2011 Wimbledon: What to Expect from the Big Four with Week 2 Looming

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Published: June 25, 2011

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Djokovic and Murray are looking to avenge their French Open semifinal defeat to the same hands that gathered together a total of 26 majors. In order to do so, both will have to raise their game if they want to avoid a second consecutive upset to Federer and Nadal, respectively.

So far, Novak Djokovic lost one set to Cyprus's Marcos Baghdatis in the third round, while Andy Murray lost two: one to Daniel Gimeno Traver in the first round and another to Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia in the third round.

Meanwhile, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are yet to lose a set so far at SW19.

The six-time Roland-Garros champion Rafael Nadal is having a smooth start at Wimbledon, compared to the previous years. The world No. 1 arrived at Wimbledon with a light heart. He has won the most important tournament of this season already in Roland Garros, after believing that the title was beyond him, but he was wrong.

He went through four tough months mentally, facing a totally new situation; between January and March, he had to accept that Djokovic had become the boss as he won the Australian Open, Indian Wells and Miami.

Those two Masters final losses hurt him but not as much as the two that followed on the clay of Madrid and Rome—a surface that the Spaniard had dominated for so long. Nadal now faces a real issue: the Serbian has the tactics to beat him and the mental edge.

Yet, despite its stresses, this Roland-Garros triumph and Grand Slam No. 10 will allow Rafa to breathe a little bit. Sure, he is also the Wimbledon title holder, but he will give himself a bigger margin for mistakes because he is fully aware of the Serbian's level of play at the moment, and also because he has fulfilled his contract by winning the French.

So he should re-find his length of shot, which is mandatory for his game, and play freely. And he is once again on the opposite side of the draw of Federer—better...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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