The Most Crucial Point of the Match but.................

Was it a forehand miss or a backhand miss?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/16780203.stm

forehands, backhands... Its all a bit technical for the BBC.

Tennis can be a cruel game. You play for 6 hours and yet one point can be so important.

This is what Nadal said about it

It's true I had big mistake with 3015. But it's not moment to think
about that. That's another just moment in an almost sixhours match.
Forget about that knowing that I really had real, very real chances to
have the title and to win against a player who I lost six times last
year.

http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/interviews/2012-01-30/201201291327853403275.html

Its not that he always "says" the right thing he always seems to have a positive attitude and an inner self belief. Not something that can be taught but something that is a huge advantage if your job is professional tennis player.

BBC article has it right, did they change it later?

Henman Bill wrote:BBC article has it right, did they change it later?

You are correct HB they've changed it from "forehand" to "backhand".

I bet someone got confused for a moment because Nadal's a leftie. Easy to recall it as being on the right side so a forehand.

Yeah, that's strong mental stuff from Nadal in that quote.

Henman Bill wrote:I bet someone got confused for a moment because Nadal's a leftie. Easy to recall it as being on the right side so a forehand.

Nadal has two forehands anyway pretty much, except when he slices on the bh.

More unforgivable is the Beeb describing it as 4-3 30-15 when it was 4-2 30-15 as their own clip shows.

Henman Bill wrote:I bet someone got confused for a moment because Nadal's a leftie. Easy to recall it as being on the right side so a forehand.

Nadal has two forehands anyway pretty much, except when he slices on the bh.

More unforgivable is the Beeb describing it as 4-3 30-15 when it was 4-2 30-15 as their own clip shows.