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Probably not, but if it was me, I would have put him on the poll. It's Nadal at RG. You just never quite know ...Nadal isn’t a contender for the title. Let’s be real!
Probably not, but if it was me, I would have put him on the poll. It's Nadal at RG. You just never quite know ...Nadal isn’t a contender for the title. Let’s be real!
Nah some people just don't give a damn about a man's personal life believe it or not.You are not kidding. Some are going overboard kissing his ass (who knows if that's code for solidarity with his claim to infamy).
unfortunate.
True. To be honest it would so Nadal to make a fool of many of us. He’s made me have egg on my face before.Probably not, but if it was me, I would have put him on the poll. It's Nadal at RG. You just never quite know ...
I love Wawrinka but he can't move anymore. All three of those guys are great ball strikers but they cannot move anymore at a professional level. It was clearly evident watching Stan against Diminaur that he was cooked. The moment they're put on the run they're done.My point is, they can still have their day, when the old competitive juices start flowing. If course, they may not even make it, but I think as top player I'd probably rather see a top 50-100 player with a low ceiling rather than a former top champion who just might suddenly rediscover a touch of their old form if their opponent is off their game. (Particularly if it's in an early round where the fatigue hasn't yet set in.) Most likely they will not pose a challenge - but I think you count a true champion out at your peril.
You feel different nowTrue. To be honest it would so Nadal to make a fool of many of us. He’s made me have egg on my face before.
When the king of clay speaks then he makes me doubt myself. No doubt! I hope for an epic match for Rafa and Zverev. It is better for tennis if Rafa can comeback. Let’s see what happens. The guy is a legend no matter what so no pressure on him.You feel different nowafter listening him?
Yeah i feel more confident on him too after listening. Nadal can certainly lose this but he can win too. As i said in some thread truth is we don't know his level, improvement lately he didn't talk either.When the king of clay speaks then he makes me doubt myself. No doubt! I hope for an epic match for Rafa and Zverev. It is better for tennis if Rafa can comeback. Let’s see what happens. The guy is a legend no matter what so no pressure on him.
Hoping for an epic match! What a first round matchup.Yeah i feel more confident on him too after listening. Nadal can certainly lose this but he can win too. As i said in some thread truth is we don't know his level, improvement lately he didn't talk either.
There is RG factor aswell.
As Rafa said we will see on Monday.
It depends on how the cookie crumbles, but yes, he could.A little surprised Rudd is not receiving more consideration in the poll so far. He could very well win it this year.
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Gasquet is a career choke artist and is damn near 40 years old. That’s a free pass. Wawrinka and Murray are so washed up it’s not even funny. They can’t even win Challengers. I watched Diminaur absolutely embarrass Stan about a month ago. All three of these guys are completely washed up and should not be on the tour anymore.
Will get through this match but not a confident showing from the Madrid champ. Don’t personally see him making the SF or so but let’s see.Rublev now looking in control against Daniel. Lost the second set on a TB having gone off the boil and his first serve deserting him. Leads 2 sets to 1, on serve at 1-1 in the 4th
Lots of winners from Andrey today
But Hurkacz is? Honestly it’s an embarrassment not having Nadal as a poll option especially when you look at some players who were chosen. Pathetic.Nadal isn’t a contender for the title. Let’s be real!
I agree. To be honest I’m back tracking a bit. I have feeling Nadal could make a mug of me and many tomorrow. If he beats Zverev tomorrow then he’s a contender. I should know not to write him off while he’s in a RG draw. Yeah Hurkacz won’t win.But Hurkacz is? Honestly it’s an embarrassment not having Nadal as a poll option especially when you look at some players who were chosen. Pathetic.
Even when Serena came back from child birth I included her in my thread polls because you can’t discount a GOAT. Nadal should be included over half the people in that pool.
Well said. Nadal could and may lose in straights tomorrow but he still should have been in the poll. God knows we've seen players included in polls before that we all knew would lose easily 1R and were of far less calibre than Nadal.I agree. To be honest I’m back tracking a bit. I have feeling Nadal could make a mug of me and many tomorrow. If he beats Zverev tomorrow then he’s a contender. I should know not to write him off while he’s in a RG draw. Yeah Hurkacz won’t win.
Daniel threatening In this fourth set but Andrey fends off a couple of break points. You’re right, he isn’t looking as confident as he should be. Andrey’s worst enemy is his head.Will get through this match but not a confident showing from the Madrid champ. Don’t personally see him making the SF or so but let’s see.
First match and he wasn’t liking the wind. He did hit a lot of winners, many more than UEs, so I’ll give him a pass for now. Bit of a rocky startRublev pulls it out but jeez he does not look good.
Looking forward to this one!Carlos on court. Vamos!
Yep, and celebrated on court with a cross section of the RG court layers. 2x finalist who pushed the big 3 fairly consistently which very few players have been able to do. Also a major champ so should be getting a WC. Compound that with the fact he's retiring, but still actively playing (not like it was a high chance he was going to retire mid match through injury). I know most of the majors give their WCs to their home players but RG seems to be the most patriotic (not sure if this is the exact word?). This situation makes me think (even as a Brit) that the majors should be capped to 3 home WCs. Having said this, 26 of the ATP's top 200 are French. That's strength in depth right there even if they aren't regulars on the ATP and play a lot of challengers. It's a tough situation as in that case, say you capped them to 3 WCs unless you had more players in the top 200 you'd still have all French WCs and you'd likely have that rule imposed on AO and Wimbledon.Just catching up on everything, so sad that Thiem didn't get a wildcard and bowed out his career in qualifying. Didn't get the proper treatment he deserved. So disappointing by the tournament frankly.
I'm sure the 80 year old Richard Gasquet or nobody's Atmane, Muller or Hughes-Herbert will do so much better![]()
If the French don't have 2 men's players in the R16 given the numbers they have entered it'll show their mediocrity even if they have strength in depth. I'm really hoping Fils shows up at this event and it will be nice if GMP backs up his Lyon title (although I'm low-key more interested to see how he plays on grass).Sonego and Humbert turned into a bit of a banger in the last couple of sets. Tremendous atmosphere too.
He hasn’t done anything meaningful since Antman Quantumania, and even that was not that good an effort.A little surprised Rudd is not receiving more consideration in the poll so far. He could very well win it this year.
Draper survives. At this point I'm not sure De Jong has the legs for the 5-setter here.Draper down 7-5 6-4 and soon to be 6-5 in the 3rd set to De Jong (Q) of NL.
Not an easy draw finding rhythm at RG when your qualifying opponent has won all 3 of their qualifying matches in straight sets. This is a match I'd still expect Draper to win, if not at least not go down so easily. De Jong is fine tuned from qualies but this is still a disappointment so far for Draper. The only positive I can see is early preparation for the grass season but at this point in his career I don't think it's what Draper needs. Still, a potential positive given he is likely already more comfortable on grass than a big chunk of the tour. Let's see if he can claw this 3rd set back...