By Mike Sinclair, PA Sport

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Roger Taylor, Britain's Davis Cup captain, believes it will become even harder for Tim Henman or Greg Rusedski to win Wimbledon as the myth of grasscourt tennis has been broken this year.

"It is getting tougher for a serve-and-volley player," said Taylor, reflecting on Henman's fourth semi-final defeat in five years.

He expects clay-court specialists like Brazil's Gustavo Kuerten and Spain's Albert Costa and Alex Corretja, who all missed Wimbledon this year, to watch Sunday's men's final baseline battle between Lleyton Hewitt and 20-year-old Argentinian newcomer David Nalbandian and believe they too can win Wimbledon.

"What has happened this year will give a lot of people a lot of confidence, like the claycourt players who aren't here.

"When they see the style of play which has brought other people success this year a lot of people might start thinking it isn't all that difficult," said Taylor.

He believes that the repeated calls to take the advantage away from the big-servers has not done traditional grasscourt players like Henman and Rusedski any favours.

"Generally the conditions are slowing down, the grass is better, the surface is harder so the ball lifts up more and the balls are slower.

"We used to talk about the game being too fast but it's going the other way and it makes it more difficult to serve and volley. The style of play has changed and many of the hardcourt and claycourt players have shown they can play on grass.

"They have all got big serves, they hit topspin both sides, double-handed backhands and return serve so well.

"You can look back to someone like Ivan Lendl who was always told he had to serve and volley to win Wimbledon but maybe he could have won it from the baseline."

Taylor knows exactly how Henman feels, having lost three times in Wimbledon semi-finals himself - in 1967, 70 and 73.

"It takes a while to get over it because you have been thinking about it and preparing for it for a long time.

"You have been preparing yourself physically and mentally for months before the tournament and a lot of effort goes into it. But you just have to get over it. Life on the Tour moves on quickly and you have to move on to the next tournament."

After regrouping for the US Open, starting at the end of next month, Henman and Rusedski will also be playing for Great Britain, under Taylor's leadership, in the Davis Cup tie against Thailand in Birmingham in September.

And while he believes both his top players should certainly not write off their chances of winning Wimbledon before they end their careers, Taylor is equally sure that they should not radically change their styles to do it.

"You have to play your own game to the best of your ability. That's all you can do - and try to come up with a better performance next time.

"I think it's possible for Tim to win Wimbledon. He was beaten by a better player on the day but Hewitt did come up with a really great match. He looked very sharp.

"But Tim played extremely well to get to the semi-finals and he's very highly ranked in the world so of course he has a chance. He is one of the group of maybe 10 or so players who go into the tournament believing they can win it.

"You have to put Greg Rusedski in that category as well. He produced a tremendous performance to beat Andy Roddick after coming into Wimbledon without having played too many matches following injury and just couldn't quite do it again in the next round."

But Taylor does not think it will get any easier for either of them in the years ahead. "There are so many good players coming up and they are all keen and hungry," he warned.