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No limit to what Nadal can accomplish

By Sandra Harwitt
Special to ESPN.com

Sunday, February 1, 2009

MELBOURNE, Australia -- If anyone wants a crash course in the psychology of owning Roger Federer, just call Rafael Nadal. Battered from hours of exhausting play during the last few days of the Australian Open, the world No. 1 could have surrendered to Federer during the final. But weariness would be too feeble an excuse for someone too stubborn to be submissive. Instead, the increasingly mighty Nadal won his second straight five-set match -- his semifinal win over Fernando Verdasco set an Aus ...

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