The French Open has a history of treating the world's number one players badly. In my lifetime only Borg and Lendl have fared well from the top spot. This year, Roger Federer, perhaps the best male tennis player in the game's history, will again attempt to conquer the surface that is so uncompromising to tennis's best all court players by defeating his young nemesis, Rafael Nadal, the two-time defending French Open champion and undoubtedly the world's best clay court player.