Nadal..Can he ever win the World Tour Finals ?.

[Fiero425]

this year was his best chance to win, cupcake draw, below par Federer in SF, and a surface not exactly lightning fast even if it did speed up at the end of the tourney..a bit.

MegaRafa of 2013 couldn't do it..so can he ever win the Year End Finale ?.

The surface is utterly horrible for his game. I really wouldn't take his failures there too seriously, because he is so disadvantaged by the low-bouncing court that it is basically unfair to him. Probably no other court (certainly not at any Grand Slam or Masters 1000) favors Nadal's opposition over him more than the court at the O2. He doesn't really have the game for succeeding against the very best on it, if they are playing to their potential.

That said, I could see him winning the event once, at some point, if some things fall into place for him. With the young generation being so weak, he'll probably play in the World Tour Finals another 7 to 10 times, so you'd think that he could pull it off once.

7-10 more chances? Nadal? :lolz: :snigger :laydownlaughing - I don't think so! :nono

Why not? You think Tomic and Raonic will keep a 32-year-old Nadal out of the World Tour Finals?:lolz:

You guys think that in 5 years some other players won't come up through the rankings and step up to the plate? I am far from being an advocate of the younger generation, but ultimately someone will take central role and start winning big, other than the current top guys. This status quo cannot go on forever.
The current era as it is good for the next 2 or 3 years the most. I bet 5 of the top 10 will be different in 3 years from now and no, they will not be ranked 6-10.
Therefore I am giving Rafa 3 more chances the most. That is all he got.

Well I was stuck in the 80's, but some here are stuck in the past decade! It's ridiculous to think the status quo will continue for another 5-10 years! Dimitrov will come into his own soon enough, Delpo might start fulfilling his promise, and Nole will have less miles on him than Nadal and Murray! Federer will already be gone unless he pathetically hangs on like Ken Rosewell, producing magic to make it to a major final, only to be annihilated by younger and hungrier talent! I love Roger and his play style, but it gets frustrating watching him think he can hang back on the baseline and rally with players of today! He looks foolish when you know he has the capability to come in and force the action; sorta like taking Nole out of FO semi a couple years ago! He may not stay in the top 10 unless he turns it around real soon! If he goes out early at AO, it might just be over for him in the top ranks!

 

[Fiero425]

Move Masters on clay and Nadal'll win it...indoor favoured Nalby, Nole and Youngderer as well as Sampras and J.Mac

No, we have enough clay and outdoor hard courts of varying (invariably slower) speeds. We need to keep this the biggest indoor hard (or carpet) event of the year at the end of the indoor season. At least, that is what I believe is best for the game--variety baby. :idea:

Before tennis blew up and took over in the mid 70's, The Masters moved around the world and was played on different surfaces! My first was in '74; Vilas over Nastase in Australia on grass! The following year Nastase beat Borg indoors in Stockholm! I also think it needs to stay indoors regardless of the country! There are enough hard court and clay events out there that we don't need to pander to the baseline culture for the year end tourney!