Rafael Nadal's insult utterance to Sampras era

[tennissportsrog]

Nadal believes previous tennis eras cannot match the excitement generated by the current stars of the sport.

"Personally, to watch a Pete Sampras versus Goran Ivanisevic match, or one between those kind of players, is not enjoyable, It's not really tennis, it is a few swings of the racquet.
It was less eye-catching than what we do now. Everyone enjoys the tennis we play much more. I am not saying we are playing better tennis, just more enjoyable tennis. For me, in the past it was just serve, serve, serve." said Nadal.


http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Ten...-Day-Five.aspx

[treblings]

he obviously has an extensive knowledge about the history of his chosen sport.

[tennissportsrog]

Arrogant, Smug.

Nadal = clay excluded. Successive win 0. If grass and a hard court are fast. Like Sampras era. Nadal is able to win only with clay. Nadal is the power tennis of defense and muscles. boring. ugly. All the surface is slow now

Nadal has always selfish of two-year-ranking. Nadal criticized joy of Djokovic which won the victory in Madrid. Or, tired comment before Novak's final. Nadal criticized it again. ATP final lost again, After the game with Tsonga, said tired excuse as usual, etc.

fake time-out. gamesmanship. always exaggerated annoying information of self condition. excuse injury. too noisy annoying always. ugly protest.. arrogant annoying blind fans most. really sick..

[Migelowsky]

Those matches were sometimes boring ( Rosset, Krajicek ..), but other generations were also great, at one time you got Lendl, Edberg, Becker, Wilander,Mac, Connors, Mecir younger Agassi, Chang, Courier, Sampras, imagine a draw with all those names and different styles of play.

[tennissportsrog]

[he obviously has an extensive knowledge about the history of his chosen sport]

I do not think so. Nadal has also looked down on Agassi. When Agassi confesses use of a drug. Roger Federer was by very polite criticism. (Of course, Sampras and Roger's Agassi are friends. I add it impartially.)

However, Nadal's criticism by violent criticism. (I am not a fan of Agassi and dislike a drug. I also add this again.)

The problem, Nadal is not looking at most tennis in front of the Federer era.

When Nadal was age of about 20. The journalist questioned Nadal. "Who is a favorite WTA player?" Nadal said, "Roger Federer..." "Roger Federer? Although it is the WTA player whom I asked ..." Nadal said. "I do not know a WTA player well.."

Nadal is ignorant about the past history. This arrogant utterance comes from his ignorance.

[Paul Murphy]

I agree with him in one respect - watching two big servers face off on a fast surface was dull.
But a fast server versus a baseliner highly competent in his passing game - now that was fun.

[SystemicAnomaly]

If Nadal was referring to a match in the early or mid 90s on a fast surface, then he is absolutely right. Men's tennis at Wimbledon and other fast surfaces during this time period were very boring. Points often consisted of only 1, 2 or 3 shots. This was particularly true when you had 2 big servers like Pete and Goran.

There was a lot of talk during the 90s about how to reform tennis. There was talk about going back to wood racquets or limiting the size or power of graphite rackets. We saw the introduction of larger balls (6% to 8% larger). When these other ideas failed to garner support, other measures were taken. Balls became brighter. The Slazenger Wimbledon balls, the Dunlop Gran Prix balls and other premium balls are noticeably brighter. The other solution was to slow down the grass of Wimbledon and other fast surfaces.

[MixieP]

I agree with Nadal. Spot on, Rafa!

[SusanDK]

Originally Posted by tennissportsrog

"Personally, to watch a Pete Sampras versus Goran Ivanisevic match, or one between those kind of players, is not enjoyable,

+1

Originally Posted by Migelowsky

Those matches were sometimes boring ( Rosset, Krajicek ..), but other generations were also great, at one time you got Lendl, Edberg, Becker, Wilander,Mac, Connors, Mecir younger Agassi, Chang, Courier, Sampras, imagine a draw with all those names and different styles of play.

+1

Originally Posted by Paul Murphy

I agree with him in one respect - watching two big servers face off on a fast surface was dull.

+1

Originally Posted by SystemicAnomaly

If Nadal was referring to a match in the early or mid 90s on a fast surface, then he is absolutely right.

+1

[treblings]

Originally Posted by tennissportsrog

[he obviously has an extensive knowledge about the history of his chosen sport]

I do not think so. Nadal has also looked down on Agassi. When Agassi confesses use of a drug. Roger Federer was by very polite criticism. (Of course, Sampras and Roger's Agassi are friends. I add it impartially.)

