Tony Nadal: I want Djokovic to get injured before Roland Garros and the Olympics
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MichaelNadal
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Lol
It's a joke. This modern world is crazy if a joke can't be understood as a joke. Can I go back to pre-twitter world?
"Rafa will probably play this year at Roland Garros and I hope he will be in good shape. I would like him to win another Grand Slam, it would be really nice for him and the whole family. The only thing I would not like to see is Djokovic in Paris, neither at Roland Garros nor at the Olympic Games, where I hope for gold for Nadal. "I would like Djokovic to get injured along with a few others so that my nephew can reach the final more easily," said Toni Nadal."
The media reports that Tony Nadal made this comment with a smile and was probably joking, however, he received huge criticism from the sports public. We will remind you that Nadal is currently in the process of rehabilitation and is expected to perform in the USA at Indian Wells and Miami.
Tony Nadal: I want Djokovic to get injured before Roland Garros and the Olympic Games - Free Press
Rafael Nadal's uncle, Toni often knows how to attract the attention of the public with his statements, and so it is now. Get the most important news, for free on Viber Tony Nadal caused reactions in the public with his statement about Novak Djokovic, noting that he wishes for the injury of the...www.slobodenpecat.mk
Djokovic_is_the_best#1
Bionic Poster
Toni Nadal really rates Djokovic doesn’t he?
Fabresque
Legend
Was what I said wrong?
Terenigma
G.O.A.T.
He is but he's doing it in the absolute stupidest way possible. I've said it before when stuff like this has been said but you do not risk saying something like that in public knowing full well your comments get spread among a tennis community that has such hardened and sometimes borderline crazy fan bases that all it takes is one to take such statements to heart and we get another Seles incident.
itrium84
Hall of Fame
I agree with this
What happens if a current top rank player skips a slam just bcz he dont like it for example agassi skip wimbledon in his early career i beleive.
Will he be fined by ATP or ITF?????
It is really funny bcz 1992 WB is agassi 1st slam title after 3 Runner ups showing at 1990-91 FO & 1990 USO
Will he be fined by ATP or ITF?????
It is really funny bcz 1992 WB is agassi 1st slam title after 3 Runner ups showing at 1990-91 FO & 1990 USO
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Frenchy-Player
Hall of Fame
A a joke is supposed to be funny no ? he’s already made the same "joke" in October of last year , it sounds more like a real wish under the guise of a joke. That said there is a background of truth, Nadal will probably not be able to win if the other players are in great shape. Thanks for the confirmation Tony
chjtennis
G.O.A.T.
What a moron you are. This is pure personal offence, idiot. Djokovic is a public figure with great achievements, and you know when someone makes a joke about him, that's a joke clearly.
longtimelurker
Professional
Tone-meister attracting some serious karma 
Nadal15thslam
Hall of Fame
Yes, very. If you can't understand this joke as: "there are other players right now that are very good and Nadal needs them to not play as good as they can in order to have a chance" I don't know what to say to you. It's clearly a joke that more than anything praises the competition.
octobrina10
Bionic Poster
You still
didn't understand that I agreed with @Azure’s observation: "Nadal’s legs look a little different here" (in the picture a Djokofan posted; the post that contained the picture has vanished by now).
RaulRamirez
Legend
Then (in my opinion), he should have said that, or something to that effect. Yes, I know that Toni's comment was more of a compliment to Novak (and a few others) - and also a slight shot to his nephew - but just because he's kidding (about the injuries to rivals) doesn't make it clever or particularly appropriate.
I'm not outraged, but do think it's in poor taste to talk about a rival player getting injured/sick/dying (just kidding, right?).
Just talk about the importance of Rafa wanting to win RG and Olympics Gold and what it would mean to his family, and add that, at present, Rafa would need for Novak and a few others to be playing poorly for that to happen.
Turning Pro
Hall of Fame
Completely different. Delpo was never the favourite to win any slam and only won. Nadal was on a quite few occasions as World No 1 (08, 09, 12, 14, 19, 22) and won 22 slams.
It's OK when Djokovic fans say Wimby 2020 or Aus 2022 was astericked when Djoker was behind in Slam count.....
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Might be harmless banter and all, maybe, but I'm on the ''never joke about an injury'' bandwagon. That crosses the line. And I imagine some people would change their tune rather quickly if somebody else made those ''jokes.''
Azure
G.O.A.T.
You make too much sense for this place.
socallefty
G.O.A.T.
Even if it is a joke, it is a joke in bad taste and not funny at all. This kind of talk can maybe even motivate a crazy fanatic supporter of Nadal to go injure Djokovic as happened in the case of a Graf fan stabbing Seles.
