Nadal Wins His Second Wimbledon In Three Years
The Spaniard, Nadal is still only 24 and he has already won his 8th Grand slam championships. There were lots of people doubting him winning a grand slam again after he suffered a major knee injury but he has come back and proved them wrong once again by winning French Open and Wimble in 5 weeks. The guy is just amazing. Millions of promotional merchandise were produced after his win at Wimbledon and also the football team’s semi final spot, if you visit Spain at this time you will see how excited they are about tennis and football. It looks like it will be Spain’s year but can Holland and Germany upset the odds, who knows.
The start of the tournament in SW14 was absolutely amazing this year. Since the first week we got to see some fantastic matches. There were unseeded players giving the top seeds a lot of problems. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal both had tough 5 set matches in the first week. Remember that marathon match between two good players Mahut and Isner. Their match was the longest match in the history of tennis let alone Wimbledon. Mahut was eventually beaten by Isner in the fifth set by 70-68.
The weather also didn’t let the tournament down. There was no rain in Wimbledon this year, which has never happened since 1995. No rain in Wimbledon, really? Shocking isn’t it? The tournament ended in two weeks and there was a new champion crowned, Nadal beat Berdych in the final in straight sets and took over the crown of champion from Federer who won it last year.
That is why all the Spanish fans these days are wearing promotional clothing of Nadal and their national football team, and wishing Nadal all the best for US Open. I have also bought few promotional pens, which clearly says Rafa is the best well not literally. I know few people who would love me to bits, if I give these away as a gift to them.
Some people have already started saying this was the best Wimbledon ever, but what do you think?
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