CANADIAN MASTERS 2013 MONTREAL 2-11 August

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1972Murat said:
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I see Rafa has taken to tugging his front as well as the back of his shorts! Classy.

Hey, that's ONLY during returns...;)

True :) Nice for the handshake later though, huh? Well soiled with sweat on both sides out in that heat. Pretty damn manky.
 

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Rafa looks as bad here as Novak was yesterday.
 

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wrong again darth fed.


it is what it is. I cant see nadal winning more than 3-5 games.


there have been at least 7 or 8 matches on the hard courts where nole completely brutalized nadal. I mean the scores were like 3 and 2 and the like.

and that is when nadal was moving well and was actually a little bit better on the hard courts.

now he cant return serve at all. he has little or no confidence in his backhand.


so I am being realistic.


you got the wrong guy folks. I am nadal`s toughest critic. I will not cut him any slack at all.

I will call it like I see it.
 

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Matosevic simply had to break there given the degree of slop being thrown at him. Fail.
 

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Front242 said:
1972Murat said:
Front242 said:
I see Rafa has taken to tugging his front as well as the back of his shorts! Classy.

Hey, that's ONLY during returns...;)

True :) Nice for the handshake later though, huh? Well soiled with sweat on both sides out in that heat. Pretty damn manky.

I may have figured why Nadal has the "picking" habit. I am thinking , in normal life, he is boxers type of guy. But you cannot really play tennis with boxers, it would be like Free Willy 5 or something, very uncomfortable, so he wears the tighty whities for tennis that he is not used to, hence the picking :cool:
 

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1972Murat said:
Front242 said:
1972Murat said:
Front242 said:
I see Rafa has taken to tugging his front as well as the back of his shorts! Classy.

Hey, that's ONLY during returns...;)

True :) Nice for the handshake later though, huh? Well soiled with sweat on both sides out in that heat. Pretty damn manky.

I might have figured why Nadal has the "picking" habit. I am thinking , in normal life, he is boxers type of guy. But you cannot really play tennis with boxers, it would be like Free Willy 5 or something, very uncomfortable, so he wears the tighty whities for tennis that he is not used to, hence the picking :cool:

:D
 

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Clay Death said:
wrong again darth fed.


it is what it is. I cant see nadal winning more than 3-5 games.


there have been at least 7 or 8 matches on the hard courts where nole completely brutalized nadal. I mean the scores were like 3 and 2 and the like.

and that is when nadal was moving well and was actually a little bit better on the hard courts.

now he cant return serve at all. he has little or no confidence in his backhand.


so I am being realistic.


you got the wrong guy folks. I am nadal`s toughest critic. I will not cut him any slack at all.

I will call it like I see it.

there is nothing wrong with calling the anticipated results as you see it.. Nothing wrong at all
 

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I'm very pleased with Nadal's level of play at this tournament. I thought he would struggle a little bit because of the long layout but he looks sharp in his first three matches. I'm curious to see how he plays Djokovic tomorrow.
 

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His serving is crap tonight though and he'll need to be a lot sharper in that department.
 

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tented said:
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A true shame that Ernie lost to the scum. But that's why Ernie is what he is, just a dangerous player without much hopes to be near the top.

Yeah, he's another one of those players with talent and potential who never consistently gets it together enough to capitalize on them. He's something akin to a B version of Berdych, another big guy with easy power.
somewhat Agree but Berdych truly cares about winning but not every week.. Ernie blew his best chance ever to advance to the finals of a MS.. This lost may haunt him for a while if he truly gives a darn about his tennis career
 

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nehmeth said:
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I see Rafa has taken to tugging his front as well as the back of his shorts! Classy.

:puzzled shades of Roddick.....


:nono:nono:nono

Yeah lol. Now we have his alter ego Naddick
 

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My ESPN2 is dead, and I have no streams. Aside from the partisanship, how's it looking? Can I get an overview?
 

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Moxie629 said:
My ESPN2 is dead, and I have no streams. Aside from the partisanship, how's it looking? Can I get an overview?

Surely some from here should work for you. Nadal's up a break 4-2 in set 2. Serving better in set 2, served poorly in set 1 but won the set easily as Matosevic had way too many UFE's, mostly on his forehand.

http://www.livescorehunter.com/Livescores/Livescore-Tennis.html
 

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1972Murat said:
Front242 said:
1972Murat said:
Front242 said:
I see Rafa has taken to tugging his front as well as the back of his shorts! Classy.

Hey, that's ONLY during returns...;)

True :) Nice for the handshake later though, huh? Well soiled with sweat on both sides out in that heat. Pretty damn manky.

I may have figured why Nadal has the "picking" habit. I am thinking , in normal life, he is boxers type of guy. But you cannot really play tennis with boxers, it would be like Free Willy 5 or something, very uncomfortable, so he wears the tighty whities for tennis that he is not used to, hence the picking :cool:

WAY too much thinking about Nadal's underwear. He says it's a habit...can't you guys just leave it at that? (BTW, I have no visual, so I can only comment to your goofy posts. :snigger)