Off topic, but this thought needs to be recorded.
Last night on Charlie Rose (good night -- Ted Koppel on China), Jim Courier was there to talk about the Federer/Nadal final. Courier was discussing Nadal's serve and he pointed out that in the French, he served almost exclusively to Federer's backhand. At Wimbledon, he served to Federer's backhand, forehand, to the body, down the middle and out wide. Lots of mixing it up.
So the question is, did Nadal use the French Open to plant some expectations (that serves would be to the backhand) in Federer's mind, only to completely confound those expectations at Wimbledon? Did he basically run a two-tournament mindfuck on Federer? Because if he did, if he planned his French serve strategy just to set up his Wimbledon strategy, HOLY FUCK. I prefer Federer's game to Nadal's but HOLY FUCK. That's awesome.
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