Ivanisevic: Nadal has no chance vs Djokovic

[bhpower]

Ivanisevic has a big mouth, always has.

 

[weakera]

Many of these experts are missing the slow aspect of the FO conditions and focusing only on the low bounce. The low bounce is a disadvantage to Nadal as his topspin stays in the hitting zone of his opponents instead of jumping to head-level quickly. But, the heavy, slow conditions are making it impossible to hit through his defenses which favors him. He was always the best defender on clay even in hot conditions and now, he is even better.

One of the main reasons that Nadal is dominant on clay is because he takes away the will of his opponents to keep fighting because he grinds so well and plays fantastic defense on every rally - they stop wanting to fight after a while subconsciously. I think this aspect of his game is helped by his conditions and we saw what happened to a heavy hitter like Sinner in the third set (breadstick!) after a couple of closely contested sets.

I think Djokovic will try to hit through Nadal if they play in the final as he has never had the patience to outlast Nadal on clay. Djokovic always plays more offensively than usual against Nadal on all surfaces because he knows that Nadal is a better counter-puncher than he is and so, he has to take the initiative. His serve is usually a big part of why he wins against Nadal on other surfaces. In this tournament, serves are neutralized and this favors Nadal even more. In addition, there are more longer points than usual even for clay and Nadal is winning 65% of rallies that are more than 4 shots. Even if you win 55% of all points in a match, you usually have an easy win and so, the high number of longer points being played favors Nadal also.

Based on all that, I disagree with McEnroe and Goran that the conditions favor Djokovic.

Great post

 

[WildRevolver]

Many of these experts are missing the slow aspect of the FO conditions and focusing only on the low bounce. The low bounce is a disadvantage to Nadal as his topspin stays in the hitting zone of his opponents instead of jumping to head-level quickly. But, the heavy, slow conditions are making it impossible to hit through his defenses which favors him. He was always the best defender on clay even in hot conditions and now, he is even better.

One of the main reasons that Nadal is dominant on clay is because he takes away the will of his opponents to keep fighting because he grinds so well and plays fantastic defense on every rally - they stop wanting to fight after a while subconsciously. I think this aspect of his game is helped by his conditions and we saw what happened to a heavy hitter like Sinner in the third set (breadstick!) after a couple of closely contested sets.

I think Djokovic will try to hit through Nadal if they play in the final as he has never had the patience to outlast Nadal on clay. Djokovic always plays more offensively than usual against Nadal on all surfaces because he knows that Nadal is a better counter-puncher than he is and so, he has to take the initiative. His serve is usually a big part of why he wins against Nadal on other surfaces. In this tournament, serves are neutralized and this favors Nadal even more. In addition, there are more longer points than usual even for clay and Nadal is winning 65% of rallies that are more than 4 shots. Even if you win 55% of all points in a match, you usually have an easy win and so, the high number of longer points being played favors Nadal also.

Based on all that, I disagree with McEnroe and Goran that the conditions favor Djokovic.

Holy crap, dude. I'm conferring with you the next time I place a bet.

 

[esm]

Cheque is in the mail?

Don’t usually quote myself.... but I am wondering.... what is the “refund” policy?

 

[MichaelNadal]

https://www.b92.net/sport/rolandgarros2020/vesti.php?nav_id=1744207

Using Google Translate: Ivanisevic says.

"We are watching Nadal and everything is the same as always, but it is not the same.
These are perfect conditions for Novak, but not for Nadal. Nadal will always beat the ones he needs to beat.
I am counting on Novak - Nadal final in which, in my opinion, Nadal has no chance in such conditions, on this kind of clay court and with Novak who has already entered his head.
I went a little too far, but I think Novak is the number one favorite of Roland Garros ", said Ivanišević

Looking back, this part is so cringe. Do him and Novak really sit around saying "yeah you're in his head bro" LOL. #TeamRafa would never think like that.

Many of these experts are missing the slow aspect of the FO conditions and focusing only on the low bounce. The low bounce is a disadvantage to Nadal as his topspin stays in the hitting zone of his opponents instead of jumping to head-level quickly. But, the heavy, slow conditions are making it impossible to hit through his defenses which favors him. He was always the best defender on clay even in hot conditions and now, he is even better.

One of the main reasons that Nadal is dominant on clay is because he takes away the will of his opponents to keep fighting because he grinds so well and plays fantastic defense on every rally - they stop wanting to fight after a while subconsciously. I think this aspect of his game is helped by his conditions and we saw what happened to a heavy hitter like Sinner in the third set (breadstick!) after a couple of closely contested sets.

I think Djokovic will try to hit through Nadal if they play in the final as he has never had the patience to outlast Nadal on clay. Djokovic always plays more offensively than usual against Nadal on all surfaces because he knows that Nadal is a better counter-puncher than he is and so, he has to take the initiative. His serve is usually a big part of why he wins against Nadal on other surfaces. In this tournament, serves are neutralized and this favors Nadal even more. In addition, there are more longer points than usual even for clay and Nadal is winning 65% of rallies that are more than 4 shots. Even if you win 55% of all points in a match, you usually have an easy win and so, the high number of longer points being played favors Nadal also.

Based on all that, I disagree with McEnroe and Goran that the conditions favor Djokovic.

Guru af

 

[ABCD]

Looking back, this part is so cringe. Do him and Novak really sit around saying "yeah you're in his head bro" LOL. #TeamRafa would never think like that.



Guru af

This reminds me little bit of Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier fight (Match of the Century). I was a boy then (March 8th 1971) and no sporting event ever was so important (maybe Fischer vs Spassky). Prior to the match, Ali put in an envelope the number of the round when he will knock out Frazier. After the match envelop was opened and Ali predicted that he would knock out Frazier in the 6th round. As that was the round when Frazier was particularly good, many people laughed at and ridiculed Ali.