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 (like usual) and got to 3-0 with some powerful shots before Nadal’s engine started humming. Nadal then won four straight games and you’d thought Almagro would be deflated. But the …
