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Testing time for Federer
by Girish Mallaya on Jul 07, 2008 01:59 PM   Permalink

One of the greatest matches....no doubt.as good as the Borg-Mcenroe in 1980 ...the ruling deity of the baseline versus the king of the net....however would like to add one point is that great champions dig deep and extricate themselves from very tight situations....Sampras, Becker Lendl...
Federer had his chance to show that he too could grit and win...against a very talented, determined and in form opponent.....somehow he seems to lack the bloody-mindedness of a champion....too much to expect from an artist ..he has played and won a mere three five setters enroute to 12 grand slams....(Agassi, Tommy Haas and Nadal)
he has never had to sweat it to win slams....Nadal is not only his first real challenge ...but also the force blocking him from being the greatest ever tennis player....
Federer has to make a few changes in his game plan to tackle Nadal...

Nadal will probably complete the grand slam some day...watch out for him ...he is only 22 years

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Was Federer vs Nadal the best final?