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I think Ralph take this one easily. We all know how terribly Delpo is physically and he has spent like six hours in the last two days on court.
1- Rafa is achieving the best tennis comeback ever: 4 events played, 4 finals and this time nobody will be able to whine that it's "just" clay.
2- If Rafa wins tomorrow, I predict he will get #1 back at some point during the season
3- Delpo may be having that breakthrough moment everyone was waiting for him to have since his brilliant win of the USO.
Delpo is trying to score his second title of the year and his 1st master title, Rafa his 3rd and with it tie Lendl for most master titles won: 22. It would be Rafa 's 3rd IW title. It is his 4th final there, all in odd years!! If he wins, Rafa will propel to #2 in the race on Monday.
When was the last time a player beat 3 of the top 4 (real top 4) in succession? Has it ever happened before? If JMDP pulls this off it would be amazing. Today was a grueling battle though and let's see if he can recover. I hope Rafa wins, but I would be totally fine with Delpo taking home his first M1000 title. He's such a likeable fella.
As for the match Delpo can't use the slice to effect like he did today vs Djokovic. Rafa will just kill it with his FH cc. We'll see how things go tomorrow. Vamos!
Rafa in 2 because Novak was ****e and let the tired Delpo beat him.
Djokovic is not invincible.
Del Potro was the first man ever to beat Federer and Nadal back to back in a Slam.
At times he is. 8)
Is Rafa playing Miami?
Wow, Rafa actually has a great shot at coming back on HC after a year and winning the title! That is half parts awesome and half parts hilarious :lol:.
Imagine if he wins, the confidence he gains, I'm thinking another clay sweep yet again. Interesting times.....Is Rafa playing Miami?
Poor Delpo though, I want him to get his first masters but with all that time spent on court, I wonder if he'll be up to it.
1- Rafa is achieving the best tennis comeback ever: 4 events played, 4 finals and this time nobody will be able to whine that it's "just" clay.
2- If Rafa wins tomorrow, I predict he will get #1 back at some point during the season
3- Delpo may be having that breakthrough moment everyone was waiting for him to have since his brilliant win of the USO.
Delpo is trying to score his second title of the year and his 1st master title, Rafa his 3rd and with it tie Lendl for most master titles won: 22. It would be Rafa 's 3rd IW title. It is his 4th final there, all in odd years!! (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) If he wins, Rafa will propel to #2 in the race on Monday.
Wow, Rafa actually has a great shot at coming back on HC after a year and winning the title! That is half parts awesome and half parts hilarious :lol:.
Imagine if he wins, the confidence he gains, I'm thinking another clay sweep yet again. Interesting times.....Is Rafa playing Miami?
Poor Delpo though, I want him to get his first masters but with all that time spent on court, I wonder if he'll be up to it.
Good post. A win tomorrow takes him back to no.4 in the world which is obviously key to get easier draws ahead on the clay. If he wins tomorrow, he may opt not to play Miami and could in theory still stay ahead of Ferrer, unless Ferrer goes quite far in Miami (Ferrer is defending QF points from last year). Miami doesn't suit his game as well. Slow court but lower bouncing and doesn't take the topspin as well as Indian Wells.
Imagine if he wins, the confidence he gains, I'm thinking another clay sweep yet again. Interesting times.....Is Rafa playing Miami?
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Delpo will be good for a set, that's it. It's a darn shame to see Nadal gifted a title. (only way he's gonna win a HC event)
Disgusting.
Whoever wins tomorrow will get to nº2 in the Race Ranking.
Defeating Murray and Djokovic back to back on hard courts (M-1000 level also) is a great feat.
Del Potro slowly coming back to his top-5 "real" level.
Tomorrow final? I have no idea.
If Del Potro is not too spent, I give 50-50.
You gotta chill out
Wow, Rafa actually has a great shot at coming back on HC after a year and winning the title! That is half parts awesome and half parts hilarious :lol:.
Imagine if he wins, the confidence he gains, I'm thinking another clay sweep yet again. Interesting times.....Is Rafa playing Miami?
Poor Delpo though, I want him to get his first masters but with all that time spent on court, I wonder if he'll be up to it.
Good question. I think he should. He has the momentum with him and he didn't exert himself that hard in IW. But everybody seems to believe he'll skip it. So, we'll see.
I think you are wrong about that. He is back and fresh as a daisy.
I'm chilled all right. What part of my post is not true? (The #1 thing is just a prediction, Rafa is gonna become super confident if he wins his 1st title on hard since 2010 and confident Rafa is very, very hard to beat so it's not like it's an extravagant prediction. He was also the USO finalist in both 2010 and 2011, so it's perfectly reasonable to expect him to do well again there this year). Other than that, everything in my post is just plain facts.
It's not 50:50 even if Delpo is fresh. That court plays as much like a claycourt as anything outside the red stuff itself. Topspin bites a lot on the rough surface and the ball bounces high. Perfect for Rafa. Not so much for Delpo.
When was the last time a player beat 3 of the top 4 (real top 4) in succession? Has it ever happened before? If JMDP pulls this off it would be amazing. Today was a grueling battle though and let's see if he can recover. I hope Rafa wins, but I would be totally fine with Delpo taking home his first M1000 title. He's such a likeable fella.
As for the match Delpo can't use the slice to effect like he did today vs Djokovic. Rafa will just kill it with his FH cc. We'll see how things go tomorrow. Vamos!
Good question. I think he should. He has the momentum with him and he didn't exert himself that hard in IW. But everybody seems to believe he'll skip it. So, we'll see.
Who the hell cares about Rafas health? Delpo needs to be 100% to beat your man and that ain't happening.
It will be a dark day for tennis when Rafa is victorious over the tired, exhausted Delpo.
In 2007 Canadian Open M-1000 Djokovic defeated nº3 Roddick in the QF, nº2 Nadal in the SF and nº1 Federer in the Final.
In 2007 Madrid M-1000 Nalbandian defeated nº2 Nadal in the QF, nº3 Djokovic in the SF and nº1 Federer in the Final.
Two weeks later, in Paris-Bercy M-1000 he defeated nº1 Federer in R16 and nº2 Nadal in the Final.
Yep I agree he will probably skip it, especially if he wins tomorrow. But if he does, he loses the 360 points he got last year in Miami from reaching the semis. So he would get the no.4 ranking back on Monday then lose it straight away to Ferrer after Miami. That Top 4 ranking is important going into the clay season as he isn't going to be able to gain any points on last year other than in Madrid (as he won everything). That potentially leaves him at no.5 for Wimbledon, not a good draw.
My post was in response to your post saying that the only way Nadal can win a title on HC is if he plays an exhausted Del Potro. You are implying that if he played Djokovic on hc he would lose. I am not so sure about that.
And Nadal is not my man, I am a Federer fan but I am not blind and stupid.
I think Rafa wins.
Del Potro having to defeat, Murray, Joker, AND Nadal is a helluva task
Nalby also beat Djokovic that time around? Wow. It has been done before then. Thanks for the info.