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It's Official: Federer And Nadal Are Rivals
It’s official. It’s a rivalry. Roger Federer still won Wimbledon, as expected, on July 8. But his epic, 3-hour and 45-minute five-set victory over Rafael Nadal was a sight to behold, a match-up of two outstanding athletes playing to their highest potential. It’s not just that these two are the undisputed No. 1 and No. 2 male tennis players in the world. It’s also the dramatic differences in their playing styles. There’s Federer, the grass-ophile, who simply outclasses his opponents, winning with superior technique, skill, and the fact that no matter how hard you try, you just can’t find a weakness in his playing style. And then there’s Nadal, the clay court specialist, who wins by sheer persistence, overpowering and outrunning his opponents through as many rallies as it takes. But somehow, the two still manage to give each other fits, regardless of the surface and the tourney. Add to this the facts that Federer is racing through every record in the book, and that so far, Nadal is the only player who seems up to the challenge of slowing him down, and you’ve got all the ingredients for a great rivalry. An officially great one, that is.
On the women’s side, Venus Williams beat runner-up Marion Bartoli in two sets, becoming the lowest seed (23rd) ever to win the women’s trophy. Along with Serena’s earlier victory at the Australian Open as an unseeded player, the Williams sisters have proved that they still have the power and talent, if not the dedication, that allowed them to dominate the game at the turn of the decade. And part of me is happy to just celebrate alongside Venus, who won it all yet again even though nobody (myself included) believed that she could make it past the fourth round. But then another part of me steps back and thinks, “Wow…what would happen if they played this hard the entire year?” We may never know.
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