how was the nadal 's form at the 2018 AO ?

[skypadq]

looking back at the 17 uso , i strong feeling about nadal is gonna win 18 AO too
but nadal fell short maricn cilic at the QF
even nadal was injury , marin cilic was fired at that match , i am really impressed about marin 's game
so my question is how was the nadal 's form at the 2018 ao ? whole tornamant

 

[Bender]

It was okay

Kinda disappointing tbh; don't think his level was particularly convincing

 

[Backspin1183]

Rafa joined the AO on 14 October 2019 and has created exactly 39 threads since. So his game was at very high level.

 

[aditya123]

Are you vapor dude??~?

 

[ForumMember]

Are you vapor dude??~?

doesn't look like.. this guy is pretty harmless..

 

[aditya123]

doesn't look like.. this guy is pretty harmless..

He was a pain, even a few Fed fans hated him

 

[Deleted member 763691]

Cilic was scary good in that match (and also pushed Federer to 5 sets in the final), so no shame in Rafa losing that plus the injury was obvious.
Its really hard to analyze Rafa's level though, I try to forget the slams he doesn't win, so I don't have a clear memory of Rafa's level in all the matches at 2018ao.....but I remember the Cilic match very clearly.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

Good enough to morally win it.

 

[vanioMan]

Not really impressive. He wasn't really convincing vs Mayer and Schwartzman. Even when he won the 3rd set vs Cilic I thought it will go to 5.

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

About level with Fedr. Would back Fred in a hypothetical final based on recent history and court speed.

 

[tennis_pro]

Very good, I wish he played like that all the time.

 

[Sport]

Cilic was scary good in that match (and also pushed Federer to 5 sets in the final), so no shame in Rafa losing that plus the injury was obvious.
Its really hard to analyze Rafa's level though, I try to forget the slams he doesn't win, so I don't have a clear memory of Rafa's level in all the matches at 2018ao.....but I remember the Cilic match very clearly.

Cilic was in impressive form. Nadal got injrued in the late part of the fourth set, but even before the injury Cilic was troubling Nadal. Cilic also pushed Federer to 5 sets.

 

[weakera]

Cilic would have defeated Federer if not for the roof cheating.

 

[augustobt]

Cilic would have defeated Federer if not for the roof cheating.

Lol. If I'm not mistaken 60% of Cilic's titles were conquered with a roof.

 

[weakera]

Lol. If I'm not mistaken 60% of Cilic's titles were conquered with a roof.

Rooferer needed the roof and asked for it.

 

[Sabrina]

Pretty average. His serve was poor. Even someone like Schwartzman managed to out ace him.

 

[mike danny]

Rooferer needed the roof and asked for it.

No, he didn't.

And why would he need the roof against someone with a game like Cilic's that can actually trouble him indoors?

Do you even rationalize?

 

[mike danny]

I see that some of the VB are still butthurt over 2018 AO.

 

[mr tonyz]

Cilic would have defeated Federer if not for the roof cheating.

Cilic would've defeated Freddy if he weren't some WeakEra chump. Be glad that there's more proof as to why your name has a certain 'ring' to it ...

 

[StrongRule]

Pretty average. His serve was poor. Even someone like Schwartzman managed to out ace him.

Exactly. His serve was very bad during most of 2018. Because of that he didn't get any free points and had to fight too hard for every point, and as a result he got injured in both AO and USO. (his serve was terrible in RG as well, but there he still managed to win all the important points and get away with it). Good that he improved his serve in 2019.

 

[MichaelNadal]

He was a pain, even a few Fed fans hated him

Vapordude was bae

 

[Yugram]

He was on par with Federer in terms of form (both were average), but got screwed by the draw actually having to play the only 2 decent field players at this tournament back to back. No way was Federer winning the title if he had to play Schwartzman-Cilic combo while Nadal would’ve thrived over Berdych, Chung and freaking Fucsovics (What a joke). Federer’s draw was something straight from 2006.

 

[augustobt]

Tough draw playing Schwartzman and almost got Edmund for his SF... poor humbralito

 

[junior74]

He was on par with Federer in terms of form (both were average), but got screwed by the draw actually having to play the only 2 decent field players at this tournament back to back. No way was Federer winning the title if he had to play Schwartzman-Cilic combo while Nadal would’ve thrived over Berdych, Chung and freaking Fucsovics (What a joke). Federer’s draw was something straight from 2006.

This is pure comedy.

 

[Yugram]

This is pure comedy.

Yeah, Federer’s draws are usually pure comedy, especially in Australia. (Hello Craig Tiley)