Did you watch last night's encounter on Center Court?
For a large part of the match, Petzschner kept Nadal under control, a rare sight.
Two things that really did him in - First serve errors and his stamina. While Petzschner's strength are his aces, the first serves still call for a lot of improvement.
Nadal was able to survive (and more than that) the grueling encounter purely because of his stamina. I think at a certain point, that's all that matters. If you have the stamina, all else will fall in place. Despite that little challenge with his thigh muscle, Nadal was able to bounce back and take the last two sets with outstanding conviction. This is what fighters are made of. Good going Nadal.
I noticed that there is not one outstanding about Nadal that you can rave about. He does reasonably well everywhere. The energy quotient, takes the cake. When all else perishes but if your energy is still intact, you have hit the home run. Exactly what happened on Centre court. Nadal was able to fight back due to supreme energy levels. What's more, he sapped the energy out of Petzschner making him run, and run he did like there were no tomorrow. But soon, he was all drained and out.
Having said that Petzschner is a promise. If he is able to circumvent his erratic first serves and avoid running up to the net too early, I think we have a true winner.
So Petzschner seems to be a new threat amongst many more East Europeans. Watch out Nadal and Fed.....
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