Get Up Eight Times

(Posted this originally on Yardbarker Backyard)
How often do athletes bring out the best in each other?
It’s an interesting question to ponder after Rafael Nadal took Wimbeldon away from Roger Federer in the fading English light. It was one of those titanic clashes you never forget watching. It was the equivalent of watching Beethoven [...]

This is probably a rough title…but you can’t give up six straight set points to Federer and blow the tiebreaker on a double fault. In two hours I expect to check back in and see Roger with #12, and Djokovic pulling a Novotna and crying on Mary Carillo’s firm manly shoulders. Any other result would [...]