Nadalites – Rafa Nadal Talk

[Moxie]

Nadal in one word, per his fellow players:

 

[atttomole]

Nadal in one word, per his fellow players:

I like that you have something for Federer, Nadal and Djokovic in one word. I hope you can do the same for Wawrinka too.

 

[Moxie]

I like that you have something for Federer, Nadal and Djokovic in one word. I hope you can find something for Wawrinka too.

Or you could look for it. But then you'd have to start a fan thread for him.

Maybe more interesting would be "one word" to describe Kyrgios, though I could guess at what some of the choices would be.

 

[atttomole]

Or you could look for it. But then you'd have to start a fan thread for him.

Maybe more interesting would be "one word" to describe Kyrgios, though I could guess at what some of the choices would be.

I was thinking about Kyrgios too. A lot can be said about the guy.

 

[Moxie]

I was thinking about Kyrgios too. A lot can be said about the guy.

Right, but one word. And if I were making the rules, I'd exclude "dick." I'm guessing "unpredictable" and "crazy" would feature. Right now I'm watching him about to close out Nishioka. He's been pretty stable for the most part in this match.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Right, but one word. And if I were making the rules, I'd exclude "dick." I'm guessing "unpredictable" and "crazy" would feature. Right now I'm watching him about to close out Nishioka. He's been pretty stable for the most part in this match.

That means his Bipolar meds were working tonight

 

[monfed]

dull will be ultra focused for USO now.

 

[Nadalfan2013]

Nadal won the Canadian Open while both Djokovic and Federer lost in Cincinnati...

Nadal has 35 Masters 1000 titles to Djokovic's 33 and Federer's 28...

Also by winning his 5th Canadian Open, Nadal has now won 5 titles or more in FOUR separate Masters 1000 tournaments. And he did it on 2 separate surfaces.

Both Djokovic and Federer have won 5 titles or more in only TWO separate Masters 1000 tournaments. They both did it on only 1 surface.

 

[DarthFed]

Nadal won the Canadian Open while both Djokovic and Federer lost in Cincinnati...

Nadal has 35 Masters 1000 titles to Djokovic's 33 and Federer's 28...

Also by winning his 5th Canadian Open, Nadal has now won 5 titles or more in FOUR separate Masters 1000 tournaments. And he did it on 2 separate surfaces.

Both Djokovic and Federer have won 5 titles or more in only TWO separate Masters 1000 tournaments. They both did it on only 1 surface.

Nice little golf clap. Though I would say Roger won 4 at Hamburg and 2 at Madrid which replaced Hamburg. If we are no longer counting the former tournament that means we don't count Madrid which means Rafa hasn't won at Shanghai on top of being useless at Miami, Paris, and YEC. Not to mention he's the only big 3 or even big 4 player that does not even have 5 titles total on grass.

 

[Nadalfan2013]

Nice little golf clap. Though I would say Roger won 4 at Hamburg and 2 at Madrid which replaced Hamburg. If we are no longer counting the former tournament that means we don't count Madrid which means Rafa hasn't won at Shanghai on top of being useless at Miami, Paris, and YEC. Not to mention he's the only big 3 or even big 4 player that does not even have 5 titles total on grass.

This thread isn’t about silver olympics medallist and 1 clay slam winner Federer. He has his own thread so you can post his recent accomplishments over there. :sleep:

 

[DarthFed]

It's much more fun to hijack the thread celebrating the boring island tard.

 

[Jelenafan]

Hopefully this year Rafa will have his 15th consecutive year ranked in the top 10 ( 14 of 15 ranked top 5).

 

[DarthFed]

Nadal is currently on his all-time best streak of 6 straight major semis. For some reason this hasn't been celebrated on here. All things must come to an end.

 

[Jelenafan]

Nadal has 35 Masters 1000 titles to Djokovic's 33 and Federer's 28...
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Masters are played back to back to back, no respite against a stacked field.

 

[Moxie]

Masters are played back to back to back, no respite against a stacked field.

Only 4 are played back to back: IW/Miami and Canada/Cincy. But it has been argued that they are especially tough, given that there are no days off, and the there are no easy rounds, in theory.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Only 4 are played back to back: IW/Miami and Canada/Cincy. But it has been argued that they are especially tough, given that there are no days off, and the there are no easy rounds, in theory.

Those comments don't apply to IW/M. As they happen over two weeks, there are some days off (although there is no guarantee that you won't play two days in a row, even if there are no weather issues). Also, since the draw size is 96, you do get some easy rounds at the beginning.

 

[The_Grand_Slam]

I'd argue M1000 have become easier to win after 2009 with the byes and no b05 final formats.

There's also lot of luck involved as well because with smaller draw size the possibility of lopsided draws increases

 

[DarthFed]

Oh God, not this garbage where MS events mean as much as majors because they are supposedly harder to win (they aren't).

 

[Jelenafan]

Oh God, not this garbage where MS events mean as much as majors because they are supposedly harder to win (they aren't).

Uh..nobody said that.

The comment was Masters are tough events, and as I was corrected, but some of them have back to back matches. Aren’t most played quarters, SF and finals on consecutive days?

On a side note, when was a Masters final last played as best of five.

 

[DarthFed]

Uh..nobody said that.

The comment was Masters are tough events, and as I was corrected, but some of them have back to back matches. Aren’t most played quarters, SF and finals on consecutive days?

On a side note, when was a Masters final last played as best of five.

They stopped best of 5 at non-slams after 2006 mostly due to the Rome final.