It was a titanic battle that ebbed and flowed like the sea. Fitting for two Gods of the tennis court. Nadal started in positive style while Djokovic looked remarkably subdued. People started whispering about his tender wrist. The Spaniard went up 4-1 before something sparked to life inside of the Serb and he came back firing winners. Suddenly the score was 3-4 0-40 = three break-back points to level the score. The audience gasped at the drama. But the King of Clay is not the King of Clay for nothing. He is a fighter, a gladiator, a man of remarkable …
Grand Slam trophy
Tomorrow it starts, the flagship of tennis events, the mecca of our beloved sport – Wimbledon. Since lots of sites make lots of predictions, I want to be brief and focus on the most interesting areas of this year’s Wimbledon. Here are my 5 favorite topics to watch for Wimbledon 2012. 1. Federer. As most readers of this blog knows, I’m a Federer fan and I’m of course both curious and hopeful about his chances of holding his seventh Wimbledon trophy and his 17th Grand Slam trophy. Many hold him as favorite because of the rather good season he’s had …
After two grueling 4+ hour semi-finals we have reached a repeat third Grand Slam final between Djokovic and Nadal. It will be a tough one physically for both, especially after really exerting themselves in the semis, but as fit as these guys are both physically and mentally, they will show up pumped and ready to go. It’s a harder pill to swallow for Federer and Murray and especially the Scot who had two break points at 15-40 and 5-5 in the fifth set against Djokovic after fighting back from 2-5. In the end Djokovic showed his true lion heart and …