I don’t know what was there in that stupid match. Robin Soderling who was the man to beat world’s number 1 Rafael Nadal was playing like a kid. His performance up to the finals was astonishing but what happened to him in the finale? No one knows. Is it that exciting to see a match in which one person is doing a hell lot of unforced errors and another one just running here and there across the net? No big rally, no tough points, except some mind blowing aces by the Swiss.
As everyone knows, Rolland Garros was almost an impossible thing for Federer until Rafa was in finals. Was that will be the same case if Rafa was in the finals this year? Definitely not. He would never have left federer to win soo easily.
Even god knows that Federer has lost his pace and consistency, then why the hell his fans are not accepting the thing. Obviously to encourage their hero is to discourage Rafa. But the reasons they give are highly pathetic. “He does not play a disciplined tennis”. What actually is the meaning for this comment? Yes I agree Rafa,does everything in the field, I mean everything!! But to value a tennis player is by his tennis right. According to me considering present tennis players, a player who is young, energetic, dynamic and strong contender is Rafael Nadal.
French open is considered as one of the toughest tournaments of all. Until now, I think French open never ended like this, except last year, when Nadal beat Federer by 6-1, 6-3, 6-0.
Federer has lost 3 grand slams against Rafa. Federer also lost the No.1 ranking to rafa last August. This is not magic right. There is something in rafa which is making him to come up. Debates about the greatest player ever usually include Rod Laver, Pete Sampras, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Andre Agassi, Jim courier, Roger Federer. After french open this year, Federer is considered as the best player in tennis as he has equalized 14 grand slam record made by pete Sampras. But when pete Sampras was playing tennis in 90s, his co players were soo powerful and strong that in each and every tournament, new names were coming out. Pete Sampras was one of the most fantastic player (personally my favourite)I have ever seen. In his 19th Grand Slam final, he got his 14thslam and matched Ivan Lendl's record. One interesting thing is that, Sampras has never won the French open title in his tennis career!! One can guess how tough it was to win a slam. Many champions like Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker, have not even won one single French open title. Each and every player has his own unique and special characteristics in those days. Players nowadays are not at all consistent. Some players will be injured for 11 months and play one slam for an year.
French open finals review,
2000-Gustavo Kuerten vs Magnus Norman 6-2, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(6)
2001- Gustavo Kuerten vs Àlex Corretja 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-2, 6-0
2002-Juan Carlos Ferrero vs Albert Costa 6-1, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
2003- Juan Carlos Ferrero vs Martin Verkerk 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
2004- GuillermoCoria vs Gaston Gaudio 0-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6
2005-Rafael Nadal vs Mariano Puerta 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-1, 7-5
2006-Rafael Nadal vs Roger Federer 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6(4)
2007-Rafael Nadal vs Roger Federer 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
2008-Rafael Nadal vs Roger Federer 6-1, 6-3, 6-0
2009-Roger Federer vs Robin Söderling 6-1, 7-6(1), 6-4
Anyways, Federer’s dream came true. Happy for that. But still he has lost his charm in the field. That’s for sure. Wimbledon is getting started from 22nd of June. However we have exams from 26th!! Still for at least 4 days, we can watch day and night. All the best for all players. Hope the best man win..:)
Nadal practicing in his swimming pool!!!
i don't understand why Rafa fans are not accepting the fact that, Federer is better. Rafa lost against Soderling. If soderling was playing pathetic, guess what Rafa was playing then? Super-Pathetic? Rafa is good of course. But he still has a long career and he has chances of equaling Federer in future. If rafa has pace and power, Federer has this experience of 14 grand slams and the ability to play n win against the new players! Federer as lost some games against Rafa. but thats like World no.2 losing against world no.1. but what happened here? Rafa lost against World No. 25. You got to digest this fact! Roger is the Game!
ReplyDeleteNo Soderling is world no. 23.Roger is also good i agree, but this is too much you know. If he is playing a fantastic tennis and people praise him, ya its ok. But he is not his 100% since 4 or 5 slams. Then what is the point of telling"he is the game"? I think the one who is truely deserving must be praised not because the one is getting 14 slams!! And roger is already 27 and declared that he would retire from 30!!! See even he knows.!!
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