A real honour to BerdychAny tragedy, I think they have done a very good job and a look very up to date. As you can see in this picture it's exactly the way Nadal makes that shot
He must be chuffed.
Yet..he is still Fed..or the Rog...I really would be surprised if he lost
I'm jealous..I think I'm gonna commission that artist and have my kids.make a similar one for me instead of a tomestone whenever my time on this Earth has come to pass.
Fair enough, I would be "surprised"if he lost also. However, I specifically used the word "shocked' as in utter disbelief, and that I would reserve if Rafa, Novak, or say Stefanos, lost to a qualifier in the first round.
This shows how deep the delusions run that you have to even repeat this commentary! In their opinion this only makes sense for other players, not Roger, THE GOAT!
I'm going to say that this is a bit of a theory, the notion that you have a better chance of capping Rafa in the SF than the final. (Which, let me point out, has never been proven.) The pressure is still on Novak if they meet in the SFs. He's never beaten any version of Nadal at RG, other than the 2015 one. They would both gear up for that match as if it were a final, should it happen, so I don't really see the difference. They both know it's very likely coming, and will pace themselves for it.
I agree, and that is his gesture. I like it, I think. I'm actually surprised it came before he retires, but I guess it's all getting too silly to wait.
Why would I come down on you? I'm at least as superstitious as you are.
And I'm not sorry to see the lilac and lavender go by the wayside.
(OK, I hate to say it, but taking out Monfils at this stage is not an indicator, either.) I've made a lot of fun of Medvedev's chances of reaching his ambition of getting out of the first round of RG for the first time. And I can agree that Bublik is not an ideal first round. But all joking aside, Medvedev needs to decide if he's going to be Safin, or if he's going to be a real top 5 player. It's kind of funny to make sport of your own crappy clay results, and insist that you hate the surface, but I think, if he wants to be taken seriously, he should fight for his life for that first round. And for the quarterfinals, for that matter. He stepped in shit in that bottom half draw, in the sense of lucky. Get over yourself and fight for it. And a note here: he's not even the petulant, erratic Safin yet. At least Marat has 2 Majors. Medvedev needs to get over himself, a bit.
No No give the statue to him now and let all who dare challenge him know that there's a reminder of just how lethal of a competitor Raphael is.
Moxie I get your point but the only things he have in common with Safin is his height and they're both are Russian..
I disagree with you...another thing they have in common is the bh. And the temperament. The 3 matches that you mention are (at least 2 of them,) the best performances of his career. (Hewitt was a pick-off.) I was a huge Safin fan...he brought me back to tennis. You can't tell me how great he could be, that I don't know. But we can also talk about how much he got in his own way. And that's what I'm saying about Medvedev right now. He can choose to fight hard, and stop trying to get in his own way. Even if he loses, I want him to show he cares. And even if clay will never be his surface, if he works hard, maybe he will even accomplish as much as Safin. But at least Marat proved he was a world-beater before he became an eccentric. Medvedev hasn't earned the right to be that eccentric yet.
Remember the Pink lol! when he lost..I vowed and declared he may never wear pink again at any tournament,especially his home court at RG.,,,,Why would I come down on you? I'm at least as superstitious as you are.
Rafa didn't lose in 2009 because he wore a shocking pink shirt, it was because his knees were going and Soderling had a specific bone to pick. And it was cold and rainy. Rafa has won plenty else in pink, and even he's not afraid of it.
