re: Official 2013 Aussie Open Thread

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i dont know if PEDs make one arm a lot stronger than the other, but rafa definitely has 2 different sized arms it's rather distracting after you notice it. but for someone so young, his body seems to be (relatively) falling apart lately.

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1. Every tennis player's forehand/serve arm is substantially larger than their other arm.

2. His body is falling apart, but people saw this coming years ago. You can't draw up a style of play that would be harder on the knees than Nadal's style of play. And, yes, he is relatively young (26), but he was a prodigy and so the mileage on his knees started well before it does with most other players. Rafa beat Federer when he was 17 years old.

Federer vs. Nadal 2004 Miami Masters