Thursday, June 11, 2009

Yet another post about Federer

Finally Federer won the French Open courtesy in part or full due to Nadal's absence in the finals. Personally I (and many others and may be Federer himself too) would have liked it better if he won against Nadal, but that shouldn't devalue his acheivement. The pressure should be off for him now that he won the only missing piece in his huge Grand Slam collection. It may even provide him with enough wind for another round of domination! 20 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals and 14 Grand Slams is a huge achievement and unlikey to be broken anytime soon or may be ever. If not for Nadal, he may have picked a few French Open titles already. Being No 2 to Nadal in the clay for previous 4 years is not really bad as Nadal is likely the greatest Clay Courter ever.