An open letter to Rafa...
Dear Rafa, It is not often that I struggle with emotions for anyone other than Roger Federer in tennis but I certainly did when I watched you demolish Casper Ruud with one of your feet asleep! I will come back to that in a bit. 2021 and 2022 have not been the best of years if you have been worshipping Federer for the last 17 years. Daniil Medvedev gave me some time to recover from 2021 having seen Djokovic play insane level to win 3 majors and get level with Roger and yourself on the grand slam count. I was all set to follow the Australian Open without much of a worry because of the ugly Djokovic saga and the fact that you were definitely not one of the first 3 favorites to win. You built up the momentum pretty well with a win in Melbourne prior to the Australian Open and started to peak at the right time. Going through tricky matches against Shapo and Matteo, you set up the final showdown against the in form Russian. After you lost the first 2 sets convincingly, everyone thought that ...