2022 Indian Wells R4: Rafael Nadal [4] vs Reilly Opelka [17]

Who wins?

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Mivic said:
I wouldn't have necessarily called Nadal 'morally ugly' before his antics in Australia. His behaviour during the Djokovic debacle was quite frankly unforgivable though, and anyone who doesn't comprehend the seriousness of that incident and others similar incidents of medical discrimination of the past two years needs to conduct a serious review of their own moral compass.
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A fan of Djokovic criticising Nadal and his fans, never stops being funny. Either side pretending it's the other that sucks.
 
zuluzazu said:
Some of the returns Rafa is making are ridiculous. He is returning when the ball is above his head so I would not say Nadals level is bad. One of the misses on TB by Opelka was when Nadal returned the ball into a very awkward position.
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He's not bad duh, just average. Above average defence on key points still left though, admittedly.
 
El_Yotamo said:
Well I'm glad Rafa won that TB but the dude really has to try to up the aggression in the next set. Played too passive for my taste this set, Opelka ended up giving it to him but he may not be as generous in the next one
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Come on, even if Rafa somehow loses the 2nd, he's sure to win the third. He's doing exactly what he should against a bot: Keeping his own errors to an absolute minimum and trying to keep the ball in play as much as possible - and with great success, I might add.
Notice also: 0 DF's from Rafa so far. He doesn't go for too much on his serve (or his shots in general), cause he knows Opelka is capable of making an error regardless of the quality of his serve. Great tactics
 
I would actually like to see how Novak returns these kickers. Just to see the optimal way of returning these monster kickers
 
Chanwan said:
Come on, even if Rafa somehow loses the 2nd, he's sure to win the third. He's doing exactly what he should against a bot: Keeping his own errors to an absolute minimum and trying to keep the ball in play as much as possible - and with great success, I might add.
Notice also: 0 DF's from Rafa so far. He doesn't go for too much on his serve (or his shots in general), cause he knows Opelka is capable of making an error regardless of the quality of his serve. Great tactics
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Yeah I'm absolutely confident he'll win, and I'm definitely happy that he's keeping his errors down instead of...whatever that was against Korda. Still, I feel he can afford to up the aggression a bit on the return games. Not like he broke in the last set anyway

Edit: IMO that last return game was a step in the right direction. He actually hit one or two aggressive FHs and put Reilly under a bit more pressure. Let's see what happens next.
 
Kralingen said:

This is the video I’ll sometimes watch when I start criticizing pro tennis players too often. Look how fast, ffs.
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Lol I am really not criticising Novak lol. I really want to see how he returns this. I know Nadal is not handling them that well and Novak would handle them better.
 
zuluzazu said:
Lol I am really not criticising Novak lol. I really want to see how he returns this. I know Nadal is not handling them that well and Novak would handle them better.
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? Im not saying you were, that’s a court level video of Djokovic playing Isner. Don’t think he’s ever played Opelka and the Karlovic videos are (a) losses and (b) impossible to find.
 
Look at that forehand shank on BP. To think some mugs believe Oldal is anywhere near being anywhere close to the vicinity of his once-glorious prime, oh my.
 
Someone knows what happened to Sisca? One doesn't see her quite often since she married Nadal. She was always in his players lounge before.
 
Rafa hasn't been able to break Opelka so far and even got broken himself with 2 doubles and uncharacteristic errors...
 
That serve at 3:2 down the break point - that should not be legal. It was still like over 6 feet while it was already past the baseline and descending. and it hooked to the right by like two yards I think.
 
jmnk said:
That serve at 3:2 down the break point - that should not be legal. It was still like over 6 feet while it was already past the baseline and descending. and it hooked to the right by like two yards I think.
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Very nasty kick. The giant has been producing such weird serves, and Rafa has had no answers at all...
 
El_Yotamo said:
Yeah I'm absolutely confident he'll win, and I'm definitely happy that he's keeping his errors down instead of...whatever that was against Korda. Still, I feel he can afford to up the aggression a bit on the return games. Not like he broke in the last set anyway

Edit: IMO that last return game was a step in the right direction. He actually hit one or two aggressive FHs and put Reilly under a bit more pressure. Let's see what happens next.
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The return of the DF's :-). Well, he hold the last one, so still with a chance to finish it in 2
 
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