However, Nadal's criticism by violent criticism. (I am not a fan of Agassi and dislike a drug. I also add this again.)

The problem, Nadal is not looking at most tennis in front of the Federer era.

When Nadal was age of about 20. The journalist questioned Nadal. "Who is a favorite WTA player?" Nadal said, "Roger Federer..." "Roger Federer? Although it is the WTA player whom I asked ..." Nadal said. "I do not know a WTA player well.."

Nadal is ignorant about the past history. This arrogant utterance comes from his ignorance.

my sarcasm was obviously too subtle for you
i agree with Nadal, that watching Sampras-Ivanisevic on a fast court wasn´t always very enjoyable. i disagree with him, if he equates that with tennis of the past.
there were also matches like Vilas-Wilander, where you could take the
dog out for a walk and the rally would still be going when you came back
the most enjoyable tennis, imho, happens often when two players with different tactics play against each other.
i think slowing down the courts has helped that in the same way that graphite rackets have helped speed up clay court matches.
unfortunately, many of todays players have a similar style.i would like to see more diversity

[phnx90]

Originally Posted by tennissportsrog

Arrogant, Smug.

Nadal = clay excluded. Successive win 0. If grass and a hard court are fast. Like Sampras era. Nadal is able to win only with clay. Nadal is the power tennis of defense and muscles. boring. ugly. All the surface is slow now

Nadal has always selfish of two-year-ranking. Nadal criticized joy of Djokovic which won the victory in Madrid. Or, tired comment before Novak's final. Nadal criticized it again. ATP final lost again, After the game with Tsonga, said tired excuse as usual, etc.

fake time-out. gamesmanship. always exaggerated annoying information of self condition. excuse injury. too noisy annoying always. ugly protest.. arrogant annoying blind fans most. really sick..

you sound like federerbestclass

[Sentinel]

Rafa has a right to an opinion.

I remember watching a downloaded recording of the Federer-Sampras WO 2001 match last year. The longest rally was maybe 3 shots. I never was able to watch the entire match, watched it in many sittings.

TOday's 30 point baseline rallies are slightly more watchable but I don't know for how long.

[Nadal_Power]

Lets ban him from tennis?

[kiki]

Originally Posted by tennissportsrog

Nadal believes previous tennis eras cannot match the excitement generated by the current stars of the sport.

"Personally, to watch a Pete Sampras versus Goran Ivanisevic match, or one between those kind of players, is not enjoyable, It's not really tennis, it is a few swings of the racquet.
It was less eye-catching than what we do now. Everyone enjoys the tennis we play much more. I am not saying we are playing better tennis, just more enjoyable tennis. For me, in the past it was just serve, serve, serve." said Nadal.


http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Ten...-Day-Five.aspx

Jajajaj.Nadal is a dummie.His era, except partially for Federer is the BORINGEST EVER, and that is a high responsability for Nadal or Djokovic...vamos¡¡¡

[sureshs]

Certainly today's players are not 1 dimensional and have all-round skills

[kiki]

Originally Posted by sureshs

Certainly today's players are not 1 dimensional and have all-round skills

ALL ROUND SKILLS????TODAY???? IN THE PAST 12YEARS???

[kishnabe]

I guess he was not enjoyed when his Idol Moya got slapped by Sampras at 97 AO.

Still butthurt....though I agree it wasn't great to see Sampras vs Ivansevic.....there were some good matches in Sampras era. 92 Wimbledon final was one, Practically all Agassi matches.

[robow7]

Too often in these discussions we treat court surfaces as though they must be very fast like old grass or slow like red clay. There was a day when the US Open was of such a speed that a variety of games could win on that surface. One year it was a Rafter or Edberg followed by more baseliner like players in Courier and Agassi. Any style of play could win if you did it well enough and oh, the great battles of conflicting styles of play, that's what I yearn for

[Crisstti]

Rafa never said a serve and volley match "isn't really tennis". This was already discussed at length at the time... but I guess Federerbestclass (and it has to be him, I refuse to believe there are two guys like that...) thought it appropiate to post about this again... mistranslation included.

[treblings]

Originally Posted by robow7

Too often in these discussions we treat court surfaces as though they must be very fast like old grass or slow like red clay. There was a day when the US Open was of such a speed that a variety of games could win on that surface. One year it was a Rafter or Edberg followed by more baseliner like players in Courier and Agassi. Any style of play could win if you did it well enough and oh, the great battles of conflicting styles of play, that's what I yearn for

imo, the u.s. open are still played on a surface that suits different kinds of play, the diversity of playing styles just isn´t there. s&v is nearly extinct for example