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The 2008 tennis season has already been filled with excitement. Rafael Nadal won the French Open for the 4th straight year and then he came back to win the Wimbledon just 2 weeks later. The upset against defending champ Roger Federer proved to be one of the best tennis matches in history.

The U.S. Open will be played immediately following the tennis portion of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. The U.S. Open tennis new coverage will most likely show yet another match between Nadal and Federer. But the Olympics will be especially interesting because of the closeness in schedule to the Olympics.

Many players will not get the rest they need and are used to getting in between tournaments. The injuries that were healing will be re-injured and many new injuries will be incurred. Beijing will be interesting to say the least this year.

It looks like Roger Federer is going to win the 2008 Wimbledon tennis tournament. This will be his sixth win and he’ll be able to keep Rafael Nadal from winning. Nadal won this year’s French Open and the French Open is the only Grand Slam tournament that Federer has not won. This is especially ironic because Federer grew up playing on the clay courts in Switzerland.

Nadal has been ranked number two longer than any player in history, as far as I know, and he would like nothing more than to bump Federer out of the coveted first ranked chair. I don’t think it will happen this season but Federer is aging and he will have to retire sometime. I know he wants to win the French Open so he has no regrets but I want him to retire while on top. If he keeps playing he might end up slipping and then he’ll go out in a whimper and not a bang.

Justine Henin has not been talked about much in tennis news. I think she is being let alone because she came back so marvelously after her divorce last year. In fact, her French Open scores were great and she didn’t lose a match that I can remember.

Also, the men’s singles might not end up with Rafa as the champ again because he just lost a match on a clay court in Rome. That will give Roger the opening he needs to secure a win in the French Open 2008.

Overall, this year’s tennis season should be great. The Olympics are coming up so many of the world’s professionals will being in Beijing to represent their respective countries. Also, there have been several upsets so all eyes will be watching.

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I love the summertime. My favorite part about the entire season is tennis. I love everything from playing in the sun to comparing this year’s Wimbledon scores to last year’s. In fact, if I can’t watch a specific set then I have to catch the Wimbledon highlights in the evening.

I like to play and think about being one of the star athletes and that I’m going for the third in the Grand Slam season. So few in history have acquired a Grand Slam in one season and I wish I was one of them. I love Wimbledon, especially because it’s played on a grass court.

I wonder if the queen of England ever watches. You do find celebrities there. Tiger Woods is friends with Federer, the two time runner up. I wonder what other celebrities will be there.

Before we know it the tennis season will be upon us again.  Perhaps grandest of all the Grand Slam tennis tournaments is the French Open.

The French Open takes place each year during May 25th through June 8th.  It is held at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France.  In fact the French call the tournament the ‘Roland Garros.’  The Tennis Channel offers the latest French Open news.

The clay courts of the French Open can prove to be a great leveller for tennis players.  Winners of the tournament usually specialize in clay courts.  In the 2007 French Open tournament Rafael Nadal from Soain and Justine Henin from Belgium both won for the 3rd time!  That was some achievement!

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