Internet users MARCA.COM encumbrado TO SPANISH tennis

The street has spoken. Although not too far behind, most Internet users believed that Rafa Nadal is the best Spanish athlete in history. That is what emerges from the survey conducted by MARCA.com in which more than 42,000 readers. If before the finals of Wimbledon and were many who believed that the Majorcan was the best exponent of our sport, after the epic victory at the All England Club his legion of supporters has increased.

The clarity with which it had occupied since Miguel Indurain, is discussed now by a boy aged 22 to the pressure you can not. Having five Grand Slam and become the second Spanish in that category wins Wimbledon men appear to be sufficient arguments for the Navarre threatened its hegemony. The village has decided that of Manacor is the new king. However, in this sport we know that no reign is eternal. But seen seen what appears that Rafa Nadal has only just begun.

Rafa Nadal faces a tough test of maturity on the grass of the All England Club, where you expect Andy Murray and 15,000 fans, who dream in the aspirations of Scots. Feliciano Lopez, meanwhile, examines the revival of Marat Safin.

Also at the plant, Swiss Roger Federer on Wednesday will give another chance in the quarterfinals to Croatian Mario Ancic, the last player who could Vence lawn six years ago. In Track 1, Russian Marat Safin undergo a new test its recovery as a player before Feliciano Lopez.

Federer, the world number one, leads won 63 consecutive matches on grass, including five Wimbledon titles and five of Halle. The last player who could defeat on grass was precisely Ancic, but six years after his victory in first round, the Croatian is aware that things have changed a lot.

"I could sit here and tell stories about a great victory and how Yankee Stadium for baseball, Madison Square Garden for basketball, "he said.

Federer and Ancic to beat this year, and did so with ease, in the third round of Roland Garros, however, knows that the Swiss are different worlds. "Maybe not moving very well from the bottom, but is a player strike, with the potential to remove and volea," he said. "We'll see what happens with Mario." Roger Bate, but in reality was not the Federer we know today, "admitted Croatian, who fell to the Swiss in the same round in 2006.

The ghosts are more than appalling, since Federer defeated his opponent five times clashed since that game, but the Swiss granted a new opportunity to Ancic in a victory sign from which it could boast.

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The fate teamed up with the Manacor to enable him to launch his final assault at the All England Club in London without undue complications

If Björn Borg and gambled on Rafa Nadal as winner of Wimbledon before knowing the schedule of the tournament, the draw has ratified its expectations. And it is that of Manacor will have a relatively easy path to the finals, especially as the number 3 in the world, Russian Novak Djokovic has been framed in the upper table, the same as Roger Federer.

Nadal, No. 2 in the world and second-seeded debuts in the All England Club against the German Andreas Beck, 123 ATP ranking, as it presumes a match for the simple Manacor. The difficulty comes in Rafah in the second round, where he allegedly was measured at Latvian Ernests Gulbis (48), who already put embarrass his friend Djokovic on clay in Paris quarter-finals. After except surprise, Nadal would have to win to Kiefer (33) in third round to reach the round where, if the logic is imposed, he expected the Czech Radek Stepanek-seeded 15.

It should not have too many problems Nadal to reach the quarterfinals, as all four tournaments they have played have resulted in victory for the Balearic Islands. After the Czech, reached the French Richard Gasquet, who has a marker to 4-0 in favor personal confrontations. The move to the finals is what should play with Roddick (6) or Davydenko (4), provided that they satisfy the statistics.

And there, yes. The final match will be his great touchstone as, predictably and capitalized except surprise, the front will have five times champion of the tournament, Roger Federer or Novak Djokovic. Both surpassed them in the land of Paris, but London is always different. However, this year Nadal has won intact their chances to win after obtaining his first title in grass last week at Queen's.

However, some people still watching Federer unbeatable at the All England Club. Such is the case of Pete Sampras. The American cree que "is still the tennis player with a better chance of winning. He has not lost its advantage. " However, his presumed junction with Djokovic in semis could be worn for the finals, if not erasing it. Before dealing with the Serbian, Federer will have to overcome in the first round Slovak Dominik Hrbaty (272). would have to overcome the winner of Nalbandian-Baghdatis to reach the semis and the finals fighting with Federer.

The winner of the duel would rival Nadal. The bets are more open than ever. Nadal feels good physically and knows that he is deploying his best tennis. Federer has regained its confidence after the victory of Halle, but his game this season not being as effective as other years, and Djokovic remains a bone hard roer.
After could see across the network into Swedish Soderling (41), French Monfils (32), the Chilean Fernando Gonzalez (14) in eighths and David Ferrer (5) in the quarter, provided that this is due to Berdych (19) in eighths.

The race's third in discord, Djokovic, begins with their first-round duel with German Michael Berrer (83), to continue, in theory, with Marat Safin (77) and Andreas Seppi (30) before facing the Swiss Wrawrinka (10) in eighths. In quarters, (ALE), Feliciano Lopez-Brian Dabul (ARG), Guillermo Garcia-Lopez İzak Van der Merwe (SUD), Santiago Ventura-Rainer Schuettler (GER) and Carlos Alberto Montañés-BELOCQ (ARG). /> As far as the rest of Spaniards, the hype has not misbehaved with them. Only Oscar Hernandez has played one of the 32 preclasificados, Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu. David Ferrer, fifth in the ATP rankings, is presumed much higher than its first rival, Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky. All other parties' navy 'son Marcel Granollers-Nicolas Almagro, Juan Carlos Ferrero-Sam Querrey (USA), Tommy Robredo-Kristof Vliegen (GER), Fernando Verdasco-Philipp Kohlschreiber