Nadal's schedule for 2017

[Carol]

In honor to my avatar...this is probably one of the first tournament that Rafa won, 13 years old

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdpg_VR25qQ[/video]

 

[the AntiPusher]

In honor to my avatar...this is probably one of the first tournament that Rafa won, 13 years old

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdpg_VR25qQ[/video]

Ash..that lil dude looks just like Rafa :laydownlaughing....just kidding thanks Miss Carol

 

[isabelle]

OMG, he was so funny !!!

 

[Carol]

Surprisingly Rafa will play doubles with Tomic in IW

https://twitter.com/ATPMediaInfo/status/833808053904478208/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

 

[isabelle]

Surprisingly Rafa will play doubles with Tomic in IW

https://twitter.com/ATPMediaInfo/status/833808053904478208/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

strange pair indeed

 

[the AntiPusher]

Surprisingly Rafa will play doubles with Tomic in IW

https://twitter.com/ATPMediaInfo/status/833808053904478208/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

strange pair indeed

WTF...does not make any sense..why would Rafa decide to play with that qloryfied pusher..i don't like that big Aussie sissy at all..

 

[Carol]

Surprisingly Rafa will play doubles with Tomic in IW

https://twitter.com/ATPMediaInfo/status/833808053904478208/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

strange pair indeed

WTF...does not make any sense..why would Rafa decide to play with that qloryfied pusher..i don't like that big Aussie sissy at all..

Well, maybe the big Aussie is going to learn something good from his partner, he should.....

 

[Front242]

The "glorified pusher" still hung fine with Nadal even after bilateral hip replacements...maybe he could actually teach him a few tricks too. How to hit winners with two gammy hips for a start.

 

[Carol]

The "glorified pusher" still hung fine with Nadal even after bilateral hip replacements...maybe he could actually teach him a few tricks too. How to hit winners with two gammy hips for a start.

Yeah.....like he does so many winners with so good results.....amazing...:cover

 

[Front242]

Did I say he had good results? No. He only lost the first set 6-4 at the AO 2014 and then had to retire as he had just come back from having both hips replaced. I'd say that shows he's pretty good and doesn't need to learn too much from Nadal if he can hang with him just fine with seriously compromised movement. He could sure teach him a thing or two about hitting winners too. Guy could barely move and was blasting winners at will. Most definitely not a pusher.

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7bQHjoD4_0[/video]

 

[Carol]

Then what kind of tricks is going to teach him and for what?! with or without hips replacements he doesn't have anything to teach him, as player and as person

 

[Front242]

Then what kind of tricks is going to teach him and for what?! with or without hips replacements he doesn't have anything to teach him, as player and as person

You clearly didn't watch the highlights. If he can barely move and still only lose by a single break because he was hitting winners everywhere I'd say he could teach Nadal a lot.

 

[Carol]

Then what kind of tricks is going to teach him and for what?! with or without hips replacements he doesn't have anything to teach him, as player and as person

You clearly didn't watch the highlights. If he can barely move and still only lose by a single break because he was hitting winners everywhere I'd say he could teach Nadal a lot.

I've watched but it doesn't tell me anything. Nadal knew to make winners and also winning MS and GS even when his knee was in bad conditions, that was a good lesson for the others

 

[Front242]

Then what kind of tricks is going to teach him and for what?! with or without hips replacements he doesn't have anything to teach him, as player and as person

You clearly didn't watch the highlights. If he can barely move and still only lose by a single break because he was hitting winners everywhere I'd say he could teach Nadal a lot.

I've watched but it doesn't tell me anything. Nadal knew to make winners and also winning MS and GS even when his knee was in bad conditions, that was a good lesson for the others

He was never unable to move to that degree, besides possibly 1 set of the AO 2014 and even then ran down more balls than Tomic. Tomic barely moved for any balls and still hit tons of winners. Nadal never won any grand slam with a bad knee btw.

 

[Puppet Master]

You clearly didn't watch the highlights. If he can barely move and still only lose by a single break because he was hitting winners everywhere I'd say he could teach Nadal a lot.

I've watched but it doesn't tell me anything. Nadal knew to make winners and also winning MS and GS even when his knee was in bad conditions, that was a good lesson for the others

He was never unable to move to that degree, besides possibly 1 set of the AO 2014 and even then ran down more balls than Tomic. Tomic barely moved for any balls and still hit tons of winners. Nadal never won any grand slam with a bad knee btw.

You are making it sound like Tomic was in a wheelchair for crying out loud. Round of 64 is round 2 in a slam, how the hell did Tomic get past round 1 if he was so injured, don't be ridiculous.
Tomic isn't a very explosive guy, and his movement is utter crap, especially when he gets lazy and starts tanking. He has a nice game, and I would call him talented (not insanely talented) but he is just missing quite a few screws up there, and one could argue that he isn't even committed to tennis full time with all the partying he does.
As for the winners, he doesn't really blast that many winners, that is no secret. He does have a tendency to push the ball, even though the dude has some fine firepower, he opts to just push it back into play. As he doesn't take the ball early, you can imagine what kind of horrible errors he can produce with this strategy.

