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11-29-2012, 06:25 PM
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Would you feel bad if you lost to 10 yr. old Nadal?
Lets say you are a club level player, and Cousin Toni challenged you to play Rafa. Rafa beats you 6-0 6-0. Would you feel bad or not
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11-29-2012, 07:32 PM
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A 10 year old Rafa is no ordinary 10 year old, so no one should feel bad. 14 year old Rafa was already beating top pros...
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11-29-2012, 07:56 PM
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I wouldn't feel bad at myself, but I would feel bad for him if he played me like a pusher or if he actually went for his shots. He shouldn't have been that tall at 10, so I would take that challenge and see what happened.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dUV2WVv7Yc That's him at 12, so ya... I would take that challenge with him at 10. I'd have to totally suck not to win a single game. Either way, he'd push balls back, just watch the video. lol |
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11-29-2012, 08:03 PM
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A 14 year old Nadal beat Pat Cash in 2001. Cash had been expecting to play Becker, but Becker was injured.
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11-29-2012, 08:21 PM
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Hey, I'm not saying he sucked at 10, but 4 years makes a big difference.... both for his growth and his skill. I'd put $100 down that I could win at least 1 game and ace him at least once when he was 10. I would do it just to say I tried it with money on the line. lol
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11-29-2012, 08:58 PM
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Great video of him at 12, thanks for posting it. For Nadal from age 10 to 14 is huge. I would think he would have jumped a full level in play or more after each of those years. At his age of 10 and 11 I would love to play him. At age 12 and 13 not so much. At any Nadal age losing to him would be a win in my book!
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11-29-2012, 09:14 PM
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Yeah, this is Nadal we are talking about here. He is a guy who has been thrashing Prime Federer since the age of 16. At age 10, he's probably already good enough to beat 5.0 level players.
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11-29-2012, 09:17 PM
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11-29-2012, 09:23 PM
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11-29-2012, 09:28 PM
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I think an adult who is half way decent can beat a 10 year old no matter who they are.
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11-29-2012, 09:39 PM
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I could probably beat Nadal until he was 12. At 13 he was pretty darn good. I'm a 5.0 who used to play D1 college tennis.
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11-29-2012, 10:28 PM
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I probably wouldn't feel half as bad as any version of Nadal should he lose to 43-year old me...
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11-29-2012, 11:06 PM
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Hell yeah I'd feel bad if I lost to a 10-year-old Nadal. Because I'm sure I could beat him
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11-30-2012, 04:03 AM
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I'd feel pretty badly about it.
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11-30-2012, 04:17 AM
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No way he'd win @ 10, but if I lost I would hang up my rackets for good.
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