Wakeup call

Roger Federer was given a wakeup call by Tommy Haas yesterday. And looking at the way Nalabandian stormed into the semis beating Santoro 7-5, 6-0, 6-0, it was just the right time. When I read the news that Federer survives Haas scare, it looked ridiculous. I mean this guy has an incredible ability to raise his game a few notches everytime he faces some stiff opposition. When he realises that he is being challenged, he switches to the next level and the opponent just can't match him. I didn't watch yesterday's match so I can't say how Haas played but I watched Federer do this number of times. So, its just a wake up call to not take things lightly now that most of the players supposed to be capable of upsetting him are nowhere to be seen. Read about this guy Davidenko this morning. Seems this guy has a knack of winning five setters. So he sure has the stamina to withstand a five setter. But not sure if he can take Federer that far. Haven't watched any of the last 8 play other than Federer and Nalabandian :-(. But if you want to beat Federer, you gotta be real quick. You have to finish it even before he realises that the match is slipping out of his hands :-). Or you got to have the ability to match him stroke by stroke. Or you gotta hope that you are really lucky or he's really unlucky that day :-). If he gets any time to recover, he'll just blast his way through. Unless someone plays spectacular tennis, it's now almost certainly going to be a Federer - Nalabandian final and if Nalabandian can improve his game further, it's going to be one hell of a contest. A must watch.