Nadal will retire rumors

[beast of mallorca]

Originally Posted by Clarky21

I noticed this too. He is beside himself with happiness since he hasn't had to play any tennis. He has also had a taste of freedom for the first time since he was a teenager of what life can be like without a hectic tennis schedule. Even if he does come back he won't last long on the tour for that reason alone.

Same old litany of "wisdom" from our resident Rafa expert..............sweet

[kishnabe]

I doubt he will. Actually miss him and want him back. Though it won't take much to turn my hate on him.

[SoBad]

Christmas comes early for the resident trolls when Nadal gets a knee injury.

[RF20Lennon]

As much as i dislike nadal I hope not!!

[winstonplum]

Another Nadal-hysteria thread. Go figure.

[Murrayfan31]

This just proves that Nadal's style of game is not going to last long. It's good no one else will try to emulate it as your knees will break down if you do. A cause and effect type of thing. Stop writing checks your body can't handle.

[Clarky21]

Originally Posted by winstonplum

Another Nadal-hysteria thread. Go figure.

What's hysterical about it? I suppose you think that people aren't going to ask this question even though he has been out for nearly 6 months,and hasn't even been practicing at all?

[dudeski]

Originally Posted by Mustard

A tennis world without Nadal scarcely bares thinking about.

And yet you are here talking about current WTF matches. Tennis will be just fine without Nadal.

[Murrayfan31]

Yep tennis is actually better without Nadal. No more torture of watching a moonballer succeed. Tennis was meant to be the most skilled. Not the biggest moonballer who is crafty in stopping skill from succeeding.

[Sabratha]

In all seriousness, Nadal isn't going to retire for a long while.

[Murrayfan31]

Originally Posted by Sabratha

In all seriousness, Nadal isn't going to retire for a long while.

I disagree. Nadal has defied all odds to make it this long. His luck has run out.

[Dgpsx7]

The chance of him retiring now is around the same chance of him actually being injured. So don't worry.

When he does retire though he will be regarded as one of the best ever.

[kalyan4fedever]

No way he is gonna retire. Thread fail as there are 1000 rumors everyday.

[Sabratha]

Originally Posted by Murrayfan31

I disagree. Nadal has defied all odds to make it this long. His luck has run out.

We will see once the clay swing comes along.

[Netspirit]

I think that Nadal will not retire right now, but his career will be full of weird losses, and the fans will pull a lot of hairs rooting for him. His decline will last for 2-3 years. During that time, these boards will generally bash him, and his legacy will appear less remarkable because of serious drops in percentages, win-loss ratios, H2H records, and other parameters.

He will retire after Federer does. Fed has always been his and Toni's benchmark (but, seriously, who else can he look up to - Djokovic?).

After Nadal follows Agassi to the "Former Pro Player Talk" forum, opinions about him will start improving. People will not remember his time-wasting, bottle-lining, *****-picking, strategic MTOs. His results will remain. His clay legacy will remain. He will be viewed as one of tennis legends for generations to come. His Rosol moment will be his Bastl moment - those only add funny tidbits to the overall story.

Oh, don't get me wrong: he is a dirty, ugly moonballer that changed tennis for the worse. But this will be irrelevant to future fans who are not going to see him live.

[Prisoner of Birth]

Originally Posted by Dgpsx7

The chance of him retiring now is around the same chance of him actually being injured. So don't worry.

When he does retire though he will be regarded as one of the best ever.

He already is.

[Sabratha]

Originally Posted by Prisoner of Birth

He already is.

Not on all surfaces.

[Prisoner of Birth]

Originally Posted by Sabratha

Not on all surfaces.

Nadal is considered by most (except bitter *******s) to be one of the greatest of all time. On Clay, he's the undisputed #1.

[TennisLovaLova]

Originally Posted by Prisoner of Birth

Nadal is considered by most (except bitter *******s) to be one of the greatest of all time. On Clay, he's the undisputed #1.

I disagree. He has to beat Federer on the blue clay to be considerer "undisputed"

[Prisoner of Birth]

Originally Posted by TennisLovaLova

I disagree. He has to beat Federer on the blue clay to be considerer "undisputed"

There's too much "Federer" in that word