Nadal vs some French bub
 

WWW Honestly Nadal in 3

Forgot Poll. lol

chardy is playing well....didn't realize his clay record is his best....first meeting

I didn't realize his clay record was his best either. And he did well at the AO.

Vamos, Rafa. Watch out for the Chardy.

Chardy in straights.

Chardy is the first real test for Nadal. Very dangerous player and very Rosol-like at times. One thing Nadal has got going for him is Chardy's quite weak backhand. A good old lefty FH vs righty BH pounding is in the make. But if Chardy is able to perturb Rafa's gameplan, we might see a surprising result.

Come on Chardy. Play like Rosol please!

I think Nadal shook a bit of rust off last game. I dont see how he'd lose a set against Chardy.

Can we make this a meme on this forum from now on.

In a few months..

Nadal vs some Serbian bub
Nadal vs some Swiss bub
Nadal vs some Scot bub

Ur jinxing is getting old, we all know he is looking in good form and will win this in 2

Yes, I am enjoying this meme so far as well :D

Just plop him on your ignore list. :-P

Russell Brand in 3...just becoz he probably has really kissed a girl, unlike Ralph!

Chardy is a far better player than Rosol! I'm expecting a very close match tonight as Chardy looks to be in great form and is hitting the ball far cleaner than Nadal.

PS what does a bub mean!?

Nadal vs some yank bub....early rounds of course

Hmm the first mini test for Nadal. But I still pick him in 3. He's still a lock for the title, his first loss will probably be against Ferrer/Almagro/Wawa in Sao Paulo/Acapulco

I hope he does. Rosol has barely won anything outside of Davis Cup (and that with Berdych's help) since that one match haters love when he had luck and Rafa's bad knees on his side.

:roll:

You got to be joking if you can't tell the difference between grass and clay.
The first event Rafa played in 2006 (after his 2005 injury break) was Marseille and he lost in the semi but that was indoor hard. I believe he's gonna make both finals on clay (singles and doubles).
ETA: in 2009, he came back in Canada and lost in quarter to Delpo. Once again, if you think Nadal on hard = Nadal on clay, you haven't been paying attention.

his serve-FH combo can be lethal when he's on a good day... :)

may clarky be right !

What does any of that have to do with the fact that Chardy is a far better player than Rosol, which is exactly what I said, word for word.