Thiem had been chasing down Nadal since the later part of winter.. He has played as many matches,with the exception of Nadal. You are correct he was drained and Novak was the perfect vulture to claim his corpse in Roma..
I'm pretty sure you mean that "Rafa" is the poster-boy for all of Front's PED theories, no? Roger is his paragon of virtue and tennis talent. And Front's not alone in that. The problem for me is the double-standard. I don't buy much into these conspiracies, and I'm not sure where you're going with the Roger not playing RG. My only complaint is that Front is still willing to make *cough* innuendos, and see no irony in Roger's annus mirabilis, compared to his old list of complaints. The reality is that Front and some others are convinced that Roger's accomplishments are completely down to talent, and yet have to lay Rafa's to dope. Two great champions, both having done so much. One squeaky clean, one not. How do you really square that, with the results? For the record, I think they're both clean.
As long as you realize that, for now, we're still in the realm of fiction. Two confident matches in a year doesn't necessarily shake folks in their boots. I'll see your apfelstrudel and raise you a seafood paella.
Hmmmm, I don't know what to say but it seems that surface started to be slower since 2001 when some players started to complain about it . Nadal was 15 years old and still an amateur........
I know I and others have had this argument with Darth for years.. Rafa and Novak became better on the grass but never as dominant as ROger but good enough to level the playing field against the big servers with fantastic ability to return of serve and extend the point.
No..when you see someone that does something at an advanced age that never been done before.. it brings up red flags.. ask Kieran about it
