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| Apr 19, 2009 at 02:12 PM | ||||||||||
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The King of clay Rafael Nadal takes Monte Carlo Open trophy!
This is great for Rafael Nadal, but the questions many are still asking are about Roger Federer and how did he lose to Stanislas Wawrinka? The answer once again is physic and poor preparation for a major tournament. Wawrinka said, 'He came only two days before the tournament, so it's not easy to play great on clay courts.' This type of laxly daisy preparation on Rogers side is amazing, but we should not be surprised since last year he ordered his hired coach Jose Higueras to come to Roland Garros a short 4 days before such a major event. Of course Roger took a royal trashing in the final from Nadal, bagel included, 6/1 - 6/3 - 6/0. Does Roger not care? Is this arrogance? Is he overestimating himself or his camp is in such a disarray that there is no commander in chief apart from Federer himself? Does Roger not care? We saw the tears on Federers eyes at the Australian Open after another humiliating defeat against an exhausted Nadal, obviously Roger cares. Arrogance? Very possible, even though Roger is a very 'nice' person, obviously he has an ego or he would not have achieved what he has achieved. Has the ego gotten to his head to the point that he can not admit it to himself? Strange things happen to the best of us! Overestimating himself? Very possible, Federer has gotten himself used to walks in the park and at everyone bowing at his talent, so with relatively little work he has achieved what others have had to work very hard for, Nadal for example. Stanislas Wawrinka said: 'It's had many opportunities and I won in two sets. Both of us were very tentative today and there were ups and downs in the match. I believe he hasn't found his rhythm on clay and he made many errors. I was very happy because I think I played my best match physically.' Wawrinka put his finger right into the wound, 'the physic' and it is very likely that Federer will make him pay for it very dearly the next time they meet. Whether Federers entourage or Federer himself understand that the fitness or rather lack of fitness has became a liability in Rogers game, is alien to me, one thing is becoming very obvious to me though, his opponents are starting to catch onto it! They will mercilessly do everything possible to keep deposed 'king' Roger running for long rallies and a long time on the court, until his legs fail him and with it the strokes and the mind. Sad to see this happening with Roger because a men like Rod Laver who played far more tennis than Roger at similar age 27, was able to bring it on to his opponents and won (39) professional Singles Career Titles starting at age 30 years old (1968) and repeated winning all four of tennis' Grand Slam singles titles in the same year (Australian Open - French Open - Wimbledon - US Open) — in 1969 at age 31. We have to understand that Rod Laver was no pampered multi-millionaire, neither stemmed from wealthy middle class Swiss parents. Rod Laver was just a country boy with a dream and a work ethic another Aussie Mr. Harry Hopman helped to mold. Unfortunately Roger never met Mr. Hopman, but that would have done plenty of good for him, if he ever did, especially in the fields of humbleness and hard work. No matter how much talent you may have had, with Harry there were no losses because of lack of fitness! This further distances the chance of Roger Federer ever to win Roland Garros and puts Rafael Nadal in a privileged position to amass trophy after trophy on clay and eventually also on other surfaces as he has already proven capable of. In contrast, Rafael Nadal has paid the high price to be were he is, on and off the court. - His opponents know that rarely will Rafael lose a match because his fitness failed him. - They know that to beat Nadal they have to run has much as he does or more and most are not willing to do it, or have the conditioning, nor are they the athlete that Rafael is! In the end physic stumbles, the all mighty mind breaks down and the unforced errors and the easy opportunities missed raise. Novak Djokovic put it this way today:'I mean, you could see him [at] 5-1 in the third set, he played like it's 5-all. He really doesn't care about the result. He just wants to give his best every single point. That's why he's very unique and that's why he's the best now.' To be honest the type of game Rafael Nadal plays does not appeal to me, but I can not hold myself from saying: Vaya hombre Rafa! Dale para delante, Vamos!!!!! Rafa is indeed a great champion and an excellent young man, hope he stays down to earth like he is now. He is the new King! Sergio Cruz
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