Roger Federer vs Rafael Nadal (Hamburg 2008)

[89Pleasek]

wtf you smoking, Nadal is the one taking injury time-outs and usually plays his best after taking them when his opponent is dumbheaded, using his dirty tricks that scumbag

[DLPBurke]

@Rafathaman94 Wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that Fed in 2008-present is nowhere near as good as 2004-7?

[DLPBurke]

@Rafathaman94 Its nothing to do with mental edge. IT is the fact Nadal plays to feds backhand. Nadal will not beat Feds GS tally or other main win stats.

[msouzafon2]

Nothing like doping... And, of course, a strategic time called in 2x5 to fake some contusion and make a mess of Federer's head. Grunting cheater.

[kikirikimiki2]

@msouzafon2 Moron.

[DeanGoulding]

@msouzafon2 I hate morons like you. Why can't you just like them both? They're both incredible players and with great personalities, but dickheads like you always have to try to put a negative spin on one of them just because they like the other.

[r0baa]

Rafa is best mentally and NOW physically

[gabe228]

4-1 in the second set is only 1 break, play some tennis, newb.

[gigatron4]

@federerbestclass What are you talking about?

[r0baa]

@federerbestclass your mom was sickness

[anismessi]

@federerbestclass

cut the crap

[gigatron4]

@federerbestclass "MONO"???...what are you talking about?

[TJFederer15]

This match was jst the most frustrating match for a Fed fan ever, like cos he played reli well, its jst he cud not captalise at the key moments, argh. But i guess again nadal showing why he's the best on clay not only for his playing but his extreme mental strength, i wud suspect Fed wud have won a lot more matches against nadal if there was no mind problems.

[LM14921]

Great quality , great match.

[federerbestclass]

Roger is the classic greatest.

[federerbestclass]

Roger is the great

[waveboxing]

Great game from both. But Nadal truely the KING of clay...

[airjkd79]

Nadal is Federer's achilles heal

[Stylaz21]

Sometimes I really don't understand what's going on in Federer's mind. He was leading 5-1 in the first set and 4-1 in the second set. It's all in his head against Nadal.

[heartthrobofindia]

@Stylaz21 there is nothing to understand brother, Nadal is better in CLAY and thats the plain truth, Not just better WAYYY better, the sooner we accept it the better. it is just that nadals concentration faltered in the beginning and yes roger was playing good, But once nadal got back into form and put the pedal on the accelerator , roger HAD TO bow down before him, No other option, and THIS MIND YOU despite nadals partial injury. Nadal rules :)

[Stylaz21]

@heartthrobofindia

Doesn't make any sense because a) once Nadal got back into form as you say, Federer once again took a convincing lead in the 2nd set and b) Federer throwing away his momentum against Nadal just happens too often too ignore.

[heartthrobofindia]

@Stylaz21 yep i think what u say is correct, but tennis is also a mental game and the game has 2 components , mental and physical, well if nadal has a greater mental strength ( which he seems to have) he deserves to win. and yes by the way on three occcassions federe won aginst players liek berdych,berdych was leading 2-0 at the australian or US open last year i dont exactly remember, and then he lost to fed. so that way fed has won many mental games, eventualy on tat day the best plyr wins

[federerbestclass]

@Stylaz21 Roger was sickness2008~(mono) And,2010(sick of lung)

[federerbestclass]

@Stylaz21 Roger was sickness(MONO)

[Fernandez218]

@Stylaz21 the "Law of Large numbers"

[incredibleXMan]

@Stylaz21 These close losses to nadal may decide who goes down as the greatest of all time. You have to say that nadal is mentally stronger than federer and more consistent through a match.

[3timeMVPNash]

@incredibleXMan Fed is just as mentally strong as Rafa - just not against him.

[15master4slam]

@Stylaz21 that's simple Nadal started to play at 5-1 and at 4-1 ;)

[MrSaberq]

@Stylaz21 Plus he is better sadly..........

[TXAZ84]

@Stylaz21 That's simple. In that year Federer had been suffering from a mononucleosis. Tough disease to his condition.

[federerbestclass]

Roger is true class

[tlonsinkie]

@federerbestclass Roger was a true choker in this match