Rafael Nadal completed his "career Grand Slam" Monday night in Flushing Meadows, New York. Throughout the U.S. Open Nadal's game was tantalizing. Just two days before the tournament back on August 28th, he began practicing bigger, faster serves. This crucial element was lacking in his game, because normally he would simply spin his serves in. With a new powerful serve in place, Nadal's game was imposed on his opponents. He already has been labeled the fittest man in tennis, but this Grand Slam was different. The Spaniard rarely was pushed and always had plenty of fuel left in the tank.
Monday night while facing Novak Djokovic, he controlled the rallies and bullied Novak side to side. Even when Djokovic won the second set, Nadal never appeared threatened. He simply kept going about his business and chasing history to become the youngest male tennis player to achieve the career Grand Slam (winning all 4 Grand Slams). And at 24 years of age, one simply has to ask, how much longer till he overtakes Roger Federer (with 16 Grand Slams) even with a 7 slam advantage. Look out tennis world, Nadal is just entering his prime.
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