Think we can now call the Federer losses to Canas as flukes/boredom, etc. - as he destroyed Canas today. Again, don't really see Federer losing a non-clay court grand slam to anyone in the next few years as long as he's motivated to obliterate Sampras' record. Do like Djoko, but still has some mental toughness to gain after his bad loss to Federer at the US Open (so many break points blown). And no longer like any Americans except for Donald Young - think it's actually rather sad that a forehand/serve lets you enter the top 10 these days even though you have no other important shot (e.g., return of serve and backhand) (see Blake, Roddick, Isner, etc.) - and of course these U.S. pretenders get blitzed when they face someone halfway decent (e.g., Federer, Djoko, Nadal, etc.). And hopefully Nadal stops with the lower tier clay court tournaments to save his body and show he's really serious about improving his all-court game - couldn't believe he was still playing on clay after Wimbledon - sheesh! Look forward Federer winning another one this weekend.
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