What grass legend will Federer face in the Wimbledon final this year?
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Northern
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They will be injured only when the match ends. Deep inside. But they will be happy to have played the final with Fed.Hopefully an un-injured opponent
Slightly D1
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No wonder he took off the clay season this year
AlexanderTheGreat08
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Nadal v Federer 2018 Wimbledon Chapter IV
Northern
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Now, that would be spectacular. 10 years in the making.
Baby Harrison
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Roger Federer vs Marcus Willis Wimbledon Final 2018. Roger will win it in 4.
Technology Ruined Tennis
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Fed will tank for the next 12 months and rig the draw to face Nadal in the 1st round in 2019. Fresh grass=bagels.
Sentinel
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TheGhostOfAgassi
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Its such an insane level on grass these days.
Cilic crying on court says it all.
titoelcolombiano
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His main challengers will be Cilic, Zverev, Delpo and Djoker. Rafa & Dimi an outside chance but Fed should snooze to the title.
zagor
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I don't know, which active player has won the most 250 grasscourt titles and has the tennis IQ of a 10 year old?
I'll go with Nicholas Mahut, the Hertogenbosch king.
Northern
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I wish you are right!
Northern
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They sound vaguely familiar. Did they have a boy band in the 2000s?
True Fanerer
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My contenders in order. Of course this will end up wrong, but oh well.
Cilic
Raonic
Berdych
Nadal
Dimitrov
Djokovic
Delpo
Kyrgios (maybe he shows up to play this time).
Cilic
Raonic
Berdych
Nadal
Dimitrov
Djokovic
Delpo
Kyrgios (maybe he shows up to play this time).
Rafa's OCD
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one thing is certain: it won't be Rafael Nadal.
zagor
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They sound vaguely familiar. Did they have a boy band in the 2000s?
Yes, it was called "Journeymen on Fire".
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I see Busta making it to the final.
Terenigma
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Cilic / Delpo
Murray isn't geting anywhere near the final even IF he somehow managed to be ready for it and everyone else is either old, injured or sucks on grass. I would like to see Raonic there but has been on/off injured for like 2 years now and the only other possible imo is Dimitrov but he's been awful this year. Federer could sleep-walk his way to the final.
Murray isn't geting anywhere near the final even IF he somehow managed to be ready for it and everyone else is either old, injured or sucks on grass. I would like to see Raonic there but has been on/off injured for like 2 years now and the only other possible imo is Dimitrov but he's been awful this year. Federer could sleep-walk his way to the final.
Raining hopes
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Let us go over his all his finals, no?
2003: Scud no worse than Tsonga and Puerta
2004 F: Roddick at his peak with outrageous Forehand and serve and blowing Fred off the court for half the match.
2005: Beats a good Hewitt and Roddick back to back
2006 : Beats a grass newbie Nadal somewhat weak but who was beating him? Overall his Wimbledon is highest level I have seen at the event
2007: Beats a Monstrous Nadal playing out of his skin off the ground.
2009 : Beats a tactically smart and zoned serving Roddick
2012: Beats a Murray who probably played better here than the years he won
2017: Cilic a slam champion and one extra final apart from this.
2003: Scud no worse than Tsonga and Puerta
2004 F: Roddick at his peak with outrageous Forehand and serve and blowing Fred off the court for half the match.
2005: Beats a good Hewitt and Roddick back to back
2006 : Beats a grass newbie Nadal somewhat weak but who was beating him? Overall his Wimbledon is highest level I have seen at the event
2007: Beats a Monstrous Nadal playing out of his skin off the ground.
2009 : Beats a tactically smart and zoned serving Roddick
2012: Beats a Murray who probably played better here than the years he won
2017: Cilic a slam champion and one extra final apart from this.
ghostofMecir
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tennis_pro
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Hopefully Nadal because even 4 year old Sandy with a cold is tougher than him.
TheGhostOfAgassi
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Tsirsipas and shapo?
Whar have they done to be on that list?
I Am Finnish
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Fedr
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I could be slightly wrong by a game here or there.I wish you are right!
Northern
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Yes.
MeatTornado
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Most of those guys aren't playing any better than they were in Australia, where they almost all disappointed early, allowing a less-than-great Fed to barely drop a set.
Right now the biggest threat to Roger is himself. Unless he comes out and has one of his old-man days like we saw in IW against Coric & Delpo, he should win.
kevaninho
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LOL What planet are you from?
Nadal on grass?
Del potro? Zverev? Not to mention theres a couple on your list who have never done a thing on grass.
Troll.
Mike Sams
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I believe Kevin Anderson will make the final of Wimbledon if Federer is on the other side of the draw. Grass is Anderson's domain. Big powerful serving and flat hitting. He even went 5 sets with the best version of Djokovic in 2015 at Wimbledon. And Kevin Anderson has had a remarkable run here at the French Open on his worst surface. Going 5 sets with Diego. Anderson is hungry and in great form. Going to be difficult for anyone to stop on grass if he's on song.
Mike Sams
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what scenarios do you see playing out? Who makes the final?
AM75
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Anderson, Ishner, Cilic may be.
Mike Sams
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Good choices. I can definitely see any of those guys making deep runs. With Murray and Djokovic not in the picture and with Nadal being a corpse by grass season, we may see a new Wimbledon champion outside of the big 4 if Federer isn't able to pull the trigger this time around at his age.
titoelcolombiano
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Can I just before anything else in this post that I don't think Rafa will get anywhere near the final - but, those dishing on him in this thread (as usual) need to understand that if he does happen to get to the final, he will be dangerous there.
Rafa in BO5 tennis is a different beast to Rafa in BO3 tennis on any surface. Yes, Fed beat him convincingly last year at IW, Miami & Shanghai (BO3) - but the only slam meeting was at AO (BO5) and it went deep into the 5th at Rafa was up a break in that last set. Yes, Fed certainly deserved to win that match but let's not pretend that Rafa is going out in straight if he happens to make it through to the final.
Rafa in BO5 tennis is a different beast to Rafa in BO3 tennis on any surface. Yes, Fed beat him convincingly last year at IW, Miami & Shanghai (BO3) - but the only slam meeting was at AO (BO5) and it went deep into the 5th at Rafa was up a break in that last set. Yes, Fed certainly deserved to win that match but let's not pretend that Rafa is going out in straight if he happens to make it through to the final.
nolefam_2024
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