Gerald Marzorati on how the tennis champion, who is likely in his last year on the tour, brought an unusually considerate—and hugely endearing—ferocity to the game.
Fresh injuries were continually added to what would eventually be a long list; in his roughly two-decade-long career, Nadal has been sidelined for sixteen majors. But the list of victories would grow along with it: ninety-two singles titles, including twenty-two major titles and, among those, an astounding fourteen French Open wins.
Typically, the shoulder-height backhand reply from his opponent was a weak crosscourt shot to Nadal’s forehand wing, which afforded him the opportunity to answer with an even more sharply angled crosscourt forehand. On it went, until the opponent’s backhand could take no more.
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