They are saying the storm should move through and we can catch the rest on ESPN2.
well, I tuned into my CBS affiliate at 4:15 cdt, I got to see Oprah. :eek: {shudder}
It’s back on, folks and Djokovic looks stronger. This could save him.
So, that puts Nadal 3 Slams ahead of Federer at his age.
I wonder if he can stay healthy and pass Fed.
So Nadal gets a “Career Grand Slam”.
I guess it is semantics, but I thought a Grand Slam was the same year . It is a great achievement none the less.
(I do understand that the word “Career” has been placed in as a qualification).
It isn’t semantics. The two are completely different.
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The Grand Slam is the Grand Slam. All 4 in one year.
Career Slam is not something they made up, though. It’s a big deal. It’s been around as a term for a long time.
It might seem common since Federer and Nadal have it, but it is quite rare. Agassi did it and we have to go back a bit for another. Only 7 total.
For example, though, “Serena Slam” is something they made up. She won all 4 in a row, but not in the same calendar year.
She has the career slam, but not the Grand Slam and they were just trying to play it.
According to Wiki, only Budge and Laver of the men have “Grand Slams”.
Nadal and Federer have “Career Grand Slams”.
Reread your post Mahaloth and follow what you are saying.
I’m not following you, Cicero. I’m nodding agreement with everything Mahaloth posted regarding the different types of slams. What did he get wrong or confused on?
I initially read #87 incorrectly. I corrected myself at post # 89 above.
I trust this makes sense.
Great match, though I’m annoyed by the delays. We look foolish having the U.S. premiere tennis event tossed around among the networks like a tennis ball. They need to put a roof on. I know Arthur Ashe may be too large for such a thing, but they’re just going to have to come up with a Plan B. Move the finals to a smaller court, move it to an inside college court – I don’t know. But quit jacking everyone around.
Congrats to Rafa on a Career Slam – and just one away from a Grand Slam in 2010. Very, very impressive. Next year could be his year to win the Grand Slam if he stays healthy.
Congrats to Nole for putting on such a good show, both against Fed and Nadal. There were times when he hit the ball that my husband and I both said, “Holy shit!” I was really pulling for him this time.
Both men were gracious finalists, both in victory and defeat. What a great way to end the regular tennis season.
I actually predict Nadal, based on his playing style, will not be able to maintain the health level of Federer over a career. Fed has barely missed a slam and has, I believe, never missed one since he rose to “greatness.”
Natal, however, will be injured again. I think this will stop him from passing 16 slams. Then again, I may be wrong. Fed could also win as many as 5 more slams in his career.
Heck, Fed might have beaten Nadal last night. Nadal looked great, but not perfect last night.
Nadal deserves congratulations on playing a fantastic tournament. A couple of years ago you couldn’t have pictured him ever serving like that. (And on the flip side, Djokovic has a lot of Federer’s weapons but can’t serve his way out of trouble the way Federer can. During the quarterfinals CBS mentioned that Djokovic is the only player in the top 50 with more double faults than aces this season.) It’s a little weird to read the press coverage of the tournament. It’s as if some of them just discovered that Nadal has become a fantastic player on all surfaces. This is his worst surface, but he’d still been in the semis a few times. He won in Australia once and Wimbledon twice. It was getting hard to imagine that he wouldn’t win in New York eventually. The remarkable thing about Nadal is that he seemed to have burst into the tennis world almost fully formed - he would have been one of the favorites in Paris in 2004, but didn’t play because of injury; he played for the first time in 2005 and didn’t lose a match there until last year - and he continues to add to his game and correct his former deficiencies. Except for the coaching and the wedgie thing, at least. He plays much more offense now, his serve has improved, and he can handle himself at net without a problem. It’s an understatement to say he’s one of the hardest workers in sports.