Bender
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Nadal with the self burns
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beard
Legend
Question is if that point mattered that much. If he won that point he would neutralize mini break, but he might lose set anyway...
Even if he won second set, he was totally gassed in 4th, and would possibly be Novak in 5...
On topic, Nadal is funny guy, and I am glad to see that at every failure (papers in this instance) his first association is Novak...
beard
Legend
Last year Nadal started FO with 6:0... This year he finished FO with 0:6...
Hitman
Bionic Poster
No, it actually is the right analogy. At the start, he has all papers in order and then loses control and they fly everywhere.
Hitman
Bionic Poster
Remember Nadal bagelling Davydenko in the Doha final, and still losing the match.
Hitman
Bionic Poster
Last year Nadal started FO with 6:0... This year he finished FO with 0:6...
Dethroned by a bagel at the end....?
beard
Legend
Hidden bagelDethroned by a bagel at the end....?
junior74
Bionic Poster
Goran got it right in the end? "Rent free", everywhere?
I guess you were joking. Rafa is a funny guy, but he also seems to be the most self-oriented of the Big3. I, me, mine. Not my best tennis. Disaster for me. I've always thought of Rafa as Michael Jackson of tennis. There is some fairytale vibe around his whole persona. There is a child trapped inside that muscular body. Nadal has that extra layer of, I wouldn't call it mystique, but some x-factor that is hard to define. Like he considers himself larger than life. It's quite understandable, when you've been in the centre of attention your entire life - even on the pro circuit since he was, what - 15? Compared to Nadal, I find the other two quite grounded, despite their obvious egoism, which is a necessity to become who they have become.
Anyway; Rafa is extremely tough to beat when he believes. His belief disappeared from his eyes after that missed volley, he got that fatalistic walk we see in a beaten kid/ tired old man, and there was a mix of panic and indifference in the way he played. Djokovic was obviously very strong, but it's strange to see Rafa go down the way he did, it surprised me a lot.
beard
Legend
You are right, Nadal brakes rarely, he rarely loses his belief. But it happens occasionally, for example toward the end of USO 2011, or AO 2019, or last example FO 2021Goran got it right in the end? "Rent free", everywhere?
I guess you were joking. Rafa is a funny guy, but he also seems to be the most self-oriented of the Big3. I, me, mine. Not my best tennis. Disaster for me. I've always thought of Rafa as Michael Jackson of tennis. There is some fairytale vibe around his whole persona. There is a child trapped inside that muscular body. Nadal has that extra layer of, I wouldn't call it mystique, but some x-factor that is hard to define. Like he considers himself larger than life. It's quite understandable, when you've been in the centre of attention your entire life - even on the pro circuit since he was, what - 15? Compared to Nadal, I find the other two quite grounded, despite their obvious egoism, which is a necessity to become who they have become.
Anyway; Rafa is extremely tough to beat when he believes. His belief disappeared from his eyes after that missed volley, he got that fatalistic walk we see in a beaten kid/ tired old man, and there was a mix of panic and indifference in the way he played. Djokovic was obviously very strong, but it's strange to see Rafa go down the way he did, it surprised me a lot.
Poisoned Slice
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A real man can poke fun at himself.
MeatTornado
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