Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal??
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Theres no doubt that Nadal is a great player, however, he only truly shines when playing on clay.  Federer on the other hand, has mastered all surfaces and has become a legend when compared to Nadal.  BUT, at the Roland Garros, since it IS a clay tournament, Nadal definitely may have an upper hand, as he has shown in the past when playing Federer.  It is a tough prediction, and, considering Nadal has had a lot of down time from being injured, I think that Federer might be able to pull out the next French.
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A major reason Federer can Ace Agassi more often than he can Nadal is that Nadal is much faster on court.  You are talking about placement and speed of the ball and if you hit the outside corner on Agassi you may get it by him, but because Nadal is faster, he has more opportunity to get to the ball.  This is much the same reason Federer has problems beating Nadal on clay.  Clay is a much slower surface and Nadal's speed matched with the speed (slowness) of the ball makes it a much better surface for Nadal than Federer.
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Me too. Federer is unbeatable on grass & is the hot favorite for Wimbledon. Nadal will progress only upto 3rd rd or even before that like last yr. He has problems on all surfaces except clay. He is an incomplete player. Here he cant run down every ball of Roger unlike on clay where he has plenty of time to stay in the point. Nadal has the foll dismal record in other Grandslams:\nWimbledon 2005:R64 lost to G. Muller\nUS Open 2005:R32 lost to J. Blake
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The one and only Swiss tennis legend ROGER FEDERER  !!!!!!!!!
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The one and only Swiss tennis star ROGER FEDERER!!!!!!!!!!!
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If Roddick continues to play the way he does on Hard surface, he has a really good chance of defeating Nadal. You know, i would really like to see Nadal and Blake face off. Blake has beaten Nadal every single time on Hard surfaces. It should be interesting. Can't wait.
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On the indoor court of shanghai, Nadal has very little chance over Federer. Nadal needs the clay court to defeat Federer, he is extremely inconsistent on the hard. In truth, no player has a realistic chance of beating Federer given no unfortunate injuries or sicknesses. Robredo and Blake are dark horses but you couldn't consider them. Roddick and Lubricic have shown in the past to be extremely ineffective against the Federer game, and Davydenko is Mr. Consistent, defeating all the opponents you expect him to beat and losing to all the opponents you expect him to lose to (this means Federer). This leaves Nalbandian, the only player I rate this year to have any chance at lifting the trophy. We saw what happened last year, I admit it was extremely close and Federer wasn't feeling 100%, but Nalbandian deserves to be highly considered as the defending champion.\n\nGiving that Nadal and Nalbandian need special requirements to beat Federer, I believe there is only one man who has a game that is as good as Federers', and unfortunately we only see it for 2 or 3 weeks every year. I'm talking about Safin, who in my opinion, is extremely disappointing and I expected him to be one of tennis' great champions when I saw the damage he could dish out earlier in his career when he seemed to have a greater drive to win (albeit with colourful "passion").\n\nIn the end, it's Nalbandian with the greatest, if prehaps still slim, chance of defeating Federer.
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roger federer is the best & he will win.\n\nRoger Federer\n\nRoger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who in 2004 became the 23rd World No. 1 in tennis. He is currently the No. 1 player in the world (and defending this title since February 2004) and (as of 9 June 2006) is working on the second-longest consecutive stay in the Men's World No. 1 ranking. Only Ivan Lendl and Jimmy Connors surpass him in this record.\n\nIn 2004, Federer became the first man since Mats Wilander in 1988 to win three out of four Grand Slam events in the same year. He is widely regarded as the dominant player of his era and is already considered to be one of the greatest players of all time.\n\nCountry Switzerland \nResidence Oberwil, Switzerland \nDate of birth 8 August 1981 \nPlace of birth Basel, Switzerland \nHeight 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) \nWeight 80 kg (177 lb) \nTurned Pro 1998 \nPlays Right, Single hand backhand \nCareer Prize Money $22,629,383 \nSingles \nCareer record: 429-123 \nCareer titles: 37 (13th in overall rankings) \nHighest ranking: No. 1 (2 February 2004) \nGrand Slam results \nAustralian Open W (2004 • 06) \nFrench Open F (2006 - ongoing*) \nWimbledon W (2003 • 04 • 05) \nU.S. Open W (2004 • 05) \nDoubles \nCareer record: 101-66 \nCareer titles: 7 \n\nBiography\nFederer was born August 8, 1981 in Basel, Switzerland in the small city of Binningen, to Robert Federer and Lynette Federer. He grew up 10 minutes from Basel proper, in suburban Münchenstein.