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Garcia runs Nadal ragged

August
26

It would be a sweeping generalization to assume the star athletes of the same country all hang out together. Only in this case, it happens to be true.

Less than two days removed from his playoff loss to Vijay Singh in The Barclays in New Jersey, Sergio Garcia was on hand at the U.S. Open today to hit with Rafael Nadal on Practice Court 1.

Garcia spoke at length the other day about his active interest in soccer and tennis, both of which he sees as needed diversions from golf. And, of course, his interest in tennis extends to women seeing how he once dated Martina Hingis.

For the record, if Nadal is that hard up for practice partners, he should know that I have my racket in the car. Just give me the word…

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 at 6:37 pm by Sam Weinman.
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