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Nadal v Djokovic

French Open
by coolpixel (U6379863) 06 June 2008
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I posted a same article, it hasnt yet appeared on the site. here goes again.

this is not a commentary. i have no particular preference for who wins in this match. i shall post on and off.

djokovic of monte carlo is missing today. in that mouth watering monte carlo match djokovic came out all guns blazing including his howitzers. today he seems to have misplaced his armoury. he is not playing bad, but that intensity is missing.

plus ofcourse nadal is really making him work, moving him from end to end.

nadal broke in the third game, has held serve so far and some lovely tennis on display from nadal.

its 3-1 to nadal, with djokovic serving on 30 all.

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well folks rafa goes into yet another french open final. not a surprise i guess. i have to say this match was anti climatic. i am a federer fan but this was the match i was salivating for.

however my salivary glands went to sleep after the first set and refuse to rouse even when djokovic woke up in the third set.

rafa showed lapses of concentration in the third set. djoko was asleep most of the match.

onto the next semifinal.

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posted Jun 6, 2008

Good call Levethian (U4542341), that final at Wimbeldon rested on one point and was an awesome spectacle. But those Rafa haters have to admit he's maturing, he's so concentrated. And were people yawning when Borg won it four times? Let's hope for a nail chomping final on Sunday. ¡Ole tus huevos Nadal!


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posted Jun 6, 2008

Nadal to win 3:1 here and Feds to destroy him 3:0 at Wimbledon. I aint budging from those predictions,

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posted Jun 6, 2008

Rafa blew Nole away, great tennis. Fed 'took care of Gael", like a true champion. Yes Rafa is huge favourie, and i expect him to win, and i'm a Fed fan. BUT i disagree that Rafa is closing in on Fed, on anything but clay Fed has a clear advantage over Rafa. Nole is far closer on other surfaces.

What a great final, if Fed can perform and take an early lead as he did in MC and Monaco and hold it!!! this could be his year.

Congrats to Rafa on whipping Nole and congrats to Rog on getting to yet another clay court final. As for 'all court tennis' my money's still on Sir Roger.

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posted Jun 7, 2008

Tim is history and we don't talk about something in the past. Don't think Tim would ever get close to the QF if he hasn't retired. You need to move on and talk about the active players.

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posted Jun 7, 2008

nadal is playing amazingly on clay, but i just hav a feeling federer will win in 5 sets, in monte carlo every1 was expecting nadal to blow federer away,but he was close to winin d first set n den won d second, so, if he takes his chances on sunday, then i think he will hav d only grand slam eluding him, n i hope he dus win it cos im a massive fed fan and he wud be considerd d gr8st if he wins it (if he isnt already)

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posted Jun 7, 2008

Fed wants the RG title while Nadal is craving for a Grand Slam title other than RG. Why don't Nadal just let Fed wins this year's RG and Fed does the same for Wimbledon. Whichever way both Fed and Nadal keep their world no. 1 & 2 title respectively. It's a win-win situation here.

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posted Jun 7, 2008

tonyfromlondon- dat is a gr8 idea, im gona go tell dem rite now cos der my nx door neighbours, GENIUS!

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comment by flashyk (U1650852)

posted Jun 7, 2008

There is still only one player on Clay who can actually threaten Rafael Nadal, and that is Roger Federer, he has the talent, the shot-making and the game to give Nadal a hell of a fight, and arguably can beat him. The fact that he hasn't done so more often than the once is probably more down to the unforced errors against Nadal, both when he was in winning leads in each sets in both Monte Carlo and Hamburg. I believe Federer's best chance is to still adapt a serve-volley style attack and use sharp forehand returns, because playing from the baseline, there's only one winner, and Nadal doesn't change his style. Its a big ask for Federer to win it, but should he get a lightning fast start like he did when winning the first set 6-1 in the 2006 final, he's gotta relax and just play 'his' game and not get too excited and tense up, because Nadal will just take him apart with his relentlessness.

3rd Time lucky for Federer or not? I really want to see him do it, and can he learn anything from those winning positions in Monte Carlo and Hamburg, if he analyses those, he has a great chance.

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posted Jun 8, 2008

Fedex is crap! He made so many errors.

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posted Jun 8, 2008

Nadal will triump with a straight set scores of 6-1 6-3 6-0 or maybe 6-1. Congrats Nadal!

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