Is Nadal a good sportsman?

Does Nadal have good sportsmanship?

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JeMar

JeMar

Legend
Pretty easy vote.

I'd rather people would just vote and not comment so we can avoid this thread being deleted. Please try to restrain yourselves and try to avoid incendiary comments. I'm just very curious as to how many here consider him a good sportsman since the forum seems very divided.
 
JeMar

JeMar

Legend
BullDogTennis said:
anyways, is the new mgmt album good?
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Ah, I responded on the match thread! It's less catchy than the last one, but I like it. I would say the first one was a little better. It seems like there was a lot of experimenting going on in this one.
 
BullDogTennis

BullDogTennis

Hall of Fame
JeMar said:
Ah, I responded on the match thread! It's less catchy than the last one, but I like it. I would say the first one was a little better. It seems like there was a lot of experimenting going on in this one.
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i tried to go back and see if you responded, and there was a mass number of posts around that time and i couldn't find it...i may check some songs out on youtube first!
 
BreakPoint

BreakPoint

Bionic Poster
Think about it, not once did either Isner nor Mahut call the trainer in their marathon 183 game, 11+hour match. They could have easily called the trainer to ice their opponent right before their opponent was about to serve in the 5th set. They each had 69 opportunities to do so. But neither did, even though both just needed one crucial break to win the match.

Now that was great sportsmanship!
 
JeMar

JeMar

Legend
BreakPoint said:
Think about it, not once did either Isner nor Mahut call the trainer in their marathon 183 game, 11+hour match. They could have easily called the trainer to ice their opponent right before their opponent was about to serve in the 5th set. They each had 69 opportunities to do so. But neither did, even though both just needed one crucial break to win the match.

Now that was great sportsmanship!
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Yeah, no doubt. Mahut did call the trainer out, but he waited until his serve so he wouldn't mess Isner up. I remember Gilbert commenting on that. When the trainer did come out, Mahut waved him off and just played on.
 
BreakPoint

BreakPoint

Bionic Poster
JeMar said:
Yeah, no doubt. Mahut did call the trainer out, but he waited until his serve so he wouldn't mess Isner up. I remember Gilbert commenting on that. When the trainer did come out, Mahut waved him off and just played on.
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Mahut just needed to re-tape his hand as after over 110 games it was falling apart. He did it himself. I think the umpire misunderstood that he needed the trainer when Mahut told him he needed to re-tape his hand. He was just asking for a bit more time on the changeover, not for the trainer.
 
J

jhusein

Rookie
JeMar said:
Yeah, no doubt. Mahut did call the trainer out, but he waited until his serve so he wouldn't mess Isner up. I remember Gilbert commenting on that. When the trainer did come out, Mahut waved him off and just played on.
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Is there/should there be a rule re. to when to call for a trainer?
 
matchmaker

matchmaker

Hall of Fame
Nadal called for the trainer at the end of the 3rd set already, but waited for a neutral moment at the beginning of the 4rth to take the time out. Petschner should have kept on moving instead of sitting down.

Now, you guys might not understand Spanish. Nadal clearly said to the trainer that it wasn't a serious thing, but that it did seem to hinder him a little. I think many people in the ATP tour understand Spanish, maybe even the referee did, so Nadal didn't make any mystery of what was going on. A minor hindrance that he wanted to have attended, nothing more.
 
BreakPoint

BreakPoint

Bionic Poster
matchmaker said:
Nadal called for the trainer at the end of the 3rd set already, but waited for a neutral moment at the beginning of the 4rth to take the time out. Petschner should have kept on moving instead of sitting down.

Now, you guys might not understand Spanish. Nadal clearly said to the trainer that it wasn't a serious thing, but that it did seem to hinder him a little. I think many people in the ATP tour understand Spanish, maybe even the referee did, so Nadal didn't make any mystery of what was going on. A minor hindrance that he wanted to have attended, nothing more.
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That PROVES that it was nothing but pure gamesmanship!! If you're not really injured, the ONLY reason to call the trainer is to ice your opponent and to re-compose yourself. Give yourself more time to think about a new strategy and your opponent more time to think about choking. How utterly pathetic! :???:
 
P_Agony

P_Agony

Banned
Rafa can pass Federer's slam count, MS count, weeks as #1, H2H vs. the field, Loympics gold medal (in singles!), he will never get that Edberg award :)
 
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G-12

Semi-Pro
BreakPoint said:
Think about it, not once did either Isner nor Mahut call the trainer in their marathon 183 game, 11+hour match. They could have easily called the trainer to ice their opponent right before their opponent was about to serve in the 5th set. They each had 69 opportunities to do so. But neither did, even though both just needed one crucial break to win the match.

Now that was great sportsmanship!
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BreakPoint, all you do is go and start these threads and post on threads bashing on Nadal just because he called an injury timeout. Seriously, it's not funny... I just don't get it, why is everyone hating on Nadal? Just because he calls an injury timeout?...I don't get it. BreakPoint, what have been some other instances when Nadal has done this?
 
