Nadal's Greatest Worry vs Gasquet

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Not to disrespect, but Gasquet has a big serve? I've seen him play plenty, and I don't see that. I'd call it simply an average ATP serve.

Agreed.. Its just an average serve which was evident today because he couldn't sustain any separation from Ferrer. Sure.. RG can crank serves at upper 120 mph at times but to have a great serve you need great placement at all times and very special players like Sampras and Isner can still crank the upper 120 mphs after 3 or more hours

Except I never said he had a great serve, placement, or that he can serve big after 3 hours. In fact, I pretty much said he'll fade as the match progressed. I only said he can serve big. Check out his serving throughout his career.

BS.. that's not much of a statement.. almost every ATP player can crank a few in the 120's or 130 a few times. Serena can crank it at 120s better than most men on the tour including Rafa:blush:

That was my point, tons of players CAN serve high 120's but Gasquet is not going to do that consistently. I don't consider the serve a big weapon of his. Similarly, darn near everyone can rip the forehand here and there. The question is whether he can do that consistently, generally he doesn't have the confidence to do it often it seems. Against Rafa he will have to rip the forehand often and win a lot of cheap points on serve.

But that's literally what I said in my first post. Gasquet can serve big, can rip his forehand, but that shot is ultimately too inconsistent, and Nadal will use his own forehand to run him around and break down his groundies.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

Slipping on his own profuse drool over the thought of eating RG alive in the semis!

Cheers

TM

eh :huh: whats with this arrogant nonsense..this is disprespecting tennis uzzled

at least have the class to wait until nadal is actually in the SF until you poast stuff like this.

Sorry, I meant to refer to Robredo in the quarters...first.

THEN Rishard.

Remember, Robredo is no Steve Darcis..

Cheers

TM

steve darcis is no stevie g, or even stevie me..or even shakin stevie erm I mean stevie stevens..

thus endeth the verbal mantra.

leapfrog the dog.

JLLB.