Nadal beats defending champion Federer in Hamburg Masters final
                   
iht.com     May 18, 2008            

Rafael Nadal beat defending champion Roger Federer 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-3 Sunday to win the Hamburg Masters and add the only major clay-court title still missing from his impressive collection. It was a reverse of last year's final, when Federer won his fourth title in Hamburg and snapped Nadal's... [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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