naught, gee I dont agree with anything you stated above, lol. I didn't think Nadal 'dominated' Fed, certainly the score or stats dont support that. Bad gambler nailed it on the head--no one in the game plays with so much top spin power as Nadal, and Fed clearly struggled adjusting. Fed should have continued to play a power game as he did in the second set and early 4th set--go for his shots and come to the net, pressure Nadal (YOUR NOT GOING TO BEAT NADAL ON CLAY PLAYING PASSIVELY); but once Nadal would have a great passing shot it seemed Fed would second guess himself. I think Fed has the tools to beat Nadal on clay. ONLY one person could have beaten him at Roland Garros in 2005 and that one person did.
naught Fed IS A GREAT ONE; here are some numbers;
24 yrs old, 4 Grand Salm titles, 28 singles titles (LOL)
last two yrs 140-9!!!!!! ---UNBELIEVABLE 93% winning percantage, that's mutant territory
those numbers would define a career, but he's only 24, lol.
Incidently only Mcenroe's 1984 season can match Fed's 2004 yr, IMHO.
for Wimbledon, only Roddick has a chance,IMHO. He had him on the ropes a yr ago up a set and UP a break in the second then the rains came, mutant gathered himself and won title number two in a row. Leyton is dreaming if he thinks he can win.
to give you some reference Fed has 4 Grand Slam titles at 24. AT the end of their careers here are their total GS titles;
McEnroe- 7
Connors- 8
Borg- 11
Lendl- 8
Sampras-14
Wimbledon next, and the quetion to be answered there is WHO CAN STOP MUTANT FROM WINNING THREE IN A ROW?