re: The Championships, Wimbledon 2013 Official Thread

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I have a similar rant deep within about Rafa and poly strings, but I don't want to incur bobby's wrath. This part:

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My friend Toby, who's the most obsessive tennis fan I know (and who cultivates a luxuriant bitterness toward Nadal, if that's relevant), started sending me videos of fast-court tennis from the '90s and asking if I thought Rafa could win majors under similar conditions.

had me . That is like half the posters over on Tennis Warehouse forum

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I also have a friend that deeply hates Nadal. I mean, I don't like Fed, but I don't like Fed because I think he's a smug a-hole that's somehow acquired a pass for smug a-hole-ness.

My friend, on the other hand, hates Nadal on much deeper and more complicated levels. I may not even fully comprehend the origins or full extent of his enmity towards Rafa.