Del Potro Destroys Nadal
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Shangri La
Hall of Fame
thanks for the update
babbette
Legend
maybe next time Rafa will have figured him out like he figured out his other hard court demons. And Nadal did defeat Del potro before anyway, so i'm not sure people should get used to this happening every time just yet.
drwood
Professional
No, its only happened the last 3 times with Delpo winning 6 consecutive sets...
The-Champ
Legend
anointedone
Banned
Nadal has been in the semis of his last 4 hard court slams and won a hard court slam (all things Murray hasnt even done on his favorite surface of hard courts) plus the Olympic Gold. This on his worst surface. He was completely outplayed today but he still can feel really good about what he has done on hard courts the last 2 years.
hellonewbie
Rookie
Del Potro played unbelievably well today, maybe he's aggressive playing style is just the way to beat Rafa's high kicking balls. Del Potro made the shots and deserve the win, hopefully we will see more of him in GS finals.
VivalaVida
Banned
Nadal tanked. He was trying to save himself for WTF and AO.
namelessone
Legend
Yes,I hear he will be tanking the next month too because of a 15mm abdominal tear. I know you're joking but fact is he got outplayed,just like with tsonga and gonzalez. Nothing new as far as I am concerned. I just wish he would change his game when he comes into the USO.
BreakPoint
Bionic Poster
This was probably the least surprising result in the entire tournament. :shock:
SAFINATORZ
Hall of Fame
shawn1122
Professional
I doubt it, Del Potro is younger than him and will only improve, most of those other hard court demons you are talking about are older than Nadal and eventually fell out of their primes. Also, one of Nadal's major advantages is his crazy topspin and as the commentators have pointed out many times, Del Potro's height negates this.
I'm not saying he will never beat Del Potro on hard courts again, he has a lot of work to do, or at least some strategizing to do, if he wants to be competitive against Del Potro on hard courts now.
wyutani
Hall of Fame
anyway, i hear he was injured for the next month? true?
Nadal just got worked case closed. He moved well, was consistant, hit nice and deep . . . . he was just outlcassed. He didn't serve bad either. Nadal doesn't come up with all these excuses when he loses. Why don't you look to your favorite player and do the same. Suck it up and root for him next tournament.
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