Tennis-X Funk/Trunk: Rafa the Clay King, Federer His SubjectPosted on June 15, 2006 Who's Got the Funk...1. Rafael Nadal Two Roland Garros titles in a row, 60-win clay streak and complete domination of Roger Federer in 2006. 2. Justine Henin-Hardenne Two Roland Garros titles in a row, with regrets that Grand Slam isn't alive after quitting in the Aussie Open final. 3. Roger Federer Still can't beat Rafa and win the French, but rising to the second-best claycourt player on the planet ain't bad. 4. Svetlana Kuznetsova Russian spraygun no match for steady H-H in second Slam final appearance. 5. Nicole Vaidisova Beats world No. 1 Mauresmo and former No. 1 Venus before choking in French semis, has almost turned the corner. ...Who's in the Trunk 5. Mark Philippoussis Should be asking for challenger-only wildcards. 4. Kim Clijsters Why wait until 2007 to retire if the fire is no longer there? 3. Andre Agassi Not looking ready for a second-week appearance at Wimbledon -- needs to get good in a hurry. 2. WTA Birmingham One Top 10 player? Time to crank up the player perks and hospitality, or hand out more appearance cash. 1. Wimbledon With the much-loved Rafa an early-out on grass and Roddick struggling, will it be a boring walk in the park for Federer? |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||