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kevvycore

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havent seen the match yet so im not sure what happened but from reading things on here wouldnt that be pretty close to the same thing federer did at the aussie open? davy was crushing him so he took a bathroom break just because he could.
 
P_Agony

P_Agony

Banned
kevvycore said:
havent seen the match yet so im not sure what happened but from reading things on here wouldnt that be pretty close to the same thing federer did at the aussie open? davy was crushing him so he took a bathroom break just because he could.
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Yeah, Federer faked a pee :neutral:
 
Bud

Bud

Bionic Poster
kevvycore said:
havent seen the match yet so im not sure what happened but from reading things on here wouldnt that be pretty close to the same thing federer did at the aussie open? davy was crushing him so he took a bathroom break just because he could.
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Shhhhh... don't mention that :)
 
BreakPoint

BreakPoint

Bionic Poster
G-12 said:
BreakPoint, all you do is go and start these threads and post on threads bashing on Nadal just because he called an injury timeout. Seriously, it's not funny... I just don't get it, why is everyone hating on Nadal? Just because he calls an injury timeout?...I don't get it. BreakPoint, what have been some other instances when Nadal has done this?
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If you have to ask that question then this must be the first Nadal match you've ever seen.

Oh, and I didn't start this thread.
 
edberg505

edberg505

Legend
kevvycore said:
havent seen the match yet so im not sure what happened but from reading things on here wouldnt that be pretty close to the same thing federer did at the aussie open? davy was crushing him so he took a bathroom break just because he could.
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Yup, Federer took a bathroom break and Davydenko came out and proceeded to break him yet again.
 
Lsmkenpo

Lsmkenpo

Hall of Fame
Soderling is a better sportsman than Nadal, if he has something to say he says it man to man in the locker room, not to the media.
 
Sentinel

Sentinel

Bionic Poster
I would not judge a person by one negative incident. I feel this probably reflects more on Unca Toni who probably pressurizes Nadal to do such things. Rafa probably cannot override Toni's instructions.
This is just a thought -- I don't think Rafa is too happy about taking a timeout when down.
 
TheTruth

TheTruth

G.O.A.T.
He is the best sportsman the tennis world has ever seen. He makes them look bad by comparison, and to make it worse, he doesn't hang out with them or need them for anything.

They don't have a carrot to dangle in front of his nose. He prefers Mallorca, family, and real friends to shallow praise.

It makes a lot of people angry.
 
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Turbo

New User
edberg505 said:
Yup, Federer took a bathroom break and Davydenko came out and proceeded to break him yet again.
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The results don't matter - it is the intended effect. While I personally think Federer has great sportsmanship, just because Davydenko did well after the break doesn't mean Federer didn't try to get him off his rhythm. However he could have just had to go to the bathroom!

I think Nadal's antics were excessive, but the opponents should be able to deal with it. There are a bunch of other things that players do to get their opponents off their rhythm, and it the players' jobs to not be effected by it.
 
P_Agony

P_Agony

Banned
djokovicgonzalez2010 said:
Poll results speak for themselves... he loses so many potential fans with these antics
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Maybe, maybe not. I'm not sure the "regular" tennis fans (The ones who only watch the matches and don't spend half their time on a tennis forum :)) will remember Nadal's newest act. People have short memories, and this will be forgotten quickly, until some reporter or a former pro player dares to call Nadal out for his tactics. In other words, until there is someone brave enough to open his mouth, Nadal will continue these acts with ease.
 
R

Rippy

Hall of Fame
ViscaB said:
The poll shows a very small majority thinks he's worse. Take out bitter fans of the former number 1 and the majority thinks he's at least as good:?.
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Lol at "let's just subtract the votes I don't like". Why don't you also subtract the votes of the *******s who'd support him no matter what...

The poll doesn't prove Nadal's losing fans, but you can't just subtract votes and say "see, the majority think he's just as good!!11".
 
norbac

norbac

Legend
If you subtract all the votes of the people who voted for Obama in the past elections, McCain actually won.
 
P_Agony

P_Agony

Banned
ViscaB said:
The poll shows a very small majority thinks he's worse. Take out bitter fans of the former number 1 and the majority thinks he's at least as good:?.
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Take out blind fanboys who will stop at nothing to defend their idols (even if that means not allowing a certain someone to take a ****) and not many think he's better/just as good.
 
djokovicgonzalez2010

djokovicgonzalez2010

G.O.A.T.
Rafael Nadal says his right knee feels "good, good; not bad" after a 40-minute practice session at the All England Club.

Toni Nadal, Rafael's uncle and coach, says the knee "is so much better" Sunday than it was a day earlier, when the 2008 Wimbledon champion received treatment from a trainer at changeovers during his five-set comeback victory in the third round.

Rafael Nadal skipped the tournament last year because of tendinitis in both knees.

After Sunday's day off, Wimbledon resumes Monday with all 16 men's and women's fourth-round matches. The second-seeded Nadal faces 66th-ranked Paul-Henri Mathieu of France.

Toni Nadal says he and his nephew "are nervous about the opponent, but not the knee, at the moment.
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-Tennis.com
 
drakulie

drakulie

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