Take your Pick: Federer vs. Djokovic and Nadal vs. Davydenko?

Question

Are we going to see a Federer-Nadal finals again? or is it gonna be different?

Answer 1

no doubt federor, im gonna go with Tsonga(if he even in it :S), his a great underestimated player, who will kick everyones butt...cept for rodgers

Answer 2

Djokovic and Nadal will win their semifinal matches.

Answer 3

Nope... Been to the future... Its Federer Vs Davydenko

But unfortunately I didn't manage to see the score. It was 4-2 and Fed was leading.

My time machine ran out of gas

Answer 4

i think nadal-djokovic... if djokovic will play well and of course better against federer... but i still hope nadal will win it!

Answer 5

Djokovic over Feder and Nadal over Davydenko.

Answer 6

Rafa/Roger Final! Nadal winning in straight sets Vamos Rafa

Answer 7

federer nedal they will kick ***

Answer 8

If Roger Federer wins today--particularly in three sets--it would be a testament to his legendary fortitude and will to win that he has shown time and time again over the past five years.

Common sense suggests that Federer should not win today. The fresh and young Djokovic is lucky to be facing an exhausted Federer whose overall fitness has been setback by his mononucleosis viral illness this year. This fitness factor coming into today’s match gives Djokovic the edge if the match goes into three sets. If Federer is also carrying an injury into the match, Djokovic would have an edge to win in two sets.

- Federer’s match today is his ninth match in 11 days (four matches were 3-setters). Federer will have to recover from a two hour plus, 3-setter match yesterday against the tough clay competitor Nalbandian. Even Djokovic admitted in his interview: “Federer) played a fantastic match (against Nalbandian). It was really impressive. I watched a little bit. Even Nalbandian had a great performance. But, you know, when you have such a great performance and you lose 6-2, 6-2, second and third set, your opponent had to be really, really great.” For someone recuperating from mono, it would not be easy to recover from such a match.

- Djokovic has been winning easily and quickly in Monte Carlo because he had an easy draw against players who are not their best on clay. Sam Querrey has never advanced beyond the second round of any clay event (mostly small ones) in his career. Ivan Ljubicic and Andy Murray have not been good on clay since at least the 2007 season.

If all things had been equal and Federer was 100% fit, I would have given the edge to Federer. Remember, it still took Djokovic longer to beat a mono-weakened Federer in Australia than it took Federer to beat a 100% fit Djokovic in the US Open finals. Federer has beaten Djokovic the only time they met on clay, and has a 5-2 winning record against the Serb. Djokovic was--in part--lucky to beat Federer twice, in Montreal and Melbourne:

- In Montreal 2007, a rusty Federer (after his Wimbledon break) practically gift-wrapped the match to Djokovic. Roger made an uncharacteristic 57 unforced errors and dropped his service game while up 40-love serving for the first set (in comparison, he had 63 UFE in the five-setter against Tipsarevic in the Australian Open ). Djokovic managed to win two tie breakers to squeak through that three-setter Montreal match.

- In Australian Open 2008, Federer crashed out in the semifinals to Djokovic, partly due to his illness. It was incredible that Federer was able to play until the semifinals with an energy-sapping viral infection--mononucleosis--and severe food poisoning (if Djokovic had mononucleosis, he would be taking a six-month 'injury time-out' and whining about his illness to a fawning press for eternity). Djokovic partly owes his victory to his countryman Tipsarevic for draining Federer’s energy reserves in their earlier five setter match. It was a one-two punch of Tipsarevic and Djokovic that finally killed a sick Federer. Even weakened, Federer was serving for the first set and went toe-to-toe with Djokovic in the third set. So Federer had chances to win both sets, at least. As well, Djokovic had been in Australia practicing on the new plexicushion surface (Hopman Cup) for a month to prepare for the Australian Open, while Federer was in bed sick like a dog multiple times with mononucleosis during at least 6 weeks between late December and early February.

In addition, Dhjokovic has not been all that consistent over the last six months, despite what the fawning press has written about him. Djokovic was humiliated in the Miami Masters when he lost his first match to a qualifier and tour rookie ranked No. 122. Since mid-October, Djokovic has won only 2 titles, while Roger has won three titles. In that period, Djokovic has also lost to 9 players: Nalbandian, Santoro, Ferrer, Gasquet, Nadal, Davydenko, Simon, Roddick, No. 122 ranked Kevin Anderson. Will Federer be his 10th conqueror?

Answer 9

federer vs nadal again .

Answer 10

i hope its federer vs.nadal again

Answer 11

I would love to see a federer nadal final but I think it will be djokovic on the other side of the net against Rafa tomorrow in the finals

Answer 12

Djokovic vs. Nadal

Answer 13

I think Nadal is a huge favorite to win against Davydenko and should do it quite easily

Federer's and Djokovic's match should be a close one and it's hard to choose between those two, because Federer is world number one,but Djokovic is looking really impressive,but I think that Federer will win, because he has more experience

Answer 14

it's federer vs davydenko in the finals with fed winning the trophy. fed will avenge his loss to djoko in AO and davy winning again against rafa...

Answer 15

Fed raised his level in the last two sets against Nalbandian but in a sense Nalbandian gave him the confidence to do that by giving up easy errors and letting up on his serve.

Djokovic covers the court better than Nalbandian and he has the confidence and game to keep the pressure on Fed. I think he will do just that. I'm picking Djokovic 7-6 6-4

Nadal's cruised through the draw without dropping a set while Davydenko's struggled. This seems like a a no-brainer but I have a gut feeling this will be the tougher of the two semis. Davydenko's got one of the best return games on tour which is why he always plays Nadal tough. Nadal is the best claycourter out there and seem to get up for these revenge matches. I think Nadal will outlast Davydenko 3-6 7-5 6-4

Hopefully I'll at least get one right =)

Answer 16

federer vs nadal

Answer 17

federer

nadal

wins