It's All About the Mind
Wimbledon Champion, Boris Becker, once said something like “the fifth set is all about the mind and not the tennis.” In watching the thrilling Wimbledon quarterfinal matches between Novak Djokovic and Marcos Baghdatis and Andy Roddick versus Richard Gasquet, that seemed true. In some situations, Grand Slam finals are also “all about the mind.” When Roger Federer plays Rafael Nadal on Sunday on Wimbledon’s hallowed and roofless
Centre Court, Federer has a chance to match Bjorn Borg’s record of five consecutive Wimbledon titles. At the same time, Nadal will be trying for his first Wimbledon title, as well as being the first player since Borg in 1980 to win the French Open and Wimbledon titles in the same year. Federer and Nadal have played many times over the past couple years on a variety of surfaces. Therefore, this rivalry is becoming a bit like the tense moments in a fifth set, “it is all about the mind”…
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