Rogers Cup Final - Nadal v. Raonic

[Murat Baslamisli]

If only this Nadal kid had some "talent" , he would have probably won the most Masters 1000...oh wait....

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Milos' French went only so far, swicthed in mid sentence.That was funny.

 

[calitennis127]

Well today I was given vindication for my original intuition about Raonic. Good grief is he terrible from the baseline.

 

[calitennis127]

If only this Nadal kid had some "talent" , he would have probably won the most Masters 1000...oh wait....

Clay.

 

[DarthFed]

He's got 7 on HC's Cali, he's done alright for himself.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

If only this Nadal kid had some "talent" , he would have probably won the most Masters 1000...oh wait....

Clay.

Sure

 

[Kieran]

Cali, what did you base your prediction upon? :laydownlaughing

 

[calitennis127]

If only this Nadal kid had some "talent" , he would have probably won the most Masters 1000...oh wait....

Clay.

Sure

Absolutely.

 

[atttomole]

An outstanding Masters record for Rafa.

 

[calitennis127]

Cali, what did you base your prediction upon? :laydownlaughing

The fact that I have a hard time imagining the tour to be so bad at this point that Nadal can win 5 consecutive matches on hardcourts.

There was a time - i.e. 2005-2009 - when this virtually never occurred. As soon as the French was over, that pretty much wrapped up the year's achievements for Nadal.

 

[calitennis127]

He's got 7 on HC's Cali, he's done alright for himself.

Oh the irony at work here.

Mr. "Getting to the semifinals of a major is nothing" is now talking about winning 7 Masters Series events on hardcourts over an 11-year period as a huge deal.

 

[Kieran]

Cali.

You hate Nadal, that much is clear, but before the match you predict he'll lose and then when he wins, you blame his opponent. Give us a break, eh? The guy is a tennis giant and he swats fellers like Raonic and JJ in his sleep, yet you predicted both of them would beat him. For no reason other than you hoped they would, which loses you credibility.

You predicted Raonic to win, and your reason is that you can't believe Nadal would win five matches in a row on hards.

He won Indian Wells!

 

[calitennis127]

Cali.

You dislike Nadal, that much is clear, but before the match you predict he'll lose and then when he wins, you blame his opponent. Give us a break, eh? The guy is a tennis giant and he swats fellers like Raonic and JJ in his sleep, yet you predicted both of them would beat him. For no reason other than you hoped they would, which loses you credibility.

You predicted Raonic to win, and your reason is that you can't believe Nadal would win five matches in a row on hards.

He won Indian Wells!

Janowicz and Djokovic have more hard-court game than Nadal. They lost those matches more than Nadal won them.

As for today, Raonic is simply terrible from the baseline. As I watched the match today, I realized why I thought he was nothing when I first saw him two years ago. Beating him is nothing to be proud of.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Cali.

You dislike Nadal, that much is clear, but before the match you predict he'll lose and then when he wins, you blame his opponent. Give us a break, eh? The guy is a tennis giant and he swats fellers like Raonic and JJ in his sleep, yet you predicted both of them would beat him. For no reason other than you hoped they would, which loses you credibility.

You predicted Raonic to win, and your reason is that you can't believe Nadal would win five matches in a row on hards.

He won Indian Wells!

Janowicz and Djokovic have more hard-court game than Nadal. They lost those matches more than Nadal won them.

As for today, Raonic is simply terrible from the baseline. As I watched the match today, I realized why I thought he was nothing when I first saw him two years ago. Beating him is nothing to be proud of.

How about beating Nole in the semis? Can he be proud of that or Noles' baseline game is not good either maybe?

 

[Kieran]

Janowicz and Djokovic have more hard-court game than Nadal. They lost those matches more than Nadal won them.

Rafa beat them. End of story. He was immense this week.

But whatever about Novak, it's just prejudice to claim that JJ is better on hards than Rafa. It's ridiculous, actually, given everything we know. JJ is starting out, so you have nothing to base this opinion upon.

Nothing!

I know, it kills you that he wins, but get over it and you'll feel a whole lot better. Put on some Daveed YouTube clips or something...

 

[DarthFed]

He's got 7 on HC's Cali, he's done alright for himself.

Oh the irony at work here.

Mr. "Getting to the semifinals of a major is nothing" is now talking about winning 7 Masters Series events on hardcourts over an 11-year period as a huge deal.

It is nothing actually because you haven't won anything by making the semis of a GS. This isn't rocket science but then I'm arguing with someone who legitimately thought Raonic would win today.

 

[Mog]

Congratulations to Rafa. He surely has changed the equation in hard court competition including USO.
He can not be discounted there. I am very happy for him. USO is going to be very interesting.

 

[calitennis127]

Cali.

You dislike Nadal, that much is clear, but before the match you predict he'll lose and then when he wins, you blame his opponent. Give us a break, eh? The guy is a tennis giant and he swats fellers like Raonic and JJ in his sleep, yet you predicted both of them would beat him. For no reason other than you hoped they would, which loses you credibility.

You predicted Raonic to win, and your reason is that you can't believe Nadal would win five matches in a row on hards.

He won Indian Wells!

Janowicz and Djokovic have more hard-court game than Nadal. They lost those matches more than Nadal won them.

As for today, Raonic is simply terrible from the baseline. As I watched the match today, I realized why I thought he was nothing when I first saw him two years ago. Beating him is nothing to be proud of.

How about beating Nole in the semis? Can he be proud of that or Noles' baseline game is not good either maybe?

Djokovic hit 7 double faults and served 10 percentage points lower than Nadal. He gave it away with sloppiness.

 

[calitennis127]

He's got 7 on HC's Cali, he's done alright for himself.

Oh the irony at work here.

Mr. "Getting to the semifinals of a major is nothing" is now talking about winning 7 Masters Series events on hardcourts over an 11-year period as a huge deal.

It is nothing actually because you haven't won anything by making the semis of a GS. This isn't rocket science but then I'm arguing with someone who legitimately thought Raonic would win today.

Your logic is that titles are accomplishments, and anything less than a title means you haven't won anything. This may be a great attitude to have if you're at the top of the sport, but logically it doesn't make sense. You have to win 5 or 6 matches to reach a final at a Masters or Slam event, for which you are rewarded ranking points and race points.

If we are to apply your attitude of "getting to the semis is nothing" to the grand scheme of 11 years of playing on tour, then we can also quite easily say that winning 7 MS hardcourt titles doesn't amount to much either. I am simply holding your own logic and attitude against you here.

 

[calitennis127]

Rafa beat them. End of story. He was immense this week.

But whatever about Novak, it's just prejudice to claim that JJ is better on hards than Rafa. It's ridiculous, actually, given everything we know. JJ is starting out, so you have nothing to base this opinion upon.

Nothing!

Do shots mean anything to you at all?

Anything?