Rome Masters R3: [3] Rafael Nadal vs [13] Denis Shapovalov

[TopspintheTerrible]

I wouldn't expect to get anywhere with Sinclair.

If they would just hire Gill, we wouldn’t have these problems. Gill’s guna rule TC with an iron fist.

 

[King No1e]

Djokovic fans are now joining this thread, out of nowhere.

TTW is a hoot.

Yeah I definitely didn't doomerpost here during the 1st set

 

[stringertom]

His foot isn't like that, in theory more play helps and stagnancy hurts. Just sucks to see Rafa losing to someone like Shapovalov who wouldn't sniff 4 games in a set against a fit Rafa on clay

So he wasn’t fit at Rome’21 when he won the title? And that lack of fitness was the cause for losing not only your 4-game quota but 12 more for a total of 16. And that fitness deficiency suddenly went away while beating Zedraffe, Opelka and Joe Kovic. Oh, that Doctor Cotorro is a wizard to bring him back from MPs down last year to the same 4-game Shapo!

 

[Third Serve]

I missed the match but looking at the highlights I'm not really understanding why he didn't just retire if it was that bad.

pulled a note from Fraud’s pages

 

[Bubcay]

Can it be a Djokosmash if someone else does it?

It is copyrighted, so be careful

Djokosmash™©.....

 

[King No1e]

@King No1e don't you dare even think about it. Let him go. It was one match against an injured rafa.

I reserve my judgment until he plays Ruud

 

[McGradey]

A good watch. Some great point construction from Nadal early on, point starting at 0:10 nicely demonstrates how he kills you with angles; cc backhand angling away from the service line followed up by the DTL winner — no chance. And solid reactions from Shapo at the net; volleying against Nadal would be hell.

 

[D.Nalby12]

Surprised to see Choker Shapo managed to beat Nadal after getting bread sticked. It looks unlikely now that Nadal wins FO. Alcaraz and Djokovic are playing better than him.

 

[ghostofMecir]

Surprised to see Choker Shapo managed to beat Nadal after getting bread sticked. It looks unlikely now that Nadal wins FO. Alcaraz and Djokovic are playing better than him.

Even in that first set, Shapo got ahead in rallies and then messed them up in addiron to Nadal’s play. I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen Nadal dominate the first set like that on clay and then not be surprised when his opponent came back.

 

[Zardoz7/12]

Watched the highlights, Nadal folded like a cheap suit in that final set. Very uncharacteristic.

I'm happy for Shapovalov, it's a big win for him, especially on Clay.

 

[Krish0608]

Lol. He really wasn't solid at all to be honest. Never looked great and just rallied a bit in the third set against a Nadal who had nothing

I didn’t expect even that from Shapo tbh.

 

[Arak]

I only watched until mid of second set. Nadal was painting the lines in the first, but realistically, no one can do that for the entire match. I expected Shapovalov to come back, but didn’t expect him to win.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

"We don't want to take anything away from Denis Shapovalov, but let's look at Rafa's press conference"

'now is not the time to talk my injuries... but for sure beriberiinjured, no?'

 

[UnderratedSlam]

Yeah I definitely didn't doomerpost here during the 1st set

Can you translate this into an understandable word?

 

[Service Ace]

Can’t be Nadal lost to this entitled scrub. So glad Ruud took him out. The blonde brat is a cancer for this sport.

 

[King No1e]

So Nadal's sacrifice was worth nothing....all because Shapo is a mug who can't string together 2 good wins to save his life.

The future of tennis has never been brighter.