Wimbledon and the numbers game!

Will the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club(AELTC) witness a new champion? Or will it be the same old familiar face we have been seeing over the past 5 years? All eyes will be on SW19, Centre Court, 6th July 2008 to know the answer. There are so many numbers and statistics cropping up which makes it so hard to pick a winner. Moreover there are so many coincidences thrown in which give a mouth watering effect.

Now coming to the figures:
Nadal and Federer have met up 6 times in a Grand Slam event and Nadal holds the edge winning 4 of the 6 times but wait he has never defeated Federer on Grass losing the last 2 Wimbledon Finals

If Federer wins he will be the first man to win the championships 6 times in a row.
A similar story happened way back in 1981 when Borg gunning for his 6th consecutive title came a cropper against leftie John McEnroe. Check the coincidence as Nadal is also a leftie and will be trying to prevent Federer from achieving the unthinkable.

If Nadal wins he will be the 1st Spaniard to triumph since Manuel Santana way back in 1966 (42 years back). He can look at the Spanish Football team for inspiration who won their 1st major championships EURO 2008 after 44 years.

Both the players have had it easy through the entire tournament with Federer not losing a single set as compared to Nadal who's just lost one set along the way to the final. Also both won their pre-Wimbledon grass event with Federer coming up trumps at Halle and Nadal winning his 1st Grasscourt Title at Queens.

Nadal's crushing victory in the French Open Final will make him dictate the mind games, but yet again Federer will have a say on that since its a different surface and the last time at grass it was Fedex's calmness which made him conquer in a 5 set tussle in Wimbledon 07, thus emulating Borg's feat.

So who's going to eventually conquer?
Will it be the raging bull or the Serene Swiss?
Will it be the rampaging groundstrokes of Nadal or the Serve and Volley of Federer?
Can the King of Clay show that he can be king on grass too or will the emperor in grass continue to enhance his reputation as the greatest ever?

Simply put will it be him?

Or him?


All these Questions will be answered on the 6th of July 2008.
Whatever the result, it's a guarantee that history will be made in the world of tennis. Waiting with bated breath and for once I'm going to be a neutral and just going to enjoy the brilliance of the rivalry of these  2 magnificent sporting individuals.