Wimbledon 2008 shows up

ATP Tour - The Championships, Wimbledon
Event: The Championships, Wimbledon
Dates: June 23rd to July 6th, 2008
Event Venue: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, England
Surface: Grass
Prize Money: £11,812,000 GBP
Defending Champion: Roger Federer of Switzerland

The 132nd Wimbledon Championships open this week on the grass courts of the All England Club, and the top tennis players in the world will be in action.

The question on people’s minds is: will this be the year that Rafael Nadal beats Roger Federer? The pair has met in two straight Wimbledon finals with Federer, the World Number One seed, coming out on top both times.

Federer has been the king of the grass courts and will look to win his sixth-consecutive Wimbledon championship. Nadal, however, has been on a tear of late. He defeated Federer in convincing fashion at the French Open, winning it 6-1, 6-3, 6-0, and followed that up with his first grass court ATP title at the Queen’s Club Championship.

But let’s not forget the rest of the field. Five former Grand Slam champions are slated in Federer’s half of the draw, including the third-seeded Novak Djokovic. The 21-year-old Serb defeated Federer on his way to winning the Australian Open in January and he will look to do the same at the All England Club.

Will Federer continue his grass court success and win at Wimbledon for the sixth year in a row? Or will the electrifying Nadal finally defeat Federer? Who will come out on top at Wimbledon?