MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Paris Masters 1000
October 26, 2019
The second day of practice
Rafa is hitting with Djoko:
Paris Masters 1000
October 26, 2019
The second day of practice
Rafa is hitting with Djoko:
He’s never won it.What reason would there possibly be for picking Paris out of these two?
Ah I see and since he’s won the WTF so many times I guess you wouldn’t want him to win another one of those, right?He’s never won it.
But I would personally chose the WTF.
That’s a brutal draw for Rafa, I hope he can gain some confidence as he goes on.
Ah I see and since he’s won the WTF so many times I guess you wouldn’t want him to win another one of those, right?
"The top two seeds put aside the magnitude of what's at stake and had a two-hour practice on centre court, closing out their early afternoon session with competitive match play. Nadal led Djokovic 6-4, 2-2, before they moved to a tie-break that the Serbian won. "
Nice that the one full set they played, Nadal again won
Very strange even though positive to see...I know it is only practice but hoping Rafa playimg best player in the world indoor will have him right up to speed for his first match next week...
Funny to hear Rafa talk about his 'wife'. He has grown up, finally.Paris Masters 1000
October 28, 2019
Pre-tournament interview
Paris 2019 Nadal Preview Interview
Rafael Nadal returns to the court for the first time since his US Open crown as he hopes to stay ahead of his rivals in the race to end the year as number one.www.tennistv.com
Vamos Rafa!
Funny to hear Rafa talk about his 'wife'. He has grown up, finally.
Getting married is growing up, isn’t it?Why finally? Just because he's married now?
Only if you are smart enough to divorceGetting married is growing up, isn’t it?
I just saw the highlights from Tennis TV. Couldn't watch the whole match unfortunately so rushed to see tge highlights once I got back home.Rafa played "decent" today but damn does he ever look ordinary indoors.
I just saw the highlights from Tennis TV. Couldn't watch the whole match unfortunately so rushed to see tge highlights once I got back home.
I thought Rafa played brilliant, was moving great, was anticipating the ball wall, and hit a few fantastic DTL forehands. It were just the highlights though and they have to put in good shots in the clip so not really a great indicator.
What do you think was lacking?
True that Rafa didn't play his 'A' game i.e he wasn't aggressive enough but credit to Mannarino, he served well and hit the ball well. I was surprised how good a server Mannarino was in his match against Ruud because I never really pay too much attention to his matches but watched his 1st round match here as the winner was going to be Rafa's 2nd round opponent.Movement and penetration through the court. It's just weird how much harder he has to work even against basic noobs to win a match indoors. Mannarino was holding easy and he kinda broke himself the 2 times he lost serve. Luckily Novak struggled also
I see almost the opposite, very clean hitting throughout, easily good enough to win this tournament.Rafa played "decent" today but damn does he ever look ordinary indoors.
I see almost the opposite, very clean hitting throughout, easily good enough to win this tournament.
24 winners and 11 unforced errors, and never faced a break point
And his opponent was clean too, Mannarino 26 winners, 21 unforced errors and extremely aggressive.
And was nearly 6-4 6-4, but a linesman made a mistake on Rafa's setpoint at 5-4 and had to replay the point.
Its one of the cleanest matches of Rafa's year, and probably his cleanest hardcourt match of the year (or equal-best with Montreal Final, although Mannarino today played better than Medvedev Montreal).
pass the blunt lol
That was sweet, but
He’s right though. You have to look at the fact that Rafa hasn’t played an official match in weeks, Mannarino is a lefty with an unorthodox game and was playing well, and lastly the court is playing very fast.
Rafa played very well, and I watched the whole match.
Wow, I've never seen Wawrinka play better than that in a straight sets loss, Rafa is simply inhuman on hardcourts these days
15 wins in a row on hardcourts with just 4 sets lost.
Ojala k tienes razon. Veremos hoy lo que esta pasando
El toro español va con todo!
Rafa should really have no problem
Vs Tsonga even though he’s at home and on a roll. The only thing that worries me is the rumors that Rafa is coming down with some bug/ virus (Novak also reported something similar).
I hope he can recovery as best as possible for tomorrow cause he really has a great chance to at least make the final.
I wouldn't worry, Rafa's movement has been perfect, so its obviously not sapping his strength enough to be an issue.El toro español va con todo!
Rafa should really have no problem
Vs Tsonga even though he’s at home and on a roll. The only thing that worries me is the rumors that Rafa is coming down with some bug/ virus (Novak also reported something similar).
I hope he can recovery as best as possible for tomorrow cause he really has a great chance to at least make the final.
No problem, Tsonga has no impact on Rafa's future, so that stat is just random and with no reasonNadal and Tsonga will meet again at Paris Master QF exactly 10 years later. However, Nadal never won a title after defeating Tsonga