Rafa's year of heart-breaks
Twice earlier I have picked up Rafael Nadal as the topic for my blog and on both the occasions, I have been in an excited mood where Rafa would have just won a Grand Slam tournament - Not this time though. At the end of a frustrating year, this time my mood is nothing short of being deflated, depressed, devastated and demoralized. The year 2010 was an absolute gem for Rafael Nadal. Been forced to retire midway through his Quarter Finals match against Andy Murray in Melbourne, Rafa staged a remarkable recovery to come back and win the next three Grand Slams. At that end of the US Open, I wrote “2010 has been almost perfect, I expect Rafa to make a clean sweep in 2011”. I was extremely confident when I wrote this statement because, I found only Roger Federer who was upto Rafa’s standards at that time, the rest including the likes of Djokovic, Murray and Roddick just weren't good enough. And against Federer as we all would know and agree, Rafa always seems to have the upper hand.