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10-15-2012, 01:27 PM
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Rafa fans, what are your hopes of Rafa in 2013?
Are you hoping for a blockbuster year (finishes no 1, multiple slams etc) or would you be satisfied with a decent year (say 1 slam +2-3 Masters)
Personally my baseline hopes of Rafa in 2013 are that he wins a slam (other than RG) and 3 Masters and ends the year within the top 2. Anything on top would be a bonus. |
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10-15-2012, 01:31 PM
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Hall Of Fame
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Top 2 is your baseline hope? Sure, buddy.
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10-15-2012, 01:33 PM
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To play all year and win another FO.
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10-15-2012, 01:34 PM
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If I was a Rafa fan at this point I would just be hoping he is back playing and healthy all year. If so, the rest should fall into place and he has a good chance of RG and a masters or two, because logically as long as he is in good shape it would take an insane performance to beat him at RG. But it must be very frustrating not knowing when he'll even be back.
To be honest after about 6 months out, a year as good as even last year would be good. I like Delpotro a lot and when he came back my best hopes were to get back in the top 8 and get to at least a slam semi. Obviously Nadalis much much better but still. Not to cause offence, but hoping for top 2 and a slam other than RG and 3 masters as a baseline may be a touch ... I don't want to say greedy, because that's not what I mean, but a year like that after being out for so long seems on the higher end of hopes especially when you look at the last 2 years and most years he's had on tour. I mean 2005 - 2012, 8 seasons, only 3 have been better than your baseline. 2005 - 1 slam and 4 masters (just beating your baseline by one master, and the slam was RG) 2008 - 2 slams and 3 masters 2010 - 3 slams and 3 masters
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Federer, Djokovic, Delpo fan (also like Nalbandian, Dimitrov, Tsonga) Last edited by Towser83 : 10-15-2012 at 01:41 PM. |
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10-15-2012, 01:35 PM
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a fryin'pan-less season with a WSOP title and a positive H2H with tiger woods.
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10-15-2012, 01:36 PM
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G.O.A.T.
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As a true fan of the Nadal wink wink I hope he wins 243 majors, 1325 Masters titles is ranked 1st or higher and wins 113 % of his matches.
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10-15-2012, 01:56 PM
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My only hope for 2013 is to see Rafa back in action and stay healthy. Whether you like him or not, you cannot deny that he brings more star power in any tournament he enters. While i'm far from a fan of his play style, I have a lot of respect for him and he makes any matches more exciting. I would love to see him resume his rivalry with Federer / Djokovic and hopefully produce a few other classic matches.
Last edited by TW Staff : 10-15-2012 at 07:15 PM. Reason: removed troll quote |
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10-15-2012, 02:04 PM
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G.O.A.T.
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To play a match that is not part of an exo.
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10-15-2012, 02:06 PM
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G.O.A.T.
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Another French Open would be great to get to 8 French Opens won. Most importantly, I want to see him back playing again.
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10-15-2012, 02:08 PM
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He'll probably have a great cc season like he always does but that's about it.
Top 10 too good for Rafa on other surfaces not clay.
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10-15-2012, 03:04 PM
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I just want Rafa to return! I miss him! I am happy that Rafa did well during the clay and won 7th RG. But, Wimby was a downer and we haven't seen him since.
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10-15-2012, 03:07 PM
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Quote:
 That was pretty good.
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10-15-2012, 03:14 PM
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In 2013, I want Rafa to return! sweep the clay season and win 9th MC and 8th RG!. That would be so amazing! That is all I ask for at this time! But he must return first! I miss Rafa so much. Tennis is boring without him|!. As I have nobody to cheer for.
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10-15-2012, 05:55 PM
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G.O.A.T.
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Not a Rafa fan....but I hope he plays a healthy full season. I also hope he wins Australian but loses the French.
More Importantly, Nadal has to put Murray back to reality.
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10-15-2012, 06:08 PM
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Win Australian, not win the French so we can have a non-routine winner, top 3 rank. And, of course, a full injury-free season. Pretty much the same as above but I have nothing against Murray.
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10-15-2012, 06:11 PM
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10-15-2012, 06:15 PM
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10-15-2012, 06:17 PM
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I think Nadal is going to come out of the gate flying when he comes back. When has he ever not?
I'm thinking he is going to dominate the clay court season and only lose a Rome final to Djokovic. He was far too dominant back then to not be dominant still. He used to win every match 6-0 6-2 or 6-1 6-3..... with guys barely even getting 5 games in a set. No real reason to think he can't simply win all of the clay court events winning 6-4 7-5 or 7-6 6-3, or possibly even play more than 1 3-set clay court match in like 3 years? Last edited by BrooklynNY : 10-15-2012 at 06:22 PM. |
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10-15-2012, 06:27 PM
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I would be happy just to see the man step onto a tennis court. Then I think he would be well advised not to push it real hard, but build up gradually. Winning a slam right away for a guy with screwed-up knees? Give the guy a break for a few months or more. Delpo was out for a year, and wasn't Scud out for a couple of years?
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10-15-2012, 07:07 PM
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Talk Tennis Guru
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1- That he plays competitive tennis!!! (obvious pre-requisite
 ) 2- That he wins title(s) off clay 3- That he wins his 8th RG 4- That he wins his 22nd master 5- That he wins 7 out of the 9 masters to equal Djoko, Agassi and Fed 6- That he wins WTF |
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