Hey Andy
Remember: Rafa is the Terminator. You kill him again and again and he still comes back to flatten you. You think you’ve won the point, then you find you have to hit another shot, and another. This is his greatest weapon, greater than the Forehand of Death: the ability to exhaust his opponents. But he is not invulnerable. The knees. Now win something.
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Gaaaah, Andy Murray is Terminated, 6-4, 7-6, 6-4. His best chance to bag Wimbledon, but it didn’t happen. In the final on Sunday Rafael Nadal meets Tomas Berdych, who flattened Novak Djokovic, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3.
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July 3rd, 2010 at 04:18
Andy didn’t play bad, but was terrible on the big points. After the second set, Murray led Nadal in total points won, but was the one who’s two sets to love down. His forehand was off. He can’t expect to win rallies against Nadal with that forehand crosscourt he kept on rolling to the other side. He couldn’t flatten it out to save his life.
Nadal was just too good. Clutch. He will be very hard to beat, especially now that the courts are worn out and basically acts like green clay.
But I think Berdych has a slim chance to win simply because his game is similar to the previous guys who gave Nadal the most trouble in this championships. He’s gonna need to bring his brain on Sunday though that’s for sure.
July 3rd, 2010 at 11:38
No need to bet on who’ll win now, I guess. ^^ Rafa… Rafa… Rafa… Sayang talaga si Murray. tsk tsk.
July 3rd, 2010 at 20:30
What will it take for a British man to win Wimbledon? What? Nasa kanila ang damo, doon sila lumaki, big deal naman sa mga Brits ang Wimbledon, full support ang brits, so bakit lagi silang banderang kapos?
July 4th, 2010 at 00:18
It would be great to see Rafa win the Wimbledon again. I guess the luster of the first Spanish clay courter to win Wimbledon in decades has not faded for me … it makes things interesting… and I’d love to see a double feat for Rafa. I’m not big on clay courters though…generally… they expend so much energy just to win a point … at least that’s how it looks.
As for Berdych, he reminds me of Paul Bettany, who incidentally played the fading tennis player who suddenly scored big upsets to win the Wimbledon before retiring to marry Kirsten Dunst…