Which player does Nadal find... challenging?

[SuperHead]

Which player gives Nadal a lot of trouble?

 

[ricki]

Djokocvac no one else I know of...

 

[firepanda]

Djokovic, mainly. He's also expressed irritation at playing big servers, since the match is largely out of his control and he has to just hang in there.

 

[obsessedtennisfandisorder]

Robert Kendrick and nicolas mahut

 

[Deleted member 307496]

Davydenko has the kind of game to irritate Nadal.

 

[Deleted member 307496]

But are people forgetting Darcis and Rosol?

 

[Backspin1183]

Davydenko in his prime and Djokovic. The big servers may trouble him but he has an excellent record against everyone of them.

For everyone else maybe it's Nadal.

 

[SystemicAnomaly]

Altho' he's not played Nadal since 2011, Murray had been playing fairly well against Rafa in their last 7 meetings (but has only won 2 of those). Outside of clay, Federer's h2h against Nadal is even. However, in their past 7 meetings on hard courts, Nadal has won 4.

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[aldeayeah]

Djokovic (all surfaces), Federer (hard court and grass), Murray, Nalbandian, Davydenko (hard court)

Also big hitters on fire, but those are a bad match-up for everybody.

 

[Antonio Puente]

Fed only bothered Nadal indoors and nowhere else. Across all surfaces? Only Djokovic seems to play him well. That said, outside 2011 his record vs. Nadal is similar to Fed's.

 

[Michael Essien]

Djokovic, Federer when he's on form, Murray when he's on form.

Big hitters always seem to give him trouble, like Kohlschreiber or Soderling. But then I'd include Berdych in that list and he's beaten him like 14 times in a row or something ridiculous so you know.

 

[aldeayeah]

Fed only bothered Nadal indoors and nowhere else.

He gave Nadal more trouble than pretty much everybody else (except the guys I already mentioned) in outdoor HC. I mean, AO 2009 wasn't exactly an easy match. If they had met more often before 2009, who knows.

Kohlschreiber is a big hitter? No more than Fed, certainly.

 

[warreng]

Recently Retired James Blake always gave Rafa a good match. Something about his flatter strokes might have had something to do with it?

 

[Mainad]

Anyone he plays in the 1st or 2nd round at Wimbledon?

 

[Backspin1183]

Tommy Robredo, Stanislas Wawrinka, Milos Raonic, Fabio Fognini, Richard Gasquet, Kei Nishikori, Nicholas Almagro, and Pete Sampras

 

[aldeayeah]

Recently Retired James Blake always gave Rafa a good match. Something about his flatter strokes might have had something to do with it?

good call

Ljubicic too. And sometimes Roddick.

 

[Russeljones]

Grigor Dimitrov