Literature
The Noble One
He lost.
He lost to NUMBER SEVEN.
It would be one thing to lose to his close companion, but to lose to a black sheep, a fellow countryman who came, seemingly, out of the blue was a painful, humiliating defeat.
Even with the injury he sustained. But, he didn't account for that.
There was speculation about his injuryhe heavily bandaged his left thigh and stretched continuallybut he never came out and said it. But, there was no denial: he was injured and it hurt. He didn't want to think about it, though. It took forever just to wave his coach and trainers away. Number one ranked ATP player Rafael Nadal sighed; it was a long,