In the long run it would be better for NadaL TO miss­ wimbledon in my view. He obviously has problems with­ his knees. To rush recouperation is a bad idea. He­ would only need a couple of hard 5 set matches and he­ could do even more damage. My view would be take the­ rest of the year off and get it all properly sorted­ out. He's very unlikely to win the only other slam­ left this year (us open) as it is the fastest of all­ slam surfaces and he has never won there. I'm a­ Federer fan but don't want to see Nadal out of­ tennis due to coming back too soon. I would hope some­ Nadal fans would agree if they care about his tennis in­ the long run. May I add I love to see fed and Nadal­ play each other . their wimbledon and AO finals were a­ privelege to watch. I hope to see many more, but to me­ it's crazy risking long term damage to your knees­ for even Wimbledon

What about Tim Henman?
What happened to him?
Has he­ floated off to cotton wool land in the sky yet?
Maybe­ the monotonal boring scot can have a try..

Just put Rafa Nadal is THE BEST....and you will read­ new fairy-tales (H.K.Andersson would be­ jeаlous ) about new -old kings

Me niether Jimmy, but I do like (adore) recently woken­ flammable fans

I hope there will be some surprises at this Wimbledon­ also, like it was on RG .. little luck for other guys­ please .. let us se who will fill like a real man at­ the end ;-)

Hi there, siskra83, I liked what you said earlier about­ Federer. As for me, I am an atheist, I don't­ believe in "God" or GOATs.

@58...everything can happen in somebody's bedroom­ or livingroom

No.58 By the exact same token, Federer is the huge­ favorite for Wimbledon, but ... surprise, surprise!

Nadal was the hugeee favourite to Roland Garros as­ well, but ...surprise surprise!!!!
Go Roger, Wimbledon­ is his livingroom ;)

I do hope Rafa wins. But if he doesn't play I am­ rooting for DelPotro. Or Djokovic, but that's a­ very long shot. However he is streaky enough to­ surprise us all. As for Murray, he is in such agony­ when he plays that it's really not pleasant to­ watch. He takes all the enjoyment out of the game. So I­ hope he goes home early.

Rafa IS injured, so everybody believes (including­ Federer ...that's why he is so confident) that this­ W. will be a piece
of cake for Roger. This is a­ fact......on the other side, the young Spaniard very­ often proves that "impossible" does not­ exist in his dictionary. Who believes that on AO, after­ he played more than 5 hours and with less than a day­ rest, he would beat very easy healthy and relaxed­ Roger

SO... WHY IS SAFINA THE TOP SEED?
IT SHOULD BE VENUS OR­ SERENA!

what are you talking about johngilly? When have I said­ anything really bad in the way of disagreeing with­ anything you said? I am a huge murray fan, and your­ post was quite perfect.

A difficult decision for the seedings committee at­ Wimbledon,but prob the right one,Wimbledon is unique in­ this situation,basing their seedings on the last two­ years performance on grass,Nadal and Fed have identical­ records over the last two years,so Nadals n0 1 ranking­ came in to play.Fed will be hungry to regain his­ crown,while Nadal will be desperate to hold on to it,so­ its going to be fascinating to see who will prevail.I­ just hope Nadal doesn't enter injured and have to­ retire,this will would make the two halves of the draw­ lopsided.

Correct me if i'm wrong but wasn't we reading­ about Nadal still having an injured knee just 4-5 days­ ago and he might not make Wimbledon ? well he's­ either a very fast healer or he's taking a very big­ risk, i reckon it's the latter and although i like­ watching Nadal play and would love nothing more to see­ him defend his title i can't see him lasting too­ long if this is the case.

Federer will be waiting in­ the wings.

It does not matter a @#$% about whether Murray is­ Scottish or British, but he must win Wimbledon for the­ posers and toffs in the tennis clubs to accept him. Tim­ was a rich boy given all the coaching possible. He­ tried hard and wasn't a bad guy but he fell short.­ This is not a game which appeals to the ordinary people­ as you have to have some sponsorship, which is hard to­ get. Murray is the best Brit player ever in my book,­ and I do not like his surly attitude much. Will he win­ this year? I am a fence sitter, and the barbed wire is­ hurting my privates.

VAMOS RAFA!!!! i believe he can win...=) he has rested­ and prepared very good...so just Good Luck, Rafa!!!

Andy doesn't go out there and primp and preen like­ a lot of sportsmen. He just gets on with playing the­ game and winning matches. We are so proud of you Andy­ and even though you don't win Wimbledon this year­ you sure will another year. Good luck. You are a true­ ambassador for the game.

Go on Rafa my son, do the business and stuff it to the­ Swiss doughnut with a bagel and a breadstick like you­ did at RG last year.