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The knockout of the eighth seed, Fernando Verdasco, by the hands of the Italian Fabio Fogini was the only major upset in an otherwise routine day two at Wimbledon. None of the top seeds had to break any sweat during the course of their respective first-round matches. While their professional performances would give the writers very little to pen down, here are some of the story lines that can intrigue...
Published: June 8, 2010
As Rafael Nadal buried himself for the fifth time into the dirt of Philippe Chatrier that he so cherishes, absorbing every possible particle of clay that he could after his most emotional and important Grand Slam victory, I was left wondering as to what will be the biggest take away from the year’s second major. Will it be about Roger Federer’s streak finally being broken, or will Robin...
Published: May 4, 2010
Rafael Nadal was in personal turmoil last year with his parents being separated. He was in professional turmoil with a severe tendinitis injury in his knees, which surfaced at the Roland Garros ’09 and threatened again at Melbourne in ’10 with his premature retirement against Andy Murray. Most importantly, the “W”s next to his name were missing as he went title-less for 11...
Published: April 6, 2010
The score was 6-2 in the second set tie-breaker, and a brash, aggressive Texan had three chances to serve for an almost unassailable two sets to love lead against the Greatest Player of All Time. These chances were to capture the one title he had lost on two previous occasions to the same man across the net at the same venue and the same event—the Wimbledon final, the greatest trophy imaginable...
Published: January 8, 2010
Every great rivalry has a defining moment, a moment at which both men are elevated from being mere tennis players to being special. After that moment, the rivalry would never be the same, neither would the players themselves. Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe achieved that moment in the fourth set tiebreaker at the Wimbledon ‘80 finals. McEnroe and Ivan Lendl never competed more fiercely than they...