Most people here don't understand the difference. Even though Medvedev pushed Nadal to the limits in USO final, there was no feeling that he is a very tough matchup for Nadal. Med was just playing on a very high level and was extremely clutch on most big points, that's what made it close. On the other hand I always thought Zverev is a nightmare matchup for Nadal, even though Nadal won all of their meetings until WTF this year. (though some of them couldn't be any closer). But when I wrote that most users laughed at me.
Well, you also didn't take my comments about Zverev being a nightmare matchup for Nadal on hardcourt seriously. Most of the time Nadal has a higher level of play between the two, but as for the matchup Zverev can give him lots of trouble.
That's going a bit too far. Nadal wasn't anywhere near his peak level in the second half of 2009. In Doha 2010 Nadal was close to his best level though, maybe that was his best level in a match which he lost.
I didn't see this final, but I see Davydenko won it 6-4 6-2. Did Nadal play better than in Doha 2010?
There were no excuses for the losses in IW and Miami 2010, really. He should have won both tournaments.
These losses were hard to take, given that Nadal hasn't won any tournaments in 11 months. Good that after that he played one of his best tournament in MC 2010 and didn't let anybody even come close to taking it from him. IMO it was a very important win for him, just like MC 2012 and especially MC 2017. Many comebacks began in Monte Carlo.
11 times. Would have been 12 if he didn't suddenly play the worst clay tennis in his career this year. IMO that was the most stupid way in which any member of the big 3 ever missed a title.
Well Davidenko played most of his matches against nadal 10-12 years ago..probably the modern version of Nadal matches way better against Davidenko..Davydenko begs to differ.
Is Medvedev a better player than Davydenko do you think?
False , Nadal more agressive approach woukd hurt davydenko, Nadal used to play too behind baseline and gave Davydenko free Room to attack.. Nadal is barely losing to anybody not named Federer or Djokovic outside of clay, and I think Nadal is slowly finding the right balance to contrarest Djokovic game outside of clay, his only problem will be Federer variety, but he will not probably ever meet him often outside of a possible new wimbledon crash..
He is without a doubt... Its the same clowns without arguments who repeat this.. imagine fernando.gonzalez never met nadal again after his victory in AO 2007.. and he would have shortly retired after that... Would everybody give the benefit of the chance to.Nadal? No, everybody would claim Gonzalez would be a bad matchup for nadal.in the following possible matches if they had played them.. but no.. Nadal turned the rivalry and won all the following 5-6 matches in faact I think Nadal almost didnt drop a set against him. He would have figured out davydenko.. I am convince , specially 2017+ gamestyle make him more effective against everybody except against Federer..This Nadal would have completely dominated Davydenko.
Beyond belief post, truly.
Federer would be too if he weren't so old.
I have no question in my mind that Rafa would have figured out Davydenko. They are clinging to straws, so long time ago. I guess it’s good to have some silver linings. It will only get more of this kind of logic the more he wins.
Ask any commentator, Djokovic is known for returning and retrieving
Some call that choking
Absolutely.
Djoker doesn't like low pace game, no pace means he'll get frustrated and spray errors. He doesn't possess extreme firepower of nadal to feed pace into the rally time and again. His angles from BH aren't as deadly as nadal's FH angles are. Djokovic can't afford to rip the cover off the ball 4-5 times in a rally. His intensity against nextgen isn't as ferocious as it's again fedal. Djokovic lacks a killer shot.
You are back
Yo ho.You are back
In a matter of 6 months, he went from losing in 5 sets to winning just 8 games in a match, I'm not sure if I'll call that a new balance
Because of federer' age, and more so due to his stubbornness & lack of clutch.
Andy Murray wants to access your locationAsk any commentator, Djokovic is known for returning and retrieving
That's all you need in tennis, if you are great at those 2 things, you can win any match.
