rafael nadal

...would they have named the main court Pista Pete Sampras? Something to ponder (or not) on an early morning - or later.

ATP H2H: 25-6 for Nadal H2H on clay: 19-2 for Nadal Maybe the last mutual match between these two Spanish matadors, 32nd confrontation, more matches Rafa played only against Serbinator (53 mutual matches, ATP record) and Fed (38 mutual matches). Bull is a big favorite with regard to the history...

28 March 2004, Miami, took place first mutual match of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Bull won over Fed 6:3, 6:3. It was the beginning of one of the biggest rivalries in tennis history. Highlights:

2018 winner: Juan Martin del Potro (will doesn't defend the title due to knee problems) Former champions, who are participating in this year's edition: Novak Djokovic (2008, 2011, 2014-16), Roger Federer (2004-06, 2012, 2017), Rafael Nadal (2007, 2009, 2013) Date: March 4 – 17 Edition: 44th...

At the risk of being Captain Obvious, Novak Djokovic was absolutely masterful today, defeating Rafael Nadal (another all-time great and his own greatest rival) 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 to win his record 7th Australian Open title and 15th overall slam. It was also the third time in his career that he has...

BELGRADE PRESS Undisclosed sources warn of an imminent change to Novak Djokovic’s backhand technique for the upcoming 2019 season. “He’s been working out the kinks,” says one source within the Djokovic camp, “it’s for the long term benefit and you know, Roger.” When pressed what the person...

Does anyone know if Nike will be releasing the shorts rafa wore in his exhibition match or the cages he is wearing with a grass court outsole? Thanks

Federer reached 6 times the summit of the Rankings, in the week before, he won a tournament 5 times before reaching the World N°1: 1) 2/2/04: Won Aus Open the week before. 2) 6/7/09: Won Wimbledon the week before. 3) 9/7/12: Won Wimbledon the week before. 4) 19/2/18: Won Rotterdam the week...

It's been almost nine years since Juan Martin has been to a grand slam final. Since the 2010 Australian Open he has been 0-2 in grand slam semi-finals. But there is a reason why I believe these stats might soon change. For the first time since 2009 Juan Martin del Potro is in the semi-finals...

Injury or sweat related?

Yes. The most consistent player in time violations.. More than 25s b/w serve points on a regular basis. To umpires and ATP/ITF I will say only onr thing :- what's the use of rules if you're not going to implement them? Just because you're afraid of top players....... P.S. :- The poll question...

Almost every single big tournament, including Slams, Masters, WTF, some 500s are consistantly being slowed down every year at the rate of around 2.5 to 3.5 CPI per year. Even the clay courts are being slowed down (wtf!!??) And also, I am not going to roll back years in 90s and early 2000s(best...

Thread's intension is creativity. Take elements like FH, BH, Serve, Netplay, Movement, Stamina, Return, Footwork, mentality, and Speed/CourtCoverage from various players Some rules are given as follows 1) you can not use a single player for more than 4 elements 2) not more than 3 players for...

I was just watching highlights (a thousandth time maybe) and this thought popped up in my mind... What if this happened? Not 100% similar to what happened with him in that 2011 USO SF vs djok, but there are a lot of similarities. If nadal got a break in that final game, would it have stopped...

Who wins??? Answer....

What if one fine morning while diving in the deep sea of web Federer came upon a madhouse where live lonely tennis fans desperate for attention (like myself maybe), full of rage, devoit of love and drenched in hatred. The madhouse called talk tennis warehouse. What if he decided to create an...

Most likely the slam race will be over for ever, atleast in this era. What to say friends? As if rafa won't win this FO, he will struggle throughout the 2018, and even if it does not happen, Nadal has not been successful in defending a hard court title, throughout the span of his respectable...

http://www.**************.org/tennis/news/Roger_Federer/52467/roger-federer-the-dream-is-to-win-roland-garros-again-/ Here he comes for it.. Nadal surely would have many sleepless nights from now..

As chokovic is officially outta race, Can Bafa Nada make it a 100 titles? IMO, If he wins 3-4 clay and 1-2 outside it , and more USO_2017 like epic draws, he has serious chance of making it. He's ~32 I believe he has 4-5 years left in him ..

1.) Must, absolutely must, take a million hours before each serve by pulling shorts from ass, bouncing ball, wiping nose, then one ear, then the other, bouncing ball more, grimacing, and then serving. If first serve is a fault, must go through whole routine again. 2.) Bottle labels must be...

Rafa Nadal's final obstacle towards a 4th YE#1 is called Hyeon Chung. Nadal won their only match this year 76(1) 62 in Barcelona.

World gave him a fair chance at USO. He won it without facing any top 25 player. But now look at China - 500 draw ... R 32 - lucas poille (#23) R 16 - khachanov (#32) QF - isner (#17) SF - dimitrov (#8) / jmdp (#24) / RBA (#13) F - Nick (#20) / m zverev (#26) / PCB (#10) / berdie...

One of the most iconic scenes from this year's US Open was Nadal's deep returning position. While Nadal always stands metres (kilometres?) behind the baseline to return serve, it was unusually deep even from his standards. Question is - why didn't his opponents exploit this by using variety...

Isner played tremendously well, but Rafa couldn't get much of his game working. A lot of unforced errors, and by the looks of it, he really wanted to win this one...

Does Rafa have the worst serve among the true greats? Genuine question. I was thinking about it and couldn't think of any other great for whom the serve was less of a weapon.

Just as Federer, Nadal deserves his own celebration thread for his Grand Slam performance this year. Who would have thought a year ago that Fedal would share all four GS titles in 2017? And that they pretty much dominated the rest of the tour as well... amazing!

Let's assume that any 2 of Nishikori (clay + HC) / Milos (HC + grass) / Dimitrov (HC + grass) / Thiem (clay + HC) are as talented as Rafa / Joker and they start winning slams when they're anywhere between 19-22. Then how many lesser slams Rafa/ joker might end up with ? By the age of 25 joker...

after seeing so maaaaaany threads and posts about nadal and federer this year of 2017 i have some how came to believe djokocic is going to come back hard and better than ever and destroy the field completely and Rule 2018 with 3 or more Grand Slams , along with 5+ atp 1000s masters2018 is...

When was the last time this happened ? R1 #85 Lajo R2 #121 Taro R3 #59 L. Mayo R4 #65 Dolgo QF #53 Rublo SF #28 DelPo F #32 Ando :eek:

Rafael Nadal has reached 3 SF in a season since 2011. Also, Rafa reached both AO and USO SF in the same season since 2009. If he were to win against Del Potro, he'll be the 8th player to reach both HC Slams finals in the same season (Wilander 88, Lendl 89, Edberg 92, Sampras/Agassi 95, Chang 96...