nadalbestclass
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So true! I think most people prefer to b!tch and flame. It's ridiculous.
Juan Martin Del Potro vs Rafael Nadal (4th Round)
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So true! I think most people prefer to b!tch and flame. It's ridiculous.
Ripster
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Yeah, I saw that. Was about to comment on it actually. Del Potro was up 30-15 when he served and volleyed and hit a beautiful volley right on the line which would have won him the point except the lines person called it out. They replayed it and Nadal won the point to get to 30-30 and then won the next two to break.
BreakPoint
Bionic Poster
Yeah, except that Nadal played better than he ever has despite his "bad injury".
When have you EVER seen winners to errors ratios like that for Nadal?
jamesblakefan#1
G.O.A.T.
mandy01
G.O.A.T.
...with vast majority still being putaways. In a match that lasted this long, that still isn't so ground-breaking.
Lsmkenpo
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What are you doing here, weren't you kicked out of the tournament yesterday
Stay on topic or I will report you to the mods to be banned.
TennisFan3
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Yeah. In all seriousness, these guys have abnormal pain tolerance and insanely short recovery times.
That's why Delpo was able to continue with the hip twist, even though it was clear that it was inhibiting his movement.
Ditto for Nadal who was whaling away at the ball after set 1, because he wanted to cut the pts short and not run. I also felt that he was a little subdued given how tense the match was. Didn't show too much positive energy out there. Had he lost the 1st set, I think the match would've been over.
Adrenalin can make you survive in a match and Nadal said he still felt pain. We'll know tomorrow about him, but it doesn't look too good.
Reg Delpo: ATP Beware! When this guy comes back 100%. everyone else can forget about winning slams. This is supposedly his WORST surface, and IMO he would have taken out anyone today except Fed or Nadal..
Actually if Nadal's foot actually has an injury, which I know it doesn't, then Nadal is done. Andy will move him around way too much. Nadal is fine thou, so no worries.
Lsmkenpo
Hall of Fame
The lines person needs to let those calls go if they are not 100% sure the ball was out.
Sharpshooter
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nadalbestclass
Hall of Fame
Yeah, except that Nadal played better than he ever has despite his "bad injury".
Check his last match with Mueller.
mandy01
G.O.A.T.
I thought you don't like her :-?Imma have to lynn barber your azz "if someone tells me one more time that xisca is truly the low keys of the low keys and shies away from the camera...."
babbette
Legend
By now rafa is used to playing through pain, obviously delpo too. Ditto to it hopefully not being serious.
nadalbestclass
Hall of Fame
DOes it ever?:?
Yes that's right. Fed won 16 slams, 5 WTFs, got to 10 slam finals in the row and broke all sorts of other record without winning any tough matches. You are the greatest poster!
BreakPoint
Bionic Poster
I think Nadal was afraid that Delpo was going to punch him in the face for what he did before the 1st set TB. :shock:
ruerooo
Legend
Nadal's round of 16 thread has nearly 1600 replies while Federer's thread has 250+ replies
I think it's because the tighter anticipated match was Rafa's (which it certainly turned out to be, even though they both ran to four).
Assuming Roger gets through Tsonga -- who is in great form -- I'm sure the Roger-Nole thread will be just as ridiculous, LOL.
nadalbestclass
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Imma have to lynn barber your azz "if someone tells me one more time that xisca is truly the low keys of the low keys and shies away from the camera...."
LAWLZ I think it, you say it.
TennisFan3
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I think to me it was pretty clear that Nadal wanted to shorten the points.
He was just hitting out at the first opportunity. That's why he had so many winner.s Usually he is more circumspect with his shot selection, and wants to wear his opponent down. He also went for broke with his serve much more often.
Also anyone who watches Nadal knows that while his lateral movement was not too bad, his footwork, going forward and back, was definitely hampered. Henman and Becker also said this..
Again Delpo was also moving badly after the hip twist. So I guess it was even stevens..
BreakPoint
Bionic Poster
Um...there were hardly any baseline rallies in that match. Nadal hardly had to run to hit winners.
zagor
Bionic Poster
I'm not the expert(far from it LOL) but I reckon sometimes adrenaline and painkillers can keep players going even when they have some issues so they're fine in that moment but later, after the match it starts becoming an issue again. I think most players out there play through many niggling injuries, it's normal given the nature of the sport and conditions/playing style prevalent today.
I agree about Delpo except that as I already said I don't see him beating Murray unless they play on clay, IMO Muzza is the toughest match-up for Delpo on tour by some margin.
dysonlu
Professional
You forgot 0 injury timeout taken due to a mere itch in the foot.
babbette
Legend
You guys, can say whatever. But Nadal is a nice guy who plays ugly, dirty looking tennis. ....and he wears women's underwear.
what? how did you inspect this you dirty boy :twisted:
Sharpshooter
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Ok then you're admitting Fed can't be the GOAT because he has won matches with drama. Thanks for playing, but you lose.
Sid_Vicious
G.O.A.T.
This might be the worst thread I have ever had the displeasure of reading.
babbette
Legend
..and never any injuries. Have y'all figured out the secret yet? The rest of the atp are sadly depriving themselves, like novaks gluten diet, while fed has all the answers. what is it?
mandy01
G.O.A.T.
..atleast it's better than having cat pics posted all over.
TennisFan3
Talk Tennis Guru
Not sure about that. If anything I would say Novak is a tougher matchup for Delpo because of the Serb's ability to change direction and hit up the line at will.
The H2H of Murray vs Delpo is misleading. I think they met 2 or 3 times after Delpo became Delpo in 2009.. Delpo beat him on clay Madrid '09. Murray beat Delpo in Montreal final, when Delpo had nothing left for set 3. He was totally gassed out and skipped Cincy. Again their WTF 2009 match went to 3 sets, when Delpo was having a niggle.
Murray is prone to big hitters, and Delpo has the power to hit through him. He has done so, twice in 2009, just not won the match.
I'm pretty sure he will get the measure of Murray the next time they meet..
Why would they hate him? He played well. The match was long and now Nadal is tired. If anything they will hate Fish who will go down to Nadal like a little b!tch in under 90 minutes after eliminating Berdych who actually would have made the match competitive. @#$% you Fish!
Huh? Your logic fail is disturbing.
Sharpshooter
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Why are you so worried about Nadal? You're not scared that he'll beat Fed again are you?
Sharpshooter
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You said real GOATs win without drama. THen you proceeded to claim that Fed must've won many matches with drama.
Therefore Fed cannot be the GOAT.
YOu're comprehension skills are embarrassing as is your fear of Nadal
ksbh
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don't know how they avoid being banned, especially when they come up with posts like this guy below, while people are enjoying a tennis spectacle. It's a disgrace.
ksbh
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Dude... Give up the ****** argument... The guy gets basically jail-sexed everytime he plays Nadal.... You can't be the GOAT, when you aren't even the GOAT of your own era... Not when you get OWNED by Rafa... Let it go buddy... let it go...
Mustard
Bionic Poster
It was all very predictable in the event of Nadal struggling in any way.
dysonlu
Professional
For the millionth time: GOAT is about one's overall achievement, not one specific match-up.
He made it even. I am cool with that. Fed should start doing that every time Nadal gets on a roll instead losing 5 games in the row after Nadal takes one.
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