The Roland Garros final the most important moment for Nadal in 2012?

[Paullaconte1]

Interesting comment from his uncle.

http://www.tennistonic.com/view_tennisnews?nid=1467

http://www.tennis.com/news/2012/11/uncle-toni-losing-french-would-have-been-blow/45543/#.ULbCFKyE00M

Nadal didn't have an exceptional season, but in a way winning the 8th consecutive Montecarlo and his 7th Roland Garros, made it special for him.

Remarkable if you think that he played for only half a season.

 

[The Moonballer]

****** always does well on clay, his retrieving moonball tennis is good there. That said, if he loses in RG he is done.

 

[90's Clay]

Rafa could win RG on his death bed.. No surprise there. Sucks that knee ruined his season again. I think the biggest moment(s) were taking Djoker out 3 straight times. Looked like he was turning that h2h around and he was going to get some big time momentum off that

 

[rocketassist]

The sky blue?

 

[The Moonballer]

It really is unfortunate that this is a weak clay era or ****** can't win so much there.

Once Del Potro increases his stamina and Djokovic doesn't start playing so late in a match, ****** will have much trouble winning

 

[90's Clay]

 

[Towser83]

Rafa could win RG on his death bed.. No surprise there. Sucks that knee ruined his season again. I think the biggest moment(s) were taking Djoker out 3 straight times. Looked like he was turning that h2h around and he was going to get some big time momentum off that

he had something worse than death in 2009? :lol:

I know what you mean, but i'd say he can win playing crap. If he's injured he can be beaten or he might not turn up if it's really bad.

 

[6-1 6-3 6-0]

Interesting comment from his uncle.

http://www.tennistonic.com/view_tennisnews?nid=1467

http://www.tennis.com/news/2012/11/uncle-toni-losing-french-would-have-been-blow/45543/#.ULbCFKyE00M

Nadal didn't have an exceptional season, but in a way winning the 8th consecutive Montecarlo and his 7th Roland Garros, made it special for him.

Remarkable if you think that he played for only half a season.

Those definitely made it special, but that's not just everything that was great for Nadal in 2012.

-Nadal re-established his dominance at Roland Garros, raising his winning percentage there to 98.11% (52 out of 53 wins)
-Nadal won a record 6th Rome title, in just 8 attempts
-Nadal won a record 7th Barcelona title, in his 7th attempt
-Nadal won an 8th consecutive Monte Carlo title (no one has ever won 8 consecutive titles EVER, and Nadal did it at a Masters 1000 event)
-Nadal won a record-breaking 7th Roland Garros title, to become the only king of a slam
-Nadal only lost once in the clay-court season this year, on a poorly-designed clown exhibition-style court
-Nadal only dropped serve once en route to the final at Roland Garros 2012
-Nadal beat Djokovic 3 consecutive times, reversing their rivalry back into Nadal's favour, with Nadal FIRMLY holding the mental edge
-Nadal took part in the most historic grand slam final in world history, Roland Garros 2012
-Nadal took part in another one of the most historic (but not as historic as Roland Garros 2012) grand slam finals, Australian Open 2012 final, and now holds the record for the longest grand slam final match in world history
-Nadal was the only player with Djokovic to make the SF of Indian Wells and Miami in 2012
-Nadal, by winning Roland Garros 2012, tied Borg/Sampras/Federer for most consecutive years of winning at least one slam title per year, and has the golden opportunity to break that record in 2013, a true indicator of Nadal's longevity
-Nadal had the fewest losses this year (6 losses) out of anyone else in the top 4 (went 42-6)
-Nadal raised his slam H2H with Federer to 8-2, including 2-0 in hard-court slams, and 18-10 overall
-Nadal raised his H2H with Djokovic to 19-14 (including 6-3 in slams) and is just one win away from tying the Sampras-Agassi H2H (20-14), to become the undisputed greatest rivalry in world history
-Nadal is now at 11 slams, only 6 away from tying Federer, and assuming Nadal wins Roland Garros from 2013-2016, he just has to win 3 slams outside of Roland Garros (out of 11 on offer) to hold the slam record
-Nadal is just one Masters 1000 title away from being the all-time record holder (two if people consider Lendl, and Nadal can easily break that next year by winning his pet events, Monte Carlo and Rome)

And Nadal did it all only playing half the year. Just imagine what would have happened if Nadal played the other half. Total dominance.

