Can't wait to watch the replay.
Tennis is much better when Nadal is human. Everyone likes his struggle. That's the role he played best all his life. It's his domination which was killing most of us when he was young.
Nah he's so exciting it's epic both ways
even when he's having amazing years there's lots of insane battles and comebacks
He didn't play great. First set was ok. Second set was not getting any depth on his shots and specifically returns. 3rd set he looked a little better on depth of shot and intensity. For a little over a 3 hour match he looked stamina wise fine and no drop in play or serve speed really as the match went on. I thought he looked much better against Alex.
Maybe for a djoker fan you enjoy when he is struggling. I preferred when he was dominant and he played with the same passion and fire as he does now.
If this was 5 years ago, in 2019, I won't be sure that Nadal would be the one who moved needle. It was Federer then because everyone supports underdog.
Lollll pathetic troll it was only "killing" you. The rest of the whole world was enjoying in his success
Groundies when on are fearsome, BH inconsistent though and serve still bot doing enough but he may be holding back, obviously even if he feels great and 100% he isnt going to pull that out now. Rafa will save his best for 2nd week of RG.
Alcaraz?
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For me it depends who he plays, Sinner v Alcaraz id watch all night for sure. Maybe others of his generation step up, but Nadal and Federer especially had an X factor nobody else has ever really had. Young people wont remember now but peak Federer was a sight to behold he really was. Cannot believe it was around 20 years ago we saw peak Federer. 20 freaking years!!For the younger generation he definitely has that ability. Not sure he's ever getting me up at 4 AM though
Man I'll never forget staying up all night and into the morning watching those AO matches. Especially the near 6 hour gut wrenching loss to Djoker in the final. I'll never alter my sleep schedule to watch a tennis player again after rafa is done. He was a once in a lifetime player for me to watch and who really got me liking tennis.For the younger generation he definitely has that ability. Not sure he's ever getting me up at 4 AM though
Most?
Rafa is the only one I would watch at all hours of the day and he is the only player I would plan my diary around.
Djoko fanatics who trash talk Rafa are annoying.
LeBron moves it as well. I could have easily played top spin this morning to get myself levelled up. Instead, I watched the game.
No other player has hit epic forehands in the best tribute video ever to Rihanna
Nadal won
I wish the highlights were longer, I plan to watch the whole match he plays today, comes on at a much better time.
Rafa’s level is still a fair bit off what it would need to be to win Madrid (which is totally expected) but it’s just so great seeing him out there. And I guess what we all agree on is that Rafa at 60% is still more entertaining than a good majority of the tour, because he is just so dynamic and idiosyncratic as a player.
Combined with the fact that apart from Alcaraz everyone is just a different version of the same no-brainer ballbasher - Medvedev, Zverev, Sinner to name a few. Just bash bash bash, zero net play, zero variety, slicing? Ain't nobody got time for that LOL.
Alcaraz vs Sinner at '22 USO ended up at that time for me and it was 100% worth itFor the younger generation he definitely has that ability. Not sure he's ever getting me up at 4 AM though
