The emergence of a thousand coaches and experts about­ Frederer's game plan against Nadal is full of fury­ signifying nothing.The only genuine panacea is in­ Federer's head and heart than in his hand and­ style.Leave the hero alone to reflect in quiet.

I agree with 142. Sampras was a player who dropped is­ serve rarely and very often all that he needed was a­ single break to close the set. There were some great­ matches between him and Agassi and i remember how hard­ it was for Agassi to get a break. Even when Sampras was­ not playing so well he was still able to at least gain­ his service games and force a tiebreak or get a very­ late break and close the set. Last year, there was a­ tournament of 3 matches between Federer and Sampras and­ in the second and third match Sampras really found his­ range on serve and was very difficult to break; he even­ beat Federer on one match. This was already said, I­ think, but Federer should change his tactics at least­ against Nadal; he cannot beat Nadal by playing from the­ back of the court because Nadal is arguably the best­ player who plays from the baseline; also he is very­ fast and fit; and lastly, and this is important, he now­ has a mental edge over Federer. Federer is a complete­ player and in my opinion he should attempt to­ incorporate the serve and volley style of game against­ all players. He serves and volleys well but he seems to­ like more to play from the back of the court and even­ more when playing against Nadal he comes even more­ rarely to the net - this allows Nadal to get into­ rhythm as he really likes long rallies.

Congrats RAFA!!!! I'm just a real sport. ROGER­ FEDERER still the NO. 1 for me and will always will be,­ in my mind and in my heart. But indeed, watching and­ analyzing the match, Rafa really deserves to win. Among­ my circle of friends, we have our favorites, and I­ stand always with Fed, no matter what, win or loose.­ Seeing each match as it progresses, every match of­ Roger and Nadal with other opponent, I can actually­ tell that Nadal could win the match with Roger if he­ stays with his game. But if Roger will be as aggressive­ like what he did in the 2nd and 4th round, just like as­ what he did with del Potro and Roddick in the Quarters­ and Semis, he has the advantage. The analyst are­ correct with their observations because I can relate to­ their comments, and it's true. If Roger will not­ change his tactics, he will continue on losing to­ Nadal.

As Roger cries buckets of tears, I wept with­ him. I know exactly how it feels and it saddens me.­ It's not a feeling of great loss and helplessness,­ but a degree of utmost disappointment because deep in­ our hearts we knew that we just did screw-up the­ moment. It's a waste indeed of not doing more.

I­ truly love the Duopoly, if Nadal and Federer continues­ to dominate the game, it's just absolutely fine.­ They respect each other, and that's what matters.­ Let's just all unite and savor each moment of the­ game. The drama and the winning. The glory and the­ losing. This is not an avenue of bad-mouthing and­ nonsense commentaries. We should be a perfect epitome­ of a real sportsman, as what Roger and Rafa are­ doing.(RUSSYLLE M., KUWAIT-MOH)

Sampras would beat Nadal now

I do agree with a point someone made about Fed being­ the best in a poor era,I mean until Nad came along we­ are hardly talking great players as opponents. Mac had­ Borg ,Connors, Lendl, Becker etc.
Sampras had­ Agassi,Edberg,Courier,Becker, etc All Slam winners, Fed­ has had nobody to push him.So now he needs to step up a­ gear and prove his greatness and he can but he must­ change his game for Nadal who is brilliant if a little­ one dimentional.

Also Feds forehand volley wasnt good enuff so he should­ play doubles more cos he aint gonna beat Nad from the­ back so he must come in to the net therefore he must­ volley winners.Thats what Mac did and at his peak­ nobody could stop him.

Bring back the serve and volley Mac 1984 would have­ beaten Nadal because he wouldnt try to beat him from­ the back.Listen and learn Roger Remember Mac V Connors.

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Honestly, i am always trying to write as fast as i can,­ as i see my post here, this thing drives me crazy.­ Sorry again...for the mistakes in my english.

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whatever we say on this site does not realy matter. the­ main issue here is that nadal wl continue to win titles­ if he is to meet federer in the finals. mentally,­ federer thinks he can never beat nadal, no matter the­ surface and until he gets that out of his mind, then he­ should forget taking back the numba one. that is for­ sure.

"It has been reported that Roger Federer, former­ #1 and future best, has been seen shoveling the snow at­ the All England Lawn Tennis club. He was wearing a­ sleeveless shirt, clip-on pony tail, and was overheard­ yelling in Spanish. He was being cheered on from the­ Royal Box by Prince Charles and Gwen Stefani. Asked­ what he was doing, Roger replied: 'After winning­ the Australian Open in my dreams, I had a nightmare,­ that Wimbledon's grass was being covered over by­ red clay, so I had to see it for myself, no­ ?'."

And...BTW, Roger when were 22...had 2 grand slams, Rafa­ has already 6. Another difference between them, if we­ really have to compare them again and again...

Roger is a legend, is...everything you want( all my­ respect for him ) but Rafa has all the surfaces, Roger­ has not. That's why i can say about Rafa...that he­ is better, not only about the possition in the rank.­ So, Rafa is better, thinking about the rank, the­ surfaces and the way he plays. With the body and mind,­ together, he is above all. Hope him to hold on!

there is no doubt that roger will win more than 15­ grandslams but now rafa is better than him. i watch­ rafa because he shows desire to win matches even though­ he is not expected to win. i admire that he learnt to­ play on other surfaces other than clay. why i think­ roger will win more because other players believe they­ can beat nadal but only murray and nadal believe can­ beat roger. nova sometimes.

we need to give nadal­ praise because it takes something to beat roger that­ much. i get embarassed when experts do not give nadal­ credit. i guess they will always get it wrong because­ they don't rate nadal where he is. he is only 22!­

i have a feeling he will lose french open­ unexepectedly but will win the us open.

whilst,everyone is intitled to their opinion that Nadal­ can easily be beaten by Murrary,Blake,....and so on.he­ does not disappoint me by winning the more important­ tornaments.He said before the final against­ Federer,that he was in his best form or preparation for­ the tornament.l believed him ,then.l now a pompous guy­ whose form is good on unimportant tornaments and chokes­ on big ones.ha!ha!

Federer is no daubt great in the game of Tennis but­ with the way things are going,Nadal for sure will be­ grater his mental level as his age is too high. (Joe ­ Australia)