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Federer Will “Rage, Rage Against The Dying of the Light”

Everyone knows that when it’s Wimbledon time, It Federer time! If Roger Federer wins Wimbledon 2008, he will become the 1st man in History of the Wimbledon Championships to win six successive Wimbledon Titles- beating Bjorn Borg’s (and Federer’s own) of five. Not a bad achievement. But can it be done? Looking at Rafael Nadal’s performance, many avid tennis fans believe this is the end of the awesome ‘Federer Era’.

Federer finds himself in a battle to keep his reputation, but with Rafael Nadal right behind him, watching his every move (even on grass), the question will be… Does Federer still feel at home at Wimbledon and even more so, can Federer win Wimbledon 2008?

It seemed to go down-hill for Roger Federer when he lost the 2008 Australian Open. While Federer might have had glandular fever during Aus Open, there was no fever to blame when he lost to Nadal at the 2008 French Open. The Spaniard thrashed Federer, whilst handing him his worst defeat ever.

There is, however, a ray of light at the end of the road for Federer: The Swiss legend has not lost a match on grass in over 6 years; The World number one secured a trophy at Halle to show he has what it takes to win every grass tournament; Federer has not lost at Wimbledon in five years and he believes he is the favourite going into Wimbledon 2008.

“I haven’t lost on grass for six years. I still definitely feel very strong about my chances and being the big favourite going into grass,” he said.

Nadal has failed to beat Federer in the previous two Wimbledon encounters. The World number two won his first ever Grasscourt trophy last week at The Queen’s Club and looking at the Federer vs Nadal meetings, Nadal leads 11-6.

Some tennis fans say Nadal’s turn will come to win a Wimbledon Championship. The Spaniard is only 22. Another youngster not to be forgotten is Novak Djokovic, who stole Federer’s Aus Open Title in January this year.

“It’s motivating to see all these young players coming up, but I’m quite confident the second half of the season is going to be better than the first,” said Federer.

Bjorn Borg would love to see Federer overtake his record, but feels Nadal should be watched.

“If he survives the first two or three rounds, then I pick Nadal to win Wimbledon,” said Borg.

“He’s playing really good on the grass. He’s feeling very comfortable.” But Federer has an ally in Andy Roddick who he beat in the 2004 and 2005 finals.

“Playing the final on red clay against Nadal is not the same as playing on a grasscourt,” said Roddick.

“If anything, it’s going to annoy him to where he wants to prove everybody wrong. Maybe if he wins it six times, people won’t question him. People are sitting here saying, ‘Can Roger win Wimbledon?’ Yes, he can. He’s won it five times.”

Some are hoping Federer will “Rage, rage against the dying of the light” while others hope he “will go gentle into that good night”. What do you think? Leave us a comment.

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Nadal or Federer? Sharapova or Williams? Who will be king and queen of Grass Heaven? Who will win Wimbledon Tennis 2008 Fortnight? Let’s be honest here- a Wimbledon Title is sweeter than a French Open Title… would you not agree? Its a difficult task to judge.

Federer will be firm favourite going into Wimbledon 2008 but now that Nadal has whipped up another French Open Title.. who can tell? According to Betting Sites, Federer’s odds are roughly 1.3 to 1.

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Roger Federer claims it will be a difficult task for Rafael Nadal to succeed in winning his fourth consecutive French Open at Roland Garos beginning at the end of may.

Federer failed for the eighth time on clay against the Spaniard in the Hamburg Masters final on Sunday. This could have been the worste possible start for Federer as he prepares himself for the French Open.

Nadal has an amazing record in Paris- having won the last three tournaments, beating Federer in the 2006 and 2007 finals, and will be defending a perfect 21-match winning record at Roland Garros.

But the Mallorcan had to battle a hamstring strain in the first set of Sunday’s final before going on to depose Federer as Hamburg champion winning 7-5, 6-7 (3/7), 6-2 after nearly three hours.

“I wish I could have won in Hamburg, that would have given me an even better feeling for Roland Garros,” said Federer after his tenth loss on all surfaces to the Mallorcan.

“To have won here would have just confirmed that I am definitely playing well. I can definitely say I am feeling good, the three hours wasn’t a problem, from the physical standpoint.

“But from Rafael’s standpoint, he is perhaps struggling a bit more due to the stress with the levels of the last few weeks. I am completely fine and I will be ready for the tournament.”

Nadal had bizarre blisters after winning the Barcelona final earlier this month against compatriot David Ferrer and could barely run at the Rome Masters where he lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero in the second round.

It was only his second defeat on clay since April 2005.