How would Toni Nadal like it if people wished harm on him because they don’t like reading his stupid comments? And what if someone decided to cause him the harm instead of waiting for it to happen.
How would Toni Nadal like it if people wished harm on him because they don’t like reading his stupid comments? And what if someone decided to cause him the harm instead of waiting for it to happen.
RaulRamirez
Legend
Oh, as you know, I try to, anyway.
Thanks.
Hope all's well with you (and I miss our occasional PMs, etc).
Better_Call_Raul
Hall of Fame
Djoker, Alcaraz and Sinner will be at the Olympics
Uncle Tony wants Olympic Gold for Rafa.
How is that even possible given the injury?
Uncle Tony wants Olympic Gold for Rafa.
How is that even possible given the injury?
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_phantom
Hall of Fame
Very likely, given Djokovic lives in Spain.
Djokovic_is_the_best#1
Bionic Poster
Nadal was hardly ever the favourite outside clay. You can’t just hand him slams he wasn’t even a lock to win! Lmao
Turning Pro
Hall of Fame
When you win 22 slams or had more slams than 99.99% of your competitors at the time of play or even all time, of course you're the favourite. lmao
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Djokovic_is_the_best#1
Bionic Poster
Not when Djokovic and Federer were in the draw. As well as other capable hard court and grass players he struggled with. This is the classic case of seeing things through your Nadal rose tinted specs. You can say that about clay for any event he missed but not off it. Be reasonable.
Turning Pro
Hall of Fame
Well he has a 11-7 h2h in slams vs Djokovic and 10-4 with Fed.
21-11 combined.
Also leads them 3-1 at Aus open and 2-1 on us open on his less favourable surfaces.
And I'm not saying he would win them all all mate, far from it but a good 6-8 slams he had a great chance too add to his tally in since 2005 be it injured during play or misses slam alltogether.
Djokovic_is_the_best#1
Bionic Poster
They can all say that though. If if if. Remember your idol’s words. He was 100% right.
Better_Call_Raul
Hall of Fame
Rafa is entering the Paris Olympics. The alleged injury may have healed.
TripleATeam
G.O.A.T.
We don't call Monica Seles the GOAT just because she won 7 out of the last 8 slams she played (and the last 9 that were held) prior to her stabbing and 2.5 year layoff from the sport. We say she was the biggest "what if" in the sport. In a similar vein, Nadal's missed slams can't count for anything tangible because he missed them. He didn't play. Perhaps if he played a different playstyle he would be injured less, but I'd venture to say he'd also be less successful. You can cope all you want with giving players moral slams, but what matters is what you really win.
No matter how it happened, the facts are Nadal won the 2022 AO. He has 2 AOs and no one can take that away from him. The same way Djokovic has 3 RGs, despite only playing Nadal to win 1 of them. You can't grant people slams they didn't play. Everyone was saying Djokovic's CYGS was a forgone conclusion before the last match in 2021, no one thought Alcaraz had a chance in Wimbledon last year, and very few considered RG 2021 would go in Novak's favor.
But all of that happened. Sport is about not knowing a result before the tournament begins. It's about finding out.
Rafa4LifeEver
G.O.A.T.
Fault in translation
Cabeza del Demonio
Professional
Every single person taking this seriously is such a rube. This is classic Toni Nadal humor. He gave a TED talk in Spain awhile back, and he kept referring to Federer as "that one guy from Switzerland, I forget his name now. He wasn't very good anyway" (and likewise for Djokovic as "that one no-name guy from Serbia").
"Rafa will probably play this year at Roland Garros and I hope he will be in good shape. I would like him to win another Grand Slam, it would be really nice for him and the whole family. The only thing I would not like to see is Djokovic in Paris, neither at Roland Garros nor at the Olympic Games, where I hope for gold for Nadal. "I would like Djokovic to get injured along with a few others so that my nephew can reach the final more easily," said Toni Nadal."
The media reports that Tony Nadal made this comment with a smile and was probably joking, however, he received huge criticism from the sports public. We will remind you that Nadal is currently in the process of rehabilitation and is expected to perform in the USA at Indian Wells and Miami.
Tony Nadal: I want Djokovic to get injured before Roland Garros and the Olympic Games - Free Press
Rafael Nadal's uncle, Toni often knows how to attract the attention of the public with his statements, and so it is now. Get the most important news, for free on Viber Tony Nadal caused reactions in the public with his statement about Novak Djokovic, noting that he wishes for the injury of the...
Cabeza del Demonio
Professional
+1 to the guy above who said it's actually a sign of respect. Yep, Roddick used to say similar stuff about Federer back in the day... "I was chilling in the locker room, trying to injure him so I'd finally have a chance"
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
Right now , Tony will need a whole lot of players to get injured.
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