The toughest draw of all time: Nadal at Wimbledon 2019

[CentreCourt]

Not a single seed before the semi-finals for Rafa. A draw that looks difficult to casual observers, but actually is played against guys who've done nothing for 12 months.

 

[AceSalvo]

Your inability to comprehend borders on being charming, in a Forrest Gump sort of way. Yes, it's conditional captain obvious. There is not a single player on tour outside of the big 3 that are particularly consistent. I see the idea of ceilings is beyond your grasp and you are just going to carry on with your inane objections.

Yeah, Fed fans don't post "nonstop nonsensical threads" according to you. You are quite the objective kid hahahaha.

You chose to come after me, then call me names, now compare me to movie characters?? Then finally unload on "Fed fans" because you couldn't handle constructive criticism.

No need to guess your age then. Yep, small aged people with issues. Quite the match actually.

 

[JoelSandwich]

Hewitt AO 2005 and Safin AO 2004 are both way tougher than Nadals draw

 

[OldschoolKIaus]

Today: Querrey.

Tough draw! Tough opponent on Court No. 1!

 

[Lleytonstation]

Today: Querrey.

Tough draw! Tough opponent on Court No. 1!

 

[AceSalvo]

Querrey running around like a headless chicken. What a “threat”.

VB Landers can’t stop shivering.

 

[Lleytonstation]

Querrey running around like a headless chicken. What a “threat”.

VB Landers can’t stop shivering.

Top 10 opponent who consistently is in the QF of slams.... Or a guy outside the top 50 who is supposedly a great server who gets broken 4 times in the first two sets.

 

[AceSalvo]

Lol Querrey has done nothing on grass last year and Kyrgios has done nothing last year as well. But they are bigger threats than Berrettini who just won a grass title.

VB Landers always trying to make an elephant out of an ant.

 

[robert.s]

Lol. The draw was mediocre. But considering the quality of today's men's tennis outside the big 3, most draws are mediocre or worse until the semifinals. You have grandpa Federer making the semifinal of Roland Garros ffs at 38. If that is not proof of weak field nothing is.

 

[I Am Finnish]

Querrey running around like a headless chicken. What a “threat”.

VB Landers can’t stop shivering.

 

[robert.s]

A Federer - Nadal and a Federer/Nadal - Djokovic at Wimbledon is going to be spectacular. Have we ever had these 3 in the semifinal before, can't remember it with all 3 in top 4 until this year.

 

[Tennis_Freak99]

A Federer - Nadal and a Federer/Nadal - Djokovic at Wimbledon is going to be spectacular. Have we ever had these 3 in the semifinal before, can't remember it with all 3 in top 4 until this year.

LOL, RG 2019 was the latest

 

[AceSalvo]

Lol. The draw was mediocre. But considering the quality of today's men's tennis outside the big 3, most draws are mediocre or worse until the semifinals. You have grandpa Federer making the semifinal of Roland Garros ffs at 38. If that is not proof of weak field nothing is.

Gramps has made it to QF or better in the last 5/6 FO he played. His weakest surface.

In contrast, Oldal has made it to QF or better in the last 2/6 Wimb he played, including today’s result.

That says a lot.

 

[robert.s]

LOL, RG 2019 was the latest

I meant at Wimbledon lol.

 

[Benjamin Rio]

Federer fans now say that Nishikori is playing his best tennis in a long time and if we add that he is relatively rested this time, he is a risky rival, even more dangerous than the big server, Querrey.

No that's Nadal fans who apply double standard.

Nishikori played well but nit his best. Happy?

When Nadal beats Novak at the Us open Novak played the tennis of his life.
When Novak beats Nadal at the FO: injury not fit not the good year etc etc

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

 

[Tennis_Freak99]

memeGOAT is back at it! xD

 

[Benjamin Rio]

LOL, RG 2019 was the latest

With the schedule and the qind a big waste of time and money at the FO.

 

[Steve132]

Not a single seed before the semi-finals for Rafa. A draw that looks difficult to casual observers, but actually is played against guys who've done nothing for 12 months.

True. To be more precise, here are the current ATP rankings for Nadal's first five opponents at Wimbledon 2019:

Sugita: 274
Kyrgios: 43
Tsonga: 72
Sousa: 69
Querrey: 65

I know that rankings don't tell the whole story, but does that look like "the toughest draw of all time"? No seeded players, no one ranked even in the top 40.

By contrast Federer, whose draw to date would not be considered especially difficult, has already played three seeds - Pouille (27), Berrettini (17) and Nishikori (8).

 

[OldschoolKIaus]

First tough opponent and the Nadal couldn't handle it.

 

[Third Serve]

First tough opponent and the Nadal couldn't handle it.

Like the avatar

 

[Third Serve]

This thread was pretty cool while it lasted.

 

[Breakpointerer]

This thread was pretty cool while it lasted.

It's a shame that the title was edited though.

