Almagro looks like a matador in tennis shots with his hand moving in an arc and ending over his head. His back arched slightly and neck strained form the effort of backhand shot. The last set sees both the players tied at 4-4 having broken each other once. None are showing the slightest indications of wilting or giving up. Almagro and Ferrer are being driven to the end of their limits (I don't see them though) and .....Almagro breaks Ferrer for the second time to be 5-4 up in the 4th set and he is to serve which he hopefully will hold. This baseline game is really demanding, exhausting. No delicate volleys or drop shots. The ball whizzing like a bullet and the feet wearing down the baseline area with some manic running. Did you know that Djokovic and Nadal ran nearly half a marathon which is 21kms in their 5 hr 53 minutes slug fest at the Australian Open?
Here to there is respite for the players, the rallies are there for sure but they are not the steady, middle of the line sort but crazy left hand corner to an impossible right-hand corner. My estimate is at least 12 meters for a rally of 8 shots.
That is ......at least a dozen buckets of sweat in the 40 degrees centigrade!
Here to there is respite for the players, the rallies are there for sure but they are not the steady, middle of the line sort but crazy left hand corner to an impossible right-hand corner. My estimate is at least 12 meters for a rally of 8 shots.
That is ......at least a dozen buckets of sweat in the 40 degrees centigrade!
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