Best backhand in the planet!

I love how the Nalby fans are starting to creeeeep back out. :lol: One of my good friends is one.

I always worry when I see David in the draw against my favorites, and he looks very fit now.

And like Ambivalent said, he placed some sick angles against Beck even this morning.
 
Ambivalent said:
I meant the camera angle. Nalbandian's angled shotmaking abilities are implied :p
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Oh, funny Ambivalent. LOL.
Well, I'll be very generous till he runs up against one of my favorites. :-)
He looked very fit in the clips and interviews I saw.
Let's see how he does ...
 
hate that angle, can't see **** when the ball crosses the net.
 
Another example why Nalbandian is NOT overrated here on the boards. The guy (stroke wise/point construction) has been one of the most talented players to ever play the sport.
 
Nextman916 said:
Another example why Nalbandian is NOT overrated here on the boards. The guy (stroke wise/point construction) has been one of the most talented players to ever play the sport.
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Epic.


Again, the Nalbandian fans all come out to watch a highlight reel, fooling themselves that Nalbandian can hit shots like than consistently. Nalbandian isn't one of the most talented players every to play the sport.
 
Nextman916 said:
Another example why Nalbandian is NOT overrated here on the boards. The guy (stroke wise/point construction) has been one of the most talented players to ever play the sport.
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LOL this is getting more and more ridiculous by the minute. All these Nalby fans are suddenly springing up, trying to make it seem like their player is some sort of all time great or something. Seriously... at the very end of the day, when the players have all retired, nobody will care about Nalbandian, because he hasn't done sh1t in the men's game, except win a few masters and beat Fed and Nadal a few times. For god's sake, this guy hasn't even won a slam, and he's now being called 'one of the most talented'?? Talent isn't just in the physical part of the game, you have to be up there in the mental department as well. Nalbandian is definitely waaayyy overrated.
 
sh@de said:
LOL this is getting more and more ridiculous by the minute. All these Nalby fans are suddenly springing up, trying to make it seem like their player is some sort of all time great or something. Seriously... at the very end of the day, when the players have all retired, nobody will care about Nalbandian, because he hasn't done sh1t in the men's game, except win a few masters and beat Fed and Nadal a few times. For god's sake, this guy hasn't even won a slam, and he's now being called 'one of the most talented'?? Talent isn't just in the physical part of the game, you have to be up there in the mental department as well. Nalbandian is definitely waaayyy overrated.
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If you can't understand why we can like him, say he's one of the best, while staying realistic, then either figure out, ask, or just leave it alone and maybe it will come to you. It's not complicated, and we're not delusional. You're just not looking at it from the right angle. By the way, don't ask. If you're intelligent enough to write the paragraph above, this should be simple for you, might be hard though.
 
I don't see that backhand when he's not playing a pusher. Pressure him a little bit and those angles are not quite so easy to come up with.
 
OJ ROD said:
If you can't understand why we can like him, say he's one of the best, while staying realistic, then either figure out, ask, or just leave it alone and maybe it will come to you. It's not complicated, and we're not delusional. You're just not looking at it from the right angle. By the way, don't ask. If you're intelligent enough to write the paragraph above, this should be simple for you, might be hard though.
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You can go ahead and like him. I have no problem with that. You like what you like.

But continuously saying 'he's one of the best' and putting him in the same sentence with legends such as Nadal and Federer makes you look silly and an utter deluded fanboy thinking 'oh he's talented....therefore he is the best'.

Oh and here's another fact: Nalbadian 0 slams!
 
P_Agony said:
I agree, even though his BH sucked the match later against Nadal.
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I don't think it sucked. It was pretty good. Not extraordinary like it can be. It took him some time to find his range with it. The wind wasn't helping. But he hit some sick shots with it.
 
Anaconda said:
You can go ahead and like him. I have no problem with that. You like what you like.

But continuously saying 'he's one of the best' and putting him in the same sentence with legends such as Nadal and Federer makes you look silly and an utter deluded fanboy thinking 'oh he's talented....therefore he is the best'.

Oh and here's another fact: Nalbadian 0 slams!
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I've never claimed he is a legend like Nadal and Federer, nor have I claimed that talent equals greatness, or even supremacy. That I was clear on before I even knew about these forums, or developed enough as a player to start recognizing the talent of nalbandian. He is one of the best talents, that goes without question. But he hasn't put in the work to become something like Nadal or Federer. It seems to me he is clear on what he would have to do, but has not chosen to do it.

Poster to poster, hold off on the offensive statements, I do my best not to do them or take them to heart, since I understand the condition this forum is in right now, but I didn't warrant it. If I did let me know where. We all need to calm down some. I'm sick of trolls manipulating the mood of threads. It makes it hard to learn anything. A bunch of the people that are called '****s wouldn't be for long if the their attention wasn't being taken away from some of the insightful poster here by some direct personal attack that sometimes leaves you with no option but to retaliate. But this is not our case here by the way.
 
