while rafa collecting a grand slam, federer is on the slump!
all of sudden, overtaking sampras' haul look hard for him.
nadal seem to be in better position. if he keep on winning 2 or more slam a year, he'll be on top of slam's
haul in 5 years
lets just hope federer will bounce back. he is only going 27. the probem was nadal is 21

This post has been edited by yngwie: Jul 25 2008, 11:17 AM

federer need to get back to his old personal trainer.
he seem to be suffeering from low confidence.

c'mon federer. we want the see the 12x slam winner, not the federer of 2008

This post has been edited by yngwie: Jul 30 2008, 03:30 PM

federer wasn't playing like his ol'self......losing to nadal in 2 slam final definitely affected his concentration / self-confident....... any other reason?

watching how federer return roodick's shot sometimes ago really amusing!
the guy is awesome.
if he can get back to his ol' self.... he'll definitely surpass sampras's slam haul.

federer finally dethroned from top spot.
nadal deserved it but i strongly believe it was partly helped by federer's poor run.
i noticed something in his play.....
remember the old federer with one hand backhand?
the kind of shot he produced against top players(the one against roddick is my fav) is missing!

let see how he respond to it. hopefully he still as determine as ever.
it'll be a big loss if he is doing 'a borg'......

it was easy back in 07. but the federer of 08 is far different from the federer of the past year.
i miss his 'missing' awesome courage to go for almost impossible shot.

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Added on August 5, 2008, 2:19 pmmurray, karlovic(his serve kinda suit the fast turf) and co could be the real joker, perhaps

This post has been edited by yngwie: Aug 5 2008, 02:19 PM

as long as federer didn't strike back..which is highly doubtful, nadal will holding on to it.
but federer is a fighter. right now, he just need sometimes on his own

faris21, you almost got your wish right. but only karlovic
karlovic. davydenko and gulbis in federer's half while murray, hewitt, fat nalbandian and the djoker
goes to nadal's half

dangerous for the 'new federer' and quite tough for the improves nadal.

happy birthday to federer.

i've got a feeling hewitt will stretch nadal al the way.....lolz
maybe he'll get injured for real......lolz.

federer on all time low. at least he won the doubles.
he badly need to get back in form and regain his confidence.

maybe federer will do 'an agassi'..... winning a slam at the late age....
there is an endless possibility.
congratz to nadal for being the new world no 1. he will not be able to break federer's record of consecutive weeks at the top but if he keep on winning the slam until he reach 27, he'll be the new king of slam.

what was used to be nadal vs djoker semi final has become federer vs djoker now....

thank you for the good showing, murray....
and now get ready for 5 set epic battle with federer!

murray badly exposed nadal's weakness iin hard court.
both are showing a good form prior to the final.

i saw the 13th coming..... huhuhu!

yeah! federer show that he is still 'da real deal' the guy is back
was expecting a tough 4 but he did it in just 3!

thanks federer... i won big time too

he is not!
but on his day, he is pretty unbeatable... just like nadal on clay.

and i am already looking forward to him to capture the 3 slam next year, thus overtaking sampras

he was in the final 3 times! just that nadal is awesome on clay.
let see if he can do it next year.
with or without the roland garros title, he is already one of the best ever!

This post has been edited by yngwie: Sep 9 2008, 05:39 PM

the semifinal between federer and djoker is more interesting compare to
the final itself. we really saw the ol' federer going for every shot.
can't wait the new season to start.... federer slam, perhaps.

your guys remember andre agassi when he just burst into the scene?
with those nice bandana and head gear, who could imagine he actually has wide forehead
andre agassi + steffi graff = slam king?

the rain washed clay court clearly favoured the spanish armada.
here comes the argentinas....

federer will retire after he bagged another australian open, a roland garros title, 2 wimbledon and 3 us open. make it 20 then!
all time high.