The men's final last weekend in Paris was a disaster for Roger Federer. Rafael Nadal showed his supremacy on the clay-court surface to record his fourth French Open title in succession and destroy the Swiss master's hopes of the elusive tournament win he desired. To be fair, the match wasn't even close and many pundits have now installed Nadal to be successful at Wimbledon and add to his clay-court crown. Nonsense, I say!

Federer has never been know as a great clay-court player and relies on his brilliant tennis skills to take him as far as he has done on the surface. Grass is a totally different proposition and Federer is the king of green stuff. He is a five-times winner at Wimbledon and who would bet against the defending champion making that six? Not me!

I think Roger has a fantastic opportunity and his classic grass-court game will be far superior to his Spanish rival. Even Novak Djokovic will struggle to cope with Federer's grass-court game. The world No.1 can serve and volley brilliantly and is equally comfortable from the back of the court. He can be aggressive or patient on the grass courts and his tactical play is second to none.  He has so much confidence in his abilities at Wimbledon that, like Nadal in Paris, Roger will feel he is invincible at the All England Club.

Nadal has done well to reach the final over the past two years and I don't think he can achieve that success again. Many people thought Rafael should have beaten Federer in last year's final but ultimately the Swiss player was too strong when he needed to be and his powerful serve did the buisness in the fifth set..

Although the loss to Nadal in Paris in such dramatic fashion would have hurt Roger, he can quickly dismiss this failure with a win on the German grass courts of Halle. He's made the final, while Nadal is equally into the Stella Artois tournament final in London, so it will be interesting to see if both players can win their first grass-court tournaments of the season.

Wimbledon will enable Federer to block out any negativity in his game and with his lead as the world's number one player narrowing, Roger will be even more motivated to destroy the Wimbledon field.