Clarky21
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Not even at RG? :S
Depends,but right now I am not getting my hopes up about any tournament he might play.
Not even at RG? :S
Depends,but right now I am not getting my hopes up about any tournament he might play.
He came within an inch of beating Djokovic plus Ralph's game perfectly suits the slow HC of AO where he can keep sending balls back till the cows come home.:lol:
I can't see Fed or Murray stopping him if he gets back to form(and we've seen how he gets back to form in like 2 matches,weird isnt it?). Murray hasnt quite convinced me of his mental strength yet after capitulating post USO.
I think it could be a repeat of this year's final only this time Ralph takes it. I think Ralph is the co-favourite with Djokovic,what are your thoughts on the matter?
Come on Clarky, he isn't losing before the quarters at least. Look at the top 100, and look at him and tell me they stand a chance against a healthy Nadal.
You and your constant blabbling on these boards is utterly annoying:lol:. Last I checked Nadal is the 4th best tennis player in the world. Yes, he hasn't played in months however even if he is playing half of what he is capable of is good enough to beat 99% of the tour. Nadal IS lock and favourite in many of the events he participates in.
But have you ever wanted Nadal to win a tournament? You even wrote him off at Roland Garros this year :lol:
Yeah. It's just too bad he disappoints over and over again by going long stretches of time without winning even a 250 event.
Yeah, I guess winning slams for 8 straight years is disappointing, and 21 masters shields, oh so disappointing....
He still goes long stretches of time without winning anything. Why does a player ranked as high as he is go a year or more without a title?
Such an underachieving mug, you're right.
Glory-hunting much? He won 11 slams (and might win more), be happy with that, any normal person would be. True fans are always supportive, win or lose.
Such an underachieving mug, you're right.
Glory-hunting much? He won 11 slams (and might win more), be happy with that, any normal person would be. True fans are always supportive, win or lose.
I think I finally narrowed down Clarky's irrational postings:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye
George Lopez gives a perfect explanation of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN8Z6hKBXcw
Benita = Clarky
George = rest of tennis world
Mal de ojo!
Nadal won't forget how to play after six months and he won't be injured. He's gearing up now and getting match ready, so don't worry. He will be making at least the quarters.Depends,but right now I am not getting my hopes up about any tournament he might play.
Such an underachieving mug, you're right.
Glory-hunting much? He won 11 slams (and might win more), be happy with that, any normal person would be. True fans are always supportive, win or lose.
I think clarky just doesn't understand tennis. Djokovic/Federer/Murray are supposed to be suited to hardcourts more than than Nadal. So that doesn't leave many hardcourt events for Nadal to win. Plus Nadal has been known as a claycourt specialist. Plus their is the factor of his injuries occurring on hardcourts. All these factors suggest that clarky doesn't have a firm grasp on reality if he thinks Nadal should be winning hardcourt events each year.
Nadal won't forget how to play after six months and he won't be injured. He's gearing up now and getting match ready, so don't worry. He will be making at least the quarters.
I think Nadal has lied to us all and has been practicing the entire time to surprise everybody and take the title.No he won't. Expecting him to get that far on a surface that doesn't suit him after 6 months off is just disregarding reality. Nadal makes the 3rd round tops.
I think Nadal has lied to us all and has been practicing the entire time to surprise everybody and take the title.
I actually believe Nadal will make a clean sweep until the quarters or the semifinals, simply because even when he's unwell, most of the field still can't touch him. I also believe Federer will win the AO next year.I think people are overrating Nadal a bit here. Practicing is great, but nothing makes up for match toughness. I think SF's would be a great run for Nadal in this tournament, and I think he has a fair chance to make it that far, but he's not a lock to make the QF's if he's off form which is a likely proposition now. He's been pushed to 5 sets by Isner at RG of all places, and even in his best year, coming off a dominating RG he was pushed by Haase and Petzscher at Wimbledon, lost to Rosol, and lost in the QF's at the AO in 2010 and 2011, although in 2011 he lost suspiciously badly to Ferrer. I am far from a Nadal apologist, but he wouldn't lose to Ferrer that badly if he was healthy. Everybody knows that.
And then, looking at the people that can legitimately beat him, I would say Federer is one of those guys. He definitely has better than zero chance to beat him, and I would rate his chances higher than Ferrer's honestly.
I actually believe Nadal will make a clean sweep until the quarters or the semifinals, simply because even when he's unwell, most of the field still can't touch him. I also believe Federer will win the AO next year.
Why not? He came close a few times against him this year.What makes you think that? Fed hasn't been past the semis at the AO in nearly 3 years. He is not beating Cvac there.
Yeah. It's just too bad he disappoints over and over again by going long stretches of time without winning even a 250 event.
He still goes long stretches of time without winning anything. Why does a player ranked as high as he is go a year or more without a title?
I think people are overrating Nadal a bit here. Practicing is great, but nothing makes up for match toughness. I think SF's would be a great run for Nadal in this tournament, and I think he has a fair chance to make it that far, but he's not a lock to make the QF's if he's off form which is a likely proposition now. He's been pushed to 5 sets by Isner at RG of all places, and even in his best year, coming off a dominating RG he was pushed by Haase and Petzscher at Wimbledon, lost to Rosol, and lost in the QF's at the AO in 2010 and 2011, although in 2011 he lost suspiciously badly to Ferrer. I am far from a Nadal apologist, but he wouldn't lose to Ferrer that badly if he was healthy. Everybody knows that.
