commentators on Amazon Prime kept going on about some sort of knee injury. To be honest I don't know if it's real or not. Whenever I bothered to watch he was moving ok. The whole injury narrative seemed to occur if Karen put together a few good shots. Didn't know if it was a bunch of Rafa fans commentating in the end
That's what I don't get, and you nailed it. You guys are all acting like the commies are Rafa fans making excuses. Let's just remember that came from commentators. I hope he's not bothered by the knee, though. If so, he should bail out now, including Miami, and protect his RG possibilities.commentators on Amazon Prime kept going on about some sort of knee injury. To be honest I don't know if it's real or not. Whenever I bothered to watch he was moving ok. The whole injury narrative seemed to occur if Karen put together a few good shots. Didn't know if it was a bunch of Rafa fans commentating in the end
Obviously there was a dig intended. But that is disappointing and disturbing to hear. As I said above, he has to protect his clay season, though. If he's injured, I don't see what there is to discuss. There are a few Rafa fans here that do play directly into the "if Rafa lost he was injured" trope, but not all of us. Folks could ignore the others. That's why it goes on for 12 pages, frankly. But the Fed fans are getting nearly as bad with that, and have always leaned hard on "if Fed lost he played crap," anyway, and not so much credit to the guy who beat him.
According to Fed fans, Roger beat Tiafoe, Youzhny, F. Lopez and Kohlschreiber with a bad back at USO 2017. Finally caught up to him with del Potro. Did an injured player beat a healthy one today? Players carry niggles. It depends on when they get bad. Monfils withdrew yesterday with an Achilles that was worsened, but not new. So he beat other players this week with a sore Achilles.
No dig, Mox. Guy is limping, should withdraw the next match. Is really that simple.
You didn't post it, El Dude did, so you don't have to defend it. And he owned the dig. It wasn't at Rafa, it was at Rafa fans who post here. Also, it was fairly mild, just irritating. No point in dragging this one out.
Oh, dear. As I said, I haven't seen the match. I figured if he'd done so well v. KK, who I did consider a dangerous opponent, that he couldn't be that hurt. Especially given some of the above comments. Mrzz said he looked impaired, but Federberg said he looked fine and it was the commentators ginning it up. Lob thinks that the calling for the trainer was to distract KK. Hard to know until I see it for myself, I guess.
I've only watched the scores, but Nadal had at least 3x MPs at 5-4 in the first. KK held him off and forced the TB, which he lost at 2. He was also down an early break in the 2nd. I think you're wrong about when Nadal took the MTO, because I noticed that Rafa had just won the game and was up when he took the MTO. From the scores, it looked like KK was having a hard time holding his own. To make it about the MTO seems a bit much, but I'll watch the match and get back to you.
Puny, as usual. If Rafa's knees are bothering him, this is not positive news for him, or for his fans. I hope his knees are not bothering him. I hope he plays tomorrow and wins. Is it really necessary to set up the pre-narrative?
What I think a lot of non-Rafa fans don't appreciate is that Nadal can play with a lot of pain. He's a very committed player. If he was lesser, he probably did take KK apart because he could. Something for Khachanov to ruminate over, as he moves up the ladder.
