I had high hopes for the Rome final. Federer had looked good all tournament and not dropped a set and was about to commence batte for his first Rome title ever and Nadal had had some problems, especially with Gulbis. It should be a pretty even match, I thought. In my stupidity. In a one-sided affair similar of the Roland Garros final in 2008, Nadal washed over Federer’s backhand like hail and poor Fed rushed the net like a Llodra after an intoxicated night in Paris and far from the Greatest Player of All Time. Nadal on the other hand, …
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Roland Garros final
It wasn’t pretty, it was gritty. The rain ruined the rhythm of the players and the history of the moment made their nerves dangle like telephone cables in a storm. Nadal came out of the start blocks like a super-doped 100 meter runner, rushing off to 3-0 in the first set, but then the monster in his head called Novak started roaring and he got back to 3-3. The match was on and what a match it turned out to be. It wasn’t pretty though. The play didn’t really reach the standards of the Australian Open final, but the amount …