Federer and French open… Will the mystery be ever solved???
“Federer serves it deep and wide and attacks to the net….” on any surface or against any player it would hve been a similar story, .. following it with a perfect volley and point to the master……………………. but the story changes when the man across the net is the one “Rafael Nadal” and the surface is clay….
Federers’ greatness among the champions who hve graced this game is rest assured..some consider him to be the finest to hve ever graced this sport … and for obvious reasons… but the man knows tht to silent all his remaining critics( very few to be precise!!!) on his position as the greatest of his sport, he has to be the last man standing at the clay of Paris.
It is not tht he is not good enough.. for players with far lesses qualities thn him hve won at the clay of Paris….but he faces may be the toughest person he could hve ever faced on this surface in the open era.Nadal may not be the most elegant player to watch play.. but then again his game was never supposed to be elegant and nor is every one born Federer.It is so ironic tht wht other players feel playing against him on any other surface, Roger faces tht on clay.
The question which arises now is tht will the great man be ever able to win the title at Paris….?… and answer to tht would be very tough too…
Counting him off on clay will be a mistake even Nadal will never do……..


















August 16th, 2008 at 3:56 am
hey raman
Even a hard core federer fan like me, would have to accept that for federer to win the french is gonna be a herculean task.. i am happy tht people are counting him off now. writing him off… not a bad thing as it would be great to see him play with out pressure.. great for him to prove people wrong , thinking him to be down n out….
i dont want him to go n break Sampras’s record.. i dont wish to see him even tie tht record…
the only thing federer fans want him to do is
DEFEAT NADAL ON CLAY..
PERIOD
August 17th, 2008 at 12:15 am
Well, I coudn’t agree with you more. But I think you’re being too harsh on him. I’m a hard core Nadal fan but I would still like him to beat Sampras’s record.
August 18th, 2008 at 12:30 am
well tht would be a bonus.. if he breaks sampras’s record…
even if he does not… no one would say tht he was not the best player of all time..