Rafael Nadal on his return, Federer, and Davis Cup

I find it physically impossible to be able to say that Federer and Soderling are alike.

Service- Soderling has very poor serving. Its very predictable, his service pattern, and he rarely, if ever, tries to mix it up. Federer has a lot more variety on his serve, he can hit the big shots for aces but also plays great second serves, and at the same time is always mixing it up. So clearly Federer is the superior server, who is in no way similar to Soderling.

Groundstrokes- Now yung goon stated that Federer only smacks the ball like Soderling, but that is probably the biggest lie told in this thread. Federer didn't make his name by smacking balls, he made his name with the ****load of spin he puts on the ball. To say Federer is a basher is just ridiculous. Federer will only smack the ball given the chance, such as weak second serves, inside out forehands, etc. Soderling, especially when playing Nadal and Davydenko, played a very Gonzalez style game, and it worked, until he met Federer where that just fell apart.
 
I have to say, the fact that rafa wants to play Bankok, Beyjing and Shanghai in 3 weeks B2B2B troubles me. Then again i have a feeling he will drop one of them (hopefully Bankok)
 
yung goon said:
i thought id have to rephrase that since you wouldnt understand. not 100% duck. he got 1 game in 2 sets vs nadal the previous time they met. do you think his gameplan couldve changed and worked that well? you could prob beat nadal on one leg..
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Don't worry about these guys, their statements are beyond ridiculous now. The know that Nadal was severely injured which was the only reason the match looked competitive. They are arguing for the sake of arguing, and to make Nadal look bad (just like with the doping nonsense). Nadal could have been playing in a cast, and they would still deny the injury and pain.
 
goyeji said:
Don't worry about these guys, their statements are beyond ridiculous now. The know that Nadal was severely injured which was the only reason the match looked competitive. They are arguing for the sake of arguing, and to make Nadal look bad (just like with the doping nonsense). Nadal could have been playing in a cast, and they would still deny the injury and pain.
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Thats so far from the truth it made me laugh, listen to me...Nadal is a fantastic tennisplayer, has achieved incredibly much in a very short period of time, BUT...MAKE NO mistake, you HAVE to give Soderling all the credit in the world for that FO-win, he tormented Nadal from side to side, there was nothing he could do besides running for his life, and he did that a hell of a lot!!:evil: You are disrespecting Soderlings performance BIGTIME! He was on fire!
 
TheMagicianOfPrecision said:
...and here comes the next one...Noo, but i saw him practice in London and in New York in 2008, and he practiced like there was no tomorrow.
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I agree. I've seen him practice a bunch of times down here at the Sony Ericsson Miami. I've never seen anyone practice so intensely as, Nadal. He goes for about two hours, all the time at 100+%, and immediately after, plays his singles match. Next day, he is doing it again, and then after practice plays his doubles match. He does this every day he is in the tournament.
 
clayman2000 said:
I have to say, the fact that rafa wants to play Bankok, Beyjing and Shanghai in 3 weeks B2B2B troubles me. Then again i have a feeling he will drop one of them (hopefully Bankok)
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Yeah, and he isn't even 100%. :roll: Of course, these small tournaments are more important than defending his wimbledon crown.
 
drakulie said:
Yeah, and he isn't even 100%. :roll: Of course, these small tournaments are more important than defending his wimbledon crown.
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Im not sure what hes doing, but i bet its to try and give himself a chance to end 09 no1. He knows Fed has a lot more to defend then him now, and i bet that by adding some small events with weaker fields (Bankok) he feels he can add some points to try and diminish the effect that missing Queens and Wimby had on his rank

Once again however, im not concerned with the ammount of tourneys he has scheduled, but the time of them. Why not play 1 Asian warmup (Bankok), take a week off, play Shanghai, then take another 2 weeks off and play Valencia. That way, he still gets in 1 250, 1 500 and 1 Masters, yet its spread out over 6 weeks instead of 3.
 
If I were a betting man I would bet Nadal doesn't stick with his original schedule,there are too many HC events and many of them on consecutive weeks.

Nadal has stated that he wants to take it slow,to try to come back with low expectations,play tennis at a competitive level again and see how his knees respond.I was watchin the TVE interview and he said it's very difficult to assess how good or bad his knee is because it feels ok after 2 months but it still bothers him a bit and there is no way to say for sure unless you get out and play a few matches.Last year he took 2 months and a half off (31 oct-20 jan),skipping 2 very important events,TMC and DC final, and came back strong.

Now he took 2 months off,skipping an important event,Queens and a huge one,Wimbledon,so he'll want to come back strong again.Just as in AO,he is not a favourite by any stretch,both in Masters and in USOpen.In AO,he was like the 4th favorite after Murray,Federer,Djokovic and it will be no different in USOpen.

I'll be VERY suprised if he manages to play this tight schedule.
 
clayman2000 said:
Im not sure what hes doing, but i bet its to try and give himself a chance to end 09 no1. He knows Fed has a lot more to defend then him now, and i bet that by adding some small events with weaker fields (Bankok) he feels he can add some points to try and diminish the effect that missing Queens and Wimby had on his rank

Once again however, im not concerned with the ammount of tourneys he has scheduled, but the time of them. Why not play 1 Asian warmup (Bankok), take a week off, play Shanghai, then take another 2 weeks off and play Valencia. That way, he still gets in 1 250, 1 500 and 1 Masters, yet its spread out over 6 weeks instead of 3.
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Feds got a lot more to defend than him now??? You might wanna check that again...U mean Montreal and Cincy?
 
TheMagicianOfPrecision said:
Thats so far from the truth it made me laugh, listen to me...Nadal is a fantastic tennisplayer, has achieved incredibly much in a very short period of time, BUT...MAKE NO mistake, you HAVE to give Soderling all the credit in the world for that FO-win, he tormented Nadal from side to side, there was nothing he could do besides running for his life, and he did that a hell of a lot!!:evil: You are disrespecting Soderlings performance BIGTIME! He was on fire!
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Sodeling and Nadal are not in the same league as players. Healthy Nadal on clay is at least two levels above Soderling. Soderling could be on fire and playing out of his mind, and still it is not a competitive match-up. Hey, Soderling was on fire in Rome too.:oops: I am sorry that it is so difficult for you to accept the truth about your countryman.
 
goyeji said:
Sodeling and Nadal are not in the same league as players. Healthy Nadal on clay is at least two levels above Soderling. Soderling could be on fire and playing out of his mind, and still it is not a competitive match-up. Hey, Soderling was on fire in Rome too.:oops: I am sorry that it is so difficult for you to accept the truth about your countryman.
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Alright, you and i just need to agree to disagree bigtime, ok?
 
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