Sunday, June 9, 2013

French Open 2013 Final Preview ;Battle of the Spainards ; Nadal vs Ferrer

It has all come down to this , the last two men standing ,The King of clay Rafael Nadal and iron man David Ferrer .
It has been a fairytale Return for Rafael Nadal who has reached his 9th final in his 9th tournament since his comeback and has an amazing record of 42-2 this year(including french open wins ). 
David Ferrer has continued his good form from 2012 , as he finally entered his maiden grand slam final at the age of 31 and has a 37-9 record (including french open wins ).
So lets see some statistical things here , For started David Ferrer has had a rock solid tournament has he has now one set through the whole tournament and has spent 11 hours on the court . Rafael Nadal had few slow starts in the first week of the tournament dropping the opening sets in the first 2 rounds , and he ll have recover mentally and physically faster after that epic 5 setter against Novak Djokovic in the semi finals .

Whats at stake ?
Rafael Nadal is attempting to get his 8th French open title and more over attempting to be the first man to 8 grand slams at a particular slam area . 
David Ferrer is attempting to win 1 st grand slam ever . 

Head to Head 
Rafael Nadal leads the head to head tally against David Ferrer 19-4 , in Grand slam meetings Its a tie 2-2 , their last Grand slam meeting was again at Rg where Rafael Nadal Raced through in straight  sets . 

Can Ferrer actually do it ?
Everyone knows that Rafael Nadal is most clear favourite to win this title , but questions lie in some tennis people , that can Ferrer actually pull out the shock of his life , to Nadal and Tennis world . Well he ll have to play his best ever game ever in order to beat Nadal . Even their last 2 meeting , Ferrer has taken nadal to deciding set and both of them are on clay . 

So lets hope for the best and hope we get to see an amzing 2013 french open final 

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