2018 Wimbledon Championships - Men

[kskate2]

Nicky drops the 3rd set TB to Istomin

 

[monfed]

Nadal's goal in this tournament is not to win but to gain as many points as possible for YE#1 incase he bombs out at USO.

 

[kskate2]

Sugita out in 4 sets

 

[kskate2]

Nadal's goal in this tournament is not to win but to gain as many points as possible for YE#1 incase he bombs out at USO.

I'm no Nadal fan, but I can guarantee you his goal is not to earn as many points as possible. No one w/ 17 grand slams cares anything about points. They only care about winning slams.

 

[Federberg]

I'm no Nadal fan, but I can guarantee you his goal is not to earn as many points as possible. No one w/ 17 grand slams cares anything about points. They only care about winning slams.

I think you and I might do best by taking broken's advice and just ignoring this poster sadly...

 

[DarthFed]

Nadal's goal in this tournament is not to win but to gain as many points as possible for YE#1 incase he bombs out at USO.

Nadal's goal is to eclipse Fed. Don't listen to his bullshit about not caring if he hits 20 or more and "someone always has a bigger house". It's up to Roger to meet the challenge as there is a world of difference between GOAT and #2. The guy who finishes 2nd best in this era will be forgotten a lot sooner. And the guy who finishes 3rd (Nole) will become a "so what"

 

[monfed]

I'm no Nadal fan, but I can guarantee you his goal is not to earn as many points as possible. No one w/ 17 grand slams cares anything about points. They only care about winning slams.

Trust me, Nadal knows he can't win Wimbledon so he'll try to gain as many points as possible for YE#1 as he could equal Fed with 5 YE#1s which looked crazy in 2016. Winning Wimbledon for dull at this stage is a bonus kindof like French would be for Fed if he played. dull has never defended a non-clay title so it's almost inevitable he drops points at USO so he wants to compensate that by going a round or two ahead in Wimbledon.

Nadal at this point is trying to match Fed's records via the "backdoor" so to speak. So if you say Nadal has only 150-200 weeks at #1, he can say well I have 5 YE#1s or even 6 if the tour doesn't improve by next year. So dull is trying to plug the gaps in his resume at this point and trying to create records that Fed doesn't have.

For Nadal it is always about RG. As long as he wins RG, his year is ALREADY a success. Adding non-clay slams is simply a bonus specially Wimbledon.

 

[Moxie]

Sascha through to R2 in straights and one was a bagel set

They did say Duckworth was recently back from foot surgery and was clearly not up to the 3rd.

 

[DarthFed]

Trust me, Nadal knows he can't win Wimbledon so he'll try to gain as many points as possible for YE#1 as he could equal Fed with 5 YE#1s which looked crazy in 2016. Winning Wimbledon for dull at this stage is a bonus kindof like French would be for Fed if he played. dull has never defended a non-clay title so it's almost inevitable he drops points at USO so he wants to compensate that by going a round or two ahead in Wimbledon.

Nadal at this point is trying to match Fed's records via the "backdoor" so to speak. So if you say Nadal has only 150-200 weeks at #1, he can say well I have 5 YE#1s or even 6 if the tour doesn't improve by next year. So dull is trying to plug the gaps in his resume at this point and trying to create records that Fed doesn't have.

For Nadal it is always about RG. As long as he wins RG, his year is ALREADY a success. Adding non-clay slams is simply a bonus specially Wimbledon.

Wimbledon IS the one grass tournament he can win due to surface. He was also blessed with potentially a very good draw depending on the health of a couple potential roadblocks. He's a threat at this tourney this year due to that. For Roger he needs another great 7 months, there is no doubt he can win 2 or all of the next 3 slams against this amateur field, he just needs to keep the greed high. I sense he was lazy as shit on the recent break, his footwork and movement just seem really poor and it's made his backhand awful. Hopefully it will be corrected after a few rounds. "Embrace destiny or be destroyed by it"

 

[kskate2]

Trust me, Nadal knows he can't win Wimbledon so he'll try to gain as many points as possible for YE#1 as he could equal Fed with 5 YE#1s which looked crazy in 2016. Winning Wimbledon for dull at this stage is a bonus kindof like French would be for Fed if he played. dull has never defended a non-clay title so it's almost inevitable he drops points at USO so he wants to compensate that by going a round or two ahead in Wimbledon.

Nadal at this point is trying to match Fed's records via the "backdoor" so to speak. So if you say Nadal has only 150-200 weeks at #1, he can say well I have 5 YE#1s or even 6 if the tour doesn't improve by next year. So dull is trying to plug the gaps in his resume at this point and trying to create records that Fed doesn't have.

For Nadal it is always about RG. As long as he wins RG, his year is ALREADY a success. Adding non-clay slams is simply a bonus specially Wimbledon.

I'm sorry, I can't trust you. I've been around this sport too long. I don't have a horse in this race so I can be a little more objective than you and most of the posters here.

 

[kskate2]

They did say Duckworth was recently back from foot surgery and was clearly not up to the 3rd.

That's too bad. Wonder why he didn't withdraw and let a LL take his place. He still would have gotten half of his prize $

 

[Moxie]

Tiafoe up 2 sets/0 on Verdasco.

 

[monfed]

Wimbledon IS the one grass tournament he can win due to surface. He was also blessed with potentially a very good draw depending on the health of a couple potential roadblocks. He's a threat at this tourney this year due to that. For Roger he needs another great 7 months, there is no doubt he can win 2 or all of the next 3 slams against this amateur field, he just needs to keep the greed high. I sense he was lazy as shit on the recent break, his footwork and movement just seem really poor and it's made his backhand awful. Hopefully it will be corrected after a few rounds. "Embrace destiny or be destroyed by it"

Yup the draw has given mowgli a chance to advance further since 2011, but I can't see him win the whole thing.

 

[monfed]

I'm sorry, I can't trust you. I've been around this sport too long. I don't have a horse in this race so I can be a little more objective than you and most of the posters here.

LOL I thought you're a fed fan.

 

[DarthFed]

I'm sorry, I can't trust you. I've been around this sport too long. I don't have a horse in this race so I can be a little more objective than you and most of the posters here.

You play that card a lot. I know you dislike Nads more than most on the ATP. One of the reasons I like you

 

[kskate2]

Khachanov currently rolling over the energizer bunny

 

[DarthFed]

LOL I thought you're a fed fan.

She is, she just won't admit it.

 

[Moxie]

That's too bad. Wonder why he didn't withdraw and let a LL take his place. He still would have gotten half of his prize $

I don't know all of the story, but I thought it worth giving a bit of a caveat to that bagel. No reason to assume that he knew he wasn't fit to play.

 

[kskate2]

LOL I thought you're a fed fan.

I like Fed for his greatness. What he adds to the sport I love. I'm not necessarily a fan.

 

[monfed]

She is, she just won't admit it.

Aww that's cute. A little more persuasion is necessary.