NaomiKonjuhPotapova
G.O.A.T.
Lol, nadal just give full 5 minutes or so at the end of the match.
Out of personal favorite and being objective here: Wawrinka.
2017 Shanghai SF - [1] Rafael Nadal vs [4] Marin Cilic
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Lol, nadal just give full 5 minutes or so at the end of the match.
Out of personal favorite and being objective here: Wawrinka.
K-H
Hall of Fame
Yh. I think Basel is more similar to WTF as well. So rather play that.
Athique Rehman
Rookie
Rafa is using his serve just like Nole used his to great effect in 2015. It doesnt need to be powerful, just varied in order to set the points up and get free points. This serve if he keeps improving it will allow him to play longer on the tour.
Federer and Del Potro
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Rafa and his pigeon Cilic:
NaomiKonjuhPotapova
G.O.A.T.
Who's correctly rated?
Rafa and his pigeon Cilic:
Federer and Del Potro
Bionic Poster
This year only 2 players are really playing good tennis. Federer and Nadal are deservedly on the first two spots. The other spots need to be taken by players who didn't do much this year. But Cilic isn't the fourth best player for sure.
K-H
Hall of Fame
We can no longer be friends.
Federer and Del Potro
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K-H
Hall of Fame
Haha yh they seem to against the big teams.
I'm a Chelsea Fan anyway. Either one loses I'll be happy.
Federer and Del Potro
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K-H
Hall of Fame
Yh ano. Been too long.
I remember the time when United and Chelsea were two of the biggest clubs in Europe alongside Barcelona, Madrid and Bayern. Getting to semis and Finals of champions league so often. The other 3 big teams would actually fear the two. I think around 2006 to 2012. Now they're nothing in Europe.
Federer and Del Potro
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ForumMember
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who are correctly rated other than big 4?
ForumMember
Hall of Fame
Score line is little strange. Though from score line it looked to be a match that could have gone either way, but during match it never looked like so. Something like Djokovic-Nadal Rome 2016 match which had score line of 7-5, 7-6 but Nadal had never looked like defeating Djokovic,
Will be sad if Nadal is again tired against Federer. All their meetings this year happened when Nadal was either gassed or just in very bad form. When Nadal was in good form Federer skipped clay and lost to Del Potro in USO. Now, Nadal is playing very good in Beijing and Shanghai, but now he looks pretty much tired from so many matches.
There is a reason the big 4 are ranked so high for so many years.
Chanwan
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Aussie Darcy
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Nadal now overtakes Agassi for the 6th most career wins ever with 871.
Krish872007
Talk Tennis Guru
Actually Nadal had enough chances in that match. He was up a break in both sets, and served for the second set (held 5 set points)
Poisoned Slice
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I'm a United fan more than a football fan. I'd be like the guy in football manager press conferences.
''I don't care about the other premier league teams in Europe, can we just talk about Manchester United?''
Speaking of football manager. If I get the new one I will be managing PSG.
clayqueen
Talk Tennis Guru
Now, now, now! Cilic wasn't such a pigeon today.Rafa and his pigeon Cilic:
clayqueen
Talk Tennis Guru
Rafa and Djoker lead in % of games won at 83%.
Aussie Darcy
Bionic Poster
Not sure why that factors into what I said but sure....
clayqueen
Talk Tennis Guru
It's on Sky at 9.30 am BST which is 4.30 pm local time.
clayqueen
Talk Tennis Guru
I was just adding to what you said.
Chanwan
G.O.A.T.
Thanks
Incognito
Legend
Harry_Wild
G.O.A.T.
Rafa into finals! Who will be the opponent? RF or Juan? LOL! Either one will be a main draw anywhere!
ruerooo
Legend
Looks like he is
Chanwan
G.O.A.T.
Damn that's early, going on a bit of a bender tonight :-(
Rafa the King
Hall of Fame
TennisSprout
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Local for 4:30 PM. So for US, 4:30 AM Eastern Time, and 1:30 AM Pacific Time. Pretty bad time for US viewers. For most Europe such as London, it should be fine, around 9:30 AM on Sunday morning.
K-H
Hall of Fame
Chanwan
G.O.A.T.
except for those of us who have some heavy drinking to do tonight...
Charleneriva
Hall of Fame
A bit late, but:
Charleneriva
Hall of Fame
Should have included the good aces/aces and doublefaults on big points. Otherwise pretty comprehensive highlights:
TennisFan3
Talk Tennis Guru
THanks so much. Great highlights.
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
Brilliant.
Djokovic2011
Bionic Poster
I can still vividly remember @vernonbc's frustration at the end of the 1st set in that match - it was driving her absolutely mad that Nadal couldn't even take a set off Djokovic at the time, let alone beat him.
abmk
Bionic Poster
hilarious. Federer came into the Miami final having played 2 3-set thrillers - Kyrgios and Berdych.
Nadal had strolled into the final with an easy draw.
that's just about the worst HC for federer and he still beat Nadal convincingly. Nadal has himself to blame for not playing well in that final.
As far as IW is concerned, neither were tired, nor were there too many rounds to assess that Nadal was playing badly. He wasn't playing bad. He just got plain beat up by federer.
As far as AO is concerned, Nadal looked fine in the final. He just got plain outplayed in the final set. Though Nadal did have one day less to rest, remember federer had the tougher draw to get to the final ..federer also had minor injury niggle in the groin area.
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Federer is not going to keep grinding on clay at this age. He's done enough of that and kept losing to Nadal in clay finals. No, thanks
USO - federer's preparation was hampered by his injury and delpo played an excellent match, so you can't blame him that much for the end result (of course his stupid decision making in that match was a factor too, but no guarentee he'd have won without those decisions)
now that he's healed and prepared fully, he's back in the final at Shanghai
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