I meant to reply to this almost a week ago, but Murray went down just days later in the W&C Masters against Mardy Fish, and then Fish went onto face Federer in the finals, but he, too, lost, while Federer triumphed (not easily, though; he worked hard in the third set for that win).
But I agree: both Federer, Nadal, and to an extent Roddick as well, none of them look to be as dominating as each of them used to be, getting to Quarters-, Semi-Finals with ease.
This past weekend's Masters (ATP 500 event, I think it was) was only Roger's second title for this season, and that just seems very uncharacteristically-low.
We only have a week now to wait for the start of the US Open, so we'll see who triumphs and who loses in the weeks to come (my money, if I had any, would still go to Soderling to win it, just 'cause I like him).
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