Feet of Clay: Federer Falls Again to Nadal in a Clay Court Final

David Friedman posted 4/29/2008 from besteversportstalk.blogspot.com [flag]

Many people consider Roger Federer to be the greatest tennis player of all-time but the number one player in the world fell to a very pedestrian 7-8 in clay court finals after his nemesis Rafael Nadal beat him 7-5, 7-5 in the Monte Carlo Masters. Federer has yet to display the multi-surface dominance that Bjorn Borg did during his prime. [link]

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