Predicting 2012 Mens Tennis

Its a tough one to guess accurately but if everything goes normal then i probably know whats gonna happen

Novak Djokovic has had a tremendous year. Still not over yet, ATP World tour finals are still to come. A player who always used to consider himself one step below the two cantankerous giants of tennis i.e Federer and Nadal, is now hovering over them. Was it all Djokovic or did Nadal and Federer got relaxed and let him take away the glory ? No , they did not loosened themselves but they certainly didn't prepared well enough against the top new form of Djokovic.




One thing for sure --- changes don't appear overnight and changes this BIG certainly require a massive amount of hard work and determination. If I compare new Novak with the old one , i see a person who believes in himself , one who believes can beat anybody on the tour. He is able to adopt the style of game which suits each and every surface. He may be the complete player the tennis has ever seen. But because tennis evolves everyday , therefore no one is complete always.


I don't see the reason why Novak would step down in the rankings in 2012. I don't want him to continue topping as I am a Rafa fan, but while i am writing i have to be honest. Using full energy and playing top class tennis only when required and preserving maximum energy for the coming matches reflect the way how great players play. I mean whats the point in howling when you are leading 6-1,5-2 and up 40-0 and you lose a point and scoreboard shows 40-15. Each and every aspect discussed above matters a lot. NOW, i must say that its Rafa, Roger and Murray's turn to improve themselves otherwise it may be too late. One thing that all players must remember is that progress waits for no one , and once you think you have gained much is the point where your decline starts, so keep moving forward to stay at top. Practice alone is not enough but practice with a goal is what is mandatory.I wish all the players a better 2012.

DOES TRIVALRY EXISTS TODAY IN MEN'S TENNIS ?

     I REALLY THINK THAT ITS REALLY SOMETHING TO DISCUSS WHETHER THERE ARE STILL ANY SIGNS OF THE MIGHTY TRIVALRY THAT SURROUNDED THE MEN'S TENNIS SOMETIME AGO. ROGER FEDERER HAS BEEN FAMOUS SINCE HE WON HIS FIRST WIMBLEDON IN 2003. NO ONE STOOD IN HIS WAY FOR QUITE SOMETIME EXCEPT RAFAEL NADAL ON THE CLAY. THE REASON WHY FEDERER WAS QUITE SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST IS BECAUSE HE HAD THE MOST COMPLETE SET OF SKILLS IN MEN'S TENNIS. THERE WAS ONLY NADAL MAINLY WHO CAME IN HIS WAY BUT STILL ROGER PREVAILED ON HARD COURTS. 

         NADAL KNEW THAT HE NEEDED TO IMPROVE IF HE WANTS TO WIN MORE TITLES SO HE DID. EARLY IN HIS CAREER, HE MOSTLY RELIED ON HIS FOREHAND STRENGTH BUT AS TIME PASSED HE DID REALIZED THE NEED FOR A SECONDARY WEAPON WHICH WAS HIS BACKHAND. HIS BACKHAND CROSS-COURT BECAME ONE OF HIS SHOT SELECTION. NADAL HAD TO COMPRISE SPEED FOR TOP-SPIN WHICH MEANS HE HAS TO COVER MORE GROUND IN RESPONSE OF A FAST SHOT FROM THE OPPONENT. THEREFORE, LATER ON HE DID DEVELOPED SLICE BACKHAND ALSO HE TWEAKED HIS SERVING STYLE.

       NOVAK DJOKOVIC IS THE THIRD GUY IN PICTURE ALONGSIDE NADAL AND FRDERER. HE HAD HIS FIRST SUCCESS AT MAJORS IN THE SAME YEAR NADAL WON HIS FIRST WIMBLEDON TITLE. HE WAS A BETTER PLAYER HARD-COURT PLAYER AND HAD LITTLE SUCCESS ON CLAY. BUT HE WAS A CONSISTENT PLAYER AND HENCE CLAIMED THE 3RD SPOT IN ATP RANKINGS FOR A LONG TIME. NOVAK WAS OFTEN OUSTED BY NADAL AND FEDERER IN LONGER RALLIES OF THE MATCH WHEN HE GOT TIRED. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT HE NEEDED TO IMPROVE IF HE WANTED TO CLIMB EVEN HIGHER. 

