Gaudio destroyed Rafa on clay 4 months before RG 2005

[terribleIVAN]

February 2005, clay, Buenos Aires: quarter finals: 0‑6 6‑0 6‑1

This was Gaudio's last victory over Rafa; they stand at 3-3, with Rafa winning the last 3.

It's interesting because Gaudio had great success with his one handed BH vs Rafa: when this shot was on, he could beat absolutely everybody, even on clay, as we saw vs Coria in the RG 2004.

Novak and Roger didn't have as good BH for clay otherwise they could have resolved the puzzle of Rafa's bread and butter "My high lifted forehand to your backhand".

It also proves someone like Kuerten could too have given Rafa lot of problems at RG.

 

[WYK]

Here's a good Gaudio mini docu on the Coria match:

 

[JohanLiebert]

So Gaudio was bageled by 18 year old Rafa? Would be stream rolled in the days to come.

 

[BrokenForehand]

nadal is evolving

 

[WYK]

nadal is evolving

The game did more evolving than Nadal had.

 

[socallefty]

Djokovic has won against Rafa seven times on clay and once at the FO - nothing wrong with his BH. Federer‘s BH on the other hand…

 

[clayqueen]

February 2005, clay, Buenos Aires: quarter finals: 0‑6 6‑0 6‑1

This was Gaudio's last victory over Rafa; they stand at 3-3, with Rafa winning the last 3.

It's interesting because Gaudio had great success with his one handed BH vs Rafa: when this shot was on, he could beat absolutely everybody, even on clay, as we saw vs Coria in the RG 2004.

Novak and Roger didn't have as good BH for clay otherwise they could have resolved the puzzle of Rafa's bread and butter "My high lifted forehand to your backhand".

It also proves someone like Kuerten could too have given Rafa lot of problems at RG.

Well, Rafa can claim that he traded bagels with Guadio so it wasn’t really a destruction of Rafa. Rafa doesn’t do well in humid conditions.

 

[UnderratedSlam]

Can we really consider a match "destruction" in which the loser took a 60 set?

 

[Xemi666]

And everyone knows 2005 was the best Nadal ever was on clay.

February 2005, clay, Buenos Aires: quarter finals: 0‑6 6‑0 6‑1

This was Gaudio's last victory over Rafa; they stand at 3-3, with Rafa winning the last 3.

It's interesting because Gaudio had great success with his one handed BH vs Rafa: when this shot was on, he could beat absolutely everybody, even on clay, as we saw vs Coria in the RG 2004.

Novak and Roger didn't have as good BH for clay otherwise they could have resolved the puzzle of Rafa's bread and butter "My high lifted forehand to your backhand".

It also proves someone like Kuerten could too have given Rafa lot of problems at RG.

No, it doesn't. And no, he wouldn't.

 

[StrongRule]

Djokovic has won against Rafa seven times on clay and once at the FO - nothing wrong with his BH. Federer‘s BH on the other hand…

Yeah, because prime Federer would have lost to 2015 Nadal.

 

[clayqueen]

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[Im(moral) Winner]

RAFA has never played better

 

[aldeayeah]

I mean, it was an away game vs the reigning RG champion in his home turf, that's like several difficulty multipliers.