Rafael Nadal is the yin to Roger Federer’s yang — and not just on the tennis court where their styles could not be more disparate.
Nadal’s off-court comments at this US Open have been diametrically opposed to those of Federer on several topics, revealing the Spaniard’s willingness to criticize where he finds fault, whereas Federer appears more happy-go-lucky about most everything.
Wikipedia describes yin and yang as “the combination or fusion of the two cosmic forces.” In the tennis world, Nadal, 31, and Federer, 36, definitely qualify as opposing cosmic forces.
First, when Nadal, the No. 1 seed, and Federer, the No. 3, appeared in the same half of the draw, Nadal was quick to say that he wasn’t looking forward to playing his arch-rival, to whom he has lost the last four times, including in this year’s Australian Open final.
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