Rahul Dravid has played his final one-dayer. It was a dead-rubber in Cardiff. And India lost. It wasn’t meant to be this way. He was supposed to steer India to a World Cup final, smash a hundred in the title clash and sign off with a victory lap. But that’s just me dreaming. Reality is muchContinue reading “Rahul Dravid and the eternal lament”
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Novak Djokovic: chutzpah, endurance and a US Open
It’s about two hours since Novak Djokovic outgunned Rafael Nadal in what seemed like a Christopher Nolan film. I need to watch it again to understand what exactly happened. I think I will fail. I am reeling from the intensity with which each player pounded shot after shot, even as they extended their limbs inContinue reading “Novak Djokovic: chutzpah, endurance and a US Open”
Rafael Nadal and the crusade against the ‘impossible’
Two years ago, on a muggy August morning, a bustling opening day of the US Open, I got my first sighting of Roger Federer. He was the defending champion, he was seeded No.1, and he was playing an American college star called Devin Britton. The first set (6-1) was a blur; the second was memorableContinue reading “Rafael Nadal and the crusade against the ‘impossible’”
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