\n\nHis parents met while his father was on a business trip to South Africa for a Basel-based chemical company for which they both worked. Lynette was born and raised in Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa. Lynette no longer works at the company and is now a manager at the Roger Federer Foundation. Robert is still with the Ciba Specialty Chemicals, in sales.\n\nRoger has an elder sister, Diana, who is a nurse, and lives in the Basel area. He speaks three languages (German, French and English) fluently and conducts press conferences in all of them.\n\nFederer spends his off-court time playing card games, table tennis, other sports and sitting on the beach. He currently resides in Oberwil, Switzerland, and is dating former WTA player and fellow Swiss Miroslava Vavrinec (Mirka), who retired from the game in 2002 after a foot injury; the two met at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.\n\nHe co-established the Roger Federer Foundation in December 2003. Its goals include funding projects that benefit disadvantaged children, primarily in South Africa. In January 2005, he encouraged efforts from tennis players for the people affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, saying he would play as many matches as possible in tournaments organized to raise funds for the tsunami victims and auctioned off his autographed rackets to raise funds for UNICEF's relief operations.\n\nFederer also launched a fragrance and cosmetics line called RF Cosmetics in October 2003.\n\nOn April 3, 2006, Federer was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador to UNICEF [1], which helps poor children around the world.\n\nTennis\n\nCareer\nRoger Federer started playing tennis at the age of eight. 1998 was Federer's last year in the Junior circuits; he won the Wimbledon Juniors title and the prestigious year-ending Orange Bowl. Federer joined the ATP tour in July 1998 but finished the year as the ITF World Junior Tennis champion. In 1999, he debuted for the Swiss Davis Cup team. He finished the year as the youngest player inside the ATP's top 100.\n\nIn 2000, he reached the semi-finals in the Sydney Olympics, but lost the bronze-medal match. He lost to Arnaud Di Pasquale of France by 7-6(7-5) 6-7(7-9) 6-3. He also reached the finals in Basel and Marseille but did not win either of them.\n\nIn February 2001, Federer won his first ATP tournament in Milan. He also won three matches for his country in the Davis Cup in a 3-2 victory over the United States. He advanced to the quarterfinals in the fourth round. He finished
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For World Cup, I think Argentina although Brazil is traditonally strong.\n\nFor Male Wimbledon, Roger Federer is 85% for championship. 10% for Nabandion and 5% for Nadal.\n\nFor Woman, Henin is 99% for championship, I don't see any player which can beat her recently.
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Bjorn Borg. In my opinion, Tennis has never been played as beautifully as was played by him.
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I think Nadal has a decent chance to repeat, however there are many good competitors on this surface. I would'nt dismiss the possibility of Federer capturing this title, but he reminds me too much of Sampras, somewhat impatient for an outstanding clay court player. Look out for Nalbaldian, Gaudio, Coria and Davydenko!
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Rodger Federer? Tiger Woods?
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i totally agree.\nNadal is Hoooooooooooottttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt!\nHe may not be dominating the grass and hard courts but, he is definately the king of the clay. with a little more practice Nadal will be the King of all surfaces.\nNadal is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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men federer\nwomen henin
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I'm not sure what your queston is, but let me try these:\n\nWhen is "Roland Garros" this year -- R/G is the site of the French Open, the only clay court major championship, to be played from 5-28 to 6/11 this year.\n\nWho/what  was Roland Garros --why the name?  Apparently, he was a French aviation pioneer who was the first to fly over the Mediterranean.\n\nWho will win the French Open this year?  Will Nadal be in shape to defend?  Will Federer take the major that has eluded him during his 3-year stretch of dominance?  Other candidates?  Something tells me that Federer  will not win this year (he'll end up winning a couple in his career) and it won't be Nadal either.  Having said that, I hope they will be seeded in different halves and play one another for the title.\n\nThe women?  Can Mauresmo deal w/ the pressure, having finally won a major?  Who's going to be healthy?  Not a prediction, but I'd love to see Hingis cement her comeback with a title here.\n\nWas your question answered?
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Yeah, Federer and maybe Henin - Ardene or Mauresmo!
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tough to call.. agassi has the experience.. nadal is 16 years younger.. \n\nthey said agassi was limpin' around after his last match.. i'm gonna have to go with nadal simply because of the youth factor