Nadal beats Federer in Hamburg final
                   
deseretnews.com     May 18, 2008            

By Nesha Starcevic Associated Press Published: Sunday, May 18, 2008 12:02 p.m. MDT HAMBURG, Germany — Rafael Nadal beat defending champion Roger Federer 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-3 on Sunday to win the Hamburg Masters and add the only major clay-court title missing from his impressive collection. It was... [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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