It was a bright sunny day in the Louis Armstrong Stadium and Rafael Nadal had won the US open again! What a tragedy it was for Djokovic to lose against Nadal in the championship. He was pretty good, but not good enough! If he had played better, he would have won. According to me, he did too many unforced errors which Nadal took advantage of and kept the pressure on.
As a referee, I could not be partial to any one player, but I did have a favorite in my heart and I was glad to see my favorite win the match. Earlier in the day, I had walked into the stadium before the players, The players came in right after me and after waving to the crowd they took their seats and arranged their tennis bag and their rackets. They also took some pictures and then started practicing. After five minutes of that, I called for them to come to the net for the racket spin.
Following that they shook hands and started the game. If you didn’t know, a game is 5 points, a set is six games, and a match is 3-5 sets. The game started with an ace by Djokovic and he actually won the set 6 games to 2! Every time Nadal was at 40-0 Djokovic came right up and won the game.
In the 3rd game of the 1st set Djokovic was serving, and I awarded the point to Nadal because the linesman had raised his right hand. Djokovic challenged the point because he thought his serve was an ace. I had to show the close camera and it was an ace for Djokovic. The linesman had made a wrong call and the point was awarded to Djokovic. You see, one of the jobs of a referee is to put replays on the screen if someone challenges. Players can only have 3 challenges in a set.
But later in the game, Djokovic started making too many unforced errors and quickly went right down and Nadal won the match with ease. If Nadal hadn’t believed in himself Djokovic would have won the championship. After the match was over they both shook hands with me. They went to their seats and wiped their sweat off.
Finally, Djokovic walked off of the court. After taking them off, Nadal even through his wristbands and his headband into the audience. To top it all off, he even signed some tennis balls and hit it into the audience! There was a whole ceremony for him because he had won the entire U.S. Open, and they were both presented with their trophies.
“Aryan! Wake up, it’s time to go to school!” My mom said.
“Wait, w-what happened?” I said softly to myself.
And then it hit me. It was all a dream after all and none of it actually happened. Oh well, I guess it was good while it lasted. Anyway, I’ve got to go and get ready for school right now. Until the next dream!