Nadal joins Federer, Djokovic in third round

thenews.com.pk May 16, 2008

HAMBURG, Germany: Both Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic cruised into the third round of the Hamburg Masters Series here on Wednesday while clay-court king Rafael Nadal struggled through. Nadal, number two in the world, needed more than two hours to make the last sixteen before he claimed a 6-4,... [read full story]

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(anonymous) - May 19, 2008 5:09:46 PM

To be up 5-1 in the first set and lose six straight games is more Federer's mental issue than Nadal's capability. It ranks with Jana Novotna's infamous choke, except that it occurred in the final set. If Federer continues to play the game he has played, without using tactics that Davydenko, Moya, Youzhny etc. have used successfully, albeit not on clay, he will never win the French Open with Nadal in it. There goes the GOAT.

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