By Art Spander
For Maven Sports
OAKLAND, Calif. — Every few minutes there’s another email, another postponement or cancellation, another disappointment.
The Kentucky Derby to September; the PGA Championship, the one at San Francisco’s Harding Park, from May to who knows when; the Ryder Cup from September to next year.
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By Art Spander
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He is playing against history now, against the men who preceded him, against Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg, against Pete Sampras and certainly Roger Federer. And Rafael Nadal, French Open champion once more, also is playing against himself.
Each match and each tournament, especially any of the four Grand Slams, is a measuring stick, an evaluation of where he ranks among the great ones, and there have been many in the decades stretching back more than a century.
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By Art Spander
Featured Columnist
This is what we wanted. This is what we always want, the best against the best.
Across the globe, this is what we have: San Antonio Spurs against Miami Heat, New York Rangers against the Los Angeles Kings and for the final of a French Open full of twists, turns and rain delays, Rafael Nadal against Novak Djokovic.
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French Open, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal Email Article By Art Spander
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Vince Lombardi used to say hurt is in the mind. So, too, is success. Also failure, not that we should call anyone who makes it as far as the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tennis tournament a failure.
There are so many pieces of advice on how one becomes a champion. Maybe the most accurate it this: You’ve got to believe.
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Andy Murray, French Open, Rafael Nadal Email Article By Art Spander
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Even as it was unfolding, even as the balance tipped and Serena Williams went from winner to loser, it seemed unbelievable. Serena Williams doesn’t fall apart. Serena Williams doesn’t lose first-round matches in Grand Slams.
Serena is a finisher, not someone who gets finished.
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