Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Rafa Rolls to a second Wimbledon title.

LONDON, July 5, 2010 Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates the victory against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic after their men's singles final match at the 2010 Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Britain, July 4, 2010. Nadal won 3-0 and claimed his second Wimbledon title.

It must have been nice to win in the daylight.He could see what he was biting this time.
After Federer went out,most were saying his path to the title was expected.John McEnroe predicted he would win it from the start.But he had a few close ones.And there is the old saying;there is many a slip between cup and lip.
He got the job done.Played his brand of muscular tennis,and looked very much like the number one player in the world.
He isn't the artist Federer is.But he is unquestionably one of the best of the open era.He's humble,down to earth and deserves everything he gets.I do respect him deeply.
As a fan of Federer;maybe I have sometimes thought of him as the foil.He's richly more than that.
I've never understood the idiotic tone of the extremist fans of either.Roger,and Rafa respect,and like each other.Some people try to invest to much into differences of taste.Easy enough to do of course.
But everyone interested in tennis should be very glad to have them both.If Roger can't manage to reassert himself;the game will be in fine hands.

It's really remarkable what's happened the last three years.Nadal winning the French,and Wimbledon.Then Federer doing it.Then Nadal doing it again.
That's supposed to be a very rare accomplishment.Right guys?
Great players are born to rewrite the rules,and records.

I really liked the somersault.
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