One record that Nadal holds, but none of other 3

HetTheGreaterer said:

There has not been a single match where Nadal has broken his racquet

And

There has not been a single match when Nadal has not broken the time rule

Really amazing record

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Sport said:

Rafa won the Toronto Masters with the shot clock. So he didn't break the time rule in all matches there.

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HetTheGreaterer said:

Lol...
Do you think they will have enough courage to give rafa time warnings more than once or twice??
And shot clock starts after umpire calls a point btw

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Sport said:

Because the point ends only when the umpire calls the score. Until the umpire doesn't call the point, the point is not valid. Thus, Nadal played respecting the rules.

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HetTheGreaterer said:

There has not been a single match where Nadal has broken his racquet

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There has not been a single match when Nadal has not broken the time rule

Really amazing record

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HetTheGreaterer said:

Pick 1st point now
Rafa has not broken a racquet

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Sport said:

Because the point ends only when the umpire calls the score. Until the umpire doesn't call the point, the point is not valid. Thus, Nadal played respecting the rules.

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TimHenmanATG said:

Nadal also must have the record for the most wedgies during a professional career.

I'm not nerdy enough to do the exact maths, but he picks the shorts out of his bum on every first and second serve, both when he's serving and receiving.

He's played 1,130 pro matches. So if we conservatively assume that they average around 2 and a half sets, then he's probably averaging around 23 games per match.

1,130 x 23 = 25,990.

Again, with a very low estimate, let's say that he plays an average of 6.5 points per game, and that he and his opponents have a 67% first serve percentage.

25,900 x 6.5 = 168,350. 168,350 * 1.33 = roughly 224,000.

So, even by low estimates, Rafael Nadal has pulled the purported wedgie out of his bottom cheeks on over 220-thousand occasions during his professional career.

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Plamen1234 said:

Another one is failing to defend a non clay title while Federer and Djokovic have defend HC,grass and clay titles despite that clay is their weakest surface.

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TimHenmanATG said:

Nadal also must have the record for the most wedgies during a professional career.

I'm not nerdy enough to do the exact maths, but he picks the shorts out of his bum on every first and second serve, both when he's serving and receiving.

He's played 1,130 pro matches. So if we conservatively assume that they average around 2 and a half sets, then he's probably averaging around 23 games per match.

1,130 x 23 = 25,990.

Again, with a very low estimate, let's say that he plays an average of 6.5 points per game, and that he and his opponents have a 67% first serve percentage.

25,900 x 6.5 = 168,350. 168,350 * 1.33 = roughly 224,000.

So, even by low estimates, Rafael Nadal has pulled the purported wedgie out of his bottom cheeks on over 220-thousand occasions during his professional career.

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Rhino said:

I think his 11 French opens is still more impressive.

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scotus said:

Not a single match in which he did not pick his butt

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TimHenmanATG said:

Nadal also must have the record for the most wedgies during a professional career.

I'm not nerdy enough to do the exact maths, but he picks the shorts out of his bum on every first and second serve, both when he's serving and receiving.

He's played 1,130 pro matches. So if we conservatively assume that they average around 2 and a half sets, then he's probably averaging around 23 games per match.

1,130 x 23 = 25,990.

Again, with a very low estimate, let's say that he plays an average of 6.5 points per game, and that he and his opponents have a 67% first serve percentage.

25,900 x 6.5 = 168,350. 168,350 * 1.33 = roughly 224,000.

So, even by low estimates, Rafael Nadal has pulled the purported wedgie out of his bottom cheeks on over 220-thousand occasions during his professional career.

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tennis_pro said:

omazeeng, no??

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tennis_crazy said:

Shows how much fake he is........
Will build up this nice guy image outwards only to break every possible rule inside the court to win a match (illegal coaching, extended time, strategic toilet break, strategic medical timeout, etc etc...)

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RNadal said:

It's a whole new level of ombeelibability

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jm1980 said:

Story goes that Tio Toni threatened to walk out if little Rafa broke a racquet

So he's never done it

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Rhino said:

I think his 11 French opens is still more impressive.

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King No1e said:

He broke a racquet for the first time ever in one of the early rounds of a clay M1000 last year.

Apparently he sent a long apology letter to Babolat and paid back the cost of the racquet.

He just couldn't help being a legend.

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The_Order said:

Gotta love how the OP thinks he understands the rules only to get schooled...

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Plamen1234 said:

Another one is failing to defend a non clay title while Federer and Djokovic have defend HC,grass and clay titles despite that clay is their weakest surface.

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Fabresque said:

Djokovic is better on grass than on clay? That’s debatable.

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CivicLx said:

Speaking of breaking racquets, has Sharapova ever broken a racquet?

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True Fanerer said:

Rafa slams water bottles instead.

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HetTheGreaterer said:

Djokovic is overachiever at wimby grass as well as underachiever at RG clay
He is a far better clay player than grass

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HetTheGreaterer said:

I don't know, but she did break djoker's balls

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King No1e said:

He broke a racquet for the first time ever in one of the early rounds of a clay M1000 last year.

Apparently he sent a long apology letter to Babolat and paid back the cost of the racquet.

He just couldn't help being a legend.

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MLM said:

Source? I can’t find anything on it.

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HetTheGreaterer said:

Shot clock mean nothing if you do not apply it correctly.....

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Chair umpire Alison Hughes gave both players leeway with the shot clock, as she accounted for the fan/noise delay that was out of the players' control. But once Djokovic exceeded the time limit for a third time, without much delay from fans, Hughes handed down a code violation. Djokovic smashed his racquet in frustration on a subsequent point but did not receive a code violation for it.

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King No1e said:

It's not his fault he underachieved on clay.

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King No1e said:

No lasting damage though

Takes serious balls to fight Bull like that

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smash hit said:

The shot clock is not reserved solely for Nadal. During the men's singles final the umpire was very lax with the use of the serve clock.



http://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/story/_/id/24630098/us-open-men-final-sees-quiet-day-chair-umpire

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