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Tennis-X Notes: Cranky Federer, Wimbledon Wildcard Quest
Posted on June 12, 2006
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Closing the French Open file: Rafael Nadal has won 13 straight finals dating to the Miami final loss to Roger Federer in 2005; Federer's last clay title came last year at Hamburg, and this was his first loss in eight Slam finals; Federer's previous Slam loss came at Roland Garros last year to Nadal (27 straight Slam matches); only the first match in the Federer-Nadal series went straight sets; Nadal is on a 60-match claycourt win streak, in the final won his 100th career clay match, and is a perfect 14-0 at Roland Garros, never losing (or playing) in the RG juniors...Mardy Fish beat top-seeded Weslie Moodie in the final of the Surbiton Challenger on grass over the weekend...Both Andy Roddick (Queen's) and Roger Federer (Halle) are three-time defending champions this week on grass...From Greg Garber writing for ESPN: "On Sunday, [Roger] Federer lost the French Open final to Rafael Nadal in four sets. Afterward, he was uncharacteristically cranky. Asked about the second set, which he lost after winning the first with ease, he replied, "You didn't watch the match?" He was almost curt, approaching surly. And he never answered the question. Federer appeared hugely disappointed with the result -- as well he should be. He had viable opportunities to take control of the second, third and even the fourth set, but failed in every case."...Rafael Nadal on his plans this week: "I'm playing doubles on Tuesday at Queens, so not too much celebrating. I have singles and doubles at Queens. This year I want to play with concentration on grass. I want to practice a lot. Is difficult to go to grass, because when I slide I don't slide with confidence. But I've got three weeks with grass. I'm going to try. That's all I can say -- I'll try."...From SI.com's Jon Wertheim: "Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi defended their doubles title again beating the Bryan Brothers in the final. Sadly, the match was played after the women's final, before 1,000 fans, max. For the duration of the match -- a good one that ended 7-5 in the third -- not a soul sat in the massive box behind the baseline. Question: why not put this match on at 1:00 before the women's final and play a super-tiebreak in the third set if need be? Doubles ought to be tennis warmup band; not its afterthought."...If Mark Philippoussis gets a Wimbledon wildcard, may as well toss one to Donald Young also, or maybe Andre Agassi's kid...Nicole Vaidisova has pulled from Eastbourne.
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