Madrid 2010 QF: Gael Monfils [12] vs Rafael Nadal [2]

Who wins?

  • Monfils in 2

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Monfils in 3

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Nadal in 2

    Votes: 25 92.6%

  • Nadal in 3

    Votes: 2 7.4%
  • Total voters
    27
  • Poll closed .
aldeayeah

aldeayeah

G.O.A.T.
Fourth, no, seventh, time these two meet. Past history:

2005 MC R64 / Nadal d Monfils 6-3 6-2
2006 Rome SF / Nadal d Monfils 6-2 6-2
2008 Paris R16 / Nadal d Monfils 6-3 6-2
2009 Doha QF / Monfils d Nadal 6-4 6-4
2009 Rotterdam SF / Nadal d Monfils 6-4 6-4
2009 US Open R16 / Nadal d Monfils 6-7 6-3 6-1 6-3

The most one-sided QF in my opinion; beyond the H2H, Nadal is a horrid match-up for Le Monf.

Nadal in 2. Anything else would be a surprise, although Madrid can be a very surprising tournament :twisted:

Expect a lot of fist pumping.
 
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Think Gael only has a chance in this match on HC (oh hey it's nadal, I might as well just say that for everyone =p), and he's still coming back from a long injury layoff, so I can't see him doing much to trouble Rafa.
 
aldeayeah said:
Fourth time these two meet. Past history:

2005 MC R64 / Nadal d Monfils 6-3 6-2
2006 Rome SF / Nadal d Monfils 6-2 6-2
2008 Paris R16 / Nadal d Monfils 6-3 6-2

The most one-sided QF in my opinion; beyond the H2H, Nadal is a horrid match-up for Le Monf.

Nadal in 2. Anything else would be a surprise, although Madrid can be a very surprising tournament :twisted:

Expect a lot of fist pumping.
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How is monfils a bad match-up for Nadal?

He is tall,his strokes are usually consistent,he has a solid BH,good fh(which can be very dangerous when on),he is a very good defender and mover and so on.As Rafa said,when you are playing Gael,the ball is always coming back and back and so on. His problem against Nadal is that he tries to defend against the best defender in the history of tennis. Also,he seems to have some endurance issues,look at USO 09' for that. Nadal was playing with a tear in his stomach and still outlasted Gael,who was nowhere after that first set.

Monfils has the ability to be an outstanding claycourt player. I don't know why he hasn't tapped into that yet.
 
Monfils coming from an injury that kept him off too long versus Nadal on clay in his homecountry when the no.2 spot is at stake??ha ha ha.Won't be much of a match imo.
 
Finally a Rafa match I can watch live! Gotta love you weekend.

Of course Rafa in 2. Monfils may turn up, but Rafa is playing better each round this tourney. Vamos
 
namelessone said:
His problem against Nadal is that he tries to defend against the best defender in the history of tennis. Also,he seems to have some endurance issues,look at USO 09' for that. Nadal was playing with a tear in his stomach and still outlasted Gael
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That was an eye opener. Nadal was injured and there for the taking, yet Monfils was the one that ran out of gas by set 3. He needs to come out on fire to have any chance vs Rafa. He isn't outlasting Rafa in a tight match.

Nadal in straight sets.
 
sdont said:
Monfils beat Nadal in straights at the beginning of the season last year on HC, in Doha IIRC.

Yep, 6-4 6-4. It was a very aggressive Monfils.
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It was a good match IIRC. Everyone expected him to do great at that AOpen that year, but he got sick I believe. That Monfils/Simon match from that tourny was just .... putrid.
 
Can't believe I messed up the H2H so bad :???:

I said it's a bad matchup because their strong points are mostly the same but Nadal is better in almost all of them.
 
seffina said:
It was a good match IIRC. Everyone expected him to do great at that AOpen that year, but he got sick I believe. That Monfils/Simon match from that tourny was just .... putrid.
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dropshot winner said:
Don't remind me. That was one of the worst matches I've ever seen.
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Ah ah ah, yeah. The most exciting moment in this match was when they stopped playing for a few minutes because of some noise disturbance coming from outside the stadium due to Australia's national day festivities IIRC.
 
I saw one of Monfils' matches in Madrid the other day. He is not very fit, he's not the same. He was gasping for air like I've never seen him before, I guess it's true what he said that he didn't properly practice in the last couple of months due to injury.
 
^^ Gael is always gasping for air (in fact I think he's rather hyperventilating). But yeah, he's not very fit at the moment.
 
djokovicgonzalez2010 said:
Mutual best surface, if Monfils is on fire he can win. But he's gotta be on fire
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he was quite good against GGL yesterday ........ lookin spiffy in his new K-Swiss duds ..... looks a regular golf duffer in those ........ the blue is good! :)

BUT Monf will have to steel himself against the rabid rafa fans
 
sdont said:
^^ Gael is always gasping for air (in fact I think he's rather hyperventilating). But yeah, he's not very fit at the moment.
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Not going to have time in this match to physically fall apart, points are going to be shorter than in their last match and they are not going to play as many. :)
 
The only way Monfils can beat Nadal if Rafa is in a wheelchair, blindfolded and plays with his right hand..... wait... no, not even then.
 
Rafa in straights sets. Monfils is just too erratic with his play to give Rafa any kind of consistent pressure, especially on a clay court.
 
gael 's not wearing his blue shirt, he does not want to match nadal again with his k-swiss nadal replica outfit.:)
 
It's the battle of picnic blankets... or is that kitchen curtains.. or tablecloths. It's hard to keep up with today's kids' fashion.
 
Jason Goodall saying Rafa is now in the second half of his career.
 
Rafa the greatest sportsman Spain has ever had? That's what they are saying in Spain.
 
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