Remember the red clay of Rome is just not the same as the red clay of R/G...it's far more favourable to Federer than Nadal.....If France was like this fed would have have driven nadal closer at R/G finals.
Feel bad for Roger, he was playing the correct strategy the whole time, but gave up leads when he had them, especially in that 5th set and even had two match points. Obviously very well played by Rafa as usual on clay. Probably the only reason why Federer couldn't close out the match is because he didn't use his aggressive strategy of putting extra pace and spin off the forehand and coming into the net when he needed to close out sets and games. Well played by both.
the best Fedal match by far
theshamen80 11 months ago
Remember the red clay of Rome is just not the same as the red clay of R/G...it's far more favourable to Federer than Nadal.....If France was like this fed would have have driven nadal closer at R/G finals.
Indul1 1 year ago
Feel bad for Roger, he was playing the correct strategy the whole time, but gave up leads when he had them, especially in that 5th set and even had two match points. Obviously very well played by Rafa as usual on clay. Probably the only reason why Federer couldn't close out the match is because he didn't use his aggressive strategy of putting extra pace and spin off the forehand and coming into the net when he needed to close out sets and games. Well played by both.
THES0L0IST 3 years ago
@THES0L0IST I wish the clip would show the match points Fed wasted.......
Indul1 1 year ago
excellent tennis.
that's all u can say.
i wonder if Bjorn Borg's prediction that Rafa will win Wimbledon this year will come true? will be interesting to see.
ZebZachary 3 years ago