        AT PRESENT, THERE IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PICTURE. NADAL AND FEDERER ARE DESPERATELY TRYING TO COPE WITH DJOKOVIC'S CONSISTENCY. CHANGE NEVER COMES OVERNIGHT, IT TAKES TIME. DJOKOVIC KNEW THAT HE HAD TO OVERCOME HIS WEAKNESSES AND DWELL UPON HIS CORE COMPETENCIES WHICH HE DID. HE NO LONGER SAT DOWN AFTER LONG RALLIES AND ALSO DID NOT LOOKED AT HIS BOX EVERY TIME HE MISSED A SHOT. HE WAS TOTALLY CHANGED RATHER TRANSFORMED. HE STARTED TO BELIEVE IN HIMSELF. HE KNEW EXACTLY HOW TO PUNISH GUYS LIKE ROGER AND RAFA. WHEN TO PLAY A BACKHAND DOWN THE LINE OR WHEN TO PLAY A DROP SHOT. HE STARTED TO DICTATE MORE RALLIES IN THE GAME. HE NO LONGER SMASHED ONE OR TWO SHOTS INSTEAD HE SMASHED EVERY BALL HE GOT WITHOUT MAKING AN ERROR. THIS IS SOMETHING WHICH EVEN AMAZES ME TODAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DOES IT OR HOW MUCH INTENSE TRAINING HE HAD DONE TO ACHIEVE IT. THIS MEANS HIS OPPONENT HAS LESS TIME TO REST AS MOST OF THE HIS SHOTS WOULD BE SMASHES. HE IS A COMPLETE PLAYER TODAY WHO LIKES TO PLAY AND WIN ON EVERY SURFACE. 

            THIS IS MY VIEW AND I ALWAYS PORTRAY WHAT SEEMS RIGHT TO ME. YOU CAN ALSO REFER TO MY OLDER ARTICLE " NOVAK TOO MUCH FOR RAFA " TOO.
TO READ ABOUT WHAT DJOKOVIC SAYS ABOUT THE TRIVALRY, SEE THE LINK DJOKOVIC'S VIEW ABOUT TRIVALRY .  

AM I THAT UNIMPORTANT ?

SOMETIMES I WONDER WHAT SORT OF SERIOUS MISTAKE I HAD COMMITTED FOR WHICH I AM BEING TESTED. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN LIFE WAS NOT PERFECT BUT STILL I LIVED WITH VIGOR BECAUSE THERE WAS HOPE. A HOPE OF A BETTER FUTURE.THERE WERE COLORS IN EVERYTHING. THEN, SOMEHOW DURING THE LAST FEW YEARS, AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTRY HAVE WORSENED, WHICH ACTUALLY HAD A DEVASTATING AFFECT ON THE LIFE OF AN ORDINARY PERSON. 


ITS STRANGE AND QUITE UNFORTUNATE  THAT WE BEING MUSLIMS SHOULD HAVE A SYSTEM THAT OTHERS WOULD FOLLOW, BUT IF WE CANNOT DO THIS THEN AT LEAST WE CAN FOLLOW THOSE WHO ARE DOING THIS. BUT SADLY WE CANNOT EVEN DO THAT, ITS A SHAME. WE DO NOT CARE ABOUT OUR HOMELAND ANYMORE. A HOMELAND WHICH WAS GAINED BY SACRIFICING THE BLOOD OF INNOCENT. A HOMELAND WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SACRED HAS NOW BECOME A WALKING CEMETERY IF WE SEE KARACHI ESPECIALLY. IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, IF ONLY A SINGLE PERSON IS KILLED, IT IS THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED BUT IN PAKISTAN BODIES ARE CHEAP AND LOAF IS EXPENSIVE AT TIMES. 


