A Roger Federer Breakthrough?
For my money, Federer is the greatest mens tennis player of my lifetime (with apologies to Pete Sampras and Bjorn Borg). The one thing missing from his resume? A win in the French Open. And, during this his period of absolute dominance, the arrival of Rafael Nadal on clay has kept Federer from adding that piece to his already insane career resume.
Federer has had nothing for Nadal on clay for years now, and there was not a lot of reason to think that would change in Paris over the next few weeks. And then this pops across the wires:
Federer 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 over Nadal in Germany today. On clay.
Wow.
As is being noted in the Swamp (thanks to The Rabbit for the heads up), nothing in the write-up of that match that mentions an injury to Nadal. He just got gut-stomped. On his surface. By the best player in the world, who appears intent on addressing the hole in his career resume. In a win that ended Nadal's winning streak on clay at 81 matches in a row.
The French Open is just about here. And a whole bunch of intrigue just got pumped into the proceedings on the men's side of the action.
