Nadal has a good record against Federer for a reason most people, I think, don't notice. Since Federer was No.1 and Nadal No.2, Nadal had not been good enough in hard court events, until the last year. Since they're always the top 2 seeds, they can only meet in the final of a tournament. In in those years past, Nadal had not been good enough to meet Federer in hard court finals. However, Federer had been the second best clay court player since Nadal became the king, so have had many occasions to meet him in clay court finals, and obviously, he lost most of them to Nadal.

So, this is really why Federer has a bad record against Nadal. It's because most of their meetings were on clay, where Federer just could not beat him except on a couple of occasions. And Nadal, until now, was not even able to meet Federer in the finals of other surface tournaments, save for Wimbledon.

Well, we'll see how long Nadal can play. Not as long as Federer, for sure. His game is too harsh on his body. He is this young, and already having problems. But no denying he is also one of the real greats of the game.

HC, i read your post about Astro Supersport's coverage on French Open, don't be so happy yet, we would all back to normal when the Masters Series starts again.. all the frustration caused by the crappy TV Coverage (no semis + no final!), not to forget they didn't even show the Nadal vs Federer final in Madrid.     

But well, the coming Wimbledon will be covered by Starsports.. Then US Open will be covered by Supersport.

Lets hope the momentum Federer is having now will bring him far into Wimbledon! 

And where is the HD technology? Free to air channels in other countries already have HD channels while M'sia is still light year behind. 

Lolz. Well, airing in delayed form is just equally ridiculous isn't it? o.O Sports are about live... you want to feel the emotions, atmosphere in the stadium.... not after u already know the score then you watch it.. the spark in the match is just not there anymore!

Federer still hasn't decided yet whether to play in Gerry Weber Open (grass court tournament).. I think he's abit emotionally spent... not sure whether its good for him to play so much tennis... He won the Wimbledon 2007 without having to play a warm up grass court event.

I hope Nadal will be fit enough to defend his wimbledon title..Tournaments are not fun without the combination of Nadal + Federer..

Murray and Hewitt playing doubles together at Queen's..That's quite nice

Lolz. Actually Nadal asked Federer to play doubles with him before.. but Federer normally has his own preferred tennis doubles partners (Wawrinka, Olympic Gold Medalist Partner)... thats why Federer actually rejected Nadal.. But it would be so cool, if we have the No.1 + No.2 team.. haha...

Yup, hope Nadal recovers fast enough for Wimbledon.. He's the defending champion, tennis is fun when you have Federer and Nadal, plus Murray and Djokovic... =) Although it means harder for Federer, but i think if Federer is a champion, he can beat anyone to win the tournament!

Lolz, i gonna buy this magazine.    1st time Federer officially gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated.