Nadal's Monte Carlo run is proof he will sweep the rest of clay season

Here's why Nadal loses:

1st serve %: 70
1st serve win %: 57
2nd serve win %: 50

Contrary to popular belief, Nadal's serve has always been mediocre. The "his serve is great because he rarely gets broken!" argument is/was a fallacy. An illusion created by how quickly he took control of the point after the serve because of his dominant groundstrokes.

That mediocre serve just can't hack it anymore.
 
JustBob said:
Here's why Nadal loses:

1st serve %: 70
1st serve win %: 57
2nd serve win %: 50

Contrary to popular belief, Nadal's serve has always been mediocre. The "his serve is great because he rarely gets broken!" argument is/was a fallacy. An illusion created by how quickly he took control of the point after the serve because of his dominant groundstrokes.

That mediocre serve just can't hack it anymore.
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% of single match doesn't say much. In fact, it is easy to lie with single stat.
It's all about critical points.
It's his ground strokes that made him successful in general but it's his serve that brought him from #2 to #1.
It is crucial part of Nadal's lefty game.
 
ultradr said:
% of single match doesn't say much. In fact, it is easy to lie with single stat.
It's all about critical points.
It's his ground strokes that made him successful in general but it's his serve that brought him from #2 to #1.
It is crucial part of Nadal's lefty game.
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Sure it's only one match but there's no denying that his struggles on serve have become a trend lately. And the fact that he's a lefty only serves to strengthen my argument, i.e. another reason why he's been able to get away with an average serve.
 
thomasferrett said:
Nadal is getting fatigued easily running out to early leads and then fatiguing and losing them, is now less fit than Djokovic, and Djokovic has proven throughout this season that he just bagels opponents in deciding sets if they dare to take a set off him (best of 3 or 5) - and Nadal couldn't even beat Djokovic in best of 3, yet somehow everyone is claiming that he will beat Djokovic in best of 5?

I don't get the logic.

And yet, I agree with it.

I think that Nadal will continually improve throughout the clay season (he has already shown vast improvement) whereas Djokovic will decline through it, and if that pattern continues, Nadal will beat Djokovic quite easily at the French Open.

I think Nadal will win Barcelona, Madrid (beating Djokovic), Rome (beating Djokovic), and cap it all off with a 10th French Open (beating Djokovic).

Last year he lost to Ferrer in Monte Carlo, yet still won the French. And this year he BEAT Ferrer in Monte Carlo, which suggests he will win the French more easily this year than last year (and last year he won it easily as well).
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I don't regret this thread for a second.

Winning two masters (Madrid and Rome) plus the French Open will be a very solid clay season for Nadal.

There is absolutely no need for Nadal fans to panic at this stage. 2015 is still young and he's already won a clay title. He's defeated Ferrer on clay (Ferrer is a beast on clay and is having his greatest year on tour) and Almagro twice - whereas he lost to both of them last year.

This means that Nadal is playing better this year than last year - and don't forget last year he still managed to win the French Open.

He will win it easier this year, probably giving Djokovic some tasty gluten-loaded bagels in the semifinal/final.
 
thomasferrett said:
I don't regret this thread for a second.

Winning two masters (Madrid and Rome) plus the French Open will be a very solid clay season for Nadal.

There is absolutely no need for Nadal fans to panic at this stage. 2015 is still young and he's already won a clay title. He's defeated Ferrer on clay (Ferrer is a beast on clay and is having his greatest year on tour) and Almagro twice - whereas he lost to both of them last year.

This means that Nadal is playing better this year than last year - and don't forget last year he still managed to win the French Open.

He will win it easier this year, probably giving Djokovic some tasty gluten-loaded bagels in the semifinal/final.
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Completely with you on your poast.
Except that Ferrer wasn't really having a great day when he played Nadal last week. He had a very nasty blister (several orders worse than Nadal's AO blister) , was suffering from a cold, and had played a 2.5 hr marathon about 20 hours before his match with Nadal. All of this shouldn't really be an excuse though since Ferrer is only 33.
 
thomasferrett said:
Nadal can still sweep Rome and the French Open without dropping a set.

I still stand by my words.
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Your words were that he'd win Barca, Madrid plus Rome and RG, so you can't really stand by them.

You are funny though. However if Nadal does win one of the last 2 clay events then it wont be so funny anymore, so you need to hope he continues failing so you can keep entertaining us.
 
thomasferrett said:
Nadal can still sweep Rome and the French Open without dropping a set.

I still stand by my words.
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Here are your words:
thomasferrett said:
I think Nadal will win Barcelona, Madrid (beating Djokovic), Rome (beating Djokovic), and cap it all off with a 10th French Open (beating Djokovic).
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After a prediction like that I'd wait a while before making another.

Then this:
thomasferrett said:
I don't regret this thread for a second.

Winning two masters (Madrid and Rome) plus the French Open will be a very solid clay season for Nadal.
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So now Rome and the RG will be solid.

Then if he loses Rome, just winning RG will be solid.

That's why this thread is a joke.
 
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Towser83 said:
Your words were that he'd win Barca, Madrid plus Rome and RG, so you can't really stand by them.

You are funny though. However if Nadal does win one of the last 2 clay events then it wont be so funny anymore, so you need to hope he continues failing so you can keep entertaining us.
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Gary Duane said:
Here are your words:

After a prediction like that I'd wait a while before making another.

Then this:

So now Rome and the RG will be solid.

Then if he loses Rome, just winning RG will be solid.

That's why this thread is a joke.
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Complete and utter ownage. Then again, not that hard with this joke of an OP, who keeps digging himself into a deeper hole
 
thomasferrett said:
Nadal can still sweep Rome and the French Open without dropping a set.

I still stand by my words.
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Some people would take a slice of a humble pie and be done with it.
Not you tho. You want the whole pie.

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
 
Chanwan said:
Complete and utter ownage. Then again, not that hard with this joke of an OP, who keeps digging himself into a deeper hole
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He has to be joking though right? I think he's just trolling Nadal and Nadal fans, no one can really be this idiotic.
 
I don't see why everyone is giving OP crap. He has a completely valid point (which I happen to agree with, but that's beside the point) and he backs it up with facts.

Everyone here is a subjective hater. If you look at it objectively, what he says makes sense.
 
He's not 22 anymore. It's not reasonable to expect him to sweep the clay season anymore.

Heck it's not reasonable to expect him to play tennis anymore!
 
Towser83 said:
He has to be joking though right? I think he's just trolling Nadal and Nadal fans, no one can really be this idiotic.
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If he is, it's quite ingenious in its own twisted way.

What speaks for that interpretation is that once in every full moon, he actually makes an insightful comment or two on tennis. But the vast majority of his posts are utter incomprehensible from a tennis point of view.
Odd.
 
Towser83 said:
He has to be joking though right? I think he's just trolling Nadal and Nadal fans, no one can really be this idiotic.
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I don't think Bullzie/N.S.K/T_C/nadalwon**** is trolling. He is a complete believer who thinks asserting his belief on the forums has the power to influence how Nadal plays. He thinks that by sending his thoughts about Nadal's future victories out to the universe, it will actually happen. So let him and his belief be ;-)

And yes, he does make some good comments and observations on tennis when it doesn't involve Nadal (or Fed and Djoko).
 
thomasferrett said:
I think that Nadal will continually improve throughout the clay season (he has already shown vast improvement) whereas Djokovic will decline through it, and if that pattern continues, Nadal will beat Djokovic quite easily at the French Open.
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What planet is this on?
 
I do not regret my prediction at all, and there is still a strong chance for Nadal to win half of this year's Slams since he has a long time to adjust to grass now, and the US Open hardcourts always suit his topspin well.
 
Even if he somehow wins both Wimbledon and the US Open this year, that still isn't enough to validate this thread
 
DRII said:
bad form on your part :twisted:

you ocassionally show your true sentiments. not cool...
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Whereas your sentiments are always there for everyone to see; discredit Nadal's opponent's at every turn, and blame his every loss on injury/divorce/fatigue/boredom.
 
thomasferrett said:
Whereas your sentiments are always there for everyone to see; discredit Nadal's opponent's at every turn, and blame his every loss on injury/divorce/fatigue/boredom.
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as this very thread shows, your judgment isn't the best.

which personality will you display next.

don't skip on the meds...
 
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