Post-Match Analysis: Nadal vs. Federer in the 2009 Australian Open Final
Sunday February 1, 2009
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Excellent insight into the emotional make-up and shot selection in one of the later paragraphs. The mental-emotional aspect of the game is huge since maybe 40% of the pro matches, and 60-70% of club players matches is made up of the time between points when you have a lot of time to think about what just happenned. Try and do that with unemotional attachment. Anyhow, I am new to this blog but you have excellent insights.
Thank you, Paul. Great point about the time to think. I would love to try some version of tennis that had the non-stop action, and the consequently much greater instinctiveness, of hockey.