Wimbledon 2010: In Hindsight

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Published: July 5, 2010

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Cometh the hour, cometh the man! Or woman!

And may it never be said that Serena and Rafael don’t know how to party!

They came to the Wimbledon party and how!

Nadal , as though his year-long hiatus from the sport was a mere blip in the chasm of tennis time!

And Serena, who perhaps believes that it’s  now time to just buckle down to it and claim her space in among the greats! Not that she does not belong there already but who’s to say that she might not have been the greatest?

Quote of the day:
If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner. - Tallulah Bankhead

 

Tomas Berdych and Vera Zvonareva can console each other that they lost to the better player on the day.

Tomas talked the talk and walked the walk all the way to the final, but the man who kept calling all his opponents and matches difficult made winning Wimbledon look so easy. Tomas waited for the tide to turn, just a small service break, a little respite, but the Mallorcan was unrelenting. Nadal knew that this was his title to lose and he would not gift it away.

Zvonareva was overpowered by the stronger Serena. When this Williams is on song, she’s unstoppable! It is a pity that she seems to lose more matches than have her opponents win them. But let’s not quibble. With thirteen titles under her belt and still on the right side of thirty, Serena has a few more Slams in her.She may not end up with the most Slams but who’s to say, that she’s not a better person for it!

Zvonareva will consider the 3rd of July 2010 doubly unlucky for her. Her partner Elena Vesnina and she lost to Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova in the women’s doubles final later that evening.

For Nadal, however, demolishing long established traditions seems to come easy. Nadal  put to the sw...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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