A Gaggle Of Wimbledon Talks

Here are a few articles about whose chances are what in Wimbledon, and what others are saying about The Holy Knees.

The Ginge Hotness (a.k.a Andy Murray) thinks Rafa will play at Wimby while he himself is shouldering quite a bit of pressure.

Nadal is struggling with knee tendonitis which could still force him to miss Wimbledon, but Murray believes the Spaniard will play and be a major contender.

"I'd be surprised if he didn't. I mean, I'm sure his knees are not good but he likes to play a lot," Murray said.

"I think he'll come into Wimbledon with not as much match practice but with the same belief that he can win the tournament."

Murray will shoulder the burden of being the only Briton with a chance of ending the 73-year wait for a home winner at Wimbledon but he is keen to play down expectations.

On the other hand, The Ginge has support in the form of a fellow Brit.

TIM Henman believes it will take "one hell of a performance" for anyone to deny Andy Murray the Wimbledon title this year.

The former British No 1 still rates Roger Federer as favourite for the title and he is confident that injured Spaniard Rafael Nadal will be fit to defend his crown. But Murray, who won his first grass-court match 6-1, 6-4 against Andreas Seppi at Queen's yesterday, boasts a 6-2 career record over Federer and he has beaten Nadal twice in the last year, including the US Open semi-final.

Andy Roddick has been doing everything right lately, from donning pink glitter hats to saying really nice things.

"I'm certainly not going to underestimate Rafa. I think he's going to be there. I think he's going to be fine, and I think he's going to put forth all the effort he has. He's certainly proven that in the past", said Roddick.

The 26-year-old American said he's played with the problem "for years and years and years and years".

"Rafa has had knee tendinitis for a long time and he's won Grand Slams while he's had it", said the Roddick, chasing a fifth career title at Queen's club.

Roddick speaks with experience on the tendinitis which he and Nadal must both deal with. "There is a positive side for Rafa: it's uncomfortable and it's painful, but it's not something that's going to be a career threatening injury if you play on it. It's kind of a fancy term for overuse".

The great Federer agrees with everyone, that Rafa will play and all this knee talk is just pish-posh.

Federer said Monday he didn’t think Nadal’s knee injury will keep him out of Wimbledon, no matter what doom-and-gloom coach Toni Nadal says, and even though Nadal was in Barcelona Monday for two days of tests on his knee.

He pointed out Nadal’s knees weren’t wrapped in Paris — but they haven’t been wrapped all season.

Albeit, amidst all the chirps, this one says it best:

Wimbledon starts in less than two weeks. Forget history; bring on the next Federer-Nadal affaires d'honneur.

Vamos!