While Rafael Nadal was out-Tigering Tiger Woods and out-Rogering Roger Federer (the dude just won two major clay-court tournaments for the fifth straight year, the Monte Carlo Masters and the Barcelona Open), Federer was not-so-quietly imploding.
Nadal's match record for 2009 is 33-3, with four titles including the Australian Open, and two Masters Series tournaments (including the big one at Indian Wells).
He has a 25-match clay-court winning streak. He already has 35 ATP titles (going an astonishing 35-9 in finals). He has 14 Masters Series titles. Since 2005 he is, wait for it, a ridiculous 142-4 on clay.
Roger is 18-5 this year. If you take last year's US Open out of the mix (which is looking more and more like a fluky win), then he hasn't won a tournament of note for about two years now.
Two years!
It just breaks my heart!
I will ruminate about this in great length later, but for now check out two excellent articles looking at what happened to him.
So sad, so very sad!
LINKS
Newsweek: The Federer Fade
BleacherReport: Roger Federer Struggles in His New Tennis World
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