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I've never claimed he is a legend like Nadal and Federer, nor have I claimed that talent equals greatness, or even supremacy. That I was clear before I even knew about these forums, or developed enough as a player to recognize the talent of nalbandian. He is one of the best talents, that goes without question. But he hasn't put in the work to become something like Nadal or Federer. It seems to me he is clear on what he would have to do, but has not chosen to do it.

Poster to poster, hold off on the offensive statements, I do my best not to do them or take them to heart, since I understand the condition this forum is in right now, but I didn't warrant it. I did let me know where. We all need to calm down some. I'm sick of trolls manipulating the mood of threads. It makes it hard to learn anything. A bunch of the people that are call '****s would'nt be for long if the their attetion wasn't being taken away from some of the insightful poster here by some direct personal attack that sometimes leaves you with no option but to retaliate.
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You said in your last post that Nalbandian was one of the best players. There is no guarentee that Nalbandian would be winning slams if he 'wanted too'. He's simply not that good to go handing out slams and acting like he's a lock if he was fit.
 
Anaconda said:
You said in your last post that Nalbandian was one of the best players. There is no guarentee that Nalbandian would be winning slams if he 'wanted too'. He's simply not that good to go handing out slams and acting like he's a lock if he was fit.
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My mistake was not being specific. All right, to me, he is one of the best talents as far as ball striking, tactics, understading of the game, and understading the flow of his opponents.
Overall best. No. Doesn't have the drive. Like about 80 other players on the tour who are underperforming if take the things I mentioned before as a measuring tool.
Basically I like to study his game because he does excel at what he does when he's on. But he's consistency level is nowhere near Federer,(which I know is more than obvious), and maybe some of his fans get so excited and knowing what he can produce, when someone starts an argument saying he's overrated, without saying in terms of what, they defend him saying he's one of the best, but make the same mistake, and they give way to an endless cycle of arguments that don't go anywhere because no one changes the argument. Against list results, pro list matches, nothing gets said.
And the ones that know better don't get involved because they see it as being pointless to correct it because a lot of people don't know when to listen.
 
Nextman916 said:
Another example why Nalbandian is NOT overrated here on the boards. The guy (stroke wise/point construction) has been one of the most talented players to ever play the sport.
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LOL it was just the highlights kid. It took him three sets to win this match. Nalbandian is not even close to being one of the most talented players ever. The only slam final he ever reached he got schooled by Hewitt in straights. Two good months doesn't make a good player
 
Anaconda said:
Epic.


Again, the Nalbandian fans all come out to watch a highlight reel, fooling themselves that Nalbandian can hit shots like than consistently. Nalbandian isn't one of the most talented players every to play the sport.
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Anaconda said:
You can go ahead and like him. I have no problem with that. You like what you like.

But continuously saying 'he's one of the best' and putting him in the same sentence with legends such as Nadal and Federer makes you look silly and an utter deluded fanboy thinking 'oh he's talented....therefore he is the best'.

Oh and here's another fact: Nalbadian 0 slams!
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Anaconda said:
You said in your last post that Nalbandian was one of the best players. There is no guarentee that Nalbandian would be winning slams if he 'wanted too'. He's simply not that good to go handing out slams and acting like he's a lock if he was fit.
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Again Anaconda let me put your ignorant posting to a rest. Instead of trolling this thread with rants against Nalbandian's talent or capabilities, you should have simply looked up and read the title of the thread. "Best backhand in the planet!" Something that YOU yourself agreed to 2 days ago.

Anaconda said:
That title goes to Safin. Nalbandian however does posses the 2nd best backhand (and 2H BH come to think of it) of the last decade though.
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So seeing as Safin is retired, that leaves who else in contention to the title?
Exactly.

Go ahead....glance up. You can double check for yourself.
 
Both Federer and Nadal have said Nalbandian has the two handed backhand in the game, He has way more variaty than Safin who just have more power in his bh. the reason Safin won two slams and Nalbandian didn't (beyond somehing of luck which Nalbandian hadn't ) is the serve and not the bh. The russian had a great one which gave him a tons of cheap points where Nalbandian doesn't.
 
When Nalbandian is playing well, he can hang with Federer in the forehand rallies. It's not just his GOAT backhand that makes him talented.
 
Thanks for showing us to this video. I love watching tennis from that angle.　You really get to see the spin they put on the ball.
 
nabs is talented for sure but his bh doesnt always show up for matches. ive seen his bh be absolutely crap for someone his talent level.
 
Btw, Nalbandian has a good serve for his height.
Too bad the guy has the character that he has, if we were a bit more ambitious and smart about some other stuff not directly related to tennis, he could've had some major titles under his belt.

