Like Freddie Kruger, I'm back--- in the U.S.A.--- after almost three months in England and really glad to be home. My old body is slowly adjusting to the time difference; it takes longer now. I had a good night's sleep, so I'm almost there.
What kept me awake and excited was the great championship match at the U.S. Open between Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal where rallies of pure power hitting were frequently twenty-five times across the net or more. Talk about two heavyweights duking it out! Djokovic has taken the game to a new dimension, somewhere in the warp speed area. He moves with incredible grace and style, all the while with power and precision.
With so many young giants on the horizon,physically and artfully endowed with power and grace, you never know who will emerge to challenge Djokovic. I only wish a few more of them were American.
Serena let her big foul mouth interfere with her tennis and deservedly was beaten thoroughly by Samantha Stosur. It's been awhile since the Aussies had a champion---and Sam deserved to win.
I've commented before how the combination of new technology in racquets---and now in strings---plus the conditioning of today's athletes who are bigger and stronger has totally changed the game. Any resemblance between today's games and thirty years ago does not exist. It's literally a whole new ball game!
What new version of Clark Kent with a racquet will zoom down from the skies? It will be fun to see. For now, Novak Djokovic wears the cape.
And deservedly so. What a great game he played. I, too am glad Samantha won and the mouth lost.
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