Will Federer be able to resume normal service?
NOW that the footy season is behind us, barring a few matches which are largely of parochial interest only, we can begin to look ahead to the summer sports and hereabouts that will definitely not include UEFA’s Championship in Switzerland and Austria. Instead, it will be golf, cricket, tennis, racing, the occasional glimpse at cycling, Formula 1 motor-racing and the two-wheeled version, not least the progress of James Toseland, and maybe even something new: sand yachting perhaps. Of all the individuals who will dominate the headlines this summer – Mr Flintoff seems certain to be one if his problems with the willow persist – perhaps the most fascinating will be Roger Federer, who has endured a miserable start to the year. When Rafael Nadal suffered the almost unbelievable – defeat on a clay court in Rome – it appeared the door was ajar for Federer to at last make the breakthrough on the apparently alien surface. But no; up came someone called Radeck Stepaneck and won 7-6 7-6. Now it see
