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Maybe what Roger Federer needs to beat Rafael Nadal is a change of scenery.
Bring on the grass.

The lawn tennis season begins this week -- just the thing to put a little spring back in Federer's step. He'll start preparing for Wimbledon by playing in Halle this week after losing to Nadal in the French Open final Sunday.

It was a wrenching loss for the top-ranked Federer, who was bidding for his fourth consecutive Grand Slam championship. Instead, Nadal won his second successive French Open title by beating Federer for the fifth time in a row, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Nadal extended his record clay-court winning streak to 60 matches.

"He's tough to beat, but he's not impossible to beat," Federer said. "That's a big difference. Otherwise, we wouldn't have to play. He can just lift the trophy on the first day."

The Spaniard is most vulnerable on grass, the surface he has played the least. Last year, after winning his first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros, he lost in the second round at Wimbledon.

"Sure, I want to play good on grass," Nadal said. "But I need to improve a little bit to enjoy it more."

When Wimbledon starts June 26, Federer will be a heavy favorite to win the title for the fourth year in a row. Whether he can solve Nadal on clay is more problematic.

Federer is 0-4 this year against Nadal, with three of those matches on clay and one on hard court, and 44-0 against everyone else. The French Open remains the lone major event Federer has yet to win, and he has lost to Nadal at Roland Garros the past two years.

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The sad thing is even if Federer wins Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, everyone will be ho-hum about it. Until he wins the French, fans and the media will have a "been there, done that" attitude. Nadal probably won't even make it to the quarters of Wimbledon. Federer is better on clay then Nadal is on grass. The closest thing to an even match would be on the U.S. Open.

Federer still has time to win the French, and if he does, he will be the greatest ever.
 
phinman1 said:
The sad thing is even if Federer wins Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, everyone will be ho-hum about it. Until he wins the French, fans and the media will have a "been there, done that" attitude. Nadal probably won't even make it to the quarters of Wimbledon. Federer is better on clay then Nadal is on grass. The closest thing to an even match would be on the U.S. Open.

Federer still has time to win the French, and if he does, he will be the greatest ever.
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I agree, Nadal hasn´t shown a lot in the grand slams other than the french while Federer is great in ALL of them
 
Federer may be vulnerable this year. The losses to Nadal have got to wound him psychologically. Maybe he's simply so far superior to the other grass court players it won't matter, but no way Federer is at peak form this summer. That's simply human nature.

I mentioned in the other tennis thread that I picked Nadal in the French because an escape like he had in the Italian final would almost certainly mean Nadal would defeat Federer more decisively the next time they played. Likewise, another defeat for Federer against Nadal, and this time a huge one in a slam final, deflates Federer and makes the rest of the players view him as less than invincible.
 
Nadal won't get anywhere near the Wimbledon finals....he can only play on clay.
 
Why try rebound on grass and take the risk of bouncing the ball in dog ****? Just do it on a court, like the rest of us, you ***** made Swiss cheese packer.
 
Federer should win wimbeldon easily
 
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