Nadal vs Youzhny - Montreal Masters 3rd Round.

[happy-for-that]

I dont why posters even respond to him. Let him make his idiotic posts and he's bound to be banned sooner than later

Meanwhile 75% of the forum hates on Rafa at every opportunity.....
And you want to remove the most genuine Rafa fan of all-time.....no surprise.

 

[newpball]

N winning a match?
Wow!

 

[happy-for-that]

N winning a match?
Wow!

Rafa's 19th win in a row in North American Summer.

 

[Apun94]

Meanwhile 75% of the forum hates on Rafa at every opportunity.....
And you want to remove the most genuine Rafa fan of all-time.....no surprise.

There's nothing wrong with not liking/supporting Nadal. To each his own.
Yes, there are some posters who are wayyy over the top. Over the top of my head vive le beau and whiskeyee (something like that) among others, are just nasty and seem to have serious problems in their lives, but then there are posters like you.
How many times have you been banned exactly? Must be your third/fourth time joining this forum, at the very least

 

[GabeT]

Would it kill you to be a bit humble? vero has learned that lesson many times in the past.

His problem isn't lack of humility, it's delusion. He still thinks Nadal is a contender for the top titles.

 

[maupp]

Genuinely happy for Nadal and his fans (most of them) that he's through to the QF's. It always seems right when he's part of the action in the latter stages of these big tournaments.

Indeed. It's always good to see top players in general make it. Good win for Nadal, hopefully he keeps steadying the ship

 

[Levi_Ackerman]

Well.. has he ever not done that?

No, he hasn't. Federer on the other hand....

 

[happy-for-that]

There's nothing wrong with not liking/supporting Nadal. To each his own.
Yes, there are some posters who are wayyy over the top. Over the top of my head vive le beau and whiskeyee (something like that) among others, are just nasty and seem to have serious problems in their lives, but then there are posters like you.
How many times have you been banned exactly? Must be your third/fourth time joining this forum, at the very least

In my entire life I've only been banned ONCE. And it was my own choosing-

Abusive posts like yours should be grounds for a ban.

 

[happy-for-that]

His problem isn't lack of humility, it's delusion. He still thinks Nadal is a contender for the top titles.

Soon the whole world will be aware that he is.
Its funny how they keep shooting themselves in the foot, at the end of 2009, at the end of 2012 etc.
Fun for me

 

[GabeT]

Soon the whole world will be aware that he is.
Its funny how they keep shooting themselves in the foot, at the end of 2009, at the end of 2012 etc.
Fun for me

At the end of 2012 Nadal was returning from injury. It became very clear, very soon, that he was back to playing very, very well, and he won one match after the other.

This year he has already lost 12 times and six of those to players outside the top 10. Nole didn't just beat him, he destroyed Nadal. In clay. Twice. Including a straight set win in the FO.

So it's not impossible for Nadal to win again but it is quite an uphill battle.

 

[Russeljones]

That's funny, considering Rafa was an unforced error machine at 2014 AO and Nishikori still wasn't talented enough to beat him

Uhmm, no. Nadal played some very good tennis to get through Nishikori and Dimitrov.

 

[happy-for-that]

^ Nobody was saying Rafa played very good vs Nishikori/Dimitrov. His hand-blister was so bad he was making unforced errors left right and center.
His only "very good tennis" was vs Monfils and Federer.
The fact that Nishikori couldn't beat such an error-prone version of Nadal doesn't bode well for Nishikori in this 'rivalry'.
People make a big deal of 2014 Madrid, but all Nishikori did was win a set....
Its not about how you start, but what you have left.

 

[happy-for-that]

At the end of 2012 Nadal was returning from injury. It became very clear, very soon, that he was back to playing very, very well, and he won one match after the other.

This year he has already lost 12 times and six of those to players outside the top 10. Nole didn't just beat him, he destroyed Nadal. In clay. Twice. Including a straight set win in the FO.

So it's not impossible for Nadal to win again but it is quite an uphill battle.

Djokovic won the 1st set 7-5 (and Rafa came back from 0-4 down), and you'd have to be a little blind if you didn't realize that Rafa was dreadfully low on confidence in the clay season.
Maybe you've never heard of Rafa before, or never understood what makes him tick, but you'll soon find out how reliant Rafa is on the mental aspect of tennis and how things change when his mind changes.

 

[GabeT]

Djokovic won the 1st set 7-5 (and Rafa came back from 0-4 down), and you'd have to be a little blind if you didn't realize that Rafa was dreadfully low on confidence in the clay season.
Maybe you've never heard of Rafa before, or never understood what makes him tick, but you'll soon find out how reliant Rafa is on the mental aspect of tennis and how things change when his mind changes.

No doubt Nadal wasn't playing his best. But that's my point. He was destroyed, twice, in his favorite surface. He continues to lose to lower ranked players. So far there's no evidence he is a contender once again.

 

[happy-for-that]

C'mon^ Rafa was WAY BETTER on hardcourt in 2013 than on clay, its not even close.
And in 2014 we didn't really find out because he didn't get to play the North American Summer because of the wrist injury, and had the appendix problem later in the year too.
It doesn't matter who you are, clay doesn't suit a player as they get older.
Rafa doesn't enjoy the longer rallies as much in recent years, so he uses the hardcourt court-speed to hit through his opponents.
Can't hit through clay enough, and suffers.

 

[happy-for-that]

Rafa's 2 best slams since 2008 were 2010 USO and 2013 USO.
His game has gradually been trending toward hardcourts (especially hardcourt slams).
Even indoor hardcourts, he's made the Final of the WTF twice, 2010 and 2013, not early in his career.
Rafa has won 4 of his last 5 slam meetings with Djokovic, the most lopsided was 2013 USO (6-1 in 4th set).
I tell you the guy that should be worried most about the North American Summer is Djokovic (titleless in 2013 and 2014), not Rafa.
Rafa loves fast hardcourts, it makes his serve and groundstrokes more dangerous, while it gives Djokovic less time to use gymnastics.

 

[GabeT]

C'mon^ Rafa was WAY BETTER on hardcourt in 2013 than on clay, its not even close.
And in 2014 we didn't really find out because he didn't get to play the North American Summer because of the wrist injury, and had the appendix problem later in the year too.
It doesn't matter who you are, clay doesn't suit a player as they get older.
Rafa doesn't enjoy the longer rallies as much in recent years, so he uses the hardcourt court-speed to hit through his opponents.
Can't hit through clay enough, and suffers.

Well, I'd love to see another Nadal Djokovik final. So let's hope it happens!

 

[happy-for-that]

Well, I'd love to see another Nadal Djokovik final. So let's hope it happens!

Me too but I'd much rather see Nadal-Federer, almost saw in 2010, 2011 and 2013.
It would lift the profile of tennis big time in America if they got that.

 

[happy-for-that]

^ (Regarding US Open)