked out the way they did. He may have not been able to beat this guy today.

He seldom ever pairs 2 mediocre matches back to back. Nadal is in serious trouble.

[Exceller]

Looks like they have Nadal as a 7-5 favorite. Have to drop 140 to win 100 with him.

[Gander]

Makes sense. The guy hasnt lost a match on clay since April 2005. He is the defending champ here. Federer looked very average in his semi and wa kind of lucky the other guy pulled up lame.

That said, I like the greatest player to ever pick up a racket to come back strong and show junior what winning a grand slam is all about.

[brockguy]

in fairness to federer, he always finds Nalbandian difficult to beat. hes a tough stubburn player. I still think FedEx will do the biz, but he is up against it big time!

[Exceller]

I am actually looking forward more to the tennis match than the Belmont. That is a first.

[Gander]

Me too, but thats a no brainer.

Lets see, Federer vs Nadal. Easily the 2 best players in the world. Federer going for his 8th grand slam and this would complete his personal slam and he would hold all 4 titles.

Belmont we get Sunriver and Bluegrass Cat, wahhhooo. I'm more looking forward to the 2 races after the Belmont than the Belmont. What a clumsy bunch of kittens!