Analyzing Nick's Masterpiece Nadal Beatdown

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scoopmalinowski writes:

Nadal never beats himself. Kyrgios is his kryptonite. When Kyrgios is inspired hes too much for Nadal on hard court. Kyrgios just needs to be inspired fully for every match.

 

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catherine writes:

Does anyone care about the women's event ? Seems not.

 

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Hartt writes:

Catherine, I saw the final and was surprised at how easily Garbine won, with a bread stick and a bagel, after Simona won so easily yesterday. I like Mugu and hope that she will continue to play more consistent tennis.

 

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catherine writes:

My comment on the final is simply that Simona appears a rather immature player who really has a lot to learn and her position at number 2 in the world is a joke. How long Cahill will stand her failures in big matches is questionable. The USO may prove me wrong but I don't think so. Having said that I will now take a rest from this site.

 

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catherine writes:

Hartt - I think Garbine's beginning to show she can be consistent and she's only 23 I think. What's depressing about Simona is this loss is added to her previous one (can't remember who she played) where she lost love sets and then didn't seem to have a clue what the problem was. Cahill must be feeling pretty desperate. I'm serious about taking a rest - I've run out of anything interesting to say for the time being and I miss the conversations we used to have with Andrew. Naturally I'll be following the USO - will be a poignant experience for Kerber, returning to the scene of her big win and she is now on her way out of the top 10. Stan of course won't be there.

 

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Hartt writes:

Catherine, please don't leave! Simona is an enigma. Yesterday she played a brilliant match against Stephens, winning easily. Some said Sloane was tired, which is likely true, but Simona played first-rate tennis from the first shot to the last. And then today she was creamed by Garbine, who played very well, but it should not have been that kind of drubbing.

 

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Hartt writes:

Dimitrov just played an exceptional match to win the Cincy final over Kyrgios. So, another new Masters champ. Will Dimitrov be able to continue this level of play at the USO?

 

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Doug Day writes:

A Fed in Full (baby fed no more!)

 

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scoopmalinowski writes:

Super G is ready to win usopen. Brilliant spectacular win today. Nicks intensity was not fully there today like it was vs rafa.

 

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Duke Carnoustie writes:

Sorry Catherine, The women's event was good but rain wreaked havoc on it and the last two days were duds. Garbine is the best though. I wasn't able to watch as much as I would have liked. Sorry for your loss and terrible performance from Simona. I agree that Cahill needs to call it quits. I always felt he is a little overrated.

 

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scoopmalinowski writes:

Super G is ready to win usopen. Brilliant spectacular win today. Nicks intensity was not fully there today like it was vs rafa.

I'd say that Dimi played much better than Nadal, that was the big difference

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

Cahill is an excellent coach and broadcaster but he blew that Nadal vs Kyrgios match by saying Rafa was the "heavy favorite." Which showed he really can't read Nick at all. But I have to admit lately it does seem Cahill is kind of on autopilot, he doesn't really say anything very interesting, he's just going through the verbal motions giving viewers just the basics with no juice or really interesting insights. Getting kind of stale.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

Carol, Kyrgios was far more locked in and inspired vs Rafa. Cmons and fist pumps early and throughout. Grunting throughout. Vs Dimitrov it was different Nick. Like Nick was the favorite. He definitely was clearly more inspired and fired up to slay Rafa than to beat Dimitrov today. Today he was whining about calls and missed calls. Vs Rafa he was totally locked in and focused on the task at hand. Nick at is best was too much for Rafa. Nick today was more at his normal regular level and it was not good enough to take down Dimitrov. Not sure if Dimitrov would have beaten Rafa in the final today if Rafa had beaten regular level Nick.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

Carol, Kyrgios was far more locked in and inspired vs Rafa. Cmons and fist pumps early and throughout. Grunting throughout. Vs Dimitrov it was different Nick. Like Nick was the favorite. He definitely was clearly more inspired and fired up to slay Rafa than to beat Dimitrov today. Today he was whining about calls and missed calls. Vs Rafa he was totally locked in and focused on the task at hand. Nick at is best was too much for Rafa. Nick today was more at his normal regular level and it was not good enough to take down Dimitrov. Not sure if Dimitrov would have beaten Rafa in the final today if Rafa had beaten regular level Nick.

Kyrgios always is whining when the opponent is beatten him or he calls the trainer because his hip, his shoulder or whatever, he is a bad loser. Nadal played horrible since the beginning of the match starting with his serve and doing errors by errors so Kyrgios didn't have to do too much and too be focused, Nadal helped him to look much better that he really was. Yesterday I said that if Dimi plays well then Kyrgios couldn't do too much, I was right

 

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Duke Carnoustie writes:

Jack Sock has split his last 12 matches. The six losses have all come to lower ranked players - Vesely at RG, Ofner at SW19, Edmund in Atlanta, Anderson at Washington, Ferrer at Montreal and Sugita at Cincinnati.

 

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catherine writes:

Hartt - no, maybe I'll just cut down a bit on comments. Sometimes I do get internet fatigue Re Simona - she won easily against Sloane because Sloane had played 2 matches the previous day and was drained, possibly more mentally than physically. So that wasn't much of a challenge. But come yesterday against a stronger, fitter and more thinking player Simona didn't have any answers. And neither did Cahill. 'She's playing well' he said at occ. Really ? How profound. As Scoop noted re commentating, Cahill's getting stale. I wonder if Simona wouldn't be better off with a woman coach, if there was one. Someone who wouldn't have any patience with her cutesy-pie act. And if Simona's a bit obsessed with that No 1 ranking perhaps she should have a word with Angie who is now No6 and falling.

 

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catherine writes:

Duke - no need for apology - the women's event didn't produce fireworks I admit. I'm not a Halep booster particularly. Her personality gets her lots of fans but I really don't feel, with her tactically limited game and disinclination to attack, that she's going to dominate when there are stronger players around. Unless there's a big change. Her relationship with Cahill is far too comfortable.I don't think he reads her well. Everyone here knows the player I follow (faithfully) but I won't mention Her Name and won't have to for much longer anyway since she's off over the horizon

 

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Kyrgios always is whining when the opponent is beatten him or he calls the trainer because his hip, his shoulder or whatever, he is a bad loser. Nadal played horrible since the beginning of the match starting with his serve and doing errors by errors so Kyrgios didn't have to do too much and too be focused, Nadal helped him to look much better that he really was. Yesterday I said that if Dimi plays well then Kyrgios couldn't do too much, I was right

Did you see the end of the match? Nick was extremely gracious in defeat. Much more so than the grumpy crooked mouth scowl your favourite player puts on when he loses. Regarding injuries, you really need to sort out your deplorable bias 'cos you never questioned Murray's hip injury as he's your 2nd favourite player I believe and yet you claim Kyrgios complains about his hip and shoulder when he loses. When Nick is injured he either retires from the match or doesn't play the tournament. It's as simple as that.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

"Show me a good loser and I will show you a loser." I respect any player who hates to lose and who is not afraid to show their deep disgust when losing. I remember Arnaud Clement said he thought it was really abnormal for any player to accept losing so easily.

 

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Hartt writes:

Although I was shocked by the lopsided score in the women;s final, I was not surprised by the result. Had both Muguruza and Halep played their very best, Garbine, with her superior firepower, still would have won. I wonder if too much is expected of Halep, if reaching No. 2 and winning a fair number of tournaments is her ceiling. When a player like Garbine is playing well, Simona does not have the weapons to combat that, her excellent defense is not enough. I don't think changing coaches is the answer. In fact, without Cahill, a coach she knows and trusts, I suspect Simona could have worse results.