He's great to watch.
 
I've watched David's interviews for the tournament so far; there's something different in his eyes.
I think his experience post-surgery has kind of changed him.

I have to say I'm concerned about Rafa meeting him in the final. I want Rafa to have his 6th MC title if he wants it, but if David beats Berdych in semis that will be no small obstacle in his way.
 
Agreed!

Nalbandian's strokes are a tribute to eveyone who doesn't complicate sh*#. He is also brilliant with basic tactics. However, what a waste of fu*k%#@ talent!
 
OJ ROD said:
If you can't understand why we can like him, say he's one of the best, while staying realistic, then either figure out, ask, or just leave it alone and maybe it will come to you. It's not complicated, and we're not delusional. You're just not looking at it from the right angle. By the way, don't ask. If you're intelligent enough to write the paragraph above, this should be simple for you, might be hard though.
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LOL yeah of course I can understand why people like him. What I can't understand is why people think he's one of the best, when, very clearly, he isn't. I am looking at it from the right angle, and no, I'm not going to ask, because I'm perfectly intelligent enough to understand it, although you obviuosly aren't.

He's good, well, yeah... a lot of pros who were top 10 are good.... that's kinda obvious... what is just as obvious is that he's not one of the best.
 
Nothing special. I mean it's good but doesn't mean he has the best double handed backhand. Murray can do all this and even more with his backhand. It is more important to be versatile with your backhand, and Murray is a lot better in this area than Nalbandian.
 
Spider said:
Nothing special. I mean it's good but doesn't mean he has the best double handed backhand. Murray can do all this and even more with his backhand. It is more important to be versatile with your backhand, and Murray is a lot better in this area than Nalbandian.
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In their Paris match (where Murray was heavy favorite) he got outplayed in backhand rallys.
Murray does have the better slice but I'd give Nalbandian the slight edge in topspin shots.
 
Safin is retired and Nalbandian is not as good a player anymore. Gasquet isnt candidate for best anything right now. Federer hitting his backhand like the AO final would be well up there. Berdych and Davydenko have strong backhands but probably better forehands. So I think the main candidates would be Djokovic, Murray, and Nadal. I would go with Djokovic if I had to pick one.
 
davey25 said:
Safin is retired and Nalbandian is not as good a player anymore. Gasquet isnt candidate for best anything right now. Federer hitting his backhand like the AO final would be well up there. Berdych and Davydenko have strong backhands but probably better forehands. So I think the main candidates would be Djokovic, Murray, and Nadal. I would go with Djokovic if I had to pick one.
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It's kind of hard to judge Nalbandian at the moment, he's still recovering.

Apart from that I do agree with your list, although I'd say that the backhand is Davdenko's best shot (forehand isn't nearly as reliable).
 
Spider said:
Nothing special. I mean it's good but doesn't mean he has the best double handed backhand. Murray can do all this and even more with his backhand. It is more important to be versatile with your backhand, and Murray is a lot better in this area than Nalbandian.
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oh please, nalby's BH is anyday better than murray's ... players FEAR going to nalby's BH, I haven't seen anyone saying they fear murray's BH !

oh and you can watch their match in late 2008 indoors where an in-form murray go totally outplayed by nalby with nalby winning more than half the BH exchanges
 
sh@de said:
LOL yeah of course I can understand why people like him. What I can't understand is why people think he's one of the best, when, very clearly, he isn't. I am looking at it from the right angle, and no, I'm not going to ask, because I'm perfectly intelligent enough to understand it, although you obviuosly aren't.

He's good, well, yeah... a lot of pros who were top 10 are good.... that's kinda obvious... what is just as obvious is that he's not one of the best.
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I know you're intelligent enough if not I wouldn't have responded more than once. But I still don't think you're looking at it from the angle that I'm talking about. (by the way I didn't mean the intelligent thing as a veiled insult.) But one of the things that makes me think you aren't looking at it how I am sayings is things like "He's good, well, yeah...a lot of pros who were..". It's understood, yeah I KNOW THAT. But that really is so much understood from the angle that I'm talking about, even mentioning it kinda takes you out of it.

Forgive me if you don't know what the hell I'm talking about because it's been a problem for me since I was a kid to explain the point of view that I have on things(by that I don't mean opinion, I think the concept of opinions is vastly misused and misunderstood these days) or ideas in general sometimes.
 
abmk said:
oh please, nalby's BH is anyday better than murray's ... players FEAR going to nalby's BH, I haven't seen anyone saying they fear murray's BH !

oh and you can watch their match in late 2008 indoors where an in-form murray go totally outplayed by nalby with nalby winning more than half the BH exchanges
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Other players would fear it more if he was more aggressive. But from what I've seen so far, Nalbandian's is still better.
 
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