At the Majors post 2011 Nadal owned Djokovic. It is only since Nadal got past 30 Djokovic closed the gap.
You've got it all wrong man - RG was never real RG until 2020.
I know but the way he said changed it as him anybody saw covid coming and planned this in a cunning way.
Not sure. Health is important but they seem to be managing it well.
Oh, I think Djokovic will beat Nadal in a close match, however I'm almost sure they will meet.
This is a different type of clay court.
Do we discount RG 2015 loss for Nadal v Djokovic then?
If Nadal makes final beating an inform Thiem i agree. If Thiem goes out im afraid if Nadal loses the final the narrative will be he is past it at 34.
I agree and several times while watching the match I thought, "this is approaching 2011 level." He's not as confident or as young as 2011, but there were glimpses of 2011 today. He's playing extremely well so far and expending as little energy as is possible.
Oh, no, poor Nadal, RG robbed him of what exactly? The fact that you have to do such mental gymnastics and don't' even realize it proves that Djokovic is a more accomplished tennis player than your boy Rafa. What does it say about Rafa's slams that he can only win them in certain weather, at a certain temperature, not under the roof, and you don't want to hear that? You just proved that no Nadal fan has any common sense and you are utter tools that will spin anything to justify their champ losing.
Excuses, excuse, always there for Fed and Nadal, never there for Djokovic. How about Novak was cheated of grand slams by crowds that should have been told to shut up by the umpire? By linesmen making errors that cost him dearly? We don't care what is Nadal's state now, all we know is that Fed won most GS in a weak era. Once Nole showed up to play, Fed was....allegedly not in his prime?! But, he almost won most of their grand slam finals? But, past his prime? Mental gymnastics are for the weak.
I've NEVER seen him play better on clay. It's only 4 matches so far. But IMO he is playing BETTER than he did when he won RG.
He's beaten absolutely nobody here, mate.
What is your point? Yes, players prefer some conditions and don't like other conditions. Djokovic hated the RG conditions before, he was always beatable there. Now they suddenly changed everything and the conditions became perfect for him. He can only win thanks to that.
Djokovic is in fine form. I predict he wins at least 1 set against The Bull!
Djokovic was running away from Nadal like crazy in RG 2017-2019. Now when they changed EVERYTHING and turned this into a different tournament he of course started winning. Nadal is not as bad as he was in 2015, but he is clearly past his prime, and the current conditions are terrible for him.
fed played his best level @wimbledon in 2015.
My point is that you are a hypocrite, clearly! Plus, not sure how bright you are if you did not get that, which was spelled out.
Not really. I have never seen such a low bouncing clay court in my life. So how can he adjust to COMPLETELY different conditions, especially at age 34? Djokovic is also not the same player on different types of hardcourts.
You are just trying to hype this "matchup" like always. The current conditions are perfect for Djokovic and terrible for Nadal. This is not Nadal's court anymore.
I think by far his best clay level was 2011 and 2015 and he didn't win it either year. In 2016 (the year he won it), his clay level wasn't nearly as high as 2011/2015, but he won it because Rafa withdrew with his wrist third round.
