I watched the finals of the French open, both male and female. I guess I'm more inclined to write about the men's final - Nadal and Fedderer. This rivalry is one of the greatest in tennis history.

Of course, Nadal is always the favorite on clay, but Fedderer had just defeated Djokovic, and stopped his 6 month winning streak. One had to wonder if ol' Rog had a great match in him. Besides, Nadal had been doing his usual complaining about how he wasn't playing that well, and he had struggled a bit early on in tournament.

And when the match started, Fedderer was steady and calm, while Nadal seemed like he hadn't woken up yet. Before you knew it, Fedderer was up 5-2 in the first set and looked like he might actually have the stuff to take down Nadal.

Then Nadal started waking up. It isn't that he stormed back to life and started dominating the match. It was more like, they kept playing points and pretty soon the match, which seemed like it was pretty even, except that after a while, Nadal was catching up. And then, pretty soon after that, it seemed like Nadal was winning most of the points, and pretty soon after that, he had come back and won the first set. It had to be completely demoralizing for Fedderer.

The second set started, and it was all Nadal. Several games in, and it looked like Fedderer was toast - had given up. I couldn't believe that he would give in like that, but it sure seemed like he was falling apart and that he would be trounced by Nadal.

But time changes everything. A short rain delay, and the next thing you know, Fedderer has a good chance to win the set. He couldn't pull it off, but it did end up going to a tiebreaker. Fedderer fell apart during the tiebreaker and Nadal took it easily, going up 2 sets to none.

One could forgive Fedderer after such an incredible career if he sort of became demoralized and threw in the towel mentally. That's what happens in matches like this a lot of the time. But Fedderer, give him credit, is too good for that. And low and behold, he got back in the match and took the third set. The tennis was actually decent and interesting to watch. One almost hoped that Fedderer could take set 4 so that we might have a replay of the "greatest match ever played."

But it wasn't to be. Nadal just has the most amazing conditioning. He runs from corner to corner, he gets his racquet on almost everything and has a way of keeping the ball in play. It has to be incredibly frustrating for a good player who is making good shots and here comes the ball back. In the end, Nadal was just too good and Fedderer kind of folded in the 4th set. Nadal deserved to win.

One last comment. Both of them were wearing Nike gear. Come on guys, isn't enough a enough? Haven't you made enough money so that you can be individuals and not corporate mouthpieces? Get rid of the corporate logos. You've earned your freedom.