Rafael Nadal Will Complete Career Slam at US Open 2010 | Creature vs. Creature

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Published: September 12, 2010

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Story lines develop every year in tennis—some new, some continuations from the leftovers of the previous year.

How these develop would, in any other era, have depended on what the draws throw out. But tennis right now is blessed with such a depth in talent that the draw will always promise to take up some exciting thread or another, however random it is—it's impossible to miss something or the other.

And this time, though the defending champion was missing, the draw looked to continue many of the existing story lines on the most exciting stage for tennis.

Of course, some of them are absolutes and will always be asked until the event has occurred: Will Andy Murray win his first Slam? Will Andy Roddick break out of his One-Slam Wonder status?

Others had more than one character: How will Rafael Nadal fare against Nalbandian, Berdych, Gulbis, all big hitters and his Achilles heel. Will Federer and Nadal face in the finals?

And here we are at the tail end of the Slam, and most would say that not only did the draw not hold out, with a galore of upsets, it did not even look like the draw many remembered from first seeing it. Berdych, Murray, Nalbandian all fell apart. So did Roddick, and Isner. And then in a desperate attempt to salvage the situation, the fans consoled themselves saying that a Federer Nadal final was on the cards.



That Rafael Nadal is in ominous form, and so is Federer and both are battling not their opponents, but also the elements as well as any men to wield a racquet have. That this is going to be their best match ever.

And after Rafa's rout over Mikhail Youzhny, one end of the bargain had been kept. And the other would soon be kept. They willed the tennis Gods to do their bidding.

Well, four hours later, we have the news, "good" or "bad" is left to you to decide—Joker has won over Batman. And it is fitting too, f...
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