Ralph
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Yes, it was impressive in fairness. Even more so as his shoulder was injured.
[1] NADAL vs. [3] FEDERER - Semifinal Miami 2011
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Yes, it was impressive in fairness. Even more so as his shoulder was injured.
ninman
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powerangle
Legend
Federer will have to come out all-guns-blazing as Nadal, even when playing poorly for his standards, is more consistent overall. Federer can blow hot and cold even more than Nadal so Fed will have to keep his arch-nemesis ******** at bay...
Fed in 2, or Nadal in 3. 8)
Fed in 2, or Nadal in 3. 8)
Ralph
Hall of Fame
BigForehand
Semi-Pro
****** will moonball 90% to Fed's backhand
nadalbestclass
Hall of Fame
The worst thing about a Rafa-Rog match up are th 90% *******s that fill the match thread. No one is making excuses. Also Rafa's RIGHT shoulder was hurting, serving is no issue.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
They can really kill threads.
niff
Legend
Nah, *******s on some high horse are worse.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Plz, *******s are outnumbered 4 to 1 on here so don't even give me that. No one ever gives Federer greif or trolls his losses, but when Rafa does this place turns upside down with trolls. Rafa fans don't troll Federer match discussion threads either. Go to a Rafa match thread and tell me what you see.
niff
Legend
cc0509
Talk Tennis Guru
Are you kidding me? The *********s descend like vultures as soon as Fed loses. Give me a break.
Pwned
Hall of Fame
powerangle
Legend
You've gotta be kidding me. The trolling and ****ism goes both ways dude.
nadalbestclass
Hall of Fame
Does anyone suppose this is what humbalito will be driving to the match?
Ralph's injuries are about as legit as this:
Why does the universe conspire against this poor sweet prince
I hear uncle tony has been pracitising these.
4 pages in and we already have all this garbage. It's not really necessary...unless cassius clay is being serious it leaves just kwanfan's comment, that's "anti Fed". Maybe you are just "having fun" but it breeds obnoxious comments. So don't give BS about it going both ways equally.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Really? Like all 4 of them?
?!?!?
I'm not surprised.
Absolutely it does, there are definitely *********s on here that contribute nothing to the forum. But as I said, they are outnumbered 4 to 1. Not once have I been in a Federer thread that *********s ruined bc he wasn't playing well, it's always disappointed Federer fans. You guys need to take a look at how the flood gates opened in the 2nd set of the berdych match tonight.
ninman
Hall of Fame
Do you see me complaining about all the pictures of Federer crying at the AO? I unlike most people have a sense of humour about stuff like that. If you can't take it, then don't dish it out, as they say.
ninman
Hall of Fame
Outnumbered 4 to 1? Where did you pick that number from? How many times has this picture been posted on this forum?
namelessone
Legend
Federer will win.
Nadal is very up and down these days. It's pretty weird to watch, Nadal is usually constant during a match(whether consistently good or consistently bad) but these days his form varies too much. To go from spanking balls in the first set with Djoker to serving 20% and dumping shots into the net in 2nd and 3rd and now this letdown in the berdych match.
As someone said, I think we are witnessing the birth of the Nadal equivalent of ******** :shock:
Nadal is very up and down these days. It's pretty weird to watch, Nadal is usually constant during a match(whether consistently good or consistently bad) but these days his form varies too much. To go from spanking balls in the first set with Djoker to serving 20% and dumping shots into the net in 2nd and 3rd and now this letdown in the berdych match.
As someone said, I think we are witnessing the birth of the Nadal equivalent of ******** :shock:
niff
Legend
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
By one of the same few people. Are you really trying to say there's anywhere NEAR as many *********s on here? Federer fans outnumber Rafa fans on here about 4 to 1, there was a poll about it a few months ago, the extreme trolls are about relative to this.
letdown in the berdych match? Berdych hit 4 serves in a row that were 130+ in the 2nd set and then started backing it up with the big groundies. Guess what happened in the 3rd set.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
I sort of agree with this. If Rafa plays his best tennis, he should win, but post US-Open he almost ALWAYS has a level dip in a match, it really is weird and hopefully the clay brings his consistency back like it has the last 5 years.
namelessone
Legend
letdown in the berdych match? Berdych hit 4 serves in a row that were 130+ in the 2nd set and then started backing it up with the big groundies. Guess what happened in the 3rd set.
I'm not feeling Rafa's game at all. I know Birdman started playing better but I see a lot more up and down in Rafa's game than in the past and it isn't something I like. I wonder if that can be enough against a guy like Fed who has only lost to Djoker this year and who is looking better by the match.
But in the past he would lose these types of matches on hard courts, so where would you prefer to be?
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
I think this depends on Rafa's level and Federer's rest. If this was Saturday i'd feel more confident, but im not sure. I think Rafa in 3, but he's so streaky.
namelessone
Legend
On clay and grass
Anyway I'm not sure Miami is even HC, it's more like laid out sandpaper
On clay and grass
Anyway I'm not sure Miami is even HC, it's more like laid out sandpaper
lol.
Yeah, Miami is a little odd. Nadal will be on his beloved clay soon enough.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
I, for one can't wait till Monte Carlo to see the beast-ism start. And @ Ledigs, I hope to go this year myself.
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NadalAgassi
Guest
Despite the denial of *******s, Federer is now way past his prime, several years already so in fact, and only about 60% the player he used to be and that figure will only drop all the time from here as he continues to age and slow. He is in the same phase of his career as Tiger Woods and Michael Schumacher are in theirs. So given that unmistakable reality I dont think Nadal right now can lose to Federer on any surface anymore, even hard courts, if he is playing his best. Maybe indoors but that is it. So the match is all up to Nadal really.
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NadalAgassi
Guest
Indoors which is Nadal's worst surface by far. It took Federer playing the best tennis he is capable of at this old past his prime athlete phase of his career to barely win. So that is the only surface he could even hope to beat Nadal playing his best right now. Any other including an outdoor hard court, no way.
roundiesee
Hall of Fame
Wow, 90 over posts already; guess every one is excited; I'm going for Federer in straights
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
I speak up for Nadal fans and you come troll away. It's really not that serious man, Federer is doing better than anyone else on tour besides Nadal and Djokovic. I'd say he's pretty good right now.
Rickenbacker4003
Hall of Fame
The Fed fans are in greater number here so therefore they will have the larger troll crowd. But when Nadal wins tomorrow the lack in number will be made up in intensity for the comeback to these awful Fedtrolls.:twisted:
Pwned
Hall of Fame
Tiger Woods? The prime age for golfers is in their 30's....
Pwned
Hall of Fame
Oh yeah thats right. Put a tarp over the court tomorrow and Nadal will get claustrophobic and lose.... A slow low bouncing hard court was bad. But fast low bouncing grass is right up his alley.
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NadalAgassi
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He is still a pretty good player, but no longer the great player he was in his prime. That is the difference. And I wouldnt say not making a slam final in a year, losing 3 times in a row to Djokovic (regardless how well Djokovic is playing), losing at Wimbledon to someone like Tomas Berdych, and also losing matches to people like Montanes is doing pretty good for a 16 slam winner. Navratilova was still ranked #3 or #4 for years after Graf and Seles opened up a chasm on her too. There are hardly any great players in the present field, the World #4 and #5 are both slamless pretenders, so it isnt a surprise even way way past his prime he is still at #3.
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MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
As far as form goes, Rafa should be more nervous.
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