WE ARE NOT BEHIND BECAUSE WE LACK FINANCE OR OBSOLETE TECHNOLOGY. THE REASON IS WE LACK HARD WORK, DEDICATION, BELIEF, UNITY, DISCIPLINE. IF ONLY WE COULD REPLACE "I" WITH "WE" THEN EVERYTHING WOULD BE FINE. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO LEARN THAT THOSE WHO BETRAY THEIR OWN COUNTRY ARE NEVER WELCOMED BY OTHERS. PAKISTAN IS OUR IDENTITY, ITS OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET AND WE ARE THOSE WHO WOULD TAKE IT TO NEW HEIGHTS. ITS OUR FOREMOST DUTY AND OBLIGATION TO PLAY OUR PART IN ITS DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESS WITH UTMOST USE OF OUR ABILITIES.


TOMORROW IS EID-UL-FITR AND I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS AS I COULD NOT HOLD THEM INSIDE ANY LONGER. LIFE IS VERY HARD NOWADAYS AND I PRAY THAT EVERYTHING GETS BACK TO NORMAL. AND WE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT EID IS EVERYDAY WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING POSITIVE GOING-ON. SHARE HAPPINESS, LIVE HAPPILY, AND ALWAYS TRY TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE. AND THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE WHETHER IT MAY BE VERY LITTLE. AS EVERY NIGHT IS FOLLOWED BY A MORNING. SIMILARLY, THE BETTER MAY BE FAR BUT ITS NEVER ABSENT, WE JUST HAVE TO FIND IT OURSELVES.  

I REMEMBER I WAS YOUNG AND PASSIONATE .........

بسم الله ارحمن ارحيم 

      I REMEMBER I WAS YOUNG AND PASSIONATE, ONE WITH AIMS AND GOALS AND EYES FULL OF VIGOR AND A NEVER ENDING LIGHT THAT SHONE IN THEM. LIFE WAS EASY, AND I WAS UNAWARE OF THE WORD " RESPONSIBILITY ". THAT WAS THE AGE WHEN I BELIEVED THAT I CANT BE BROKEN, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS BUT I WAS SHEER WRONG. 

    TIDES TURNED AND SUDDENLY THE ODDS WERE AGAINST ME. A NEW CHAPTER IN MY LIFE AWAITED ME. EVERYTHING I TOUCHED SEEMED TO CRUMBLE TO THE GROUND. THOSE WHO I THOUGHT WERE MY CLOSEST, SEEMED THIRSTY FOR MY BLOOD. ALL THE TIME THAT I PASSED WITH THEM AND ALL THE FUN THAT I HAD WITH THEM WAS NO MORE. THOSE MERCENARIES TOOK AWAY EVERY SINGLE PENNY THAT I HAD BUT SOMEHOW DIDN'T ATE ME ALIVE AND LEFT ME LIKE A STRANDED DOG. 

      THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I LOST TRACK OF THE DAYS AND NIGHTS. THERE WAS NO ONE TO TALK TO, NO ONE TO ASK FOR HELP, NO SHOULDER TO CRY UPON, IT WAS JUST ME AND MY THOUGHTS. THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THE LIFE WAS NOW FOOD AND SHELTER. THERE WERE NO MORE AIMS AND AMBITIONS, NO MORE FRIENDS AND FAMILY, NO MORE COLORS OF LIFE. DARKNESS WAS EVERYWHERE AND I WAS LOST IN IT. THEN OUT OF NOWHERE A HAND GRABBED AND PULLED ME OUT OF THE BED.
" THANK YOU LORD " WERE THE WORDS THAT CAME OUT MY MOUTH AND TEARS ACCOMPANIED THEM.