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Beyond the Baseline's ATP |
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By: thetruth Date: November 20, 2013, 9:29 am |
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I provided the link because the article is pretty long. They |
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graded the Who's Who of tennis which means the entire Top Ten. |
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2013 Season Awards, ATP, Report Card |
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http://tennis.si.com/2013/11/18/atp-report-card-2013-rafael-nadal-roger-federer… |
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Rafael Nadal |
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Rafael Nadal�s banner year featured 10 titles, including the |
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French Open and U.S. Open. (Julian Finney/Getty Images) |
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The Beyond The Baseline awards are our look back at the best � |
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and worst � of the tennis season. We begin with our final |
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�grades� for the ATP Tour singles players. Rafael Nadal |
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headlines the list after a monstrous comeback season in which he |
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regained the No. 1 ranking. |
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Head of the class |
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Rafael Nadal: He�s the player of the year by any metric. The |
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Spaniard won 10 titles, including his eighth French Open and |
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second U.S. Open, upping his Grand Slam haul to 13 titles. His |
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season was shocking simply because he was able to bounce back |
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from a seven-month injury layoff to dominate the tour so quickly |
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and so consistently. Beating everyone on his beloved clay was |
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one thing, but through the U.S. Open he also transformed into |
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the best hard-court player, outpacing the likes of Novak |
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Djokovic, Andy Murray and an admittedly subpar Roger Federer. |
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For eight months, the Big Four was reduced to the Big One, and |
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in this era of greatness, that�s one heck of a feat. |
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Re: Beyond the Baseline's ATP |
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By: Clay Death Date: November 20, 2013, 8:04 pm |
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he was so close to 12 titles "the truth". |
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he was almost there. |
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but 10 is out of this world also. |
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Re: Beyond the Baseline's ATP |
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By: Moxie629 Date: November 20, 2013, 9:52 pm |
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Thanks for the link, The Truth. It was disappointing that he |
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got so close again to the YEC and couldn't close, but Djokovic |
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totally woke up at the end of the year. No complaints. Rafa |
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had a stellar year. Vamos, and on to Oz! |
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Re: Beyond the Baseline's ATP |
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By: Embla Date: November 21, 2013, 9:44 am |
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What a fantastic year for Rafa and his fans!!!!!!! |
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Just incredible! |
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Re: Beyond the Baseline's ATP |
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By: thetruth Date: November 21, 2013, 11:18 am |
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Tis' true. |
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I would have signed up for results like he's had at the |
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beginning of the comeback, so no point in pouting now. |
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Isn't it odd though that Rafa has had to battle two all time |
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greats, one after the other? |
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Has this ever happened before? |
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@Emma-I see you passed me in post counts :(. |
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It's on now! |
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Re: Beyond the Baseline's ATP |
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By: Clay Death Date: November 21, 2013, 8:49 pm |
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folks rafa is being nominated for the sports man of the year |
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award. lets hope he gets it. |
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/sportsman/news/20131121/rafael-nadal-my-sports… |
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