Rafael Nadal’s Devastating Loss to Roger Federer Is Not Too Surprising

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Published: November 23, 2011

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It seems as if this past month someone forgot to remind Federer of his age and that he is finished as a top contender. We had been reminding him of this inescapable fact the whole year. Yet like Swiss clockwork, and in a manner similar to this time last year, he’s reawakened some of that older motivation that used to elevate him to the peaks which are now the stuff of tennis legend. 

Compare this late Federer resurgence to Nadal’s continued plummet from the lofty heights the Spaniard ascended to in 2010. Something rots in the state of tennis and this time it isn’t just us tennis fans’ fickle nature.                                                                                                         

We are tempted to quickly dismiss talk of Nadal’s decline. After all, one can easily point out the consistency with which Rafa has met his new nemesis, Djokovic, in so many finals this year. Flip the coin on its darker side however and we see a streak of six losses to the Serbian. 

Consistently up there in mix of things, yes. Winning like he did in 2010, no. Not one win against his new major rival. So where exactly does this leave us regarding Roger and Rafa?

It depends on who you ask. For Nadal fans, some of the more optimistic speculation revolves around the possibility that the Novak machine will wind down. He has shown some signs of this now late into an otherwis...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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