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Originally Posted by Five-ofan
nadal has never made it past the quarters in a major on hard court and likely wont ever do so. His game just doesnt lend itself to that. His style puts such a pounding on his legs on the hard court and when you expand that to 5 sets he just cant recover fast enough. Honestly on any surface but clay no one can touch fed when hes really into it(ie a major).
i think roddick will make the finals assuming he isnt in feds draw(i didnt look). I expect a strong showing from blake. Hes great on hard courts, grew up playing on them, and he has the best court coverage in the game.
if youre gonna watch a match in round 2 watch safin/baghdatis(i butchered that spelling). Even though i cant spell his name, baghdatis is my favorite player aside from fed.
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i agree about federer, who wouldn´t. I disagree about Nadal. Sure his game is best suited for clay but he has allready won 3 masters events on hard, so it´s not like he´s not capable on hard. with the physical style he plays hardcourt tends to wear his body down quick though, you´re right about that. the effect is that he´s often been injured during hardcourt season. he will win a major on hardcourt thought.
as for no one one being able to touch federer, there are a few guys around who can beat him on hardcourt on a very good day. most noticeably nalbandian who is 4-4 on hard vs. federer. but sure federer has been totally dominating the majors exept roland garros.
roddick and nadal could meet in the quarterfinals, this should be interesting, as nadal has won their only meeting in recent years which was last year at some masters event (hardcourt).
the quarter of the draw with baghdatis and safin is so stacked. nalbandian, hewitt, djokovic and ferrer are also in it. easily the toughest quarter of the draw.