It's all about the big picture FOR YOU. Or how you see it. If Roger is playing clay for sentimental reasons, I don't think even you get to say him nay. You're not Roger, and it's not your life.
(Christ, I hate it when my mother does that to me. But she only does it when she's mad because I'm right. Though she calls me "Captain Obvious.") Your problem is that, in your very b/w world, for Roger it's the Majors record or complete obscurity. That's ridiculous...I'm sorry.
Yeah but that is not the case here. Theim played 3 sets on Thursday, 2 sets on friday and 2.5 on saturday while Nadal in that same period played 3. You are ignoring the mental tiredness effect. The point is that the tournament should have scheduled both semis at the same time which they did not
Its proven false, both players were told before cancelling the play for the day. T
Jim Courier definitely defended him, and said that it was clear to the players that play was suspended for the day. He did note that it looked bad. No idea if he was covering for Novak, but there is at least cover for the notion that Novak didn't force the issue.
I think we all agree that, given the forecast, the tournament could have scheduled the two men's SFs to be played simultaneously on different courts. There were already players disadvantaged by Wed. being a total washout. I still think they made a poor decision not to try to finish the 3rd set on Friday, but it seems that both players may have agreed to that. (Though, realistically, if Thiem did, he's an idiot.)
Funny, even as a Nadal fan, I don't feel he was robbed by rain in 2007 and don't remember that, at all. I remember the final, where I thought he had chances, but I don't remember holding any grudge about rain or the schedule. I'm willing to believe that both Djokovic and Thiem were apprised of their options and decided to go home that night and come back the next day. Even though it didn't keep raining, I don't think there was a chance they'd have finished that night. Best option was that they'd have finished the 3rd set. Given that Thiem eventually won, it may have helped him for the final, but really hard to say.
Not if there's cloud cover. In that case, it gets darker earlier. I made this point above.
Absolutely right. I always thought and still think, the only thing that he needs against wawrinka 2015 or other big hitter, is more aggression overall. He could do that, like in 2011 and most of 2015. Becker gave an interesting interview on German TV about that final 2015, and clearly described why he lost that match in his opinion: passivity from set 2 !!
I definitely agree that he got too passive in set 2 of that match. Protecting his lead, but not going for the win. I think he underestimated Wawrinka, a bit, rather thinking he'd collapse. When he realized he wasn't going to, it was too late, and Stan had built up a head of steam and confidence.
Thanks for your post. It’s exactly what I meant. By the way congrats to the Rafa Fans, i know your are one of them. Huge achievement !
They will be lighting up four courts next year and all courts the following year. Once the lights are installed, the matched will be allowed to proceed till 11 p.m. under the lights. he was aggressive and executed everything he could and still lost to Fed in 2011 semi. sometimes it's about his limits, not because he was passive. He could never be so effective offensive as some players.
