I rarely want to write about the same player two times in a row, but I have just watched the conclusion of the first set of Almagro vs Nadal in ATP Barcelona. It was such a typical “Nadal set of tennis”. Let me tell you why. Nadal rarely comes out of the starting blocks strongly against good players. He’s probably nervous. And in Barcelona Almagro came out firing all cylinders …
You know Dimitry Tursunov? He hates clay. At least I thought so until he beat Ferrer yesterday. You only think that Ferrer must have had a shitty day. This is how he described his upset: “It wasn’t Ferrer’s best match. He didn’t play his best tennis,” assessed Tursunov. “He had the advantage over me because he’s been playing on clay. But I played very quickly and I didn’t make it easy …
