Federer is getting stuffed! He hasnt got an answer to anything atm and to be honest I dont think I have seen Federer play this bad for a very long time 2 sets and 0-5 down, the nightmare will be over soon

Scott


yes that was a very bad match. In total I counted 5 games in which he played great, but other than that, he looked like somebody who didn't believe in it at all.

This result should answer why I wrote that Federer winning RG would be the worst thing to happen in tennis.
Nadal is not an average player, that's a ridiculous thing to say. He's probably the best claycourter of all times.

Nadal was awesome the entire tournament and thoroughly deserved his win, but Federer was really poor in the final. I actually think that the match was won and lost in Hamburg, because Nadal was there for the taking when Federer was 5-1 and had setpoint, but Federer couldn't win and that left a let of mental scar tissue for Federer while Nadal would feel that - on clay at least - he could recover from any deficit and it was a huge boost to his confidence which he carried into Roland Garros. Nadal was just at a different level and his groundstrokes were more potent than in previous years while his defence was as strong as ever. Federer's losses this year had almost all been close and a few points were crucial in them and he'd been competitive in his previous clay matches with Nadal but he never looked like he had a chance in this one. Nadal will carry a lot of confidence into Wimbledon while Federer has to be at a low ebb for it.

That was not only the 4th title in a row for Rafa. That was a demonstration.

After losing the 2nd set, Roger didn't really believed that he could win against Rafa anymore. Everyone could really see how Roger gave up during the 3rd set.

That was the best tournament Rafa played in RG ever.

Nice view of the Ivanovic Forest hahaha