Wimbledon

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Federer's serve wasn't as good as in the past. Still good to Rafa's forehand side(up the middle,) but not up the middle to his backhand side. Weird, but true. Rafa's serve is much improved(especially in consistency.) The main thing that has changed though is that Rafa dictates the flow of the rallies. It's more Federer responding to him, than him having to respond to Federer. That's new(Federer has never let somebody control that on grass..never.) It's mainly a case of Federer being not as good. It's true that Nadal has improved, but I think the reason Rafa won was due 25% to himself, and 75% due to Federer not playing as well as he has in the past(on grass.) Federer has been decaying the last 6 or 7 months. If he can't get it done here, then I don't think he will win another major until possibly next year's Wimbledon(the truth is that he is simply in decline, and may never win another major.) I have always seen him as more of a talent than a competitor.

ALERT! ALERT! ..Andruw Jones got a base hit!!