Nadal vs Some Hyphenated Armada Bub

[veroniquem]

Originally Posted by rafan

Don't take any notice Veroniquem. Rafa is progressing really well. Furthermore he is playing players he has never played before which isn't easy for any player. These players are darn good and should never be underestimated. Djoko once said that he could be beaten by any of the top hundred on any given day because the standard is so good

Anything can happen in tennis of course but Chardy beating Rafa on clay?? Rafa is playing very well despite the trolling in this thread. The odds say: emphatic no. I agree that it is difficult to play a player for the 1st time but it will be WAY more difficult for Chardy to get used to Rafa's monstruous clay spin than for Rafa to adjust to anything Chardy has to offer. Just stating the obvious. And oh, yeah, even after 7 months off, Rafa is a better player than Chardy by a landslide. Anybody who equates Nadal on clay to Delpo at AO cannot be serious and I won't take them seriously, accordingly.

[tacou]

the reason Chardy might give him trouble is, unlike the first two opponents, Chardy can be fearless with good reason. Those guys saw this as a chance to beat Rafa and they attacked in the beginning but could not sustain.

Chardy just had his best every grand slam result, so he has some legit confidence Rafa's first two opponents did not. however that just as well might backfire, Chardy might let the confidence turn to nerves, and suffer a loss worse than anything we've seen before

[Clarky21]

Originally Posted by veroniquem

Anything can happen in tennis of course but Chardy beating Rafa on clay?? Rafa is playing very well despite the trolling in this thread. The odds say: emphatic no. I agree that it is difficult to play a player for the 1st time but it will be WAY more difficult for Chardy to get used to Rafa's monstruous clay spin than for Rafa to adjust to anything Chardy has to offer. Just stating the obvious. And oh, yeah, even after 7 months off, Rafa is a better player than Chardy by a landslide. Anybody who equates Nadal on clay to Delpo at AO cannot be serious and I won't take them seriously, accordingly.

No he isn't.

Not true. Lots of players start out badly against Nadal and then adjust quickly to the spin on his shots. You are also not taking into consideration that Nadal's shots have consistently been landing well inside the service boxes. Hitting short is going to get him blown off the court.

No he isn't. Chardy is a better player than Nadal is right now. It's pretty humorous to argue otherwise.

[President]

Originally Posted by Clarky21

No he isn't.

Not true. Lots of players start out badly against Nadal and then adjust quickly to the spin on his shots. You are also not taking into consideration that Nadal's shots have consistently been landing well inside the service boxes. Hitting short is going to get him blown off the court.

No he isn't. Chardy is a better player than Nadal is right now. It's pretty humorous to argue otherwise.

LOL Clarky why the hell are you so negative all the time? Just tell me what excuse you will make in advance when you are proven wrong yet again. Nadal is going to blow Chardy off the court, any other result would be stunning for any reasonable observer.

For a Nadal fan, you have absolutely no faith in him. He is one of the greatest players of all time, not sure if you realize this?

[Antonio Puente]

Originally Posted by sillymonkey

Geez, rough crowd.
It's his 1st tournament, give him a chance to find his rhythm and game for Pete's sake.

Don't worry, they know what is coming. Get the criticisms in while you can.

Is Clarky Australian? I don't have a good sense of Australian humor.

[Clarky21]

Originally Posted by President

LOL Clarky why the hell are you so negative all the time? Just tell me what excuse you will make in advance when you are proven wrong yet again. Nadal is going to blow Chardy off the court, any other result would be stunning for any reasonable observer.

For a Nadal fan, you have absolutely no faith in him.

He is one of the greatest players of all time, not sure if you realize this?

We'll just have to wait and see but I doubt it.

I guess I don't. He never makes things easy as fan of him that's for sure.

I realize he's good but I'd stop short of calling him a great.

[Steve0904]

Originally Posted by Clarky21

We'll just have to wait and see but I doubt it.

I guess I don't. He never makes things easy as fan of him that's for sure.

I realize he's good but I'd stop short of calling him a great.

I liked this one a lot. Keep trolling. I'm loving it.

[Clarky21]

Originally Posted by Steve0904

I liked this one a lot. Keep trolling. I'm loving it.

I'm not trolling but I am glad you love my posts.

[MichaelNadal]

Originally Posted by Clarky21

We'll just have to wait and see but I doubt it.

I guess I don't. He never makes things easy as fan of him that's for sure.

I realize he's good but I'd stop short of calling him a great.

Your second statement is extremely true.

[cucio]

Just a cultural note.

Hyphenated surnames in Spain are actually quite rare. Hyphens are added by Americans so they can fit both surnames (the father's and the mother's) in the "Last Name" field of their chauvinistic databases.

See, e.g., Gimeno's wikipedia entry in Spanish:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Gimeno