 

[Yugram]

It's a shame that the title was edited though.

Was it?

 

[Breakpointerer]

Was it?

Yeah, was originally "the thoughtest draw".

 

[guitarra]

These "draw evaluations" rarely age well. People need to differentiate between the projected draw and the actual draw. They very rarely are the same and sometimes the projected draws just fall apart and then in retrospect those evaluations look just silly.

 

[Breakpointerer]

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[HetTheGreaterer]

I'm warning you @Breakpointerer
Don't show up at AO2020. I want roger to win the whole thing, but that can be very ugly if you're the version of roger that happens to appear

 

[Breakpointerer]

I'm warning you @Breakpointerer
Don't show up at AO2020. I want roger to win the whole thing, but that can be very ugly if you're the version of roger that happens to appear

I want Roger to win it while wasting truckloads of BPs along the way just to troll everyone

 

[Lleytonstation]

I want Roger to win it while wasting truckloads of BPs along the way just to troll everyone

The stress would kill me first.

 

[HetTheGreaterer]

I want Roger to win it while wasting truckloads of BPs along the way just to troll everyone

Will the mods block me if I curse in Hindi in the match thread when fed's blowing the b.p.s??

The stress would kill me first.

Don't worry fella, I'll arrange the cremation process for you, and make sure you'll come back like phoenix

 

[Breakpointerer]

Will the mods block me if I curse in Hindi in the match thread when fed's blowing the b.p.s??


Don't worry fella, I'll arrange the cremation process for you, and make sure you'll come back like phoenix

They won't unless I translate everything you say

 

[HetTheGreaterer]

They won't unless I translate everything you say

Which, my friend you won't, right??
Afterall it won't be you I'll be cursing
(｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

 

[Breakpointerer]

Which, my friend you won't, right??
Afterall it won't be you I'll be cursing
(｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

I might lol

 

[HetTheGreaterer]

I might lol

Kaisa dost hai re tu

 

[Standaa]

the thoughest draw of all time clearly worked.

 

[Mike Sams]

Nadal already had little chances to win Wimbledon before the draw (last year he was close to win), but with this draw he has literally no chance. Nor would Federer or Djokovic win with this draw. No one can. This is the toughest draw of all time.

Here is Nadal's draw:

1R: Sugita

2R: Kyrgios

3R: Tsonga (Tsonga almost defeated Federer at Halle, and many Fed fans said they did not want to have Tsonga in Federer's draw).

4R: Cilic (Wimbledon finalist, has been close to defeat both Federer and Djokovic at Wimbledon in the past).

QF: Querrey (great serve, Eastbourne 2019 finalist, defeated Djokovic at Wimbledon 2016).

SF: Federer

F: Djokovic

This is the most brutal draw the history of tennis has ever seen. Not even the US Open 1990 comes close to this. Sampras had to defeat Muster, Lendl, McEnroe and Agassi to win the US Open 1990. But Muster, Lendl, McEnroe and Agassi "only" sum 23 Majors between the four, while Cilic, Federer and Djokovic sum 36 Grand Slams between the three. McEnroe, Lendl and Agassi are "weak" ATG compared to Federer and Djokovic.

Tsonga and Cilic weren't anywhere close to their best nor highly ranked at that point. And Querrey is stronger in the first 3 rounds.

 

[Nadal_Django]

So 2019 WB Vs 2021 RG. Which of these two Nadal's draws is the toughest draw of all time?

 

[Third Serve]

fun times were had in this thread, for sure

 

[mike danny]

fun times were had in this thread, for sure

Now it's been replaced by RG 2021.

RAFA can't catch a break.

 

[Amritia]

In a state of pure shock reading the OP.

History has repeated itself again.

 

[Breakpointerer]

The thread that never stops giving

 

[Martin J]

The OP often compares Thiem to Lendl and Kuerten, it seems he has a problem with overrating...

He is deadly wrong here, Thiem is much better than these two mugs.

 

[Kralingen]

For those of you who were around in 2019 - were all those likes on Sport and Weakera's posts sarcastic? Did people actually believe this stuff? Lol

 

[Breakpointerer]

For those of you who were around in 2019 - were all those likes on Sport and Weakera's posts sarcastic? Did people actually believe this stuff? Lol

Nah a lot of us were just messing around

 

[tudwell]

The thread that never stops giving

It's too bad mods went in and misspelled the title.

 

[Lleytonstation]

Nah a lot of us were just messing around

I was dead serious.

 

[BrokenGears]

For those of you who were around in 2019 - were all those likes on Sport and Weakera's posts sarcastic? Did people actually believe this stuff? Lol

No, it was all completely serious. Most definitely. Just like how the average @Federer and Del Potro post is always exactly right.

 

[Breakpointerer]

It's too bad mods went in and misspelled the title.

Short of deleting the thread altogether this was the worst thing they could've done

 

[mike danny]

Short of deleting the thread altogether this was the worst thing they could've done

Context?