Rafa's nightmare draw

[Chadwixx]

R1 - Wada agent

 

[Dimension]

With ease? Nadal was taken to 3 sets the last two times he and Blake played, damn-near lost to Nalby, and almost lost to Tsonga in Rotterdam last year.

The time Nadal got pushed to 3 sets by Blake was when Nadal came back from his injury break. His form then was not even close to what we saw in Doha. And you see how Nadal defeated Tsonga in Paris in 2 sets when he was a notch down from his prime form (However I agree Nadal wouldn't have a much tougher time if Tsonga was playing better tennis, like 2008 AO). Tsonga's form is very unstable so you can't always epect him to give Nadal a very tough time consistently. As for Nalbandian, I am not trying to write him off (I like Nalby too), but taking in account of the uncertaintyy of how well Nalby can bring back his A game after such a long break and how much Nadal has improved his BH and how aggressive he is playing, I am not sure if Nalby will impose a huge problem for Nadal. Perhaps "with ease" was a bit too strong. However, seeing how Nadal is playing lately, there is definitely a high chance that Nadal can pass these guys with ease (obviously I am not talking about breadstick and bagel, perhaps straight sets).

 

[Agassifan]

Some fool will get Tsonga in the 4th round.. poor him.