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US Open 2010 Betting – A Nadal vs Federer Final The Makings of History
History is in the making at the 2010 US Open and we are two rounds away from its culmination in the final. It might be premature to be contemplating the historical milieu at this point in time, ahead of the quarterfinals, because everything hinges on the two protagonists in this plotline – Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer – to punch at their weight class and navigate a successful course into the event’s premier movement.
But when you get down to the final eight and the potential of a Nadal-Federer final on Sunday looms, it’s too seductive a thought to ignore.
I am not alone in wanting to hurry the tournament towards Sunday and to another chapter of the Nadal-Federer rivalry, the best rivalry in sports today and that has never before unfolded on Arthur Ashe stadium.
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Unveiling this rivalry at the US Open for the first time is not all that is at stake here, however; it’s about a greater history, if you can believe. Nothing but history is on the line.
The US Open is of course the only major that Nadal hasn’t won and if he does win it this weekend, he’ll complete the career Grand Slam. He’ll complete it at 24 years old, almost four years younger than was Federer when he completed the major coup at the 2009 French Open.
Obviously, Nadal wants to complete the career Grand Slam at the US Open and join that elite class of which Federer is a part. Federer will want to stop him and win a sixth US Open title, a record 17th Grand Slam title.
If Nadal wins the title on Sunday, he’ll have won three-straight Grand Slams this season, which hasn’t been done since Rod Laver accomplished the feat in the 1969. It would mark the single finest year a player has ever had.
More than anything, it’s what the outcome of a Nadal-Federer final might leave to posterity that makes this the single, most significant match in men’s history if they were to meet on Sunday.
They will be the first two players EVER to play in the finals of all four majors and if Nadal beats Federer, he’ll have beaten the maestro in all four finals. What that would mean to Federer’s legacy as the greatest player of all time (GOAT) is momentous. His claim to the title would be open to debate.
Can Federer still be considered the greatest if he couldn’t dominate his ultimate nemesis, Nadal in his career? Is there an argument to be had for Nadal becoming the greatest player of all time?
Heady questions indeed and I for one cannot wait until Sunday rolls around.
Federer has the tougher path into the final over Robin Soderling in the quarters, and Novak Djokovic or Gael Monfils in the semis. Nadal is to play a tired Fernando Verdasco in the quarters and Stanislas Wawrinka or Mikhail Youzhny in the semis.
The way the roads traverse to the final, both have a good chance to move through and give us what we’re all hankering after; but you never know. The remaining six players are no cakewalks and they will do their utmost best to upset the party we are all planning for already.
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