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OMG, Shapo served for the match twice against Carballes Baena, and he just lost...this is a heartbreaker like the one at the USO. He had this match. Got a bad call late in the 5th, too. Too bad.


I love how Moxie repeatedly remarks that Shapovalov blows matches that are on his racket, yet when Federer and Djokovic have repeatedly done the same against Nadal, she has squirmed at any suggestion that they blew their chances. It's remarkable hypocrisy.

Federer up 5-1 against Nadal at Hamburg? He didn't blow the set even though he served for it twice. Nadal just planned it that way. Anyone who suggests otherwise is a Nadal hater. But if Shapovalov serves twice for a match, oh, well in that case, "he had this match."
 
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Nadal is flating the ball out in his matches with his forehand so don't think this RG is bad at all for Nadal like people are saying, its really going to be hard for anyone who play Nadal with a even slower court balls ect.... his looking good for 13th RG title in my opinion.
Yeah maybe you right, but it could be like in Rome, he looked good until he got an opponent who showed some resilience, and lost in straights.
I really don’t hope so, but we will see what their level really is, when they get tougher opponents.
Austria will be the first to show!
 
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Yeah maybe you right, but it could be like in Rome, he looked good until he got an opponent who showed some resilience, and lost in straights.
I really don’t hope so, but we will see what their level really is, when they get tougher opponents.
Austria will be the first to show!
Nadal is playing really weak opponents in early rounds same like Novak. It is Thiem who has really tough draw and if he reaches SF to face Nadal I would say that Thiem will be at his peak, but Nadal might have only one decent opponent and that is Zverev, but no one knows could be also Sinner/Cecchinato. Nadal will be underplayed reaching SF and if he plays Thiem he will not know what hit him, first set loss is highly likely and then upset is possible when Thiem grows in confidence.
 

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Nadal is playing really weak opponents in early rounds same like Novak. It is Thiem who has really tough draw and if he reaches SF to face Nadal I would say that Thiem will be at his peak, but Nadal might have only one decent opponent and that is Zverev, but no one knows could be also Sinner/Cecchinato. Nadal will be underplayed reaching SF and if he plays Thiem he will not know what hit him, first set loss is highly likely and then upset is possible when Thiem grows in confidence.
BTW the same could be said with Novak's draw just saying.Theim has only won 1 set against Rafa that was last year at RG
Also Rafa is a confidence player :)
 
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Nadal is playing really weak opponents in early rounds same like Novak. It is Thiem who has really tough draw and if he reaches SF to face Nadal I would say that Thiem will be at his peak, but Nadal might have only one decent opponent and that is Zverev, but no one knows could be also Sinner/Cecchinato. Nadal will be underplayed reaching SF and if he plays Thiem he will not know what hit him, first set loss is highly likely and then upset is possible when Thiem grows in confidence.
Yeah i also think so.
Same coudnt be said for Novak. In Rome he showed he can raise his level when necessary and he has much more match practice than Nadal.
 

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I love how Moxie repeatedly remarks that Shapovalov blows matches that are on his racket, yet when Federer and Djokovic have repeatedly done the same against Nadal, she has squirmed at any suggestion that they blew their chances. It's remarkable hypocrisy.

Federer up 5-1 against Nadal at Hamburg? He didn't blow the set even though he served for it twice. Nadal just planned it that way. Anyone who suggests otherwise is a Nadal hater. But if Shapovalov serves twice for a match, oh, well in that case, "he had this match."
moxie a way better poster than you troll boy, and is Also clearly right about Nadal blowing many matches against Djokovic and federer over the years. :D :yawningface:
 

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The Great Swiss-joke Stanislaus is getting a lesson by a player I never heard about.
Keep him on court as long as possible kid!
 
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Stan beat the crap out of Djokovic, very memorable indeed.
 

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The polish creep lost 3rd set. What a great player he is.
Best about this match is the umpire, she is a real beauty!
 

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Breasted scarface is fighting back in the 4th set.
Jesus just let go, you will be annihilated in next round by the Diva from Wien.
 

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Diego on the way to lose first set, against who? Gombos?
 
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