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The Amazing Comeback

            Last year, right at this very moment, Nadal was watching the US Open final in front of the TV witnessing Murray winning his first grand slam title. A year later, nobody would ever think that Nadal came back from a 7 months injury with storm by winning the US Open for a second time. When people started doubting Nadal’s ability to win a major on hard court, Nadal once again proved the critics wrong. The numbers does look impressive too. He is still undefeated on hard courts this year and a 60-3 (95.16%) winning record that saw him captured 10 titles.             I remember 2 months ago I wrote an article right after the Wimbledon, saying that we can learn a lot the future of tennis is heading in this US Open. I think we certainly learn a lot in this tournament. Of all answers we found, no doubt that Djokovic and Nadal is the latest tennis rivalry and they are the two best tennis players in the world right now.             Tennis matches are always not just about skil

Tokyo 2020

          It was 5.20am (Tokyo time) on a Sunday morning on September 8 when the announcement of the host city for the 2020 Olympic Games was being made. “The International Olympic Committee has the honor of announcing that the games of the 32nd Olympiad are awarded to the city of Tokyo”. The exact words from outgoing IOC President Jacques Rogge as this will be the last time he’s going to be announcing in front of the camera as the president of IOC. Live scenes from a Tokyo stadium shows a break of joy from the Japanese after the announcement was made, celebrating their winning bid. Tokyo will be the fifth city that is going to host the summer games for more than one time after staging the world’s largest games in 1964.           First, let’s don’t talk about the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in this article. Of all three candidates, Tokyo is indeed the safest choice of all the candidate cities. Japan has a more stable economy compare to the other two, a safer Tokyo and also v