Roland Garros 2008- Men´s Singles
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cucio
Legend
I think that's great for real tennis fans. Chauvinists and socialites can pay the big bucks to go see Llodra and PHM at the center court while real tennis fans can attend more affordable, more interesting matches at other courts. A win-win situation for live attendance. Now if TV coverage would include the lesser courts, that would be perfect.
BlueSapphire
Rookie
Ain't that just like Nadal? Faces 4 bp's (3 of them in a row), holds serve, and then breaks easily.
BlueSapphire
Rookie
If you ever wanted to know just how good Rafa is on clay, just watch how much his opponents celebrate when they win a game against him.
anointedone
Banned
Nadal is looking very overpowering and strong.
Serpententacle
Hall of Fame
Rafa's getting the blister looked at.
Andres
G.O.A.T.
It's a two-edged sword. The crowd psyches out the opponents, but always hypes up Nalbandian.
M
Morrissey
Guest
If Verdasco wins his match Nadal would play 4 straight lefties in his first four matches.
BlueSapphire
Rookie
Rafa having his blistered foot re-wrapped. It looks nothing like it did in Rome. Perhaps more precaution than anything.
M
Morrissey
Guest
Quite possibly his most dangerous opponent here.
anointedone
Banned
Hope the blister problem doesnt start acting up again for Rafa. Come on Rafa!
That's good, so he won't be used to righties anymore in the final :twisted:
Not surprising when you play 3 consecutive days.
zagor
Bionic Poster
It doesn't matter,Nadal will crush all of them anyway.The players who can give Nadal trouble on clay IMO are Djokovic(potential semifinal but that's still far away),Nalbandian(disappointed this year at FO),Kolja(on opposite side of the draw),Ferrer(also on opposite side of the draw),possibly Wawrinka(if only because of a great backhand but he's on opposite side of the draw also)and of course Federer(potential final).I would honestly be surprised if Nadal lost a set until the semis.
Thor
Professional
Actually he is getting one hell of a practise on shots he uses less often:
Inside out Fh,DTL BH, serve wide on the Deuce court and DTL on the Ad
daddy
Legend
I was only talking about the fans all around the world. I agree that for the people who are there, it is a good thing to see such good players up close on a smaller cheaper court, yet if they are not going to put it on air millions of other fans will suffer.
cucio
Legend
Here's a scary thought. The guy is 21, soon to be 22 (next tuesday, I think.) What if he is only now starting to peak? :shock:
MEAC_ALLAMERICAN
Legend
Almagro is looking really good so far up a break.
zagor
Bionic Poster
I don't know about that,IMO Nadal is a very early bloomer(like Becker,Couirer,Hewitt etc.) and is peaking already.I think he'll stay on this high level more years then most people realize but I don't think he'll get better all that much.
cucio
Legend
No, come on, they are going now to switch to Loit-Schnyder just because Loit is french? Two words: Murray Almagro. Unbelievable. Ridiculous.
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Edit: I was sort of wrong, Cornet-Radwanska is it. Cornet comes with a lot of hype from Rome so it is understandable that the french want to follow her. Still disappointing.
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Edit: I was sort of wrong, Cornet-Radwanska is it. Cornet comes with a lot of hype from Rome so it is understandable that the french want to follow her. Still disappointing.
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Deleted member 21996
Guest
should we blame the shoes? what do the nadaloons think? lets hear also the *******s and the jokoviots...
Rhino
Legend
Yeah that blister has a deadly backhand.
jaggy
Talk Tennis Guru
I think this would be a great idea, reward him.
anointedone
Banned
Probably deadlier then Federer's backhand looks lately.
Youzhny was robbed in the 1st point of that tie-break. The point was his (serve-volley winner) but had to replay the point because the linesman called the serve out (and lost it). Given that Verdasco took the tie-break 7-5 it was a big point (btw Verdasco failed twice serving for the set and choked a 4-0 lead in the tb but still won the 1st set).
Rhino
Legend
I can already hear the excuses if Federer was to win this year.
The year of the blister.
Fed's backhand got the workout of it's life against Montanes, he hit pretty much every shot to the Fed backhand, I thought it was looking quite solid actually.
ksbh
Banned
I don't know how stating that he's got some blisters is an excuse?
Anyways if it makes you feel better, here is my prediction ... should Nadal and Federer meet in the final this year (which I think very likely), Nadal will take Federer down yet again.
Anyways if it makes you feel better, here is my prediction ... should Nadal and Federer meet in the final this year (which I think very likely), Nadal will take Federer down yet again.
veroniquem
Bionic Poster
I meant his reaction during and just after the incident. My recollection is that he didn't lose his temper. I don't remember which set he lost but he still won the match and the tournament. So if he got unbalanced it certainly didn't last!
I am still hearing about mono.
bodave2
Professional
Mono is a virus that can have affects for upto a year, a blister is a ....blister. If Federer makes it to finals and looses it was becouse Nadal is was better on that day as he was 8 out of 9 days they met. If federer wins, he was better, its as simple as that.
zagor
Bionic Poster
And I'm still hearing about weak draws,conspiracy and lucky Federer.
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