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Until this tournament, I never fully realized how much Nadal means to tennis. I knew he was a great player, obviously. But I’m a goner for Federer, and Nadal has often felt to me like an infuriating obstacle, a berserk dervish with the demonic power to out-frenzy Roger’s grace and lucidity. His tennis was a bludgeoning adrenaline rush, a Ramones song that lasted four hours. Had he never been born, Federer would have won the 20 majors he seemed destined for in 2007. I admired what Nadal had done, and I loved the insanity at the top of the men’s bracket. But deep down, in some atavistic corner of my sports fan’s heart, I kind of wanted him gone.
Brian Phillips writes about the epic Australian Open Final between Djokovic and Nadal and manages to lay out my exact thoughts on good ol’ Rafa. Go read the rest of the article for Phillips’ apt comparisons of our tennis greats to the ancient Greek warriors of the Iliad. (via chels)
Personally (Rich Carriero) I’ve always been a huge Nadal fan because of his manic energy. In sports there are two types of players I always root against: seven foot basketball players and tennis players with big serves. I feel like both rely too much anatomy and are not versatile athletes. Thus I will always root for the Pistons over the Spurs, Agassi over Sampras and Nadal over everyone. Viva Nadal!
Posted on January 31, 2012 via owsome with 43 notes
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parasols said:
I love that Rafa kind of turned into the Hulk when he won. RAFA SMASH.
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Rich Carriero grew up with questions and comments for the world around him. He sought travel as a means to quiet this restlessness but simply got sucked in to ever stronger wanderlust. Today his ramblings feed a meandering writing career. His site, www.richcarriero.com, offers a taste of his latest offerings. In addition, his work on Associated content, http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/28425/richard_carriero.html, offers a catalogue of his latest travel writing.
