MC 2011 F: [1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. [4] David Ferrer (ESP)
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tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
Do you have to put a thumb down to your every post?
DragonBlaze
Hall of Fame
My gosh namelessone, stop being so dam pessimistic. Just enjoy the win 
I'll be honest though, I hope the rest if the clay tourny's are more exciting from a tennis point of view. This week was not exciting at all. I even fell asleep in Fed's matches which were completely meh as well :neutral:
I'll be honest though, I hope the rest if the clay tourny's are more exciting from a tennis point of view. This week was not exciting at all. I even fell asleep in Fed's matches which were completely meh as well :neutral:
namelessone
Legend
He needs to up his game. Massively.
I don't know what's wrong with him but I think he is maturing in a way. He seems more bored/jaded out there, doesn't focus as in the past(won too much on clay perhaps?) and doesn't have patience as before. Personally I think that his focus on improving his HC game has hurt his clay one somewhat.
My 2 cents.
It's great that he's able to win CC titles with his B game(sometimes C game) but this won't work in a match with big hitters/djoker, maybe even fed.
Hope he focuses on improving his game and especially trying to have a more offensive approach when the situation calls for it(like at 0-40 on opponents serve
)
namelessone
Legend
It's in his schedule as far as I know and I haven't heard anything to the contrary so far.
mandy01
G.O.A.T.
Deluded Nad worshipper I'm free to go where I want.And unlike you and your comrades I haven't been trolling in the thread throughout the match talking about how Nad's opponents just 'bend over' or 'choke' or his 'cakewalk draws' etc.so do not even think of lecturing me.
Oh and I didn't bother to watch the match.I know what sort they're of.Just an old record playing for the 100th time.So stop making moronic assumptions about me,okay?thanks.Bai.
Oh and if you're going to dish out crap better learn to take it as well.
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nadalbestclass
Hall of Fame
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL. Best post on this thread.
cucio
Legend
I think in this tournament you could say that no one else was good enough, unfortunately. :|
nadalbestclass
Hall of Fame
I hope this gives Rafa the boost he needs for this year. Good thing is, he wasn't looking tired, the way he was looking in Miami/IW finals. I think his game will fall into place. He played a very different hard court game for the past 7-8 months. Not to mention, got the job done!!
batz
G.O.A.T.
I see where you're coming from mate but when you boil it right down, he was still too good for everybody else.
cucio
Legend
Of course not, otherwise he would be further than #3 in this year's race. That's his cross to bear, I am afraid. Perhaps if he quitted smoking...
Not impressed with Rafa even though he won. There were some shots that he would have made with no problem if he was playing at his normal level. Plus, Ferrer was taking most of his service games to Deuce ala Murray yesterday. To be fair he has said that transition from hard to clay may not always be as smooth as last year, but he needs to find his game in double quick time if he wants to have any chance of retaining RG and Wimby.
The way he is playing now, even if he won RG he would not be 100% going into Wimby.
The way he is playing now, even if he won RG he would not be 100% going into Wimby.
Ferrer played a great week, props to him. He destroyed everyone else and gave Nadal a tough match.
To be honest I think he would have destroyed current Federer even with the H2H issue.
angiebaby
Semi-Pro
Wishful thinking or do you actually have a reason for saying this?
Thought you said you didn't bother to watch the match. So how would you know?
Says the Fed fan. If it was Federer racking up the seventh consecutive whatever-title, I bet you'd care plenty.
nadalbestclass
Hall of Fame
Nope. Isn't there some tourney in Belgrade soon?
Bud
Bionic Poster
No, but Ferrer, Murray, Soderling and of course Rafa are.
Djokovic will play 3 weeks in a row.
Belgrade-Madrid-Roma. No need for 4th with Barcelona.
ananda
Semi-Pro
Belgrade is a week later. That means Djoko will have only one clay tourney going into Madrid ??
Is Fed signed up for Barcelona ? He does Estoril, iirc ?
nadalbestclass
Hall of Fame
From what Bud posted, seems like Fed is back only in Madrid.
Bud
Bionic Poster
Yep... based on that, Federer is skipping Estoril this year
ananda
Semi-Pro
nadalbestclass
Hall of Fame
It's amazing, isn't it?
I'm not entirely sure if I'm for him playing Barca. He will have a week off after and he def needs more practice on clay before Madrid, so it might be good for him. It's also good that top players are playing there, he needs to fix all his weaknesses on clay before Madrid/Rome.
nadalbestclass
Hall of Fame
I don't think Andy will play Barca. He said he would announce today if he's going.
Glory Hunters Anonymous
Rookie
Best quote of this thread.... by far.
Cassius Clay
Banned
Do you know what "Barca" actually means?
babbette
Legend
Barcadia no?
Glory Hunters Anonymous
Rookie
People who don't care about achievements of that magnitude are not true tennis fans. And yes, that includes you.
It must be terrible to be bitter at a player you hate because they're so dominant.
I hate Fed but I have no problem admitting that the guy still has the natural gifts to pull another major out of his *** (even during his obvious decline).
Just accept that Rafa is in the chase for goat status and has a career that's worthy of admiration.
I mean come on, he played like **** this entire tournament and still got the chip. His clutch mind allows him to power through his worst moments using only a weak forehand.
You don't have to like the guy or his game but jesus christ; you can at least tip your cap to the dude.
Glory Hunters Anonymous
Rookie
Definitely.
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Murrayfan31
Hall of Fame
He wouldn't have won this tournament if Djokovic was there.
GOAT BAAH!!!
Professional
Murrayfan31
Hall of Fame
Yeah and he was injured and still dominated the second set 6-2. Djokovic would've finished the job in the final. lol at Ferrer playing terribly.
cucio
Legend
Dark lol! :lol:
(you know I am laughing at your ability to twist the dire situation into some good black humour, right, Gor? Don't take it the wrong way, things are not much better this side of the border.)
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GOAT BAAH!!!
Professional
I was unaware that the rules of tennis changed and winning a second set out of three or a hypothetical situation regarding an absentee player negated a W.
Nicely done.
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