Wimbledon is coming! The tip top of the tennis year...well in terms of prestige at least, only an idiot would argue that (at least on the mens side) this is the place where the years finest tennis is played. However there is that certain magic that this place has that they could never hope to replicate in Australia, France or the USA.
What's that you say? Obvious result? Maybe so, but if you love watching tennis played then how can you not love watching Roger Federer at work on a grass court in a way that no player has ever played before. I mean it's like watching an artist at work.
I do realise it is VERY predictable and a tad boring but still a pleasure to watch, and hey, it's always fun to see who'll get through the other half to face him in the final.
Of course the landscape of the game has been changed as of late. Rafael Nadal emerges on the scene and seems to beat Roger Federer from pillar to post. Nadal has dominated Federer almost completely on clay but on the grass lost out in the only face off between the two.
Now, on that occasion Nadal was playing maybe his third or fourth grass court tournament in his life and in his first shot at the champion took him to 4 sets. Were Nadal to receive as many shots at Federer on grass as Federer gets at him on clay then the landscape of things to come might be completely different. All in all I'm pretty sure Federer will claim his 5th straight Wimbledon and join Pete Sampras' record but it's going to be very interesting to see how the young Spaniard stand up to him.
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