Mei 20 2008
Nadal Brings Home Hamburg Masters Shield
Rafael Nadal (Spain) and Roger Federer (Switzerland).Â
As I watched Badminton Thomas Cup final on Sunday (5/18), my focus was also divided on the world class tennis final match in Hamburg between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. And as the Thomas Cup final did not involve the home country, Indonesia, which team I rooted for, my focus began to stay steadily on the tennis match. And I’m sure my choice to focus more on the tennis match was very much unregrettable as the play rose up to the top world class quality.
As all the tennis fans around the world realise that Rafael Nadal is entitled with the king of clay while Federer is known as the god of tennis which has been identical to him for at least 4 years, the final match’s atmosphere in Hamburg became turned up as those two will perform the ultimate showdown on the clay court. If the match was held in other (than clay) courts nobody will expect Nadal to win over the tennis god, but this match was performed in the clay that made both chance even with Nadal had a slightly better chance. But don’t forget Federer beat Nadal in the same tournament last year which prevented him from bringing home a shield from Hamburg.
At the beginning of the opening set, Federer seemed to take the set as he broke Nadal’s serve very early. But later on in the set, Nadal managed to turn the tables and took the opening set. In the second set, they were even getting more neck and neck and the set was decided with the tie-break and this time it was the Federer who took the advantage and he took the second set. In the decisive set, it was the reverse of the opening set. In this set Nadal broke early Federer’s serve to give him a chance to win the set without a tie-break. And that was what happened, Federer never managed to break back Nadal’s serve which means Nadal won the championship and brought home a shield which he missed last year!
Congratulation for Nadal. And it was a good job for Federer for being a very tough competitor for Nadal even in the clay court. And I believe both players are going to play in another ultimate showdown in the next clay court tournament, Roland Garros, the most prestigious clay court tournament on the planet!
No matter what… I love Federer than Nadal..
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The Blog’s Owner:
Hehehe…. that’s fine… but it is only for you.
For me, I still stick to the balance principle which means I support the weaker player to make the match go in good balance. For now Federer has all grand slam titles but Roland Garros. So, outside Roland Garros I root for Nadal because he’s the one who is the underdog. But in clay court including Roland Garros, I support Federer for Federer has not been successful to lift Roland Garros trophy. 