THE RISE OF SPAIN

Rafa Nadal defeated Roger Federer at Wimbeldon on Sunday.  Federer had won the previous five Wimbeldons, this was Nadal's first win at Centre Court and his fifth career grand slam. We didn't watch the match, but we hear it was an instant classic (and hella long, too). Is this the beginning of the end of the once seemingly invincible Federer? Or is Nadal's win part of a larger trend of winning for Spanish players/teams? The Spanish National Footbal team won the European Cup a month ago. Is this a sign of things to come at the Olympics? What does it all mean? Who knows, but it was nice to see Nadal finally win at Wimbeldon.  With his win at the French Open earlier this year (also by defeating Federer) he is most certainly the favorite to win the US Open.  This could the beginning of a Nadal Era in men's tennis.