chjtennis
G.O.A.T.
I still think it wont happen...but should Nadal v Federer actually be the final i think it will be an anti climax. Despite the Federer fans confidence the reality is if Nadal plays well he will beat Federer with ease and at worse in 4 sets.
Here is why. At AO 2017, to date Federers only win over Nadal at a Major off grass, a far better Federer than now beat a far worse Nadal than now who was tired after almost a 6hr SF with a days less rest in 5 sets.
6 weeks ago Federer on his best surface took over 3 hrs beating a poor Nadal on his worse surface. Meanwhile at RG Nadal playing at about 70 per cent beat a federer red lining it with consumate ease.
All the evidence points to Nadal taking Federer down fairly routinely and id suggest wawrinka or medvedev will be a tougher final for Nadal should he make it.
You can wish all you want, but the reality is injured or badly out of form Federer will be Nadal's only hope off clay nowadays. Outside clay, Federer is 6-0 v Nadal, including 2 GS matches. The pattern has been always similar and that should be extremely worrying for Nadal - Federer is a horrifying match up v Nadal now off clay. And it's gotten worse since AO 17.