Well going by Borg's accuracy of predictions (who predicted that Fed will win French or rather give a very tough fight to Nadal) i think i am happy that Fedex will win!!!!.. Yawn another "fed in decline" article, comments etc.. i cant imagine ppl questioning the greatness and ablity of a guy who is the greatest ever to play this sport...Wonder how ppl are hailing Nadal who hasnt done anything apart from winning clay court titles in his life.. pls go and chk statistic bfore everyone utters gibberish abt Nadal's achievements.. 90% tiotles have come on Clay...The media, journalists etc are all vultures.. ready to pounce on a guy who despite having the dreaded "mono" reched semis of aus open and final of french open and that is termed as "Fed in decline"..Wonder if there is anyone who had reached 16 consecutive semis and dominated the field like fed has...He is a champion and he will show that this wimbledon...
Federer is not at his best this yr. He might loose his winbledon title this yr especially so because Nadal is playing his best tennis. But Federer will bounce back after that. remember the resurgence of Agassi.
Borg is a tennis legend and one of top 5 players ever, he knows more about tennis than most on this board. He is absolutely right about his predictions, anyone who has followed tennis this year would agree. I am a big Federer fan but he is not same player this year, he has only won 1 title this year. Last year Nadal came to this close to beat Federer in Wimbledon final, this year Nadal is so much better (as proved in French open, Queen's Open ) and Federer is much worse, put Djokovic in the mix and do the math.
Guys, one of the greatest players in men's tennis (Rod Laver is the greatest ever) has given his OPINION. From the tone of some of the comments below, you would believe that he has committed a crime!
On present form, considering the number of unforced errors Federer was making in every match, he does appear to be jaded and not so hungry for titles as he was a year ago.
That's fine too. He is human.
Perhaps the loss at the Australian open was acted as a demotivating factor but I think he will be back in his element towards the end of this year and will try really hard for the grand slam next year.
Whatever happens, he has entertained us with his brilliance for years and we should thank him for it. And enjoy Nadal and the others who are vying for Roger's crown!
RE:That's just what Borg says!
by PUNEESH on Jun 20, 2008 07:19 AM
yes..perhaps he did not showed the hunger lately which he have used to seeing...but this wimbledon is the time for him to redeem his pride which was dented a little by nadal at french open. so be ready to see the level of tennis from fed which probably will sink all the players inclusing nadal, djoko..
I feel Borg has the right to say things , he won both with equal ease, so he knows both sirfaces , no question of jelousy, fedrer has to win is 1st french open when brgs got many ...
Nadal's present form is being over-hyped by one and all. Everybody refers to the French Open final to indicate his demolishing form. But, what they fail to realize is that it was not Nadal's brilliance that rewarded him the lop-sided win over Roger, but it was over-cooked by Federer himself.(Not to take away anything from Nadal. But he played his normal game, nothing OUT OF THE WORLD!!.)It could clearly be seen right from the 1st game of the final at RG, that Federer was a lot more nervous than usual. Perhaps the pressure of winning his only missing Grand Slam got the better off his nerves. Even if he had played the type of tennis he played against Monfils in Semis, he would definitely have won at least a set or two and not gone down so easily. He was becoming very desperate, which was evident by the way he was approaching the net and failing to volley so many easy ones, from the 2nd set.
So, the only thing Federer has to ensure to win further Grand slams(possibly even French Open) is to clear the figure of 14 Grand Slams (of Sampras) from his minds or of Agassi,Laver,&co.(winning all 4 grand slams). That can possibly be the only roadblock ahead of him winning grand slams.
