Big surprise... both Federer and Nadal won their semifinal matches today and will meet each other again for the Wimbledon Final. Today's matches were like a formality. It had to be done even though everyone knew what the outcome was going to be. Roger faced a vintage Marat Safin, who made a surprise comeback, knocking off Novak Djokovic early in the tournament. Rafa went up against Rainer Schüttler, who had a great marathon win yesterday over Arnaud Clement. In their interviews before the semis began, both Safin and Schüttler talked as if they knew they were going to lose and were "just happy to make it this far."
Both semifinals were very similar. Federer dominated the first set. Safin showed signs of life in the 2nd, taking it to a tiebreak. Then Federer woke up and finished it in the 3rd. The Nadal/Schüttler match was the same story.
I mentioned last year that Federer & Nadal should be taken out of the rankings and just have their own final. I still believe this. Tournaments should be configured like K-1 Grand Prix events where there's the main elimination tournament and separate "super fights." So seeds 3 and lower would have their tournament and champion at the end. And no matter how that turns out, Federer & Nadal would just face each other in a super match.
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