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Wimbledon 2012 Prediction – Nadal or Djokovic or Even… Federer

Posted on 25 Jun, 2012, by in Tennis

Eventually it comes down to two players, the last two Wimbledon champions – Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. Two players who have won the last nine grand slam tournaments. The rest of the predictions and guesses for the 2012 Wimbledon tournament? Nothing but wishful thinking, even regarding Roger Federer. More

Djokovic & Federer in Each Other’s Wimbledon Way

Posted on 22 Jun, 2012, by in Tennis

As expected, Novak Djokovic is the number 1 seed heading into the 2012 Wimbledon tournament, knowing that he has to go through Roger Federer in the Semi Final, if all goes according to plan for both, with the six time champions at the All England’s club getting the #3 seed, according to his ATP ranking. More

Roger Federer Won’t Win Another Wimbledon Title

Posted on 18 Jun, 2012, by in Tennis

Losing to Tommy Haas wasn’t in the plans. Roger Federer, rebounding from his decisive 0-3 defeat to Novak Djokovic in Paris at the French Open should have won the Halle tournament, or at least he thought he should. It didn’t work out, and Roger Federer heads into Wimbledon a little less confident than he expect to. More

Rafael Nadal – No Longer a Wimbledon Favorite?

Posted on 16 Jun, 2012, by in Tennis

After the brilliant period Rafael Nadal went through in the clay portion of the 2012 tennis season, which included winning the French Open and beating Novak Djokovic in three consecutive finals, came the fall, to the surprise of many, in an early round on the Halle Grass. More

Aftermath of the Nadal – Djokovic French Open Final

Posted on 12 Jun, 2012, by in Tennis

As Rafael Nadal hoisted up his 7th French Open trophy and 11th Grand Slam title of his career, the questions rising weren’t just about whether Novak Djokovic will still be number one by the end of the year and if he’ll beat Nadal at Wimbledon and the US Open. There’s also the fact that Djokovic vs Nadal is turning into a historic rivalry. More

Rafael Nadal – French Open Champion for a Record 7th Time

Posted on 11 Jun, 2012, by in Tennis

Novak Djokovic lost all the edge he had over Rafael Nadal in less than a year in terms of psychological warfare. Rafael Nadal, on the clay courts of Paris, is simply impossible to beat. He needed two days and four sets to set a new record at the Roland Garros, winning his 7th French Open, leaving Bjorn Borg behind him. More

Djokovic – Nadal, 2012 French Open Final Prediction

Posted on 9 Jun, 2012, by in Tennis

For the first time in his career, Novak Djokovic has reached the French Open final. In the way of the last piece of the puzzle for him, completing the career and special Novak Grand Slam, is the master of the Roland Garros out to set some records of his own, Rafael Nadal. More

Rafael Nadal Shouldn’t Care About Who He Gets Next

Posted on 6 Jun, 2012, by in Tennis

The way Rafael Nadal is tearing through yet another French Open, with Nicolas Almagro posing as his latest victim on the clay courts of Paris, he shouldn’t really care about who he faces next in the Semi Final and the Final. The title seems to be as good as his. More

Can Anyone But Rafael Nadal Win the 2012 French Open?

Posted on 28 May, 2012, by in Tennis

Rafael Nadal has won six of the last seven French Open Grand Slam tournaments. He missed out in 2009 because he wasn’t 100% when he lost his only match on the Paris clay. He’s won three clay tournaments in the last couple of months. Can anyone, meaning Roger Federer and/or Novak Djokovic, deny Nadal from his 7th Roland Garros title? More

Rafael Nadal Favorite to Make Roland Garros History

Posted on 26 May, 2012, by in Tennis

Rafael Nadal needs to become the sole holder of the record for Roland Garros titles; He needs to move up the all-time Grand Slam charts, making it to 11, five less than Federer; He needs to stop Novak Djokovic’s streak of Grand Slam titles. He needs to win the 2012 French Open, in 8 words. More