Wimbledon’s Over, and Rafael Nadal Bashing Starts … Now!

It's already started. First in the third round match with Boris Becker. If it wasn't Becker, it would have been someone else. But Becker was enough. Gamesmanship. Rafael Nadal feigned injury and asked for a medical time out to curb the momentum that Petzschner had (Philipp sounds easier, but Petzschner seems more fashionable). Becker seemed to suggest that the timeout was tactical, and that Nadal was... 

Tennis Returns to Its Grass Roots: Fun in the Green, the Sun, and Rain

It was I who wanted it this way. I wanted to do her job. I asked for it. And I wanted her to do what she considered mine. But she did not so much do the job as redefine it completely. Here is one of the most pleasurable reads about grass court tennis of all time. Hmm...she has taken up the "tennis" part. Well, so I am left here to talk about..."grass," maybe? Marianne would have known better.... 

French Open Men’s Final 2010: Robin Soderling Vs. Rafael Nadal

Their names have coherent phonetic qualities which are opposite. The first name and second name in each of the names almost rhyme with each other and have a very nice ring: Rob-in Soderl-ing and Raf-ael Nad-al . In the context, the "ing " sounds almost like a phonetic antonym of "al ." Maybe this is even a better final than Federer-Nadal final, least of all due to the phonetics. We know how a Federer-Nadal... 

Enough about Nadal and Federer: Comments That Are Redundant or Just Plain Boring

Comment boards are at best amusing, boringly repetitive irritating and even abusive nowadays. That is due to two of modern sports' best icons. Here are a few cases.   Whatever discussion there is in tennis, whoever it is about, it always boils down to something about Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal. For example: Take an article about Ivan Lendl's achievements where it is mentioned somewhere that... 

Tennis Turns Terracotta: Character, Consistency and Tennis

Marianne brings home the atmosphere and makes the coming season nostalgic even before it arrives. Read her clay-court wizardry here. Every concentrated activity that humans indulge in, sort of fits one set of talents more than others. Physics fits well for somebody with a keen sense to spot generalizations; mathematics, though closely related, finds company with people who have reasoning abilities... 

Rafael Nadal On the Comeback Trail

Rafael Nadal's game has come miles after the disaster it was last year. And it is radically different from what we have ever seen. Today against A-Rod, during the match, they showed stats of his shot-placement. If you draw a line midway between the service line and the baseline, it is that line where the depth of his ground strokes averaged around. Where they were short, they mostly hit the sidelines... 

Men’s Tennis : A Few Nit-Picks On The GOAT Debate

A tinge of satire? Probably. The Special Theory of Relativity ranks among those few that sent all physicists scampering for cover. To say that time doesn't "flow" equally for every person in this world (universe, to be precise) with or without a watch, would cause anyone to shake his head in frustration at the guy who said it. But gladly we had enough smart people at that time, to understand and accept... 

Cues from the Match, Nikolay Davydenko Vs Rafael Nadal, Doha 2010

Watching this match would be one of the most disappointing experiences for a Nadal fan—well, for most of the fans who did watch the match. But if one takes the result away, what is left is some splendid tennis, full of great shotmaking, intense mental exchanges, and extreme drama. What do we take back from this match? A look at the same... 1. No one is going to beat Rafael Nadal by exchanging groundstrokes... 

Tennis: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Averages

If Rafael Nadal had chosen to look like how he currently looks from the first time he burst into the scene, from what I hear, he would probably have had many more lady fans—probably a sizeable number from Federer's camp. And the way he has been playing tennis lately, it seems he will grab a sizeable amount of Federer's points this year. The deep top-spin forehand is never a bad weapon to hit.... 

What’s in Store For Rafael Nadal: Australian Open and Beyond

He used to be a muscular edifice of thoroughly grounded foundations. Both aspects were open for all to see. One was amply bared by the limbless tees and the other by the amazing willingness to admit that he lost—when he lost—because the opponent played better than him on the given day. And the muscle and mindset were thoroughly reinforced by nerves of steel—an almost unbelievable... 

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