DanteGhost
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So much delicious salt.
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Roland Garros - The 2014 French Open (May 25th - June 8)
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Not sure id go that far. Djoko is playing hard out there. Nadal is just too good right now.
When Nadal's FH is on, it's tough to beat him.
DemurOnion
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Tennis is different. No one has the body Nadal has. And no one will get that without a team of chemists and tons of money. I'm willing to say there are only 15 players in the world in men's tennis who could ever afford the training Nadal gets.
He simply cannot be stopped on surfaces like clay because no one can outlast him.
The only time he was beaten was on a seriously strange afternoon where most still have no idea what went on.
Nadal is playing fine, yes. But Djokovic's range is way off, and his footwork hasn't been great at all.
DemurOnion
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If all you guys have to say is a bunch of salt memes why bother? It's getting a bit old tbh. I long ago lost my passion for tennis after discovering how lax their doping controls are. Long time ago friend.
I really don't have much invested in this match. It's worth pointing out all the information surrounding Nadal though.
And tennis fans are weird.... they switch their GOAT every 5 years and it's obnoxious. Bunch of bandwagons if you ask me.
Maybe he hasn't done a lot of drug tests this year but years ago he was the most tested tennis player and he's been always clean.
Wild doping allegations? Hulk's side?... Let it go my friend, it's not worth it.
DemurOnion
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This is not even correct. How can you know he has always been clean when the doping agency has the power to not even release a failed test to the public lol? Some of you guys should do some homework because it's annoying acting like he has been tested so much. The info is there for you to study.
When you say he had so many doping tests? Do you know how many tests he had in his most prominent year of doping tests? The number is very low as it is with most tennis players.
Serena, another on the doping list, was rarely if at all tested. Like 1 OOC test in one of her best years lol ONE. I'd have to dig up the results again....
Tennis is one sport where you expect people in their late 20s to have a more difficult road. Tiger was 32 when he won his last major, and people thought he'd be good for like 10 more, because physical play isn't really a limiting factor in golf.
killer_clank
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looks like rain's a coming
Are you from Men's Tennis Forum?
Coldnoodle
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We all are in some way.
DemurOnion
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I've been on there but don't go there that much. As I said I don't watch tennis as much anymore.
At any rate this player doesn't like Nadal much: http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/5382...s-australian-open-grand-slam.htm#.U5SEXiimXiw
No definite proof but the fact that these talks are not going to just go away about Nadal. For this one incident discussed in article Nadal has 15 more of them too.
Two sides and they both hate each other to the bone lol. One reminds so much of Lance's fans.
DanteGhost
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I've been a Nadal fan since he started. His tecnique is nowhere near as good as Federer. And yet he is on his way to his 14 GS. He probably needs to train twice as hard as Federer or Novak to get the same results, and yet he gets twice the hate. And now you bring dopping? Common son.
Edit: I do have to add he is definitely GOAT on clay and it will stay that way atleast one more year, until his body gives in. I have my doubts of him hitting 17 GS.
DemurOnion
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Do you not pay attention to any tennis news from last 5 years? Nadal has been the centerpiece for doping allegations in Tennis for 5 years son.
I mean come on now, no one just started bringing up allegations on this forum bud. They been there for over a half-decade.
PS3GamerKyle
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Damn. Djoker is not running at 100% mentally, but he's still making Nadal move and he's still getting beat. His serve game needs to get much better
John Dunbar
correct about everything
djokovic giving a dead stare to empty space. he's done.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Operation Puerta would've blown the lid on the whole thing.....
Djokovic just had his soul sucked out, Shang Tsung style.
Nadal to have career ending injury confirmed
Nadal to have career ending injury confirmed
DemurOnion
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Right, just like the whole Miami case blew the lid on Lebron's supposed visits and all the other players on that list?
Way too much money involved with Nadal unless they want to hunt him down. And Nadal never asked or demanded all the crazy attention Lance did so he has fewer haters. If it comes out it will be a long time from now I think.
EdibleExplosives
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That thousand-yard stare.
killer_clank
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The man looks increasingly haunted.
DanteGhost
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I would like to see proof of that. There is always dopping allegations with athletes that perform above average. Until then they remain just that allegations.
DemurOnion
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Doping. There are not two p's in doping. And you guys can sit on that side of the fence it is fine. I am fine with that. But simply reiterating this tired point is what kept Lance on his pedestal for all that time. And many more just like him.
And those allegations will still be there. Some people will never accept Nadal as the best Tennis champion because of it. I am one of those people.
Indeed.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Its not over yet brahs. Mada mada dane.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
as a batshit insane federer fan i know the rational thing would be to want djokovic to win, but i can't help still preferring nadal over him.
If this was Prince Of Tennis, Novak woulda won already. Best of 1 set match and all.
Sax Russel
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Well, there's always next year Djokovic =P
Grats Nadal. I guess. =/
Grats Nadal. I guess. =/
DemurOnion
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Just as I said Joker lost his damn forehand for whatever reason. GRRRRRRR.
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