I don't agree that this is the best French Open for­ 10 years. You feel that because Federer won.
If he­ finally over come Nadal in 5 set, that would be the­ best script.

Sad thing about all these so called Nadal fans is that,­ Federer and Nadal get along quite well, so @#$% away­ all you want about Federer. He has been in 19 grand­ slam semis straight, what does that say about talent­ and consistency. How many people have shown up in the­ Paris final four years running? Does that not say­ something about the skill and endurance on Fed? Nadal­ may be number one, and indeed may be king of clay, but­ Federer has shown, unlike Sampras that he is very­ competitive on clay in addition to mastering the US­ Open and Wimbledon. I dont think Sampras ever won a­ clay title. In a sense, I think people want Federer to­ act as if he is in some silly reality tv show and act­ up, but he perseveres in being a down to earth fellow­ with abundant tennis talent who just gets on with his­ career. Nadal has some way to go to deserve a similar­ reputation in tennis as his slam count shows clearly.­ And yes, Federer is the current greatest classical­ tennis player with variety of shot. Sampras could be so­ boring to watch.

Please give Federer a break! He is­ the greatest so far ... and there is more to come, you­ betcha. Paris, you watched and made history. But please­ enough of the court invasions already. I was so pissed­ having to recall poor Monica Seles' experience.­ That guy must do time.

Half A Brain is Gay

Boow is one twisted person who needs help. Do you­ really think roger would want people like you as his­ fans.
R.I.P.

NADAL FANS PLEASE QUIT COMPARING NADAL WITH­ FEDERER....NADLA IS NOT ON D SMAE LEVEL AS FEDERER ONE­ BIT!!!!!!!!!!! THAT HE BEAT HIM ON LAY 3 TIMES DOESNT­ MAKE HIM A BETTER PLAYER SO PUHHHH­ LEAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSE!

and as for the commentator dat­ finds it a bit strange that Rafael Nadal wasn't­ treated with the same respect when he­ played......DUDE!!!!...NADAL AND FEDERER ARE NOT ON THE­ SAME LEVEL AND HE DOESNT HAVE THE GRACE FEDERER HAS AND­ WILL NEEVR HAVE IT!!!!! AND HE WILL NEVER PLAY WIHT THE­ EASE WITH WHICH FEDERER PLAYS

SO ALL YALLL NADAL FANS­ QUIT COMPARING!!!!!!!!

I also agree with Simon Reed's summation of this­ year's French Open.
Roger Federer clearly deserved­ to win the competition because he was able to produce­ his best tennis when it really mattered on more­ occasions than the opposition.
I couldn't help­ feeling that Robin Soderling was happy simply to beat­ Rafa make the final, and hence do Federer an enormous­ favour.
He didn't seem as committed to win as he­ did previously. Maybe he was suffering from one match­ too many, or was a little overawed by the occasion, or­ maybe still, he really did want Federer to win (being­ such an ardent Federer fan): without him (Soderling)­ looking embarassing?
Notice how happy he looked &­ sounded during the presentation afterwards. If one had­ turned on the telly at this juncture one could easily­ have been forgiven for thinking that Federer had lost­ again cos he was crying, and Soderling had won because­ he was smiling.
I'm sure even the fickle French­ crowd would have preferred a Federer Nadal final....so­ long as Federer triumphed in a 5 set classic. Such an­ accomplishment would have been all the more sweeter to­ Federer.

It will be very interesting to see if Federer­ can regain the title at Wimbledon. If on the other hand­ Nadal was to retain his Wimbledon crown, and then go on­ to win The US Open - thus matching Federer's magic­ achievement of winning all 4 Grand Slams - I wonder­ what the Nadal haters will say then???

Why are so many Nadal fans so ignorant and vendictive ?­ A bunch of low class backward scum !!

Such bitter people on these tennis pages; you are even­ worse than the 'fans' on the football­ forums!!!!

By a mouse!

