The Best of Tennis in 2010: Part II

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Published: December 21, 2010

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5. Rafael Nadal vs Novak Djokovic, US Open final

When Nadal broke Djokovic in his opening service game, I thought the fatigue from a tiring five setter two days before was still taking its toll on Djokovic. Minutes later, he broke Nadal back, and later held after being down three break points at 0-40.  The match continued to grow interesting. Djokovic put pressure on Nadal by pushing him to his forehand side, and eventually drawing error from his backhand, while Nadal countered it efficiently with his own version.

The two Europeans have always produced electrifying displays of tennis, and they were on course to produce the first major classic final of 2010, before Djokovic’s legs gave away mid way during the third set. Had it not been the case, you would have been looking at this match four places higher than it presently is. Regardless of that, they continued to make a match of it for more than two hours. In the end, though, it was the image of Nadal, on his knees, eyes closed, and arms raised, and Djokovic, smiling genuinely with the runners up trophy, which made it even more memorable. Humble winner, and gracious loser, these two players.

 

4. Michael Llodra vs Robin Soderling, Paris Masters semifinals

For all the Llodra heroics in the match, there were two moments which really took me by surprise. At 5-6 and 15-15 in the decisive set, Llodra played three slices in a row to Soderling’s forehand (his stronger wing), and induced an error to go 15-30 up, two points away from the match. Again, at 40-40, he played five slices in a row to Soderling’s forehand (which most players wouldn’t dare to do) before Soderling pushed his forehand into the net to give Llodra a match point. Soderling, th...
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