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Nothing too deep here. With Rafa's retirement, perhaps, your mind was/is flooded with memories of other favorite players. Let's have a judgment-free zone here, and whether in order or not, who are your 5 favorite players (for whatever reasons...and not the 5 best in your eyes) of both tours...

Alright, you read the title. On one hand, we have Rafa on the cusp of retirement, playing one of his last professional tournaments at Olympic games v/s Peak Serena Williams, the thunderstorm player who blasted the entire WTA tour for years into submission, completely dominating the sport...

Clay has its unique attractions but is mostly a Southern European/American domain. The Greatest is leaving so I wonder which area will win the most masters and slams? The quote shows the top 20 + Rune (sixth king!) according to total point win percentage in masters and slams over the last...

https://www.puntodebreak.com/en/2024/08/21/binaghi-defends-sinner-the-criticism-comes-from-the-most-idiotic-and-frustrated-people " The president of the Italian Tennis Federation (FITP), Angelo Binaghi, has come to the defense of Jannik Sinner after his double positive test for clostebol...

Here we go. 60th meeting between the two titans. Last match - 2022 RG QF - Rafa def. Nole 62 46 62 76 (4) 2nd match at the Olympics with Rafa having won the previous one in 2008 at the Beijing event. Who takes this one? Rafa is definitely a massive underdog here. He's fallen off sharply due to...

So, here we go. First Rafa match in over 1,5 months will take place tomorrow. Rafa, in his bid for Olympics, is playing here. Leo Borg on the other hand, is looking for the biggest win of his career on home soil. Who wins? How many sets? Discuss and vote. Vamos Rafa!

As we all know, tomorrow will be Novak Djokovic's record-shattering 37th slam final. He is also, as we know, 37 years old. But how many of you have put these two stats together? This means, to be ludicrous about something already ridiculous, if Novak played from the day he was born, he has...

Anybody else wish the Cage 3 had an unattached padded tongue like Rafa’s custom? BEHOLD. My frankenstein Cage 3 with Lunar Ballistec tongue

Okay here we go. Rafa having won 3 matches in a row for the first time since September 2022 goes up against the Czech youngster Lehechka who is known for his big hitting prowess. Does Rafa have enough gas in the tank to overcome yet another tough challenge? Or will the Czech be the one taking...

Slightly inspired by @Phenomenal thread on Madrid 2016 Nadal vs Murray, I also had a feeling at the time that Nadal was playing so much better on clay that year than the year prior. Before the injury forced him to withdraw, in his 2 matches played he dished out 3 breadsticks and 1 bagel. He...

4th matchup between the pair, Rafa leads the h2h 3-1 with Alex's only win over Rafa happening last year at United cup Will Rafa be able to shake off the rust and beat one of the most in-form players of this season? Or will Demon vulture one more win? Discuss and predict

While a very successful season on clay where the Spanish wizard claimed his 11th Monte Carlo Title, 11th Barcelona Title, 8th Rome Title, and most importantly, 11th RG title; 2018 could be much more for Rafa; had a few things gone the other way. 1) the Roof closure at Wimbledon, even after the...

Rafael' Nadal's health status has always been a sensitive subject in online tennis discussion. His fans often claim that he is: - badly injured when he loses - moderately injured epic fighter when he barely wins - healthy when he wins convincingly Witnessing this opinion over and over...

In real life - if any of this is real - I'm a writer who can be quite imaginative, irreverent, innovative, etc. I get and write satire, understand irreverence much more than most, and am not totally averse to hypotheticals, even in sports. But, I just don't see the value in producing...

WTF 2019 was one of the most epic editions of tour finals without a shadow of a doubt, a number of battles, calculations, dominations, comebacks and shot making encounters. The highlight for me however was this one. Amazing match from Roger, considering that he'd played quite mediocre tennis at...

Rafael Nadal's Road to a 5th US Open (y) R1: (WC) Hijikata R2: Karatsev R3: (32) Kecmanovic R4: (14) Schwartzman QF: (7) Norrie SF: (3) Alcaraz F: (1) Medvedev

Next to each other!

Bot can be a bery bery dangerous opponent, no? Dude is continuously improving. Has a respectable 6-7 record v/s top 10. Rafa better be ready. What do y'all think?

I WAS ANALYZING NOVAKS AND RAFAS GAMEPLAY A LITTLE BIT AND 1 COMMON THING I NOTICED WAS THAT THEY BOTH CONVERT BACKHAND BALLS AND HIT A FOREHAND BUT BOTH OF THEM HAVE A GREAT BACKHAND AND CAN EASILY DOMINATE THE OPPONENTS SO WHY THEY GO FOR CONVERTING OF SHOTS ?

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Discuss.

The most recent Vapor Cage 4 has not been anywhere near as well received as the Air Zoom Cage 3. So it would be a safe assumption to say that Nike will phase the cage 4 out quicker than the cage 3. Foot Doctor Zach (Tennis Player, Foot Doctor, Tennis gear reviewer) posted a video citing a good...

So guys who will be good matchup for a 2019 Rafa on clay. Mention the worst matchup too.

Djokovic trolling the nextgen at the end of this video. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

This is the 5th meeting between the pair, 2nd overall on clay. H2H is split 2-2 with one of shapo's victories not being an actual win, but a walkover from the Spaniard in the 2019 paris masters semi final. Shapovalov is the defending semi finalist here, who lost a marathon match to Diego...

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I have been wanting to post this for a while... are these Rafa's new shorts coming up for either the second half of 2021 or maybe even 2022? I know he has often trained in an upcoming shirt/shorts months before their release... is this maybe one of this kind of circumstance? Or is this a...

Season is over, but Nadal's highlights reel can never end. Here is a great video I randomly found on the internet. He can seriously inject a huge amount of pace into his groundstrokes as you can see. Vamos.

Now that the uso is done is everyone ready for French? So many questions. Who will win? Will Djokovic be dqed? But as much as I try I can’t get into the French. I really don’t know why.