I don't think it was so much an issue of the French­ crowd on Philippe Chatrier being predominantly pro­ Soderling, and anti-Rafa...but more an issue of the­ fact that they absolutely stunned at what they were­ witnessing: i.e. a man who was apparently invincible at­ Roland Garros losing to an also ran.
I totally agree­ that Robin Soderling beat Rafa Nadal fair & square­ on Sunday....but to imply that this miraculous feat­ somehow makes Soderling a better player than Rafa is­ lunacy in the extreme.
Before Sunday's epic victory­ Robin Soderling had only actually one close match with­ Rafa Nadal: that was at Wimbledon in 2007: wherein Rafa­ was leading Soderling comfortably by 2 sets to 0,­ before Soderling controversially started spitefully,­ and disrespectfully mocking him.
Rafa was so shocked­ by this mockery that he lost concentration (even though­ he shouldn't have done), and consequently blew the­ next 2 sets in the process, before recovering­ sufficiently to close out the match 7-5 in the 5th­ set.
Also, Nadal beat Soderling 6-1 6-0 less than 6­ weeks ago in Rome. That statistic suggests that Nadal­ was playing well in Rome, and Soderling perhaps either­ at his normal clay level, or somewhat lower?
Robin­ Soderling's victory over Rafa Nadal isn't­ purely down to better shot execution, and strategy, but­ also down to the fact that Rafa wasn't anywhere­ near his normal competitive level both mentally &­ physically.
If Soderling had actually found a way to­ demystify Rafa's game, then we would have seen­ evidence of this previously: save for a few unsporting­ antics at Wimbledon in 2007.
It would seem that this­ was the year The Gods finally decided to smile on Roger­ Federer?
Haas is mysteriously turned to Jelly - 2­ points from victory. Djokovic is suddenly drained of­ all energy after looking a semi-final certainty. Murray­ is blown away by a Chiliean Hurricane, and lastly but­ by no means least: Superman Nadal is exposed to­ Kryptonite, and is floored

I understand where Reed and surprisingly many get there­ skeptisme from. Yes Federer have lost the last 3 years­ to Nadal in the final and it would have been a better­ final if Roger would have beaten Nadal to win the­ Roland Garros. But hear this: Roger was clearly the­ best player in the tournament and søderling was clearly­ the second best he proved that by backing up his Nadal­ fight by destroying Davydenko completly.
And people can­ go on by saying yearh but what if Djokovic hadn´t lost­ and what if Nadal hadn´t lost. But they did and they­ weren´t good enough to reach the final. Federer has now­ been in 20 grand slam finals in a row, thats just­ amazing.
And Reed you´re wrong you say Federer is not­ back at his best, just wait and se in Halle allready.­ He is filled with confidence and he will be so strong­ for the rest of the season.

congratulations Federer to win French open
with the­ total co-operation of opponent who also wanted Fed to­ win,,
such a generous competitor to encounter in­ a G S final ...! Hope Fed showed his appreciation
as­ Mr Sweden backed off to give easy passage

Hurrah No. 69 - you talk a lot of sense - unlike many­ on these forums. Good on you.

It might be possible that whether Federer nor Nadal­ will win any more Grand slams, ever...

As a frenchman,I must say that I was a bit sad to see­ the french crowd support Soderling that much.I can tell­ you that Rafa is very appreciated in France,we love­ great athletes and nice/humble people(we love spain and­ its inhabitants).I was not part of those wishing­ Rafa's defeat in that match but I think that many­ of the french spectators were fed up with Rafa's­ mega domination for over 4 years in Paris,therefore­ they were backing the "weaker"­ player(Robin)one of the very rare players able to shake­ the king of clay,they wanted a new "face"to­ win the French Open.Furthermore,the level was­ high,intense and the atmosphere,electric.They were­ witnessing smthg incredible,they knew it,and got­ carried away.

EVERYBODY knows Roger is the greates of all time and­ the very greats have given their verdict! any questions­ about that comes from either graveyards employees or­ hookers! They know it!