Roger Federer sets standards in the tennis
Now that the Grand Slam tournaments are behind us, the season 2010 has undoubtedly been the year of the world number one tennis player, Rafael Nadal without any question. Not just he dominated the major landscape, but in fact the 24-year-old Nadal has also
managed to capture a couple of trophies particularly on the clay court and as a result raised the bars higher for the rest.
According to some of the sports analysts, the left-handed tennis sensation from Spain, Rafael Nadal is exactly in the position that the Swiss tennis maestro, Roger Federer was enjoying some five years ago. The 2010 United States Open champion, Nadal has
secured his current position by his dedication to the game of tennis, his positive approach towards life and off course, his hard work.
Just as the objects placed nearby appear larger in comparison to those behind them, human mind also tends to enlarge and put greater weight on recent happenings and incidents. The Manacor-born has grabbed a total of three Grand Slam trophies this season
on the very first occasion in his professional life. The 24-year-old Spaniard did extremely well to come back after injury and rock on the courts of the remaining three Grand Slam events of the season at a time when Roger Federer was expecting to win after
grabbing his Australian Open title earlier towards the start of the season in Melbourne. Moreover, Nadal, as a result of capturing all the three major titles has also proved his doubters wrong who were of the view that Rafa is just a clay court specialist,
and his game does not help him a great deal particularly on the hard court of New York.
Tennis experts and so-called analysts look to believe that three major victories in a single season are pro-rateable to a total of nine Grand Slams in three years. Sadly, proportions and ratios let us totally down in the game of tennis.
According to some of the fans of the Swiss tennis maestro Roger Federer, he does not have anything left to prove as far as his ability and sporting aptitude is concerned. The 29-year-old Roger has won on all courts, contested in more Grand Slam finals than
others in the history of the game of tennis, and has been more consistent and accurate that anyone else on the tour without any measure of speculations. He has managed to capture a total of three major titles in a single year thrice in his career in 2004,
2006, and 2007.
By far, Roger has been the most complete contender on court as well as off-court. No doubt, Rafa is almost there and his claims will have to be accepted, once he captures some more non-clay majors.
In the Open era, Roger is the most prominent contender who defined the boundaries of the game of tennis and thrashed out every single record in the men’s side. What is Rafa’s gain is not Roger’s loss, as the pair did not face each other even once in major
events during the season 2010. On the very first occasion in a non-clay major career, Rafa had to remember the name of the player on the other side of the court in a major final, as it was anything sounding similar to 29-year-old Roger Federer.
It was no one else but Roger Federer who set the standards for the game of tennis and continued to motivate, inspire and encourage youngsters. The champion of the United States Open tennis tournament back in 2009, Juan Martin Del Potro said after winning
that his goal is to play like Roger on the court.
Rafael, however, has surely shown that he is the worthy successor. He would perhaps push the bar few notches higher.
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