It’s difficult to gauge exactly how one forms a connection with a particular sportsperson – fandom is a thick brew made up of many secret ingredients – but one possible explanation for my interest in Rafael Nadal’s game and personality presented itself last year...
To read on, go here. This is a piece I did for First Post - it's about Rafael Nadal as perpetual underdog, my own identification with an aspect of his personality, and the frank self-analysis in his new autobiography. Of course, it's a bit ironical that this piece is appearing just as Rafa is almost certain to lose the US Open final to his 2011 nemesis Novak Djokovic (being a masochist, I will be up watching the match later tonight), but that's how things go in sport.
P.S. For any regular blog-readers with feedback on the piece - I'd prefer you leave comments here, not on the First Post site.
P.S. For any regular blog-readers with feedback on the piece - I'd prefer you leave comments here, not on the First Post site.
[Two earlier tennis-related pieces: From a Rafa fanboy and Deuce: On tennis narratives and rivalries]
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