Let's face it, he's clearly finished. Everyone knows how to play him
now - just play aggressive on both returns and groundstrokes, and he
gets rushed enough to start making errors and has no response. The
problem for Nadal is that he has no more options left in which he could
use to improve his game - he's simply gone as far as he can in tennis.
He won't have any more success on HC - that's certain. Nadal will get
battered in the early rounds at the AO in January. Next year everyone
will have worked out how to beat him on clay, including Fed. Fed will
cruise to the FO title in 07 without dropping a set. Nadal shouldn't
even bother playing on grass next year - his run to the Wimbledon final
was so lucky, just a case of the stars alligning for him. Soon
Davydenko will overtake Nadal as the world No.2, so what would be the
point in Nadal continuing to play tennis after 2007? He cannot go any
further in the game - only DOWN. I wonder which other sports Nadal
could take up in which he could be more successful? He's still young,
so I think he can become big in another sport. How about soccer?
now - just play aggressive on both returns and groundstrokes, and he
gets rushed enough to start making errors and has no response. The
problem for Nadal is that he has no more options left in which he could
use to improve his game - he's simply gone as far as he can in tennis.
He won't have any more success on HC - that's certain. Nadal will get
battered in the early rounds at the AO in January. Next year everyone
will have worked out how to beat him on clay, including Fed. Fed will
cruise to the FO title in 07 without dropping a set. Nadal shouldn't
even bother playing on grass next year - his run to the Wimbledon final
was so lucky, just a case of the stars alligning for him. Soon
Davydenko will overtake Nadal as the world No.2, so what would be the
point in Nadal continuing to play tennis after 2007? He cannot go any
further in the game - only DOWN. I wonder which other sports Nadal
could take up in which he could be more successful? He's still young,
so I think he can become big in another sport. How about soccer?