Rafa should try FO 2025.
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nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
So between Olympics to now he has not played a single sanctioned match and for you his chances have miraculously gone up?
Come on. Be serious. Without proof only thing you can say is he is even worse now than before.
Come on. Be serious. Without proof only thing you can say is he is even worse now than before.
Rafa24
Hall of Fame
He played great in indoor hard against djoker at 6 kings which is his worst surface.
Rafa24
Hall of Fame
that would be great too.
Rafa24
Hall of Fame
He played great against chainz in the first round. had he had a chance to work his way into the tournament rather than playing the finalist in the first round he might have had a chance.
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
Right. That match had no consequence so Djokovic let him play at that level. Do you think if that match was step towards 6 million , will he even be competitive?
weakera
Talk Tennis Guru
I am extremely open minded regarding this, that's how freakishly good LeBron is at 40, but there needs to be some kind of evidence.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Nah he's going to lose so there's no point. Let him go out only losing 4 matches ever in a clay BO5.
Backspin1183
Talk Tennis Guru
Did you see his last few matches? He double faulted in like every service game. He knew it was time to go and announced it.
Lleytonstation
Talk Tennis Guru
lo def not.
Djokovic_is_the_best#1
Bionic Poster
This Rafa fan just can’t say goodbye to his hero. Honestly mate it is over. Don’t be upset but instead smile because it happened.
Tennfan123
Legend
Nah. Once they do the whole hullabaloo of retiring, announcements, ceremonies, etc, it’s best just to leave it done at his age. Focus on the future.
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
Just eyeballing, Nadal was 12-8 for this year with just 4 matches out of clay.
On clay he was 10-6 with huge benefits like players like Leo Borg and IMG guy Darwin Blanch. These are not even top 300 players.
He was 6-6 vs top 100 players on clay. 6 big losses. Barcelona/Madrid/Rome/RG/Bastaad/Olympics.
How does OP think he has shot for another RG?
On clay he was 10-6 with huge benefits like players like Leo Borg and IMG guy Darwin Blanch. These are not even top 300 players.
He was 6-6 vs top 100 players on clay. 6 big losses. Barcelona/Madrid/Rome/RG/Bastaad/Olympics.
How does OP think he has shot for another RG?
Rafa24
Hall of Fame
He wasn't healthy. and the match with chainz could have easily went either way at RG.
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
Not really close. He was close during sets and Sascha can do that vs almost anyone. Sascha went 5 vs Alcaraz the reigning champ as well as Griekspoor who is very bad on clay.
So that match having close sets, not even close match, says very little. Its just one of Sascha things, which is why he is loser.
Mustard
Bionic Poster
When Nadal was a teenager, it was hard to believe that he'd still be playing at age 30 considering his playing style.
At the time of the 2005 French Open, Brad Gilbert backed Nadal to win 7-10 majors, including multiple French Opens, and wins at the Australian and US Opens. LOL.
At the time of the 2005 French Open, Brad Gilbert backed Nadal to win 7-10 majors, including multiple French Opens, and wins at the Australian and US Opens. LOL.
Hitman
Bionic Poster
It was straight sets....I think easily isn't the word to use here.
Lleytonstation
Talk Tennis Guru
We used to think he would be 60 winning RG. I genuinely thought it would be much longer, maybe 40s. Age catches up fast.
Rafa24
Hall of Fame
Tie break in second. he wins that he can easily win the match.
Hitman
Bionic Poster
I don't think he easily wins anything, a win would be possible, yes, but not easily....did you see anything easy about Nadal's 2022 match against Zverev?
Rosstour
G.O.A.T.
He's not going to end up in a wheelchair, people said the same thing about Murray
Funny how these "please retire for your own good!" pleas never come from the guy's own fans, always from another fanbase (or a rival's father in the case of Srdjan telling Fed to go home and be with his family while he was still a T10 player)
Rafa4LifeEver
G.O.A.T.
No he'd not.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
I know you want this as someone that finally started appreciating Nadal this year, but it's too late. He's done
Rosstour
G.O.A.T.
We will see, sir
I'm just going off what came out of his mouth
I've been appreciating him for a while but in 2022 I actually started to kinda like him. And I could watch his press conferences for days lol
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Djokovic_is_the_best#1
Bionic Poster
Actually most Nadal fans have accepted it for the best he retires. You will always get some deluded hardcore fans who can’t let go but most reasonable nadal fans know this is the right time to bow out.
Hitman
Bionic Poster
The point is, when is enough a enough? He's done because he simply cannot give anymore, if he could, he would.
socallefty
G.O.A.T.
Rafa could give out the trophy at the FO next year.
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
No need to take this any further.
Nadal is retired. He should not come back. Not even for just 1 tournament. That would be like a broken promise.
We have been through a lot.
TheGoldenEra1990’s
Hall of Fame
Yea why not. As long as the tour is shalllow with talent Nadal will always have a chance as long as he has breathe
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
That shallow tour has given him 8 losses. I don't know if you think you will go and become number 1 this year.
Hitman
Bionic Poster
After that shallow talent beat him from pillar to post this year you mean?
TheGoldenEra1990’s
Hall of Fame
well Zverev did. The dude who made the RG final. So if he can get just get that momentum rolling maybe it will trigger some muscle and brain response of his GOAT level. There’s a lot of bums on tour
Hitman
Bionic Poster
You do understand that it is movement, yes? And his movement is gone, no matter where he plays? The worse thing would be losing to those bums on a court he once owned. Zverev loss was at least to someone respectful as far as talent goes.
TheGoldenEra1990’s
Hall of Fame
His movement has been compromised for years. Probably since 2013-2014. . He can work around it still. I mean Fed was one point away from beating Djoker at Wimbledon at 38. Nadal can figure something out for just one run. Call in a different coaching team and go all in. tear his shoulder on two for a slam and go all in with aces. There are options
Mustard
Bionic Poster
Even 2006 to early 2009 Nadal wasn't quite as fast as 2005 Nadal.
Federer wasn't quite 38 at the time of the 2019 Wimbledon final, i.e. still 37.
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
Lol
Mustard
Bionic Poster
Nadal was diagnosed with Mueller-Weiss syndrome in early November 2005, cutting his tennis year short and briefly threatening an early end to his tennis career. Nadal had won 11 tournaments in 2005, which remained the most number of tournaments that Nadal won in a calendar year.
Nadal wasn't quite as fast in 2006 to early 2009. In the 2009 clay season, Nadal's movement isn't what it was at the 2009 Australian Open. In 2014, Nadal's movement was slower again following the Australian Open final against Wawrinka. In 2015-2016, Nadal was doubling down on the old way of playing, like it was 10 years previously. In 2017, a new approach of saving movement for when he really needs it and end points quicker.
