Nadal to ever win U.S Open

Nadal to ever win the U.S Open

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He can still do it,he reached 2 USO SF in a row.Draw has to open up a bit for him though probably,he needs to either avoid big hitters with 2 handed BHs(guys like Delpo,Novak,Cilic,maybe even Kolja but he's not that dangerous in a slam)or to find a way to adapt to them and beat them.
 
TheMusicLover said:
If there's one BIG mistake one can make concerning Nadal, it's writing him off!
Right now I agree with most folks around here, that it will be very difficult for him as his game still isn't optimally suited for fast HC (and perhaps it never will be) - but history tells you that things far less imaginable have happened.

If he for once manages to be in good form in the second half of the season, + gets a favourable draw, + sees more favourable candidates get upset before having to play him, it could surely happen. So... I vote YES. :)



Gosh, you really are the biggest clueless clown I ever saw around on tennis forums and that's saying quite a lot. Don't you even realize that winning the USO would give Nadal the CAREER SLAM, something only three players so far have managed to achieve, putting him up with the greatest players of all time beyond any doubt???



Can't agree with you more. That was rightout AWFUL, fortunately Fed and Rafa didn't take the bait the way the sponsors would probably have wanted them to. They rather looked a clueless during that whole idiotic thing. :)
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Exactly, you can never write off a players' chances of winning. Anything can happen in a single-elimination tournament.
 
Baikalic said:
Exactly, you can never write off a players' chances of winning. Anything can happen in a single-elimination tournament.
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Thanks mate. Yep, especially not when it concerns Rafa. He's made his way through quite a few 'impossible draws' before - on HC just as much as on any other surface. Just like for Federer, that is the spirit of a true champion. ;)
 
zagor said:
He can still do it,he reached 2 USO SF in a row.Draw has to open up a bit for him though probably,he needs to either avoid big hitters with 2 handed BHs(guys like Delpo,Novak,Cilic,maybe even Kolja but he's not that dangerous in a slam)or to find a way to adapt to them and beat them.
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lool thats a long list to avoid it seems unlikely because of the surface and nadal's style of play. But if Federer can win RG then there is definitely hope for nadal to win us open
 
All-rounder said:
lool thats a long list to avoid it seems unlikely because of the surface and nadal's style of play. But if Federer can win RG then there is definitely hope for nadal to win us open
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Although don't forget Fed won RG after reaching the final for 3 years. Nadal is yet to reach a USO final. Then again, up until this year Nadal was yet to reach an AO final, so with him anything can happen.
 
All-rounder said:
lool thats a long list to avoid it seems unlikely because of the surface and nadal's style of play. But if Federer can win RG then there is definitely hope for nadal to win us open
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I don't think it's that big of a list,all those guys may go out early or maybe Nadal will adapt to them in the future but USO will always be a big challenge for him to overcome no doubt.
 
zagor said:
I don't think it's that big of a list,all those guys may go out early or maybe Nadal will adapt to them in the future but USO will always be a big challenge for him to overcome no doubt.
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It will be a big challenge, but nowhere near as big as Federer winning RG would have seemed at the beginning of the year. I think people are judging too much by Nadal's recent "slump" (SF of USO while not playing your best is hardly bad).

Federer is not as invincible at USO as Nadal appeared to be at RG, and he has beaten pretty much every player who can oppose him on fast hard courts some time in the past. It's definitely a possibility for him to win sometime in the next 3 years or so.
 
All-rounder said:
. But if Federer can win RG then there is definitely hope for nadal to win us open
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I don't deny that Rafa has a chance to win the USO sometime in his career, but you're comparing two different things. Roger has been a virtual certainty to make the final of the french for like 5 years. So he always had a chance to win
by playing exceptional tennis (or having exceptional luck) on ONE day. Rafa looks like he needs much more to fall his way.
 
zagor said:
He can still do it,he reached 2 USO SF in a row.Draw has to open up a bit for him though probably,he needs to either avoid big hitters with 2 handed BHs(guys like Delpo,Novak,Cilic,maybe even Kolja but he's not that dangerous in a slam)or to find a way to adapt to them and beat them.
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Like an earlier poster said he doesnt even have long as a contender for slams. Anyone who thinks he will even be a top 5 player into his late 20s is crazy. So only a few more years of chances at most and several guys clearly ahead of him atleast on the favorites list. So he wont.
 
maddogz32 said:
nadal still has a chance if he gets the knee problem straighten out
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Kind of a big "if". He's had knee issues for a few years, but the flare-ups have become more common and more severe. He missed the Davis Cup final because of his knees, then limped off the court in Rotterdam with knee pain, and then of course had to skip Wimbledon with knee problems. That's three incidents in less than a year. I would be surprised if he ever enjoyed a healthy season for the rest of his career.
 
OTMPut said:
He is not winning another Slam.

Unless three of his opponents (4R/QF/SF) retire and he does not have to face Federer, Ljubicic, Cilic, Djokovic, Youzhny or Davydenko in the final.

Honestly everyone on the tour now is waiting to payback - keep hitting to his backhand. Without juice no way he is hitting all i/o f/h and covering the court point after point. No way. He is done Ladies and Gentlemen.
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Nadal has several more good years in him if he stays healthy. He is unquestionably one of the greatest competitors even if the USO is not his favorite tournament.
 
Where are all the morons in this thread that voted no? Bitter prunes :sneaky:
 
Sephiroth said:
Man people used to write off Nadal and Djokovic so much in the past with these bumped threads the funny thing is they get proven wrong about a year later lol

stupid to think Nadal wouldn't win the USO given he won a HC slam in the same year
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And he was just 23. Younger than many of the NextGen players we have now.
 
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Now Rafa has 4 USO titles, only one behind record holders, Sampras and Federer, one more than Djokovic and Fedr hasn't won it in 10 years.
 
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No, I think he'll be forced to retire early due to bad knees and his playstyle being too physical.
 
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