Wimbledon buy/sell

[patdog]

Looks like another classic final between Federer and Nadal. So here's the buy/sell. This is the year Nadal finally breaks Federer's record tying string of 5 straight titles. I'm going with a very, very shaky sell. Federer breaks Borg's record.

 

[dawgstudent]

for the reason Nadal has no pressure. Even in the French, all the pressure is on Federer and Federer is on the downturn of his career.

 

[patdog]

He had mono at the Aussie Open and during the spring hardcourt season, so he didn't do well there, but he did as well as he's ever done during the clay court season except for the final of the French Open and he's had as easy a trip to the finals of Wimbledon as he's ever had. However, Nadal is looking better than ever. I expect this final to go down as one of the best ever. I'm still going with Federer, but like I said it's very, very shaky. You do make a good point about the pressure being on Federer, but I think Nadal has some pressure too. He's never won any major other than the French so he wants to prove he can win on a surface besides clay.

 

[dawgstudent]

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[lawdawg02]

i agree with patdog - federer is still crazy good. but nadal is in his back pocket. </p>

 

[dawgstudent]

Nadal is just that much better than he was even 2 years ago.

 

[patdog]

I know he doesn't have the ranking points and he still has to prove he can win consistently on hard courts, but so far this year, he's been the dominant player. He has made some huge improvements in his game in the past year or two and he was ranked #2 even then. I think we're in for a couple of years where Nadal & Federer will swap the #1 ranking back and forth. Djokovic has the talent to be #1, but he doesn't have the heart (at least not yet).