LONDON (Reuters) - When the losses were coming thick and fast earlier this year, Rafael Nadal resembled a man tormented -- what had always come so naturally, he now had to think about.
The powerful topspin forehand, the signature shot which propelled him to 14 grand slam titles and made him virtually unplayable on clay, was deserting him at crucial moments.
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