Will Federer Ever win the French Open?

[The balls in your court.]

Will Federer Ever win the French Open?

[Morrissey]

What do YOU think? If yes, you are one stubborn fella.

[The balls in your court.]

Originally Posted by Morrissey

What do YOU think? If yes, you are one stubborn fella.

No way in hell. I think its obvious now.

[zagor]

I'm his big fan but I think not.He had his best chance in 2006,didn't use it then and now I think his chances of triumphing at the French are gone.I think he'll win more slams but it will be Wimbledon,USO and maybe AO,not the French Open.

[crawl4]

i say undecided..you cant rule out the possible goat

[KRFLegal]

No -- Federer has peaked, Nadal and Djokovic are still to peak...and there may be some other threats around the corner...three strikes at the Final, and Federer has struck out...time for a new batter...

Probably shouldn't have had 'Undecided' in the poll...that's no fun for this type of question...

[anointedone]

After today this question should be officialy put to bed forever. Even if Nadal suffered some horrible career ending injury (and no that wont happen, there is only a 0.1% chance of that happening or something) then there would be Djokovic there to spank him on clay in the future. In future years there will be a few more, even though they arent there now.

[AM28143]

Probably not. Definitely not if Nadal doesn't get injured or something. Federer is good on clay (better than his performance today would indicate), but Nadal is just that much better. If Nadal remains healthy, he'll win at least 3 more FOs.

-Adam

[Mick]

fededer's obstacle to winning the french open these past three years has been nadal. so, if nadal fails to compete in future french open due to some reason, federer will have a good chance of taking home the french open trophy.

[bagung]

with the way nadal is playing, i doubt federer has a chance.....
VAMOS RAFA

[Nadal_Freak]

Nope. Clay is a surface for young players. 20-25 is usually the best age for Clay.

[anointedone]

Originally Posted by Mick

fededer's obstacle to winning the french open these past three years has been nadal. so, if nadal fails to compete in future french open due to some reason, federer will have a good chance of taking home the french open trophy.

Please. Djokovic would have spanked Federer at the French Open the way both were playing. Federer is not the 2nd best clay courter at the moment, unless he re-raises his game drastically, and he only was in the final due to his joke draw of this years French. As todays final proved, he did not really even belong in that match.

[Mick]

Originally Posted by anointedone

Please. Djokovic would have spanked Federer at the French Open the way both were playing. Federer is not the 2nd best clay courter at the moment, unless he re-raises his game drastically, and he only was in the final due to his joke draw of this years French. As todays final proved, he did not really even belong in that match.

i don't know what would be the outcome of a federer-djokovic match. not sure who would come out on top but i don't think it would result in a blowout.

in my view, federer likes the flat balls of djokovic much better then the high topspin balls of nadal. futhermore, nadal's a lefty and that bothers federer even more.

[Legend of Borg]

Originally Posted by Mick

i don't know what would be the outcome of a federer-djokovic match. not sure who would come out on top but i don't think it would result in a blowout.

in my view, federer likes the flat balls of djokovic much better then the high topspin balls of nadal. futhermore, nadal's a lefty and that bothers federer even more.

Maybe it's his intimidating physique?

[Mick]

Originally Posted by Legend of Borg

Maybe it's his intimidating physique?

haha. nadal is definitely a lot more muscular than djokovic

[anointedone]

Originally Posted by Mick

i don't know what would be the outcome of a federer-djokovic match. not sure who would come out on top but i don't think it would result in a blowout.

in my view, federer likes the flat balls of djokovic much better then the high topspin balls of nadal. futhermore, nadal's a lefty and that bothers federer even more.

Fair enough but in the past Federer was strong enough to take Nadal to 4 sets regularly in best 3-of-5s on clay, even with Nadal's superiority on clay and any potential matchup issues. I dont think any matchup problems explain away how much more competitive Djokovic was vs Nadal then Federer. Djokovic at this French Open was just alot stronger then Federer. Maybe if they played it wouldnt have been a blowout, but Federer wouldnt have won a single set. I would bet money on that if a time machine could make it happen somehow.

[Legend of Borg]

Originally Posted by Mick

haha. nadal is definitely a lot more muscular than djokovic

If Nadal had Ivanisevic's temper, he would be one frightening competitor.

[Milano]

I think this year was Federers best chance to win it, now I think everything is going to go downhill for him (I still think he will take 2 more gs) but he may even lose wimbledon to nadal especially if you saw the replay of last years wimby today, nadal was shockingly close, a couple of points here and there and it would have gone the other way.

[Morrissey]

Originally Posted by Milano

I think this year was Federers best chance to win it, now I think everything is going to go downhill for him (I still think he will take 2 more gs) but he may even lose wimbledon to nadal especially if you saw the replay of last years wimby today, nadal was shockingly close, a couple of points here and there and it would have gone the other way.

I agree, back in 2006 I said that Fed would have 2 more chances to realistically win this thing. I think of his 4 matches with Nadal here this was so lopsided and non competitive that I can't imagine Fed doing anything to change the result in future encounters.

Let's just think for a second here. If Fed continues his "subpar" year into Wimby and US Open and doesn't win a GS he will not finish #1 this year. He has an awful lot of points to defend from here on in. Wimby, Montreal final, Cincy, US Open, Madrid final, Shanghai. There's alot of points he could lose from here on to the end. Nadal doesn't have many points to defend after this Wimby. So if he continues his excellent playing for 2008 so far he has a real shot at #1, or at least continue as #2.

[whereisz]

He will when Nadal is injured or retired.