 

[Front242]

I've watched but it doesn't tell me anything. Nadal knew to make winners and also winning MS and GS even when his knee was in bad conditions, that was a good lesson for the others

He was never unable to move to that degree, besides possibly 1 set of the AO 2014 and even then ran down more balls than Tomic. Tomic barely moved for any balls and still hit tons of winners. Nadal never won any grand slam with a bad knee btw.

You are making it sound like Tomic was in a wheelchair for crying out loud. Round of 64 is round 2 in a slam, how the hell did Tomic get past round 1 if he was so injured, don't be ridiculous.
Tomic isn't a very explosive guy, and his movement is utter crap, especially when he gets lazy and starts tanking. He has a nice game, and I would call him talented (not insanely talented) but he is just missing quite a few screws up there, and one could argue that he isn't even committed to tennis full time with all the partying he does.
As for the winners, he doesn't really blast that many winners, that is no secret. He does have a tendency to push the ball, even though the dude has some fine firepower, he opts to just push it back into play. As he doesn't take the ball early, you can imagine what kind of horrible errors he can produce with this strategy.

Did you watch it properly? He barely ran for any balls there at all and there were many points where he stayed static and just changed the direction of the ball to hit winners by moving nothing but his arms and torso. It was a first round match btw. Video is labelled incorrectly on Youtube.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_Singles

 

[Puppet Master]

He was never unable to move to that degree, besides possibly 1 set of the AO 2014 and even then ran down more balls than Tomic. Tomic barely moved for any balls and still hit tons of winners. Nadal never won any grand slam with a bad knee btw.

You are making it sound like Tomic was in a wheelchair for crying out loud. Round of 64 is round 2 in a slam, how the hell did Tomic get past round 1 if he was so injured, don't be ridiculous.
Tomic isn't a very explosive guy, and his movement is utter crap, especially when he gets lazy and starts tanking. He has a nice game, and I would call him talented (not insanely talented) but he is just missing quite a few screws up there, and one could argue that he isn't even committed to tennis full time with all the partying he does.
As for the winners, he doesn't really blast that many winners, that is no secret. He does have a tendency to push the ball, even though the dude has some fine firepower, he opts to just push it back into play. As he doesn't take the ball early, you can imagine what kind of horrible errors he can produce with this strategy.

Did you watch it properly? He barely ran for any balls there at all and there were many points where he stayed static and just changed the direction of the ball to hit winners by moving nothing but his arms and torso. It was a first round match btw. Video is labelled incorrectly on Youtube.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_Singles

My bad then, it was idiotic of me not to remember that was actually the first round, as there are many very high quality highlights of AO 2014 on YouTube, and me being the loyal fan I am, I have rewatched those quite a bit. :snicker Strange.
As for Tomic, he literally did what you speak of today, agaisnt Darcis. There is footage of it. The guy went into crazy tank mode today. He let shots fly past him that some players would hit for winners. And I don't remember him having a hip replacement surgery recently.
But that is Bernard for you.
Yes he was hampered a lot in 2014, the fact that he had to retire proves it, but saying he could teach Nadal some things is humoruous to say the least. When Rafa starts smacking winners, even sworn enemies of his like yourself appreciate it. :laydownlaughing
Those DTL forehands that are going out as he hits them and then the trajectory bends back into the court, pure magic. Look what you made me do, now I have to rewatch the masterclasses at RG 2013 and 2014.

 

[Front242]

Nadal's banana shots are indeed cool, I'll admit or should I say were as they're few and far between these days. Tomic is a tanker alright and something that rhymes with tanker also and he's another wasted talent. Much like Monfils without the mad jumping skills and speed, he can be ferocious when he goes for winners but chooses to play like Bambi most of the time. Oh dear. Or deer :cover

 

[Carol]

You clearly didn't watch the highlights. If he can barely move and still only lose by a single break because he was hitting winners everywhere I'd say he could teach Nadal a lot.

I've watched but it doesn't tell me anything. Nadal knew to make winners and also winning MS and GS even when his knee was in bad conditions, that was a good lesson for the others

He was never unable to move to that degree, besides possibly 1 set of the AO 2014 and even then ran down more balls than Tomic. Tomic barely moved for any balls and still hit tons of winners. Nadal never won any grand slam with a bad knee btw.

Yeah.... he was wearing a bandage on both knees just to look better.......:roll eyes:

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1yfWb0-jqQ[/video]

 

[Carol]

And I can show you more and more and more......

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkI4FpZDQcc[/video]