I think Nadal got a good draw. Lucky not to get someone too dangerous when he had to play in the sun. It's not like he's playing even better than last year, or there is some resurgence. He's been playing at this level for the past year, it appears to me. He is still dropping a lot of his forehands short. Obviously, not close to prime Nadal, but doesn't have to be.
Fed will have to attack, he knows what to do. And if he serves well enough, he should have a shot. It's not like Nadal is generating monster spin off the court, but I dunno, it still looks like the kinda court Nadal would beat Fed on.
Might put a little on Nadal to win, if the odds are right.
In terms of most impressive display of skills and performance from Fed, not a match of rivalry and tension, it's clearly his first two wimbledon wins. Those conditions, combined with him using the new strings that allows people to play the way they do, allowed for the most sublime and unrealistic looking tennis ever. Easily returning 140mph serves from Roddick.
The hyperbole for Fed at that moment, holeeeeeeeee shit. The commentators, man I can still remember, me and my room mate, laughing at how much they were just in absolute fucking awe of him. THen everyone got those strings few years later. And they had to respond by slowing the courts and balls down, which hurt Fed a lot.
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