Re: Top seeded won the title....
by Anurag Rathore on Apr 30, 2012 11:40 AM
But the way he struggled against David Ferrer, its not a good sign for him.
Re: Re: Top seeded won the title....
by Father on Apr 30, 2012 11:57 AM
Its a sign on Great player my dear, u play well and u win and u play ugly still u won. Look at MANU, they may not be the best team in IPL in last few years but have still won league, even this year i think they are 4th or even 5th best team in league but sitting well on top for a league.
Re: Re: Top seeded won the title....
by HUSSAIN MITHANI on Apr 30, 2012 12:41 PM
he struggled last year at the first round french open as well against john isner. that has never happened before. as he is getting older, he is showing little signs of weakness. his clay success won't last forever. as he gets older, it will be tough on nadal to win on clay year after year.4
Re: Re: Re: Top seeded won the title....
by breddy last on Apr 30, 2012 01:54 PM
But his grass court and hard court play is geting better... He reached atleast final in all the last 4 GS
Re: Re: Re: Top seeded won the title....
by Anuraug Rathor on Apr 30, 2012 08:42 PM
But he certainly didnt struggle to beat the so called 'GOAT' in the final,for the 4th time.And again this year in the Aus Open(incidentally not on clay)
nadal's exploits are only on clay. 6 of GS have come at french open... if all his clay court titles are taken away he is just an average player. he can be called clay court expert.
Re: Barcelona open
by Anuraug Rathor on Apr 30, 2012 08:43 PM
If Federer's Wimbledon titles are taken away,he is just an average player.He can be called a grass court expert.
Re: Barcelona open
by Sanjeev Sekhar on Apr 30, 2012 10:38 AM
Your comment is irrational..Roger has won only one french open...so does it mean Roger is an average player...It has been always a case that a particular player likes a type of surface and they dominate it..Pete sampras has never won French open, but he was the best in Grass..I am sure in your books even Pete is an average player..
Re: Re: Barcelona open
by HUSSAIN MITHANI on Apr 30, 2012 12:47 PM
actually pete has won on outer hard courts and has 5 us open titles. same with federer. not only that pete has 5 atp world indoor hard courts titles and federer has 6. pete has 7 wimbledon and federer has 6. so to compare these player to a clay-courter like nadal is even more irrational. pete and roger should never be compared to nadal as they have shown they can win multiple times on different surfaces. nadal has won on clay alone.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Barcelona open
by rinu sharma on Apr 30, 2012 02:24 PM
sanjeev ur trying to be witty, i suppose? u are not. anyways, grass at wimbledon plays like amud court now in the 2nd week. that is why baseliners have dominate dthe tiurnament. this is not the grass that becker, edberg and sampras used to play on....attain some knowledge before u post.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Barcelona open
by Sanjeev Sekhar on Apr 30, 2012 02:36 PM
@rinu...knowledge attained....even US open and Aus open were played in Clay...I remember very well...roger played left handed and had one leg tied to a pole...
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Barcelona open
by Sanjeev Sekhar on Apr 30, 2012 02:39 PM
Also...please check old videos of Edberg, becker, John Mac, and peers...in second week the grass are always dying and the base line is more a mud...please give some gyan with rational back up
Re: Re: Re: Barcelona open
by Anuraug Rathor on Apr 30, 2012 08:47 PM
Roger should never be compared to Nadal.Nadal has won his career slam at a way younger age.He has won an Olympic Gold.He has 21 ATP masters titles and history's best winning percentage.He has a waaay superior H2H against Federer.He has shown he is the man to beat on all surfaces.Roger is yet to beat him at a non Wimbledon slam.So to compare a grass courter like Roger to Nadal is irrational.Eat that.
There was nothing dufferent yesterday. Nadal is Nadal and will remain Nadal, a player have so much of success in a decade so consistent is absolutely unbelievable. Way to go champs, the way i know you. U r the only player in top 10 apart from Andy who can still improve his game where rest are almost room for improvement, thats give u edge to u. I bet Nadal for Wimbledon and Rolland this year.
Re: Congrats Rafa !
by HUSSAIN MITHANI on Apr 30, 2012 12:54 PM
Nadal returns with the bang only for the clay season. He tends to disappear during the beginning and end of the year. that's been the trend throughout the career of Nadal. it explains why Nadal hasn't won a non-clay event since 2010. he is a clay-court expert.
Re: Re: Congrats Rafa !
by aishwarya patil on Apr 30, 2012 02:32 PM
And being a Clay court experts is a crime of course! Why haven't other players dominated on their favored surfaces the way Nadal has dominated on Clay? So far as Federer is concerned, Nadal has dominated him on all surfaces except indoor carpets.
Re: Re: Re: Congrats Rafa !
by Sanjeev Sekhar on Apr 30, 2012 02:42 PM
last year everyone was ga.ga. that rafa will not win in clay also....now once he wins...he is suppose to do that and no surprise at all!!!!!....wah...
