Toni Nadal: Play like Federer if you want to beat Nadal

Incognito

Legend
If executed well, Fed has the best game to beat Nadal and his wicked forehand. Djokovic wins against Nadal because the latter can no longer Compete physically and movement-wise he is nowhere near his 2005-2009 versions.
 

lud

Hall of Fame
No. Djokovic is best example how to beat Nadal. Why? Simple because he is better baseline player. Nadal is better baseliner than Federer. Frd however owns monstruosly effortless serve that set him plenty of free points.
 

BeatlesFan

Bionic Poster
Of course no one else can play like Federer.
Others dissent:

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And will offer evidence:

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King No1e

G.O.A.T.
Fred is unbelievable when he's on so makes sense. Serving, forehand placement, variety and now the BH too.

But what about Novak Djokovic, the man who beat his nephew 28 times? 2 streaks of 7 wins in a row? Including that destruction throughout 2011? All in finals too, 3 of which Slam Finals. Or is Djokovic just too difficult to emulate...

Should add that God Mode Murray is basically unbeatable in any case.
Djokovic can last 6 hours with Nadal. You can't just coach someone to do that, but you can coach someone to play smart aggressive tennis like Federer.
 

oldmanfan

Legend
Speaking at a conference at the Valencia Job Fair, Toni was asked what advice he would give a player if they had come up against Rafael and while he said Federer and Novak Djokovic were better placed to give an answer, he reckoned emulating the Swiss would be the way to go.

"It would be complicated because he is a guy who always looks for solutions,” he said.

“If anything, I would tell him to play as Federer
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https://www.express.co.uk/sport/tennis/1201449/Roger-Federer-Rafael-Nadal-Uncle-Toni

Who plays like Fedr?
So what he's really saying... Nadl to go undefeated until the occasional Fedal match? :eek:

@vive le beau jeu ! can we hand that? :unsure:
 

Rosstour

G.O.A.T.
I can't stand hearing Toni talk about Fed. It's so freaking petty.

None of the crap he says is genuine. It's all passive-aggressive digs and gamesmanship to get in Fed's head and throw shade on him.

Like, dude. You're going to beat Federer by 10 Slams when it's all done. Try not being such a beeeeeitch about it.
 

BeatlesFan

Bionic Poster
Oh please

If you rewatch the actual tapes, you'll easily see that the old Fedal matches used to have endless streams of this pattern
I don't need to "rewatch" old Rafa-Fed matches, I lived through it and watched all their matches (insert "duh!"). I know he had no answer to Nadal's high topspin to his BH. That wasn't the point I was making. I simply said Fed's BH overall was vastly superior in 2003-2007 than anything now. Yeah, he solved the Nadal puzzle in 2017, my comments were not restricted solely to that match up. There happens to be 100 other guys on tour Fed played then and now, not just Nadal.
 
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