Article: The Secret Behind Federer’s Five-Match Win Streak Against Nadal

[fedtennisphan]

Honestly you may just be right. Nadal statistically better the 2nd half of season and this is post the clay confidence boost, but frankly it's hard to get around head to head issues. The answer lies somewhere in between your assertion and the Nadal totally damaged goods in Shanghai final; we'll probably find out by WTF at the latest. ....... Nadal appears to have withdrawn from Basel so he was definitely damaged coming into Shanghai final. This to me says Federer's form is no better than what he displayed against Delpo; encouraging, but not as unbeatable as the Shanghai final made him look. The good news; Nadal won't be a threat again until 2018. Fed fans can breathe easy.

Nadal was damaged before or after he lost? Fedhaters are backtracking because their Trump card keeps losing to Federer.

 

[Dolgopolov85]

Honestly you may just be right. Nadal statistically better the 2nd half of season and this is post the clay confidence boost, but frankly it's hard to get around head to head issues. The answer lies somewhere in between your assertion and the Nadal totally damaged goods in Shanghai final; we'll probably find out by WTF at the latest. ....... Nadal appears to have withdrawn from Basel so he was definitely damaged coming into Shanghai final. This to me says Federer's form is no better than what he displayed against Delpo; encouraging, but not as unbeatable as the Shanghai final made him look. The good news; Nadal won't be a threat again until 2018. Fed fans can breathe easy.

He was not unbeatable at Miami either (though he played better at Shanghai). He looked invincible in IW but at other times, Nadal is just getting harried/agitated and, ironically, playing the player rather than the ball.

 

[Meles]

Nadal was damaged before or after he lost? Fedhaters are backtracking because their Trump card keeps losing to Federer.

Knee strapped when he took the court.