But he proved his fitness in Hamburg by beating world number three Novak Djokovic in the semifinal, before recovering from 5-1 down in the first set to beat Federer.

And despite suffering the hamstring problem, the Spaniard says he is confident of being fit to defend his Roland Garros crown.

“I am optimistic of playing Roland Garros, I will have to see how the leg settles down,” said Nadal.

“The final (in Hamburg) was tough for me, especially after the hard semifinal, I felt a bit of pain in my hamstring and it was difficult to concentrate.

“But it helps to beat the world number one (Federer) and the best player this year (Djokovic), it’s always important for confidence.

“The most important was to win Hamburg for the first time, regardless that it was the last event before Roland Garros.”

Roger Federer, top seed, skipped past unseeded Italian Andreas Seppi 6-3 6-1 in the Hamburg Masters on Saturday. He will face Spain’s Rafael Nadal in the final,for the second year in a row.

Nadal’s semifinal match, on the other hand was a crazy one- the number 2 seed, won a superb 3 hour battle against serb, Novak Djokovic, beating him 7-5 2-6 6-2. What a match that was.

If Djokovic had beat Nadal last night he would have taken over Nadal’s numbr 2 world ranking, but Djokovic could not hold his nerve when he won the second set 6-2. 

Their were some amazing rallies that kept the crowd on their seat in Centre Court last night Nadal saved 15 of 19 break points against him and broke serve in the first and seventh games of the deciding set.

He managed to finaly win on his fifth match point when Djokovic netted an attempted drop shot at the end of an amazing final game lasting more than 15 minutes.

“It was an amazing match,” Nadal told a news conference. “I am a little bit tired right now so let’s see how I feel tomororow.”

Hamburg is the only Masters Series title on clay that eludes Nadal and he said the slower court here took some of the sting out of his booming top-spin drives.

“I’ll need to be 100% if I want to have a chance of beating Roger,” Nadal added.

 Djokovic described Nadal as one of the Best Defensive Tennis players in History and said, “It was unfortunate it finished as a loss for me but I have to take the positives out of the match,” he told reporters.

“I feel that with this performance and the match in general I am getting closer to him on clay and hopefully next time I can get a win.”

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Federer fails in Rome Masters

Roger Federer was beaten by unseeded Czech Radek Stepanek on Friday at the Rome Masters in what looked like a dismal performance by Federer. Stepanek is set to play Australian Open champion Novak Djocovic in th semi finals.

Federer has been struggling on clay court for some time now and with the French Open around the corner, everyone will be hoping for a better performance from the World No. 1.

Federer managed to lead the 1st set 4-0 but failed to force any break points. Stepanek wrapped the tie break 7-4 with an ace as Federer lost a set for the 1st time in a tournament.

The rest of the Match all went  downhill from there for federer and he could not capatalise on any important points.

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Rafael Nadal has lashed out at authorities that the Europen tennis calender is too busy and its endangering the longevity of players’ tennis careers, especially with Wimbledon Tennis 2008 coming up in june as well as The French Open ( Roland Garros) in may 2008.

Rafael Nadal stated that tournaments would have to accept the fact that more top players than usual were likely to suffer early defeats.

“I think that when a player loses in the first round or pulls out and they get criticised the tournament should ring these people (the ATP) and tell them that it is their fault.

“I have some email conversations with these people but it is true that they end up doing what they like and I am getting tired of it all.”

American James Blake backed up Rafael Nadal by concluding that the whole calendar needed to be restructured.

“The Olympics is such a unique experience that we need to make arrangements for but the calendar is too packed and maybe we should take out the Davis Cup in Olympic years.

“You’ll see how many matches (Nadal) plays this clay-court season, how many matches guys like (Roger) Federer, (Andy) Roddick, (Novak) Djokovic and myself play throughout the entire year.

“It’s probably too much to expect a player to have a lengthy career. It makes it very difficult.”

Federer still Top Ranked

Roger Federer remains at the top of the ATP men’s tennis rankings, despite losing to rival Rafael Nadal in the final of the Monte Carlo Masters.

Switzerland’s Federer, who has been number one since the beginning of February 2004, heads an unchanged Top 10 with 6,775 points, followed by Nadal of Spain on 5,655. Novak Djokovic of Serbia remains third on 4,935 points.

ATP top 10 as of April 28
1. (1) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 6,775 points;
2. Rafael Nadal, Spain, 5,655;
3. Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 4,935;
4. Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 3,440;
5. David Ferrer, Spain, 2,610;
6. Andy Roddick, United States, 2,260;
7. David Nalbandian, Argentina, 2,085;
8.James Blake, United States, 1,965;
9. Richard Gasquet, France, 1,805;
10. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 1,650.