Rafa complaints thread.

[Fiji]

This thread should be made sticky for all of Nadal's complaints through the year. It will be a LONG thread.

[vive le beau jeu !]

Originally Posted by Sentinel

The chairs !

Oh wait, been there, done that.

holy bull, you're right !
how could i forget the chairs ?!

Originally Posted by Clarky21

We also need a thread for all the trolls and ***** who constantly complain about Nadal for everything he does. It would be an even longer thread than this one.

i'm in !

[Smasher08]

Originally Posted by Malarky21

And again Nadal is not the only one complaining about the balls. Other players are too, and were complaining about them before Nadal even got there.

Originally Posted by Malarky21

https://twitter.com/enricomariariva/...41955757559808

http://www.tennispanorama.com/archiv...medium=twitter

How like your role model Ann Coulter: nothing but bluster and b.s.

You provide two links that refer to the same source: Fabio Fognini's coach.

One, he's not a player

Two, you used the plural, meaning there was more than one. And yet you have failed to substantiate this.

If someone else had made stupid errors like this, you's be calling them "pathetic".

[Rocky89]

Pretty lame thread by the way.

The only reason this has made it to 5 pages is because posters keep complaining about Nadal, maybe get new hobbies instead of writing constantly about someone you hate.

It has been said multiple/countless/a zillion times that other players have complained about the courts and balls as well. It doesn't matter if it's a 250 tournament, having safe courts and good quality balls should be the standard and not a privilege reserved for slams.

[Smasher08]

Originally Posted by Malarky21

Could be. And what's frightening is mariecon said she has a kid in another thread. Going by her lack of maturity, I really hope she was kidding.

[mariecon]

Originally Posted by Rocky89

Pretty lame thread by the way.

The only reason this has made it to 5 pages is because posters keep complaining about Nadal, maybe get new hobbies instead of writing constantly about someone you hate.

It has been said multiple/countless/a zillion times that other players have complained about the courts and balls as well. It doesn't matter if it's a 250 tournament, having safe courts and good quality balls should be the standard and not a privilege reserved for slams.

Links please!!

[Chanwan]

Originally Posted by mariecon

Links please!!

here's a tweet mentioning: http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2013/.../#.UR-xTFpwb10

and a few days ago, Nadal complained about the court:
http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2013/.../#.UR-0BFpwb10

More mentioning of other players complaining here - plus a change in Nadal's complaints:
While other players have been complaining about the condition of the court at Sao Paulo's Ibirapuera gymnasium, Nadal said the problem lies elsewhere.

"The problem is not the court. The problem is the ball which is very bad," he told a post-match press conference.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stori...254549/1/.html

Funny how the court was dangerous just a few days ago, and now the problem is not the court.

[mariecon]

Originally Posted by Chanwan

here's a tweet mentioning: http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2013/.../#.UR-xTFpwb10

and a few days ago, Nadal complained about the court:
http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2013/.../#.UR-0BFpwb10

More mentioning of other players complaining here - plus a change in Nadal's complaints:
While other players have been complaining about the condition of the court at Sao Paulo's Ibirapuera gymnasium, Nadal said the problem lies elsewhere.

"The problem is not the court. The problem is the ball which is very bad," he told a post-match press conference.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stori...254549/1/.html

Funny how the court was dangerous just a few days ago, and now the problem is not the court.

yes these are all about Nadal complaining but I was asking where the zillion complaints are from the other players that Rocky89 talks about. There isn't one quote or actual named player complaining about the courts and balls. All I hear is **crickets**.

[Murrayfan31]

Nah Clarky21 is a great poster who tells it like it is. No sugar coating around it.

[mariecon]

Here he is complaining to the umpire Carlos Bernardes after the final because he was given a time warning during the match. He's bullied Bernardes before. This is nothing new.

http://youtu.be/PTkl39GNYfs.

[Virginia]

It looks to me like Nadal didn't like Bernardes' response, as he pulled a face as he turned away. Totally out of order to berate the umpire like that.

How anyone can say Nadal is humble, completely baffles me. He has become an arrogant prima donna, dismissing the rules as if they don't apply to him.

[Crisstti]

Originally Posted by Virginia

It looks to me like Nadal didn't like Bernardes' response, as he pulled a face as he turned away. Totally out of order to berate the umpire like that.

How anyone can say Nadal is humble, completely baffles me. He has become an arrogant prima donna, dismissing the rules as if they don't apply to him.

He didn't berate the umpire. He complained because he didn't agree about something. And then discussed the issue again briefly when they shaked hands.

There's a certain other top player who actually has behaved in an inappropriate way with umpires.

[adil1972]

ATP and grand slams have agreed to move all the tournaments to clay except wimbledon

[Virginia]

Originally Posted by Crisstti

He didn't berate the umpire. He complained because he didn't agree about something. And then discussed the issue again briefly when they shaked hands.

The "something" was the time warning. Do you honestly think Bernardes would have given him a warning if he hadn't been time wasting? Nadal just hates being warned. Just wait until he infringes a second time and loses his first serve. This will happen, I guarantee it.

Considering he's supposed to be so fit, why is it that he needs more time than other players between points? Why is it that be breaks the rules by taking longer than he should?

Because he has no respect for the rules, if they don't suit him. He's a disgrace to the game.

[Murrayfan31]

So Nadal now complains after winning a match. lol

[Rocky89]

Originally Posted by Virginia

The "something" was the time warning. Do you honestly think Bernardes would have given him a warning if he hadn't been time wasting? Nadal just hates being warned. Just wait until he infringes a second time and loses his first serve. This will happen, I guarantee it.

Considering he's supposed to be so fit, why is it that he needs more time than other players between points? Why is it that be breaks the rules by taking longer than he should?

Because he has no respect for the rules, if they don't suit him. He's a disgrace to the game.

Geez calm down.

I don't think this has anything to do with fitness, when he received the violation it was obvious he was signalling that his face was dripping with sweat and he wasn't getting enough time to wipe it down. Did you watch the match? he was sweating like a tap.

Hardly disrespecting the rules or disgracing the game. He isn't the thug you are painting him to be.

[Tennis_Hands]

Originally Posted by Virginia

Considering he's supposed to be so fit, why is it that he needs more time than other players between points? Why is it that be breaks the rules by taking longer than he should?

Because he has no respect for the rules, if they don't suit him. He's a disgrace to the game.

There is more to it.

When a player breaks the rules and goes unpunished, he gains ground on the players, that respect them.

I genuinely believe, that, if need be, Wafa can play with the new rules. However, the mental edge from such a thing will be gone.