The great Rod Laver was seated in the front row tonight as Roger Federer played Rafa Nadal. It was their first meeting since their epic five set marathon at The Australian Open.
Late in the first set, the camera panned to Laver who was just smiling and shaking his head.
What he, and the rest of the tennis world were witnessing, was other worldly.
Roger won the match 6-2, 6-3 in an hour and eight minutes. At the end, as Roger pummeled another backhand return winner to close out the match, Rafa was shaking his head like Mr. Laver.
This was like watching Michael Jordan, Julius Erving, and Mikhail Barysnikov rolled into one.
Incredible!
** One can only hope fourteen time Grand Champion Pete Sampras was watching this exhibition.
He must have have been very pleased with how the great Roger has built on and improved the skills Pete and Mr. Laver brought to the game.
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