Wimbledon 2010 - Federer Still The Favorite !!Wimbledon 2010 starts on the 21st June and the Final will be played on the 4th of July. Roger Federer did not have a prolific season this year, apart from winning the Australian open in January. In the recently concluded French Open, he lost to Robin Soderling in the quarter finals. Nadal, who won the French Open, has replaced Federer as world number 1.
Buy Wimbledon 2010 Tickets OnlineFederer, the Wimbledon defending champion still is the favorite to win at the All England Club. He has till date won 6 Wimbledon titles. Pete Sampras holds the record of winning the maximum number of Wimbledon titles and Federer is just one short of it. Federer, surely would love to equal Sampras's record. The Swiss Champion has a remarkable record at Wimbledon. He has reached every final of Wimbledon since 2003 and has lost just one to Nadal back in 2003. The World number 2 yesterday lost to Hewitt at the Halle open 3-6, 7-6, 6-4. It was the first time after 16 matches that Hewitt defeated Federer. Since 2003, Federer had won the Halle Open 5 times.
Nadal remains the biggest challenge for Federer. Though Federer had a not so good year till now, he remains the king of grass court. In the past, Federer has proven his skills on grass court bouncing back after poor starts. In 2008, Nadal defeated Federer at the All England Club, but Federer bounced back in a couple of months winning the US Open tournament. Federer will play his first match in this years Wimbledon on the 21st June at 1 pm, which will be the first Centre Court match.
