Barcelona 500 - 18th April to 24th April 2016

[Front242]

Expecting Kei to hold service twice in a row is a bit much I guess ? :nono

 

[kskate2]

Bernardes is calling everyone for a Time Violation. Did he give one to the crowd yet? hehe

 

[kskate2]

Samurai going stupid again and now it's MP

 

[Kieran]

Brilliant by both men! :clap

 

[Kieran]

My feed must be way behind, Rafa only got to match point now!

 

[Front242]

As expected he doesn't hold serve and loses it quite spectacularly badly on a lame netted forehand. Good match though.

 

[kskate2]

Well done by Nadal winning two titles back-to-back. That's a 1500 point bump in his rank and I would have to say gives him a ton of confidence heading into the home stretch of warmups.

 

[Kieran]

Very good match, outside the serves, but that happens more on clay than any other surface. Great rallies and always with these men, you get grit and fight.

Two great weeks for Rafa! :clap :clap

 

[Kieran]

Rafa looks tough again, and he hasn't looked mentally tough in a looooong time....

 

[rafanoy1992]

Very good match, outside the serves, but that happens more on clay than any other surface. Great rallies and always with these men, you get grit and fight.

Two great weeks for Rafa! :clap :clap

Now, can he just skip Madrid and just play Rome instead?

 

[Kieran]

Very good match, outside the serves, but that happens more on clay than any other surface. Great rallies and always with these men, you get grit and fight.

Two great weeks for Rafa! :clap :clap

Now, can he just skip Madrid and just play Rome instead?

If only, eh?

 

[kskate2]

Very good match, outside the serves, but that happens more on clay than any other surface. Great rallies and always with these men, you get grit and fight.

Two great weeks for Rafa! :clap :clap

Now, can he just skip Madrid and just play Rome instead?

I doubt that will happen. He needs to seize any opportunity to pick up points before RG seedings.

 

[Carol]

Very good match, outside the serves, but that happens more on clay than any other surface. Great rallies and always with these men, you get grit and fight.

Two great weeks for Rafa! :clap :clap

Now, can he just skip Madrid and just play Rome instead?

I wish but he won't :s

 

[Carol]

I haven't seen the match, just the scores . How was the Rafa's serve ??? :huh:

 

[Front242]

At number 5 he risks drawing Novak in the quarters again. That can't happen if he's number 4 I believe so expect him to play both Madrid and Rome.

 

[Kieran]

I haven't seen the match, just the scores . How was the Rafa's serve ??? :huh:

Same as ever, but Kei took a few chunks out of it. It was a good match though, some brilliant shots and rallies from both of them...

 

[Front242]

I haven't seen the match, just the scores . How was the Rafa's serve ??? :huh:

Both guys served badly but the serves Nadal actually put in were faster than usual. Seemed that way to me anyway.

 

[the AntiPusher]

I think Rafa will be pressed hard by some common sense ..Skip Madrid.. stay fresh for Rome and RG..

Vamos.. And I still hold true to my point! Bring on Djoker right now.. only his first serve percentage can be better but everything else looks to be on point at this stage in the clay season, IMO

 

[kskate2]

I think Rafa will be pressed hard by some common sense ..Skip Madrid.. stay fresh for Rome and RG..

Vamos.. And I still hold true to my point! Bring on Djoker right now.. only his first serve percentage can be better but everything else looks to be on point at this stage in the clay season, IMO

He's not ready for the likes of Novak yet. Those 2nd serves are a generous love offering right now. He will get pummeled into submission like IW. He needs to get that placement and speed a little better first.

 

[the AntiPusher]

I haven't seen the match, just the scores . How was the Rafa's serve ??? :huh:

Both guys served badly but the serves Nadal actually put in were faster than usual. Seemed that way to me anyway.

but the serves Nadal actually put in were faster than usual

I guess that is a backhand compliment from you.. there's still hope I guess 4 U