It was long. It was dramatic. But was it everything it was billed to be? Tactical Tennis says "no." While many tennis writers rushed to call the final between Djokovic and Nadal at the Australian Open this year the new 'greatest match ever' (replacing the 2008 Wimbledon Final between Nadal and Federer), it was far from it. In truth, the quality of tennis was, as a whole, far lower than that played in either of the semi-finals that preceded it.
