2021 French Open Round 2: [3] Rafael Nadal vs. Richard Gasquet

[guga_fan]

Such a gorgeous bakchand. If only he would always be this aggressive.

 

[Third Serve]

Missed the first two sets. How'd those go?

 

[Kralingen]

Gasquet’s 1HBH on clay > Federer’s 1HBH on clay?

*ducks and hides*

 

[TennisFan3]

Because servebotting is not the good tennis.

Because Strongrule said...

 

[Deleted member 748597]

That's how I fail the serve + volley combo.

 

[Deleted member 762343]

Nadal is still moving like Usain Bolt or 2005 Nadal

And he is 35 years old

Lol no.

 

[weakera]

Can everyone at least admit that Gasquet is playing well?

 

[MichaelNadal]

Gasquet GOATing

 

[TripleATeam]

When players and coaches watch videos of their next opponent, do they watch the last matches of the opponent or videos of the last meet-up they had with the opponent?

Both, no doubt. One for recent form of the opponent, one for matchup tactics. Also probably analyze their own last matches to make the player aware of their own weaknesses.

 

[guga_fan]

What an absurd half-volley backhand. As once someone said about a backhand shot of his: "You have no right to even try this shot".

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

Missed the first two sets. How'd those go?

1st set: goodal vs pushsquet
2nd set: mehdal vs mehsquet

 

[GabeT]

Nadal is still moving like Usain Bolt or 2005 Nadal

And he is 35 years old

Check your video feed. You probably clicked on an old RG match from YouTube

 

[Dominic & Andrey]

Honestly the second and third set is the best tennis I have seen from Richard since a loooong time. Quite surprised

 

[MichaelNadal]

Richie's FH racquet head follow through is pretty af

 

[Picmun]

What would the diagnosis be for someone with SR's kind of "persistence" and consistency

 

[Third Serve]

From the very little I've watched, Gasquet doesn't look too shabby to me.

 

[weakera]

Nadal is still moving like Usain Bolt or 2005 Nadal

And he is 35 years old

The yellow blur flying across is the ball not Nadal

 

[ACE of Hearts]

I’m not doubting Nadal is the clear favorite and will most likely win

but in comparing 2020 and 2021 I’m only looking at RG results, nothing else matters I think


and when you look at that Nadal looks a bit worse. Enough to make a difference in the end? Probably not

I fully believe Nadal will drop a set if he plays Djokovic this year tbh.

I also fully believe he will win 3 sets before any other player could win 2. But he isn't invincible

100-2. When he wins the first set he’s pretty much unbeatable. I feel novak would have to win the first set to have any chance at beating nadal.

 

[Martin J]

Nadal is giving Gasquet fair amount of fat targets he can hit with his BH with comfort.

 

[RoS]

Check your video feed. You probably clicked on an old RG match from YouTube

Gasquet is peppering his BH like no tomorrow and still cannot make a winner against Nadal

Look this 2 last points

 

[weakera]

Looking for more of a scientific Or medical diagnosis, less laymans

 

[El_Yotamo]

Just break already ffs!

 

[Deleted member 748597]

Because Strongrule said...

 

[MichaelNadal]

Honestly the second and third set is the best tennis I have seen from Richard since a loooong time. Quite surprised

Yeah when you are playing Rafa on Charrier you might as well go balls to the wall and try to GOAT. It's really the truest test of where your game is.

 

[junior74]

Honestly the second and third set is the best tennis I have seen from Richard since a loooong time. Quite surprised

With a few more french spectators, he'd perhaps play even better.

It's pretty good to be part of "The hardest draw in the history of the men's game"

 

[ACE of Hearts]

This match is already over 2 hours.

 

[TripleATeam]

The yellow blur flying across is the ball not Nadal

 

[StrongRule]

Breakpointdal is back. What a terrible error on BP...

 

[_GOATbis]

that fh dtl was pathetic

 

[Kralingen]

Nadal hitting a simple FHDTL into the trash on break point. Definitely not his bet today

 

[GabeT]

Gasquet is peppering his BH like no tomorrow and still cannot make a winner against Nadal

Look this 2 last points

Gasquet is old although doing his best. But Nadal is certainly not moving incredibly well

 

[Steve0904]

From the very little I've watched, Gasquet doesn't look too shabby to me.

Yeah, Gasquet's played well the last set and a half.

 

[Third Serve]

I will never get tired of looking at that backhand.

 

[TennisFan3]

Nadal missed a SITTER DTL Forehand winner. He had the entire court open - hits it in the double alley.
IT was a breakpoint.

Now granted this is Gasquet, but had it been a player like Novak - you miss a point like that. Match over. Sort of like his AO 5th set misses vs Fed/Novak.

 

[weakera]

Nadal breaks for 4-2

 

[40-15 still haunts me]

Game over Gassedquet

 

[The Blond Blur]

 

[TennisFan3]

Love this GIF. Awesome work.

 

[weakera]

Nadal missed a SITTER DTL Forehand winner. He had the entire court open - hits it in the double alley.
IT was a breakpoint.

Now granted this is Gasquet, but had it been a player like Novak - you miss a point like that. Match over. Sort of like his AO 5th set misses vs Fed/Novak.

Try to relax

 

[Deleted member 748597]

Man, Nadal's grunting is so annoying.

 

[Third Serve]

The yellow blur flying across is the ball not Nadal

haha

 

[MichaelNadal]

Yaaaas

 

[Nadal15thslam]

Nadal missed a SITTER DTL Forehand winner. He had the entire court open - hits it in the double alley.
IT was a breakpoint.

Now granted this is Gasquet, but had it been a player like Novak - you miss a point like that. Match over. Sort of like his AO 5th set misses vs Fed/Novak.

He doesn't think about Djokovic when playing against Gasquet. He thinks about Gasquet.

 

[tudwell]

Federal has been home for about 5 hours now sitting with Mark I drinking a glass of wine getting a pedicure he says the only ones that can stop me or my friends my big three compadres Joco and the doll

 

[weakera]

Man, Nadal's grunting is so annoying.

Is your account just an algorithm generating Nadal critiques?

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

Nadal is still moving like Usain Bolt or 2005 Nadal

And he is 35 years old

My name is Rafael Nadal, and I am the fastest man alive. To the outside world, I'm an ordinary 500 time French Open Champion, but secretly, with the help of my friends at the Rafa Nadal Academy, I whoop Next-Gen and find other meta-humans like me. I hunted the man who ruined my perfect RG streak, but in doing so, I opened up tennis to new threats. And I am the only one fast enough to stop them. I am... The Nadal!

 

[Steve0904]

OMG Nadal is about to give the break back. It's 15-15. He will lose this match from 2 sets and a break up.

/SR.

 

[Deleted member 748597]

Is your account just an algorithm generating Nadal critiques?

Nadal is a beautiful humble selfless being.

 

[Third Serve]

Yeah this might be the best I've seen Gasquet play in a while. I guess it shows how much he's fallen, but it's still decent stuff from him.

 

[swordtennis]

It was over at 6-0.