And then, looking at the people that can legitimately beat him, I would say Federer is one of those guys. He definitely has better than zero chance to beat him, and I would rate his chances higher than Ferrer's honestly.
You're being ungrateful. He's won big tournaments every year, even though he's missed long stretches due to injury and most of the tour is on his worst surface.
You talk as if it's over disappointing or unpleasant to be a fan of his and I don't see the sense in that. I at least sure sure have had a good time.
When has he been so long without a title anyway?, he was in 2009 - 2010, which was due to injury and the whole stretch being on hard courts, and 2011 - 2012 when he lost all those finals to Novak.
Well, a reasonable post here
I think I finally narrowed down Clarky's irrational postings:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye
Well it kinda is disappointing and unpleasant to be a Nadal fan. He's constantly injured and can't string together 2 solid years. He's also a victim of himself far too often and loses matches he should never ever lose. He also relies too heavily on confidence which causes to him to play too defensively and lose matches he should never lose. Fed fans complaining about Fed makes me laugh considering I know what's it's like to be a Nadal fan for the past 8 years. Lol.
Serious question? He does this all the time. Every year he goes very long stretches of time without a title anywhere. How long have you been a fan?
That was actually an interesting read.
He wins matches he could have lost, all the time. Just look at his record versus other top players.
He is injured very often and nevertheless wins as much as he does. I don't see why you can't appreciate that and give him some credit for it.
I've been a fan since 2006. I guess I don't usually count how long it's been since the last tournament he's won. I don't think it's been that much anyway.
Well it kinda is disappointing and unpleasant to be a Nadal fan. He's constantly injured and can't string together 2 solid years. He's also a victim of himself far too often and loses matches he should never ever lose. He also relies too heavily on confidence which causes to him to play too defensively and lose matches he should never lose. Fed fans complaining about Fed makes me laugh considering I know what's it's like to be a Nadal fan for the past 8 years. Lol.
Nadal's 2010 draw was very difficult. He had to play Kohlshreibber, Karlovic, Murray, Cilic and Federer to win the whole thing. He didn't make it past Murray in the quarters. Nadal was 3 years younger back then and had less wear and tear on his body. Just makes you wonder how much longer he can keep it up seeing as that the peak of his playing days are nearing the end much like the players before him at a similar age. He's not a young cat in this sport even though his playing style requires the speed and defenses of a young cat. Can't keep playing like that when you're getting up in age and trying to keep your body intact.
People have been saying this since 2005 and nothing's changed,quite literally.
And Mike Sams will be saying that on and on, until Rafa retires and even after that........:twisted:
Maybe you can give us the inside scoop on why Ralph doesn't have a permanent unrecoverable injury yet given his playing style,beasty? :-?
Not as often as he loses matches he shouldn't lose.
You don't have to count to know that he usually goes at least a year in between titles wins. He has done this for years. Have you forgotten his reaction after he won MC in 2010? He said himself he didn't know if he would ever win anything again since he had gone so long without a title.
Numbers don't support your case.
I believe he's gone close to a year without titles twice, but you can correct me if I'm wrong.
I do think he might even have even close to retiring in 2010, given how things were going for him. He had pretty much limped out of four slams in a row. The treatment he got them might well have saved his career.
Maybe you can give us the inside scoop on why Ralph doesn't have a permanent unrecoverable injury yet given his playing style,beasty? :-?
But it didn't because he is injured yet again with the same problem. I think he just takes pain killers and slaps a band-aid on them,but they never really heal. He also doesn't make smart scheduling decisions which doesn't exactly help the him either.
Nadal is coming back yet again, and how we have to wait and see what he's got in store for us. He's pulled through once before after an injury layoff, and I think he can do it again.Which is what they've said they didn't want to keep on doing so they took they long break.
They've also said it isn't the exact same injury than then, but in another place I believe.
Anyway, it saved his career then, and he's not retired yet.
You're looking at things with too much pessimism Clarky. I understand, because I don't like to build up too many expectations myself, it's a little too much. For example, you tortured yourself all these months thinking Rafa had retired, when you didn't need to. You got nothing out of it.
One thing is form and another being out for 6 months just returning from injury.
You cannot possibly think that Federer has no chance at all, I find it hard to believe.
I'm not even saying he'd be the favourite, but there's no way he has no chance. he even had a chance against Nadal in RG in 2011.
If it comes to pure talent, many players can hang with him if they have the belief as the likes of Del Potro, Tsonga, Youzhny, Simon, Davydenko, Nalbandian, etc have shown before.
Fed basically ran out of gas in the 4th set (which is obvious to anyone who has been watching Fed for a long time, his footwork goes and he starts going for too much way too early in a rally) which means he has to get the job done in straights or say win the first two then tank the 3d so he could give it his all in the 4th, chances of either happening in AO conditions are so miniscule it might as well be zero.
At this point in their career Fed's chances of beating Nadal in a slam rest on him having a great serving day and facing him in the conditions which allow him to use that to the fullest, say Wimbledon under the roof.
Well Zagor, I don't know how much he will have played into form if he reaches the semis (his feel for the ball, timing, confidence)... I also wonder about his fitness if the match would go to 4 or 5 sets.
I see your point, but I still think you exaggerating
Well Zagor, to be honest Roger has good chances against Rafa in AO 2013.
I remember prior to Wimbledon 2012 you said that Roger has absolutely no chance and we arguing about that..
The bolded part is just crap
I doubt it.******* will get pummeled by Del Potro I predict.