Miami 2011 QF: Rafael Nadal (1) vs Tomas Berdych (7)

[Love Game]

 

[bolo]

Some stats. for the match:

68% serving for nadal. Fourth straight match with 60%+, with a low of 62 IIRC.

Nadal 32 W, 23 UE, 8 Aces, 3/7 Breakpoints
Berdych 26 W, 30 UE, 11 Aces, 1/7 Breakpoints

 

[Lsmkenpo]

Nadal did NOT take an MTO. He had the trainer come out but during changeovers. Don't make up rubbish.

An MTO can only be taken at the changeover, it was a new rule since last year.

I didn't make anything up you, good job showing your ignorance, typical *******. Doesn't even know the rules of the sport.

 

[namelessone]

It was the RIGHT shoulder - I guess Nadal serves righty now?

And yes I'm saying that for some reason mentally Nadal does these things at times and does it to throw off the opponent, regardless of who's serving.

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Right shoulder affects toss for Nadal, which is one of the, if not the most, important part of a serve. Read Nadal's presser, he had some issue with his right shoulder and he started focusing on it and losing focus during the match cause of it.

Obviously we don't know if Nadal was in pain or not cause we are not him but I think it would be weird to have three rubdowns,right before your own service games if you were just trying to play mind tricks against the other guy.

On a side note, what happened to P_Agony, since I rarely see him post around here anymore?

 

[Mustard]

Right shoulder affects toss for Nadal, which is one of the, if not the most, important part of a serve. Read Nadal's presser, he had some issue with his right shoulder and he started focusing on it and losing focus during the match cause of it.

Obviously we don't know if Nadal was in pain or not cause we are not him but I think it would be weird to have three rubdowns,right before your own service games if you were just trying to play mind tricks against the other guy.

On a side note, what happened to P_Agony, since I rarely see him post around here anymore?

P_Agony was banned a few months back, around the time of the Australian Open.