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I reckon it's probably about 55/45 in Fed's favour at the moment, maybe a bit less, and that's assuming they both play well. I'd say Federer is actually more prone to the odd off day than Nadal. One thing's for sure, it should be a helluva final. emoticon

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Incidentally, why do tennis players get good so young?


Laura Robson who has made the semi's in the girls singles seems to be pretty good and she is only 14!!! Maybe there is hope for British womens tennis after all. She was born in Melbourne though. Then again there was a British lad who made the final of the boys singles a few years back. I think his name was Miles Kasiri. He was a year older than Murray. Haven't heard of him since. emoticon

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I'll still be supporting Federer, There is just something about Nadal that I don't really like, maybe it is his arrogance. Federer to me is so much more modest and likeable with it.

I'll be supporting Fed as well, but I can't agree with your comments about Nadal's arrogance. The guy is playing phenomenal tennis. I think that arrogance is when you get ideas above your station - Nadal has put in a ridiculous amount of work in order to be as good as he is and he has every right to say he'll win this and that and that he's better than so-and-so. He's earned it. In terms of a 'power' game I think he's the best there's ever been.

I actually think that there's a lesson here for the whole sporting world: We're lucky enough to be watching two of the worlds best ever tennis players go toe to toe, and the respect they show each other is admirable.

Anyway, the reason I'm supporting Fed is simply because I've never seen a player make tennis look as amazing as he does. Wimbledon was boring when Sampras was winning it every year, but I can't say the same about Fed's victories over the last five years.

So, I'd like Fed to win. That said, I don't think he will. He was just about able to dictate the pace of the game in last year's final, but Nadal has stepped up a gear on grass and his power will enable him to take the game out of Fed's comfort zone.

Either way, there will be a worthy winner.

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I think I'll be giving the womens final a miss this year. emoticon

As for the Nadal comment I made above, maybe it isn't anything to do with arrogance, I just prefer the way Federer plays the game, he flows more smoothly and is a lot more graceful than Nadal who has a lot of brute strength albeit very accurate as well.

Had a look at Kasiri's ranking 610th in the world (The british No.11) emoticon

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Incidentally, why do tennis players get good so young?


Laura Robson who has made the semi's in the girls singles seems to be pretty good and she is only 14!!! Maybe there is hope for British womens tennis after all. She was born in Melbourne though. Then again there was a British lad who made the final of the boys singles a few years back. I think his name was Miles Kasiri. He was a year older than Murray. Haven't heard of him since. emoticon


She's in the semis now isn't she? Saw her being interviewed this morning, and she said that if she wins, she gets entered into the main draw next year. emoticon

Also, interesting bit of trivia for you. The last British winner of the boys juniors at Wimbledon was in 1962, and was Stanley Matthews Jnr (son of Sir Stanley Matthews)!!!

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Good to see Murray admit he was outclassed last night. Probably didn't quite do himself justice but that probably says more about how good Nadal was I reckon.


I still think Murray has had a fairly good Wibledon, He is not far from the top 5 now. It's just that the top 2 are so far ahead of the rest with Djokovic adrift on his own in 3rd.

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Good to see Murray admit he was outclassed last night. Probably didn't quite do himself justice but that probably says more about how good Nadal was I reckon.


I still think Murray has had a fairly good Wibledon, He is not far from the top 5 now. It's just that the top 2 are so far ahead of the rest with Djokovic adrift on his own in 3rd.


This shows how far ahead:

1. Federer 6900pts
2. Nadal 5755
3. Djokovic 5360
4. Davydenko 3115
5. Ferrer 3005
6. Rod**** 2280
7. Nalbandian 2100
8. Blake 2015
9. Wawrinka 1615
10. Gasquet 1610
11. Murray 1555

It's not too big a jump for Murray to get as high as 6. I'll be interested to see how high Safin and Schuettler's rankings go after the tournament. They're currently in the 70's and 90's respectively.

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Both games today - straight sets.

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Apparently Safin can't go much higher than 40 i think...

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Both games today - straight sets.

Probably. I think Safin is the more likely to prove you wrong, but if I was a betting man, I'd go for straight sets.

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