2015 ATP Mercedes Cup-250

[La Grande]

Just tuning in

It was a shaky start

 

[romeo8880]

Don't tell me you have a bet on Nadal @1.29?

Nope! Just enjoying the match. Nadal looking better as it goes on.

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Thanks for playing bag lol

 

[Bartelby]

Let's remember that Baghdatis is, in many ways, on his way out.

 

[tipsa...don'tlikehim!]

Nope! Just enjoying the match. Nadal looking better as it goes on.

ok
was tempted to bet Baghdatis to win a set, glad i didn't....

 

[MichaelNadal]

I really hope this extra grass prep helps Nadal out Wimby-wise.
Oh cool, he put his Waldo kit back on.

 

[E36BMWM3]

AAAAAAAAAAAAND he gives the break right back...

 

[tennis_commentator]

As long as Nadal wins these matches its all that matters, not the quality, just winning them is the main thing as it gives him more matches on grass and builds confidence.

 

[MichaelNadal]

41% of Rafa's shots at over 3000rpm. It's grass Rafa, let's throw some flat ones in down the line.

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Well bag is battling out there

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

Baghdatis fan or you just don't want to see Nadal win?

both.

Well bag is battling out there

pameeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!

 

[tennis_commentator]

41% of Rafa's shots at over 3000rpm. It's grass Rafa, let's throw some flat ones in down the line.

He should treat grass like an exhibition match, he tends to hit much flatter in exhibitions.

 

[chicagodude]

I really hope this extra grass prep helps Nadal out Wimby-wise.
Oh cool, he put his Waldo kit back on.

I have to say I really dig his head- and wristbands. Not too sur about the purple glitterband on his shorts though...

After a shaky start he's not even playing that bad for a first grass match.

Whenever I see Baghdatis play, it always screams "unfullfilled potential' to me.
He really falls in the same category as Nalbandian, Monfils (or even Safin-light): players with crazy talent who could've won multiple slams had they been as dedicated/competitive as Nadal/Djokovic.

Especially with Nalbandian en Baghdatis, it always felt they were sllightly too heavy and not quite putting enough work in on the (cardio)fitness front.

After early success, Baghdatis seems content to 'just' be a good player, making very good money and living a very comfortable life, instead of busting his balls on a daily basis to be a perennial top-10 player and threat in slams.

Just my perception though, I could be way off.

 

[Bartelby]

Look how long it took Wawrinka to put it all together and Baghdatis has had a fair share of injuries.

 

[The-Champ]

any good stream out there..?

 

[tennis_commentator]

Praise the lord 7-6 4-4.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

I have to say I really dig his head- and wristbands. Not too sur about the purple glitterband on his shorts though...

After a shaky start he's not even playing that bad for a first grass match.

Whenever I see Baghdatis play, it always screams "unfullfilled potential' to me.
He really falls in the same category as Nalbandian, Monfils (or even Safin-light): players with crazy talent who could've won multiple slams had they been as dedicated/competitive as Nadal/Djokovic.

Especially with Nalbandian en Baghdatis, it always felt they were sllightly too heavy and not quite putting enough work in on the (cardio)fitness front.

After early success, Baghdatis seems content to 'just' be a good player, making very good money and living a very comfortable life, instead of busting his balls on a daily basis to be a perennial top-10 player and threat in slams.

Just my perception though, I could be way off.

Look how long it took Wawrinka to put it all together and Baghdatis has had a fair share of injuries.

if only he could finally fullfill his potential... :-|

 

[La Grande]

ahhahahahaha that fall will be turned into a GIF.

 

[chicagodude]

Look how long it took Wawrinka to put it all together and Baghdatis has had a fair share of injuries.

Yeah, but don't you also feel that Baggy has looked like he didn't want it quite enough at times? I'm still hoping he will give it his all the last 2 years of his career, but I just don't see it happening. Kinda like I have that same feeling about Monfils.

 

[NatF]

Massive forehand DTL from Baggy.

 

[aman92]

Nadal stands farther behind the baseline on the 2nd serve than the first...reason?

 

[chicagodude]

Praise the lord 7-6 4-4.

