Myth or man: Why is Rafael Nadal a protected species?

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Myth or man: Why is Rafael Nadal a protected species?
By Karlo Tychsen, 14 Mar 2015 Karlo Tychsen is a Roar Guru


Rafael Nadal has not beaten a top-10 ATP player since June in 2014. How many people knew that?

My guess is that the answer is the same as the number of top-10 players that Rafa has beaten in the last nine months. That is, one.

My theory as to why you didn’t know this fact is because the media have not reported it.

My conspiracy theory as to why the media have not reported it? Well, I have one, but I won’t prejudice the rest of this article by airing it now.

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Consider this: in 2009, the season of Roger Federer’s 28th birthday, the same age as Nadal is at the moment, he was winning his maiden French Open and yet another Wimbledon title. In 2010 Federer won the Australian Open just for good measure.

Since that French Open final, Rafa has not even made a final, let alone won more slams. And he’s also just been struggling to compete, when you factor in his loss to Nick Kyrgios at Wimbledon, his failure to compete at the US Open, and his wholly perplexing loss to future Hall of Famer Michael Berrer in Round 1 at Doha in early 2015. ...............(more)

http://www.theroar.com.au/2015/03/14/myth-or-man-why-is-rafael-nadal-a-protected-species/

[KamaAina]

1. Maybe he's off the juice

[joeybee12]

2. Exactly...nt

[joeybee12]

3. He actually won a tournament in Argentina last month...

No one in the top 10 competed at it, though.