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At the time Nadal was getting straight-setted on clay by the likes of Almagro, Fognini, Wawrinka and Murray. It's obvious the same would have happened at RG as he failed to raised his level. Any decent player would have beaten him.

Thank you for your tips. Both of you point out the lack of internal shoulder rotation (ISR) in my video. This is true, but the fact is that I can also throw using ISR, this is not an issue for me. Keep in mind that the video I posted was just the technique that allowed me to throw the farthest...

What are you talking about? You're not making any sense. You were making ridiculous claims and I corrected them, whether you personally can throw it over the fence or not is utterly irrelevant. Contrary to your false claim, I never said you couldn't do it. Some people can, but it is very rare...

I find it interesting that you think I'm trying to throw hard and with a tight arm; I wonder what makes you believe that. In fact, in that video I am throwing with a very loose/relaxed arm, after having learned and practiced the motion. I even made a point of just focusing on swinging from the...

So, in the video I posted, what am I doing wrong? It looks like good throwing technique to me, if it's just about technique I imagine it should be possible to tell from the video what's going on.

Obviously you can't read. I never said you couldn't do it, just that you were spouting nonsense about it being easy or common. And you keep doing that.

You keep insisting on this ridiculous notion that the only (or the main) reason one wouldn't be able to do this is because of injuries or age. This is patently false. The vast majority of fit, healthy, athletic males would be unable to do this. Since I found this thread I got about 15...

Another troll.

Can't believe people are saying this is easy. This forum is full of trolls. I don't think more than 1% of amateur tennis players would be able to do this. I learned the throwing motion and am quite strong, and have a bigger serve than most people I play with (though nothing spectacular, about...

We can see who taught Nole how to smash at 1:07.

Who are you talking about?

Who knows. Maybe it's actually good for him at this stage. Look at Nadal's career after he let Toni go.

Medvedev (Daniil) has already won a slam though, which makes his situation markedly different from those others you mention. He was very close to winning a second one and only lost to the GOAT making the best comeback of his career. He'll be fine.

Tsitsipas's game is much more interesting to watch, but as an opponent I think he can cause Rafa much more trouble than Medvedev. So from that perspective I would prefer Rafa to face Medvedev, even if his game is more boring.

Roland Garros 2013 Semifinal 5th set. Incredible shotmaking.

I don't like him as a tennis player, but he has gained my respect with his refusal to comply with authoritarian nonsense.

Weird thread. Why is everyone talking here as if Thiem had retired?

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I was mistaken, he won it in doubles only.

As opposed to titans such as Ivanisevic, Krajicek, and Stich, right? All of them are Wimbledon winners...

Even if that is true, he needs a better backhand to stay in rallies with Djokovic. How is he going to break?

You forgot about Cilic.

It wasn't Del Potro at his best but it was clearly top-5 ATP level, enough to invalidate your argument/rant. Nadal was injured the following year so you don't have a point, as expected. Funny how you focus on this particular slam, which was pretty standard, and ignore Djokovic's bigger cakewalks...

What a troll. Nadal beat USO Champion Del Potro on that run. The fact that his ranking was 23rd due to injuries is irrelevant since that doesn't reflect his actual level.

It was very mediocre. I don't get why people are overhyping it. BTW USO 2011 third set was great, but the best set they ever played was RG 2013 final set, that was absolutely amazing.

Yesterday's match had the occasional brilliant shot but was pretty low quality overall. Even last year's final was better in regard to tennis quality, Djokovic was every bit as good but Nadal actually had a backhand there. Let's not even talk about classics like their classic RG 2013 semifinal...

So? They are in different cities.

Don't be ridiculous. Istomin beat Djokovic at AO a few years ago.

That's ********, tennis is one of the hardest sports to play, more so in terms of pure technique. You need to train for months and learn counterintuitive technique just to be able to hit the ball over the net (and into the court) with a minimum degree of consistency.