A Nadal Fan's Perspective : Rafael Nadal Goes Down Fighting

I wrote a CvC today on Rafael Nadal's chances against Del Potro. I saw the match, saw Rafa being taken apart methodically and cruelly. I saw myself being made to look stupid in front of all of you guys. Well, I do plan to go back and see what went wrong with what I wrote. I have done that already to an extend. But this is not about analysis. I have done enough for a day, and been punished for doing it. I started seeing the match with a lot of hope. Nadal gave some trouble to Del-P on a couple of his service games, and though he was troubled a bit on his own, that was the way Rafa was and there was nothing to worry about. Then the scene started to unfold. It was vintage David Vs Goliath, but this time Goliath was in the Zone. There is pretty much nothing David can do about it when that happens. Being a great admirer of Rafa, I started feeling a bit sick when things were unfolding the way they were. Rafa started getting frustrated in the second set, but normally he doesn'...