TENNIS: Federer sails into last four in Hamburg

scotsman.com     May 17, 2008            

HOLDER Roger Federer scored a comfortable 6-3 6-3 win over unseeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in the quarter-finals of the Hamburg Masters yesterday. The world No1 was joined in the semis by Serbian Novak Djokovic, who brushed aside Verdasco's compatriot Albert Montanes 6-2 6-3. Federer took... [read full story]                

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(anonymous) - May 19, 2008 5:09:46 PM
Re: Nadal dethrones Federer
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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