Roddick is good on clay
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superman1
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Roddick himself even admitted he's not good on clay.
He's not good on clay, but he's a great competitor and thus he can hold his own on the stuff and not lose miserably, even if it's against Nadal. Roddick put in a good performance considering (a) he was playing Nadal on clay in Spain in a bull ring, (b) the courts had been soaked by rain before the match, and (c) Nadal was playing, in his own words, "almost perfect"
He certainly put in a better fight than Federer did in the RG final, that's for sure. Second set was a wash, Roddick showed his inexperience as a serve and volleyer by getting down on himself from being passed so much, but 1st and 3rd set were quite interesting and Andy held his own. At the tail end of the match he hit the ball as hard as he could, with the kind of power the young Roddick used to show, and Nadal just got everything back. He got the balls back shallow, but he still got them back and forced the error from Roddick.
He's not good on clay, but he's a great competitor and thus he can hold his own on the stuff and not lose miserably, even if it's against Nadal. Roddick put in a good performance considering (a) he was playing Nadal on clay in Spain in a bull ring, (b) the courts had been soaked by rain before the match, and (c) Nadal was playing, in his own words, "almost perfect"
He certainly put in a better fight than Federer did in the RG final, that's for sure. Second set was a wash, Roddick showed his inexperience as a serve and volleyer by getting down on himself from being passed so much, but 1st and 3rd set were quite interesting and Andy held his own. At the tail end of the match he hit the ball as hard as he could, with the kind of power the young Roddick used to show, and Nadal just got everything back. He got the balls back shallow, but he still got them back and forced the error from Roddick.
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Of course he is good on clay, but good for a top pro, not really.
You should have seen some of the obscene cross-court backhands Roddick hit against Nadal. Only Nadal got them back. But Roddick was hanging in there like a true clay court player. I think most of you didn't even see the match (it was on VS) and are just posting for the heck of it.
You didn't see his aces then
NadalandFedererfan
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You make it sound like Roddick was dictating play from the baseline and Nadal's staunch defence that forced errors is what won him the match. Baseline winners were something like 33 to 2 for Nadal. Nadal dominated and bullied Roddick from the baseline. Roddick's shots dont have enough penetration or enough spin to bother Nadal, atleast not on clay.
Cup8489
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you should see some of the obscene crosscourt backhands federer hits against nadal, only nadal gets them back.
hmm.
Cfidave
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I saw it, and Nadal beat Roddick so bad, Pmac & Roddick were actually laughing during change overs. This is after Nadal beats him 6-0. So Roddick starts going for broke, in desperation, hitting the ball as hard as he can, and still can't get the ball past Nadal. Yeah, he hit a flurry of desperation shots, thinking he has nothing to lose. This makes him a good clay court player? Any number of clay courters would have beaten him, his match against Ferrer is a good example.
Cup8489
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especially because of the speed. nadal wasnt tracking down nearly as many shots, because the ball got through the air quicker.
Federer's won Hamburg several times (three I believe) and been a finalist in the other two Master Series events on clay (Rome, Monte Carlo). He's also been a finalist the last three years at Roland Garros. What's Roddick done on clay that compares to those stats? Winning more games than another player against a common opponent one time is not an indication of anything other than you won more games on that given day.
This post just proves: tennis forums are not for the mentally-challenged.
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