rafa is the best

jadore federer dommage!islam

tres bn esprit de joueur

how federer will be in france?

Nothing went wrong. Nadal was simply the best. Federer­ is growing old. Long live the now king of all surfaces.

But it seems like Federer hasn't been able to take­ a single lesson from any of his defeats last year­ suffered from Nadal. His attitude in th ematch has­ exhibited a total misunderstandnig of what is going on­ with him out there. I don't believe Nadal has been­ as good on Sunday. He was beatable and that fairly easy­ by someone in tough state of mind.

Both can meet at least 4 times at the masters events­ prior to the French Open. Wonder if that will happen.

Post 177 "dcgarcia" Tienes razon amigo!Rafa y­ Roger son grandes campeones!A Nadal merece la­ victoria.Me gusta mucho Fed pero Rafa es fantastico­ desde hace varios meses,ademas,es muy simpatico este­ Rafa.Tengo mucho respeto para los dos.No he practicado­ el espagnol desde 1998,antes podia hablarlo bastante­ bien,pero ahora es horrible...:-( Sorry then!Take care­ dude!Viva Espana!Vamos Rafa y "come on­ Roger":-) Jess X(francia)

Stich talks too much.lf we are to believe what he says­ ,how come he is a wanna?Roger should do this or­ that.Shame on you.

Anyway, I have been rambling on for quite a while now,­ so to sum things up I'll just say this: Roger needs­ a good, fulltime coach and fast. He must pocket his­ huge ego and let somebody help him. I am no expert to­ say how he must play against Rafa but even though Roger­ is a tennis genius and knows the game better than all­ of us combined (the experts of the article included),­ it takes no genious to see that he is losing to Rafa,­ and he is losing because he is doing something wrong.

The mental breakdown Roger faced when he had those­ break points in the third set, was a result of all the­ previous missed opportunities of the past. Yes, Rafa is­ tough on break points and played some excellent tennis­ to save them, but Roger has been missing opportunities­ for the past 3 years. The mental breakdown hasn't­ always been there, Roger created it by not changing his­ approach before a match vs Rafa in the past.

Well there is a continuity but for some reason I keep­ getting the "Invalid Comment" message.

rhymes450,
the chances Roger created (but failed to­ capitalize) isn't a result of game plan, it's a­ result of his awesome ability to hit the ball pretty­ damn good. But that's also the reason he's­ being beaten over and over again by Nadal; he is­ relying too much on his own game. He is too confident­ that by playing the same way as against anybody else he­ is going to win the match. As we've seen, this­ hasn't been the case. Let's rewind their­ rivalry:

IMO, Roger underestimated Nadal when Rafa­ came to the spotlight in 2005. I remember Roger saying­ after their 2006 Dubai final "Rafa is­ one-dimensional, I know how to beat him". Well, he­ didn't. He just believed that if he played his game­ well enough he could beat him, even on clay. But he­ couldn't, even though they had some really close­ encounters. As long he was winning everything else,­ except for clay, it wasn't a big deal for Federer.­ He had some wins against Rafa that just boosted his­ initial theory: I can beat Rafa by just playing my­ game.
But Nadal kept improving, not only on clay but on­ other surfaces too. And then came Wimbledon 2008. After­ the final Roger even fell in a self-contradiction;­ "I haven't learned anything new of how to play­ against him on fast surfaces."

Well, Decastries, Fed will be glad to know it's so­ simple. But I guess he's too used to getting passed­ by Nadal's on-the-run down the line forehand, his­ equally deadly parallel backhand or that wicked new­ crosscourt backhand to come to the net any more than he­ does. Then there are those double faults at crucial­ moments: precisely because he tries to increase the­ length and power of the second serve on the important­ points. As for the backhand, he would have to change to­ a double-handed grip and it's a bit too late for­ that. No, Roger has to deploy the weapons he's got:­ just do it.

Federer has flaws in his game that he must correct in­ order to have the upperhand against rafa. He has to:
1.­ Follow all his 1st serves to volley. As he is not a­ natural volleyer like Edberg, McEnroe or Sampras he has­ to play a lot of doubles in order to increase his­ awareness at the net.
2.Increase the length and power­ of his second serves. Rafa attacks 50% of Federer's­ 2nd serves.
3. Must lock his wrist when hitting top­ spin backhands. Altough he imparts some spin with his­ wrist snap at the last moment, the spin is detrimental­ to the speed of the ball and given Rafa's speed­ puts Roger immediately in a defensive position.
MAD

NONE OF THEM WOULD EVEN WIN A SINGLE SET AGAINST ­ ------PETE SAMPRAS

MUCH BETTER TACTICS

Paul Woll:
why do you compared both of them at every­ thing now and the Gs at the same aga don't you know­ that 3 from Roger's records is his match's­ percentage won no one did untill now his matches won­ percentage if you want to be sure of that go to the­ wikipedia and search about tennis records you will find­ what i am saying

It is over for ROG, he can go home­ now....................... VAMOS RAFA