Oh I say! I hope Dan Maskell was watching from on high today as Nole (as he is known) came through to beat Nadal in the final of the Australian Open. When he faced Andy Murray on Friday, the plucky Scot, playing as well as I've ever seen him, pushed him all the way to the foundations of his being to mine the will he needed to emerge victorious.
Today also, he was forced to dig deeper than ever before to summon the will to win. It's all about this at the highest level. All of the World's top 4 players are supremely talented men at the peak of their athletic prowess. Ultimately it is only the will that separates them.
I feel privileged to be living at a time when so many of history's great exponents are playing at the same time. And what of Murray? After his performance on Friday, even though he lost, I still don't rule him out of winning a Grand Slam tournament one day. Maybe soon...
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