Nadal vs. Del Potro
While watching highlights of previous matches between Rafael Nadal and Juan Martin Del Potro, I decided to put into words what I was seeing. Below are my thoughts on the points where I felt that there was something to be learned. I will admit that the points were chosen with a slant towards Nadal. Hence, I left out a lot of forehand winners from Delpo. I chose these two matches because they seem to have the most relevance to today's match. The 2017 US Open is an obvious choice because it was played on the same court, and since that surface plays almost like a clay court, the French Open meeting was similar stylistically. I left out Wimbledon for obvious reasons, but the fact that Nadal also won that match is very telling. Some key points: 1. Delpo's standard rally position when he's at the bottom of the screen is about midway between the center line and the left sideline. He does this to protect his backhand, which is a very weak shot by ATP standards due to all of the...