By playing doubles.
Nadal/Moya def. Federer/Wawrinka: 6-4, 7-6.
At first I thought this was a practical joke, but then I actually watched it, and realized that this match was basically like a backup singles match. Not that I'm saying Wawrinka and Moya are handicaps, but I think Rafa was just proving to Roger that he really does own him on clay. Pretty soon, Nadal's gonna be walking Roger around on a leash.
Carlos Moya wore capris too. Moya looked dumb, and I thought Rafael already copyrighted those. At the rate they're handing out these pirates, they should have just cancel tennis and let Captain Jack Sparrow play. Although, just to be nice to Carlos Moya, he was the only one who didn't lose serve. Pretty good for someone that alternates his days between the retirement home and the disco.
Federer said that he didn't take it seriously in an interview afterwards. I think he should that after every loss. "i didn't take it seriously." I guess it works for Serena Williams.
Rafa actually didn't seem as mean as usual. He's a really weird person, I think. Sometimes he does all these things that makes you think that he's about six years old, then he gets on court and you think that he might punch your face in with those biceps and murderous stares.
People get really defensive about Moya and Wawrinka for some reason (some fangirl sent me a rabid email about how Moya was hot and a really good tennis player, etc.) , so I take everything I said back. Moya/Nadal def. Federer/Wawrinka. "Wawa" was coming back from serious injury, Moya played pretty well, Rafa was really nice, Roger hit some phenomenal shots, they all had fun and went out for a lively game of parcheesi and crumpets afterwards. See how boring that is?
highlights, capris, moya beating federer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSKeQo0bQAI
I wish doubles were more popular, because it really is fun. No one watches it on TV, but its because it isn't on TV (not even on the ever-valuable and phenomenally interesting and completely reliable tennis channel) . But whenever I've seen it live, people get really excited. I think I saw the Bryan brothers give people heart attacks (maybe just each other; bumping chests like that has to be dangerous at some point). They really love their sport too; when the ATP cheapened it with all their new efforts to make it shorter with more drama and fanfare (maybe they thought it was a circus or something), opponents and rivals alike came together in support of their livelihood.
I hope that this kind of match encourages doubles to be aired and watched more often. Because Doubles is so good, it brings people back from cancer.
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