 

[joeri888]

-Nadal was the only player with Djokovic to make the SF of Indian Wells and Miami in 2012

This one made me laugh out loud

 

[Deleted member 307496]

-Nadal was the only player with Djokovic to make the SF of Indian Wells and Miami in 2012

This one made me laugh out loud

It must make him the GOAT.

 

[Crisstti]

he had something worse than death in 2009? :lol:

I know what you mean, but i'd say he can win playing crap. If he's injured he can be beaten or he might not turn up if it's really bad.

Yeah, that is more like it.

 

[tennisMVP]

I don't see the point of this thread. Everyone knows the answer like they know that sky is blue.

 

[batz]

Interesting comment from his uncle.

http://www.tennistonic.com/view_tennisnews?nid=1467

http://www.tennis.com/news/2012/11/uncle-toni-losing-french-would-have-been-blow/45543/#.ULbCFKyE00M

Nadal didn't have an exceptional season, but in a way winning the 8th consecutive Montecarlo and his 7th Roland Garros, made it special for him.

Remarkable if you think that he played for only half a season.

Sorry if I'm missing something, but while I can accept that winning 7 RGs is remarkable, I'm not quite getting what him being out for 6 months has to do with it.

 

[batz]

Those definitely made it special, but that's not just everything that was great for Nadal in 2012.

-Nadal had the fewest losses this year (6 losses) out of anyone else in the top 4 (went 42-6)

Man who plays fewer matches on less favoured surfaces in 'loses fewer matches' shocker.

Are you for real?

 

[tennis_pro]

-Nadal beat Djokovic 3 consecutive times, reversing their rivalry back into Nadal's favour, with Nadal FIRMLY holding the mental edge

Says who? And what mental edge? All I saw was Nadal beating Djokovic 3 times on clay. Come back to me when they play on hard courts.

-Nadal took part in the most historic grand slam final in world history, Roland Garros 2012

Took part...wow. I guess we should reconsider Federer's achievements in 2008, then, after he "took part" in the 2008 Wimbledon final.

-Nadal took part in another one of the most historic (but not as historic as Roland Garros 2012) grand slam finals, Australian Open 2012 final, and now holds the record for the longest grand slam final match in world history

Wow, another pearl. I guess Roddick must be very pleased he "took part" in the 2009 Wimbledon final, then. Not like it virtually ended his career or killed him mentally...but he still took part in it!

-Nadal was the only player with Djokovic to make the SF of Indian Wells and Miami in 2012

Great achievement. Almost as great as Federer winning back-to-back IW-Miami titles in consecutive years.

-Nadal had the fewest losses this year (6 losses) out of anyone else in the top 4 (went 42-6)

To achieve it he had to chicken out from half of the season, a period when he always suffered at least 5 losses.

-Nadal raised his slam H2H with Federer to 8-2, including 2-0 in hard-court slams, and 18-10 overall

No-one cares.

-Nadal raised his H2H with Djokovic to 19-14 (including 6-3 in slams) and is just one win away from tying the Sampras-Agassi H2H (20-14), to become the undisputed greatest rivalry in world history

No-one cares. Wait, did you say greatest rivalry in world history? HAHAHA.

-Nadal is now at 11 slams, only 6 away from tying Federer, and assuming Nadal wins Roland Garros from 2013-2016, he just has to win 3 slams outside of Roland Garros (out of 11 on offer) to hold the slam record

And I'm only 17 majors behind Federer. Come back when he actually wins something outside of the FO or gets close to 17.

-Nadal is just one Masters 1000 title away from being the all-time record holder (two if people consider Lendl, and Nadal can easily break that next year by winning his pet events, Monte Carlo and Rome)

And Nadal did it all only playing half the year. Just imagine what would have happened if Nadal played the other half. Total dominance.

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