Fed would only get Murray, or Djokovic Nadal, in the final. The semis are the other way around. The only semifinalist I would claim is definitely not going to win the tournament is Andy Murray. If the crowd is against Novak--and having just read the article it's pretty clear they will be--then that's great for Roger, who is almost impossible to cheer against.
Djokovic strikes me as a deeply conflicted person. On the one hand, he wants everyone to love him, so he can be the joker, the class clown, the funny, free-wheeling guy who just likes to enjoy life. On the other hand, he has burning ambition and a thinly veiled me-against-the-world attitude. Popularity and arrogance are hard to reconcile once you're out of high school, since it's hard to like someone who obviously considers himself superior. Nole is a great player but he definitely still has some growing up to do.
I do think he's the best hard courter in the world right now; the big question mark is how his body's holding up.
Chris
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