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Time for change?

Well, well, looks like the face of the tennis world will see some change soon if/when Nadal becomes #1. Which some people think may be as soon as the end of the week. It's about time. No offence to Federer but 200+ weeks of the same guy is no fun. Hopefully, if/when Nadal gets there, it will not be another 200+ weeks.

The more exciting development, I think, is that Andy Murray is showing promising signs of joining the fray at the top. Last week he played with a lot more resolve than I remember seeing in him. He reminded me of Roddick and Hewitt in the days when they kept having a go at Federer. He was 4-0 down to Djokovic in head-to-head but he still had a go (and a very convincing one it was, I must say) and was rewarded with closing the gap to 4-1. He was whatever-0 down to Nadal, with his last (convincing) loss so recent but he played well, I thought, even though he couldn't carry it through to the end. He sure looked like he had his head about him and if he could have his head more about him and work on running around more like a rabbit, things will be interesting at the top.


Can't see anyone else in the top 10 having a good enough swing at Federer, Nadal or Djokovic (who seems to be on a little decline himself), though Ferrer is certainly a much better rabbit than Murray. Okay, maybe Ferrer should also start having his head about himself more and then we can have a mighty fight at the top.

Picture from here.
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