Gotta say, so proud of Nadal too even though he lost. After 7 years in the doldrums at Wimbledon, he made it to the semi's and almost beat (let's be honest) Novak at close to his best. And that's after an epic quarter final against Delpo.
He played really well and fully deserves the #1 ranking.
F--k yes. I was seriously impressed with how aggressive he was being with the backhand and ofcourse when the FH DTL was working. I guess the price of such aggression was the errors he was leaking which kept from pressure really building up on Djokovic's service games (apart from the two 15-40 situations ofcourse).
But yea he played great. Kept approaching the net to kill off points that he should as well (something Djokovic was not doing enough of and being punished for it).
Anyways I think Rafa has an excellent shot at USO, even with a resurgent Nole (as their H2H there proves), so things are not all that bad!
Meanwhile as a Fed fan, here's hoping that ridiculous loss and a match like this ignites the fire once more (he's been pretty crap all year long...).
Anyways I digress, really impressive stuff from Nadal.
Even better from Novak given the recent history.
Tennis is great.
I am so tired right now.