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[John Dunbar]

ok, i don't think he's faking.

 

[BigJonsson]

Nadal must be injured

 

[Zoopa]

Nadal feels like Battlefield 4

 

[Sharp]

Jesus, that's his first serve?

 

[Smiley90]

Yeah this game is over.

STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN

 

[Kensuke]

Nadal is hurting, something is up with his back.

 

[scarlet]

Bad back?

 

[mackaveli]

He can't serve shit.

yeah it looks like its over.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

Shame it had to be this way.

 

[Hoya Destroyer]

Rafas done. He's playing like a cripple. He must be in bad shape

 

[Linius]

Nadal is never gonna make the end of this gane if his meds don't kick in asap

 

[darkwing]

Blister?

 

[Jables Swan]

Finish him off Stan.

 

[Sharp]

The worst part of this is that Wawrinka was going to win anyway.

 

[Conceptor]

Hope you guys are happy lol..

 

[agrajag]

Undefeated whilst healthy

lol, some people actually believe this

 

[mackaveli]

I'd just drop shot nadal all the time for one whole game and make him run to see if he can do it if I was Wawrinka.

 

[scarlet]

Shame it had to be this way.

Yeah, it's gonna be Wawa won because Nadal's injury.

 

[BowieZ]

The worst part of this is that Wawrinka was going to win anyway.

This.

Wawa's victory will be unjustly lessened.

 

[darkwing]

So we put an asterisk on the win?

 

[Hige]

The worst part of this is that Wawrinka was going to win anyway.

Yeah, what a lame way for this to end.

 

[PedroPanache]

Yeah, even if you don't like Nadal, you can't tell me that MTO was tatical and he isn't carrying some injury. This looks really, really bleak and I know that he won't want to retire in a slam final, but what can you do?

 

[thehypocrite]

Nadal clearly faking it. Right guys?

 

[John Dunbar]

i think we're all thinking the same thing.

why not against federer?

why?

 

[MIMIC]

This is really sad. And I have NEVER felt bad for Nadal. lol

 

[Linius]

Yeah, it's gonna be Wawa won because Nadal's injury.

Most likely.

 

[Mets39]

not like this

 

[Master_Funk]

Damn shame. Stan would have won this match with a healthy nadal the way hes playing. Hope history remembers that.

 

[Arkos]

So do you guys think he's really hurt or what? Does Nadal have a history of "injuries?" Is this kind of back injury common in tennis?

 

[BigJonsson]

Is he going to set the record for aces in a grand slam final?

 

[Hoya Destroyer]

Can we all agree healthy Nadal is the GOAT?

 

[Kensuke]

I'm fiercely in camp Wawrinka, but I still feel a bit sorry for Nadal. I'm sure Stan also doesn't prefer to win like this.

 

[scarlet]

Yeah, it's gonna be Wawa won because Nadal's injury.

So we put an asterisk on the win?

 

[TrumanBurbank]

Berdych must be going nuts right now.

 

[Reyne]

So we put an asterisk on the win?

Pfft, Wawrinka beat the Djoker to get here. We can call that the real final. Not his fault if Nadal isn't fit.

 

[szaromir]

i think we're all thinking the same thing.

why not against federer?

why?

I have to say that as "a fucking fed fan" this thought never crossed my mind.

 

[Smiley90]

Damn shame. Stan would have won this match with a healthy nadal the way hes playing. Hope history remembers that.

Hope the media presents it that way. That's what's gonna determine how history remembers it.

We'll see.

Stan was absolutely dominant that first set, deserves to win.

 

[Linius]

So do you guys think he's really hurt or what? Does Nadal have a history of "injuries?" Is this kind of back injury common in tennis?

Look at him. He's not faking this dude

 

[Deleted member 231381]

So do you guys think he's really hurt or what? Does Nadal have a history of "injuries?" Is this kind of back injury common in tennis?

No, he's really hurt. Nadal's straight-back serving, which means things are bad.

 

[Sharp]

So do you guys think he's really hurt or what? Does Nadal have a history of "injuries?" Is this kind of back injury common in tennis?

Nadal has a history of going into injury timeouts, coming back and running around like a rabbit. This isn't that.

 

[PedroPanache]

Australian Open really hates Nadal. So many injuries here. Federer must be kind of gutted here.

 

[Wafflecakes]

Nadal clearly faking it. Right guys?

The fools said the same thing last years AO when Serena had injury timeout against Sloane.

"Just a tool. Serena will win because no injury."

Followed by Serena getting wrecked.






Whenever a top player takes an injury timeout while losing Gaf calls it fake.

 

[mcfrank]

So do you guys think he's really hurt or what? Does Nadal have a history of "injuries?" Is this kind of back injury common in tennis?

Nadal doesn't fake injuries.

 

[MIMIC]

Gotta give Stan credit for picking up where he left off

 

[Hours Left]

So we put an asterisk on the win?

No. Stan is killing it.

Nadal can't cut it right now. The onus is entirely on him.

 

[Ydahs]

Playing with a lower back strain is bloody painful. It's over.

 

[hamchan]

i think we're all thinking the same thing.

why not against federer?

why?

I think the people paying big money for the seats to this match are especially thinking this.

 

[Arkos]

Look at him. He's not faking this dude

Lol okay just making sure, I also see some anti-Nadal crowd so I didn't know what the general sentiment was. It's a shame, Wawrinka looks like he came to freakin play.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

Whenever a top player takes an injury timeout while losing Gaf calls it fake.

You can't blame us, taking MTOs at critical junctures is not uncommon and Nadal especially has a bit of a history for it. That said, this one is definitely real. Whe he's serving it just looks painful.

 

[BowieZ]

I hope Wawa plays really softly just to have some equal footing, give Nadal time to loosen and warm back up, then still win!