*Sigh* your over-the-top fanboy-is is exhausting. It's one thing to be a fan, a completely different thing losing all objectivity and almost deifying your idol.

 

[chicagodude]

Nadal stands farther behind the baseline on the 2nd serve than the first...reason?

Probably because he feels with a 2nd serve he can really atack the way he wants if he gives himself time, while with a 1st serve it's really just about getting it back, and have a better chance to win the point by redirecting and getting it back fast to the server.

 

[Russeljones]

Nadal stands farther behind the baseline on the 2nd serve than the first...reason?

Wawrinka does it too. That is where he expects to find the optimal height of the ball to make an aggressive return.

 

[RF-18]

Nadal not good enough.

 

[tennis_commentator]

*Sigh* your over-the-top fanboy-is is exhausting. It's one thing to be a fan, a completely different thing losing all objectivity and almost deifying your idol.

Meanwhile half the forum is wasting their lives hating on Nadal at every opportunity :lol:
Whereas mine is positive energy, and there is nothing wrong with positive energy.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Baggy never looks any older
He looks just like he did against Agassi at the 06 USO.

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Bag has had his chances. Not capitalizing

 

[La Grande]

Nice volley

 

[chicagodude]

Meanwhile half the forum is wasting their lives hating on Nadal at every opportunity :lol:
Whereas mine is positive energy, and there is nothing wrong with positive energy.

Well you do have a point there. Oh trust me, the Nadal haters are just as exhausting as any of the fanboys!

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Nadal getting into the second week of wimbledon would be a huge accomplishment at this point

 

[La Grande]

Meanwhile half the forum is wasting their lives hating on Nadal at every opportunity :lol:
Whereas mine is positive energy, and there is nothing wrong with positive energy.

Preach mate

 

[La Grande]

"Hes got a hole in his racket!"

 

[tennis_commentator]

Nadal getting into the second week of wimbledon would be a huge accomplishment at this point

Not quite.
Last year he made the 4th Round, despite nothing good happening before Wimbledon.

 

[tennis_commentator]

Nadal is clutcher than an automobile, down 30 points and still held for 6-6!

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Not quite.
Last year he made the 4th Round, despite nothing good happening before Wimbledon.

Last year he was ranked number 2

 

[Russeljones]

Like it or not his performance here could become important when determining his Wimbledon seeding.

 

[tennis_commentator]

Last year he was ranked number 2

Yeah hopefully he'll get Federer in the 4th Round.
Actually last year vs Kyrgios, Nadal had 44 winners and 18 unforced errors, and was sharp enough to have beaten Federer absolutely.

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Bag wins the set!!! Lol

 

[MichaelNadal]

Too tentative from Nadal.

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Yeah hopefully he'll get Federer in the 4th Round.
Actually last year vs Kyrgios, Nadal had 44 winners and 18 unforced errors, and was sharp enough to have beaten Federer absolutely.

Nadal is not the same player he was last year. Its obvious

 

[MichaelNadal]

Nadal is not the same player he was last year. Its obvious

NadalRecord is a troll, it's obvious.

 

[tennisaddict]

Baghdatis should have won the match by this time. Wasted too many chances in set 1.

 

[SQA333]

Last year he was ranked number 2

He was actually ranked #1 before and during Wimbledon despite being seeded 2nd (due to the Wimbledon seeding system). Only after Wimbledon did he lose his #1 ranking, and he lost his #2 ranking after Shanghai.

 

[RF-18]

That ace does not count. Not real tennis.

 

[SQA333]

Yeah hopefully he'll get Federer in the 4th Round.

Only possible if Nadal is seeded 13th to 16th. It would take a hell of an achievement by the guys ranked below him to knock him that low.

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Nadal needs a new coach.

 

[ScentOfDefeat]

Ra f a g enie Bouchardal!

(apparently those three letters there are a problem)

 

[MichaelNadal]

Nadal needs a new coach.

Rafa was in the 2006 Wimbledon final. It's 2015.....

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Rafa was in the 2006 Wimbledon final. It's 2015.....

MichaelNadal u think nadal is shot already?