Tennis-X Funk/Trunk: Rafa the Clay King, Federer His Subject


Posted 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?
Rankings
ATP - Feb 06 WTA - Feb 06
1 Novak Djokovic1 Victoria Azarenka
2 Rafael Nadal2 Petra Kvitova
3 Roger Federer3 Maria Sharapova
4 Andy Murray4 Caroline Wozniacki
5 David Ferrer5 Samantha Stosur
6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga6 Agnieszka Radwanska
7 Tomas Berdych7 Marion Bartoli
8 Mardy Fish8 Vera Zvonareva
9 Janko Tipsarevic9 Na Li
10 Juan Martin Del Potro10 Andrea Petkovic
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