I just want to point out that today Roger Federer has just made history by winning the French Open. He has tied Pete Sampras for the most grand slams at 14. He also just one the fourth piece to his puzzle. He has won every single grand slam. Go Roger!!
I believe that Federer is done. He won this time due to Nadal losing early. If he wants to set a record, he can't just hope Nadal will fail, he has to improve and bring his game to all courts.
Federer is a good player, but a streak of bad results has made him loose his confidences .
He just won the French Open!! And he will be going into Wimbledon with full confidence. And Nadal says he wont be playing in Wimbledon because he is hurt. So I think Federer will win so much more.
I believe that Federer is done. He won this time due to Nadal losing early. If he wants to set a record, he can't just hope Nadal will fail, he has to improve and bring his game to all courts.
Seems to be the consensus with the expert commentators. Nadal has proven himself to be an unexpectedly strong force to be contended with, defeating Federer in the Australia Open 2008 Grand Finals. I think that was the event that firmly set the doubts in minds as to how legitimate a challenge Federer could make for the title of "greatest player ever".
It's true he has flair rarely if ever seen in any other player, as well as cinematic shots you wouldn't expect to see out of an action movie, but the aura of invinicibility is gone now that we've seen him get shaky against a few players, including Nadal and Safin. And there's the issue that he hasn't been able to really convincingly win on the clay, which is Nadal's forte.
Thus in order for Federer to make a real fist of it, he needs not only to win a Grand Slam, but to win the French Open playing against Nadal. That's a really tall order.
Well, I don't think I have watched a full game of tennis ever...I just play it a lot.
And Wii Tennis should not count because it has no concept of angles or ace shots or lobs or top spin or any of that! Sometimes it even swings the wrong way!
