Re: Fed & Nadal - both a lock to reach the FO final?

On Sun, 20 May 2007 15:25:54 -0500, Adam Thirnis
<adam.thirnis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Javier Gonzalez <jagonzal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Manco <manco_dollars@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
EFill4Zaggin wrote:
It seems to me that everyone assumes so. But who is the more likely
to go out before the final? Who are the players that could prevent a
Fed/Nadal repeat? There aren't many candidates, imo.

Nole is a threat to Nadal. Nalby/Canas to Federer. Depends on who's
in which draw.

Good for Fed that Nalby is so casual about training...

nalby could make fed work if he's in good shape - canas' has had his 15
minutes and has no hope of beating fed at a slam.

nadal will want to avoid potentially gruelling matches with hewitt,
davydenko or other bumrooter types. a draw with attacking
blake/youzhny/gonzo types - which would hurt him on hc - will suit him fine
on clay.


federer will play nadal in the final.

I wouldn't have agreed with you yesterday, imo it looked like Fed will
not make FO final...Now it's a bit different... Not sure if he gained
much psychological advantage over Nadal...but might have helped him
against other players, giving him back his aura of invincibility after
slump.
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