Into the Semis: Nadal Beats Blake
I was hanging on every updated point in the Rafael Nadal/James Blake quarterfinal when the game tracker punked out. It quit. Everytime I clicked on it - and believe me, it was a lot - I got an error message that said the “HTML can not be displayed.” HTML my butt, where’s my tennis scores!?!
However, the world - and tennis - marches on even when I’m not watching. Nadal came from a set down to squash Blake’s hopes for the second time in as many meetings. The first three meetings between the two went in favor of Blake.
Nadal talked a bit about his recent successes, and he actually really put it quite nicely.
“I think just before I was running a lot, two meters behind the line,” Nadal said. “I think right now I’m playing a little bit more aggressive. I can lose, but I think it’s the only way to try to win.”
Yes, Rafa. Play to win, not to lose. It’s something we all need to do more often.
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1 opinion for Into the Semis: Nadal Beats Blake
Van
Apr 3, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Hi Erica. I just found your blog through Steve at Top Spin’s list of blogs and thought I’d check yours out!
I went through the same thing yesterday following the match. Then when I clicked over to Yahoo sports and saw the scoreboard, it was over. I was paying close attention to it, especially since I wrote a big post on my blog, Tennis Talk, Anyone?, predicting Blake would win! But alas, such was not the case.
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