Well, after an epic battle in the men's Wimbledon final 2008, Nadal
did it - he beat the 5-time consecutive defending champion Roger
Federer to take out the Wimbledon title in 5 hard-fought sets.
Final score: 6-4 6-4 6-7(5) 6-7(8) 9-7 Amazing stuff, amazing tennis.

Congrats to Rafa for a well-earned title. Who said he couldn't play
on grass? :-)




--- In carlosmoya2@yahoogroups.com, bev29x <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> And so it is - a Nadal/Federer Wimbledon final again.
> Rafa beat Andy Murray, then surprise semi-finalist Rainer
Schuettler
> in the semis to book a final encounter with Roger once again.
> VAMOS RAFA, I hope you win it this time!
>
> Hope Carlos is watching it from Ibiza, or wherever he's 'resting'
his
> shoulder ;-)
>
>
> --- In carlosmoya2@yahoogroups.com, bev29x <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > So ... no more news of Carlos at the moment.
> >
> > Fellow Majorcan and world no. 2 Rafael Nadal is winning at
> Wimbledon
> > so far ... he is now into the 4th round and plays Russian Mikhail
> > Youzhny next. Wimby is quite interesting now, with Djokovic,
> Roddick,
> > Davydenko & Ferrer out - plus No 1 Ivanovic & No. 3 Sharapova out
> of
> > the women's draw ... I still think it will be a Nadal/Federer
final.
> > Vamos Rafa!
> >
> > [P.S. wish someone could get rid of these #!*^ spam messages
> here...]
> >
> >
> > --- In carlosmoya2@yahoogroups.com, bev29x <no_reply@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > So the reason for no Wimby is a shoulder injury (again?!). I
know
> > he
> > > doesn't have a good record there (eg. lost 1st round in that
epic
> > match
> > > v. Henman last year, also did not play in 2006) But I've seen
him
> > play
> > > on grass (beat Phillippoussis Davis Cup final, Melbourne 2003),
> and
> > he
> > > is fine!
> > > Anyway, I agree with sagarmeansocean, he has had a bad year -
> let's
> > > hope the rest of the year improves for him. Don't want him to
> > retire
> > > yet!
> > > I will follow Nadal at Wimbledon now ...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In carlosmoya2@yahoogroups.com, "sagarmeansocean"
> > > <sagarmeansocean@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In carlosmoya2@yahoogroups.com, bev29x <no_reply@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I have just heard that Carlos may have withdrawn from the
> > Wimbledon
> > > > > Grand Slam tournament this year ... OH NO! Is it true?? And
> > why?
> > > > What
> > > > > reason is he giving this year? Grrrrr ...
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > well i suppose he thought that since he coudn't do well in
his
> > own
> > > > wimbledon ie frnch open so he doesnt stand a chance on the
> grass
> > > > courts.
> > > > this year has been very bad for him and all his fans like
> us.lets
> > > hope
> > > > he is able to come out of this hole in the second half
> > > >
> > >
> >
>