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  • Djokovic & Federer in Each Other’s Wimbledon Way

    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.

  • Roger Federer Won’t Win Another Wimbledon Title

    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.

  • Rafael Nadal – No Longer a Wimbledon Favorite?

    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.

  • Rafael Nadal Shouldn’t Care About Who He Gets Next

    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.

  • Can Anyone But Rafael Nadal Win the 2012 French Open?

    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?

  • Rafael Nadal Finally Has the Edge Back Over Novak Djokovic

    There’s still some time before the Roland Garros (six days), but Rafael Nadal has proven that he’s still the man to beat this clay season after claiming another Masters title by beating Novak Djokovic in the Rome Masters to claim his 7th title in Italy’s capital.

  • Roger Federer is the Best (Blue) Clay Player in the World

    Look Out, Tennis World. Roger Federer clinched his first clay title since winning the Roland Garros in 2009. That year he also won the Madrid Open for the first time, predicting the good things to come. Blue clay, Red Clay, doesn’t matter. After beating Tomas Berdych, Federer climbs back to #2 spot on the ATP rankings at the expense of Rafael Nadal.

  • Rafael Nadal Back to King of Clay Status On Familiar Ground

    Rafael Nadal needed to get the intimidation factor back. He needed his confidence back. And he needed clay surfaces to soften the blows on his troubelsome knees. Two weeks after the beginning of clay season, the World number 2, with two consecutive titles in the bag, is looking like the man to beat once again.

  • Djokovic Better Than Federer & Nadal Heading Into Clay Season

    Rafael Nadal might be the king of clay, but his knee seems to be causing him more problems than ever. Roger Federer has been playing better than anyone for most of 2012 up until now, but he hasn’t won a clay title since May 2012. Novak Djokovic? He won in Miami recently and beat Nadal in two Clay finals last season. Advantage Novak.

  • Andy Roddick and the Unlikely Win Over Roger Federer

    Andy Roddick did beat Roger Federer earlier this month in the Madison Square Garden exhibition, but that wasn’t suppose to reflect on big tournaments, on actually important ATP Tour Masters events. Well, it happened. For only the third time in his 24 matches with Roger, Roddick came out on top, winning 7-6, 1-6, 6-4 in the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne.