2019 Indian Wells - ATP Masters 1000 - General Discussion

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What a great troll of the haters there. They got their hopes up that here was finally the career ending injury for Nadal and then he wins anyways. There's definitely something wrong with the knee given a sudden 10 mph drop in his serve. How bad or severe it is nobody knows at this point.
 
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Chadalina

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Everyone's pain threshold is DIFFERENT. It is entirely possible that Nadal has an injury flare up and pain. He tolerates some pain and his movement is like 70 percent. It is not BAD enough to force him to retire. But he can still hang in.

I do believe that is absolutely foolish to have persisted with this match. Nadal should have withdrawn. He should know better.

This stupidity from Nadal will LIKELY cost him the French Open defense.

Im convinced pro tennis players have the lowest pain threshold of any sport. No wonder people call it a girly sport
 
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Shank Volley

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Everyone's pain threshold is DIFFERENT. It is entirely possible that Nadal has an injury flare up and pain. He tolerates some pain and his movement is like 70 percent. It is not BAD enough to force him to retire. But he can still hang in.

I do believe that is absolutely foolish to have persisted with this match. Nadal should have withdrawn. He should know better.

This stupidity from Nadal will LIKELY cost him the French Open defense.

Holy c**p guys, this is the best one yet. An injury excuse loaded up and ready a full 71 days before the French Open.
 

TennisFan3

Talk Tennis Guru
Im convinced pro tennis players have the lowest pain threshold of any sport. No wonder people call it a girly sport

Really? I can tell you even from personal experience that you sometimes get used to recurring injuries and managing pain.

So in Nadal's case, he's had the knee tendinitis since the past 15 years almost. I'm sure he knows how to deal with it. It has also cost him dearly in his career.
I can't remember any top player who has had as MANY SLAM withdrawals and retirements due to injury.
 

3fees

G.O.A.T.
Congrats to R Nadal blnt K Khachanov 76(2) x 2, KK did not do that much wrong, Nadal just played better, even with his taped knee,toward the end of the end match Nadal was crushing the ball and getting the advantage thru it by cutting down the time KK had to rally it back in descent shape.

Kudos to Nadal

Cheers
3Fees :)
 
Ok, now I understand what it's like to want someone to win/lose so that some whiners could eat it. So apparently Nadal was cheating to get the better of Khachanov because he was in the dire need of some help as he was in danger of losing. Oh wait, he was not losing, and Khachanov was not doing something special. Why in the world would Nadal fake feeling discomfort in the knee? :rolleyes: The lack of empathy combined with incessant b*tching is just beyond annoying.
 
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Chadalina

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Really? I can tell you even from personal experience that you sometimes get used to recurring injuries and managing pain.

So in Nadal's case, he's had the knee tendinitis since the past 15 years almost. I'm sure he knows how to deal with it. It has also cost him dearly in his career.
I can't remember any top player who has had as MANY SLAM withdrawals and retirements due to injury.

He only claims knee injury so he can get a TUE for the upcoming clay season.
 

TennisFan3

Talk Tennis Guru
How do you even explain that?

Nadal looks like he didn't want to win.

I think it's honestly stupid. Nadal has no chance to win the match against Fed. But he has a 100% chance of hurting himself and screwing his clay season.

I think what really happened was that Nadal was trying to gift the match to KK. But the Russian for some reason was not willing to accept. I bet Nadal would have retired had he lost set 2.
Karen actually played a SUPER DUMB match, I've gotta say.

Nadal hasn't beaten Fed in 5 years. And the drought will likely continue tomorrow. Maybe Nadal's parting aim in his career is to even out the h2h with Fed and lose some to the Swiss.
Perhaps the thought of Djokovic overtaking Fed scares Rafa, so he's trying to prop up Fed's resume. Haha.
 
Congrats to R Nadal blnt K Khachanov 76(2) x 2, KK did not do that much wrong, Nadal just played better, even with his taped knee,toward the end of the end match Nadal was crushing the ball and getting the advantage thru it by cutting down the time KK had to rally it back in descent shape.

Kudos to Nadal

Cheers
3Fees :)

did you watch the match? KK spraying balls and over swinging not to mention mentally choking; honestly, he was terrible in that second set instead of taking advantage
 

True Fanerer

G.O.A.T.
Ok, now I understand what it's like to want someone to win/lose so that some whiners could eat it. So apparently Nadal was cheating to get the better of Khachanov because he was in the dire need of some help as he was in danger of losing. Oh wait, he was not losing, and Khachanov was not doing something special. Why in the world would Nadal fake feeling discomfort in the knee? :rolleyes: The lack of empathy combined with incessant b*tching is just beyond annoying.
I don't have empathy for Nadal because he's been doing this for 15 years and won 17 slams doing it. The fact that no one really knows if it's real or not says all you need to know.
 
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I think it's honestly stupid. Nadal has no chance to win the match against Fed. But he has a 100% chance of hurting himself and screwing his clay season.

I think what really happened was that Nadal was trying to gift the match to KK. But the Russian for some reason was not willing to accept. I bet Nadal would have retired had he lost set 2.
Karen actually played a SUPER DUMB match, I've gotta say.

Nadal hasn't beaten Fed in 5 years. And the drought will likely continue tomorrow. Maybe Nadal's parting aim in his career is to even out the h2h with Fed and lose some to the Swiss.
Perhaps the thought of Djokovic overtaking Fed scares Rafa, so he's trying to prop up Fed's resume. Haha.

You're right about that Super Dumb stuff...
 

3fees

G.O.A.T.
did you watch the match? KK spraying balls and over swinging not to mention mentally choking; honestly, he was terrible in that second set instead of taking advantage

Yes, I watched the match, did you ? 2 tie breakers ,,now if he was that bad how did he get two tie breakers,, Nadal was just a little better where it counted in the tie breakers, other wise they were even steven.

Few newer players can beat older players in tie breakers,,KK will get seasoned and then he will win tie breakers,, He is still developing.

Cheers
3Fees :)
 

TennisFan3

Talk Tennis Guru
I don't have empathy for Nadal because he's been doing this for 15 years and won 17 slams doing it. The fact that no one really knows if it's real or not says all you need to know.
Why is it NOT real? There is official diagnosis from Doctors and medical reports.

What does Nadal get by lying about his injuries? Heck, he's withdrawn from so many slams before and during them. Why would anyone do that unless they had actual injuries.
 
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