The Differences Between Tennis and Baseball

Tennis has that baseball dynamic of no two parks are alike. With a big serve, you get better on grass because the ball skits through the grass and doesn't bounce too much on clay. So with Nadal as well, it was the mental factor also came into place again - he won Rolo Garros like six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 14 times. And then people started to not believe in themselves. That also played a role, I think. There were tournaments in the last two where he looked vulnerable, but no one really believed in themselves to even be familiar.

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