I watched both the men's and women's Australian Open finals this weekend. The women's final, between Venus and Serena, will be remembered for its place in history (Venus's first final since Wimbledon 2009, Serena winning her 23rd Major to break her tie with Steffi Graf for most Slams in the Open era), but not for the tennis on display, which was error-filled and drab.
The men's final, between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, was everything we hoped it would be--a dramatic, back-and-forth match at the limits of their ability, every bit worthy of the occasion.
I was pretty blown away by the Federer-Nadal match, and I'm inspired to write about it in a way that's unlike any sportswriting I've done before. I want to see if I can tell the story of the entire match. Why try to do such a thing? Why not just tell everyone to go watch it? In part it's because my training in energy systems in the body gives me a perspective that other sportswriters don't have. But also, it's because I don't know if I can do it. It may not work. And the only way to find out is to try.
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