Federer and Nadal to meet at Hamburg Final

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811326.post-55918059153366007562008-05-18T12:46:00.009+08:002008-11-14T14:03:08.738+08:002008-11-14T14:03:08.738+08:00Federer and Nadal to meet at Hamburg Final<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/SC_LOUl_9aI/AAAAAAAABpk/URj56EeTV4Q/s1600-h/head-to-head.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/SC_LOUl_9aI/AAAAAAAABpk/URj56EeTV4Q/s320/head-to-head.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201599541542909346" border="0" /></a>Perhaps not many have predicted a repeated final match between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal at Hamburg Masters Series 2008. However the world no. 1 and 2 proved that they still dominate despite poor performance at the beginning of the year. It's a total relieve for many Nadal's fans out there after beating Novak Djokovic 7-5, 2-6, 2-6. It's not much about beating the Djoker to be in the final but last night's match is all about maintaining the no. 2 spot on the ATP rankings. Djokovic has been a big threat for both Nadal and Federer this year. In that slightly more than 3 hours match, Nadal proves that he is still the King of Clay, chasing down almost anything Djokovic threw at him. <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="player" width="450" height="377"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="movie" quality="" value="" movie="rtmp://flv.world.mii-streaming.net/atp/flash/ATPFLASH/ams_high_nada_ham_200805-6.flv&screenshot=" vod_new="" de="" atp="" vod_atp="" screenshots_big="" autoplay="false"><param name=""><param name="scale" value="showall"><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><embed src="http://web0.1a-7239.antagus.deVOD_NEW/flash/player_embed.swf?movie=rtmp://flv.world.mii-streaming.net/atp/flash/ATPFLASH/ams_high_nada_ham_200805-6.flv&screenshot=http://web0.1a-7239.antagus.de/VOD_NEW/http://web0.1a-7239.antagus.de/ATP/VOD_ATP/screenshots_big/ams_high_nada_ham_200805-6.jpg&autoplay=false%20quality=" high="" scale="showall" name="player" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" bgcolor="#000000" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" wmode="opaque" width="450" height="377"></embed></object> Earlier on, Federer has no problem beating Italian Andreas Seppi 6-3, 6-1 to book a place in the final. So who will win tonight? Personally I just want to see Nadal win this and widen the gap further away from Djokovic in the ATP Rankings. (Images from ATP Tennis) hcfoonoreply@blogger.com2