If Federer is in the mood, it doesnt really matter if he is facing a double's pair the other side of the net.
If he isnt quite there (and imo he hasnt been quite there since he had glandular fever) its game on. Federer in 5th gear is one of the best players in the world, but if he hits sixth he is unplayable.
Nadal has got very close to the level of genius Federer has in the last two years, and its interesting whether Federer can find that extra gear again.... or whether the second half of his career will be defined as a top 4 player with a bit more class than anyone else and a bit more fragility.
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Originally Posted by highthief
Anyway, I hope Federer can pull this off. If he can't win it this year with Rafa out and guys like Del Potro and Murray still not at their peaks, I doubt he ever will. He's going to have to impose his game on Soderling - I watched the Swede come back against Gonzalez today. As soon as you let that guy play, he can really hurt an opponent. Down 1-4 in the final set and he comes back to win 5 in a row and get to the final!
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As much as I think Andrew Murray WILL be a grandslam winner, right now Federer and Nadal are a different class to the top 20 (and I would class Murray as the leading player of the next tier)