>Is that why he's won five grand slams - four of them being
>the FRENCH?
>
>He loses to James Blake in the US Open in '06, loses to
>Fernanado Gonzalez (who?) at the Australian in the quarters,
>David Ferrer (quasi who?) in the fourth round of the US Open
>in '07, lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (who?) in the semis of the
>Australian in '08.

because making the quarters & semis of Grand Slams is a cake walk, huh? if he routinely loses before the 4th round you may have a point, but that's not the case

>
>Sooo...he's like 114-2 on clay courts, won 81 in a row on clay
>courts, 20-1 in clay court finals, is considered the best clay
>court player ever, has not enjoyed nearly the same success on
>hard courts or grass...but isn't a clay court specialist.
>

clay court specialists will at best reach the 2nd/3rd round at Wimbledon, hell some of them even chooses not to play...this was Nadal's 3rd consecutive final (and he won in Queen's too this year), for a "clay court specialist" that he is, he sure plays pretty good on grass

>Ok

Nadal is good regardless of surface, and Federer is one of the greatest players of all time

EDIT: and what Kula-Mae said