Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil
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The US Open draw was perfect,
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Charlie
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I am worried for the Nadal.
He is eating so many draw cakes, he could get diabetes.
He is eating so many draw cakes, he could get diabetes.
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tennis_pro
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VAMOS
Poisoned Slice
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Uncanny resemblance, no?
Toni, please no. Anything you want. Anything at all. Ferrer in round 1? You got it, you got it all.
Im(moral) Winner
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metsman
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Ann
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So the only actual player in the US Open is Djokovic. Is that what this entire board is trying to say?
Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil
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abmk
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Isner could actually be a threat on USO HC.
delpo is dead even vs nadal on HC - 5 all. if he plays like wim 18 QF (not like USO 17 or RG 18), he's a threat
you can throw out thiem and tsitsipas , I think ..Anderson beating Nadal would be a huge surprise...but higher chance in a slam QF than a slam F of course.
GabeT
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Anderson will be hungry for revenge and to show he can play with the big guys. Can he pull a Wawa AO 14 performance?
OldschoolKIaus
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That's why Nadal is considered the GOAT only by nadalnoobies: easy draw, easy tournaments.
And if he loses, the courts are too fast lol
And if he loses, the courts are too fast lol
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Wawrinka is mental demon. Can’t compare him to a literal mental midget like Anderson.
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Toni, please no. Anything you want. Anything at all. Ferrer in round 1? You got it, you got it all.
LOL
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metsman
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The fundamental question is, will this be an easy draw? I think it will be, but until it unfolds it'll be hard to verify that it is easy.Toni, please no. Anything you want. Anything at all. Ferrer in round 1? You got it, you got it all.
GabeT
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But Wawa sort of came out of nowhere in 2014, didn't he? He had lost so many times to the big guys I didn't expect him to beat Nadal. But yeah, can't really see Anderson doing anything like that.
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He pushed Djokovic five sets at AO 2013 and USO 2013. So it wasn't quite out of nowhere. We all knew that Stanimal existed.
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Tiki-Taka
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MLM
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With exception of del Potro, this is fair. I don’t see why delpo couldn’t beat Rafa.
TheAssassin
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I don't know, Nadal isn't exactly immune to a bad day outside of clay but we will see. He will be very satisfied with what he got.
Anderson is mentally weak but Del and chilic are super tough
maratha_warrior
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Sport
G.O.A.T.
Lol. Nadal leads the H2H over Djokovic at the US Open. So Djokovic losing before the final is not a sine qua non condition for Nadal to win the US Open.
maratha_warrior
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2-1 is such a huge lead
My god Djoker can never overcome such a huge lead .
Although Djoker is what 16-7 h2h on hard court versus Rafa .
You talk as if Rafa is 11-1 versus Djoker at USO
Btw Djoker is the most consistent player at USO after Lendl..
Sport
G.O.A.T.
Djokovic only leads 1-0 at the Australian Open and 2-1 at Wimbledon. Double standard logic?
Also, we are talking about H2H in GS, not in Masters 1000 or WTF. The H2H in Masters 1000 and WTF is not necessarily indicative of what happens in GS. Otherwise, Djokovic would not have a losing H2H of 1-6 at Roland Garros against Rafa.
Druss
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You don't seem to understand how the draw works. Let me explain:
First of all, Wawrinka has Dimitrov in R1 and is highly unlikely, given his recent form that he will prevail. Even if Wawa does win, he still has to go through (most likely) Raonic in R3 then possibly Isner in R4. Now an interesting R4 clash could be Tsitsipas vs Delpo and the winner of that will most likely face either Raonic/Dimitrov/Wawrinka/Isner in the QF. So only one of those names that you mentioned will/may get to Rafa in the SF.
Now looking at Nadal's quarter, he has a perfect warm-up match with Ferrer, then possibly a slight contest with Kachanov in R3, but I expect Rafa to win that in 3 tightish sets. Rafa then should make clean work of Edmund in R4. Not sure why you even brought up Thiem. In any case, assuming Thiem will play to his clay standards and gets to R4, he will most likely meet Anderson there. Bye-Bye Thiem. So now we're looking at a possible QF Nadal-Anderson. Capish?
Unforced Terrors
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Fed would potentially play Nishioka, Paire, Kyrgios, Fognini, Djokovic
Nadal would potentially play Pospisil, Muller, Edmund, Anderson, Del Potro
I like Nadal's matchups a lot more than Fed's.
Nadal is pretty comfortable vs all of those guys.
DelPo is dangerous but he's always worn out by the time he gets to Nadal.
MichaelNadal
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Looks fair to me on both sides
Druss
Hall of Fame
As you say, Djokovic and Lendl are the two most consistent players at USO. Combined, they have 5 US Opens to show for. Federer has 5 also. At the end of the day, it's the number of titles that matters most, not consistency.
maratha_warrior
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Well I know Fed has 5 titles..
By mentioning consistency I mean to say ,he is no slouch .
Wont be beaten easily and dat 2-1 h2h is a small statistic here..
Sport
G.O.A.T.
So is 1-0 at the AO and 2-1 at WB.
maratha_warrior
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Novak is 6-0 at Australian open finals ,probably might end up the greatest australian champ..
Its a shame dat Nadal and him met just once ..
And i agree wid u abt wimbledon 2-1 record ,which is similar to rafas 2-1 record at US open and hence i personally see equal at Wimby .. I hope they meet at US open again.
May b best man win...
Phoenix1983
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Let's face facts, the US Open organisers may as well hand Nadal the trophy now.
Ann
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Yes I do. Do you understand getting your panties twisted because of one tough player in a draw? He had to be in either Nadal or Federer's draw. Had the draws been completely reversed, the Nadal fans would be whining it was unfair, the Djokovic fans would be whining this was just a way to get Federer in the final and the Federer fans would be whining because there were more potentially dangerous players in his draw than Nadal's.
Ann
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It ain't rocket science, I understand how it works and you're all being absurd.
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Exactly, just ask RF about Big Kev and the quarters of a major.
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Not if Earth's Mightiest arrives...
Rafa Aficionado
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Did you miss the very last slam?
Hint: Del Potro took Nadal 5 sets and layed the ground work for Djokovic's win.
Isner made his first ever QF (before this year's Wimbledon his only QF) at the US Open.
Potro is easily the 2nd or 3rd best player on the whole this year (Djokovic had a better Wimbledon+Cincy, that's it), get realistic.
