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[jett]

He's played every Masters and Slam this calendar season? He missed the end of last year, sure, but he did that in 2012 then in 2013 he sweeped the second end of the year winning Toronto, Cincinnati, and the US Open.

Maybe I'm super mistaken, for some reason I thought he had barely played this year.

 

[FortuneFaded]

0-40 to winning the game. They don't call him the Destroyer of Dust, Master of Mud, Cing of Clay for nothing.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

That was a fucking awful overhead by Nadal, what was he thinking?

 

[MIMIC]

Is this really happening?

 

[RandyBobandy]

let's not all be premature

If he can't win RG anymore he has nothing left. He's only going to get worse on the other surfaces

Got the knees of 800 pound old man who just had his 60th birthday

 

[BlindCommunication]

Nail in the coffin for Nadal, he's not thinking clearly anymore, end of an era.

 

[Space Avocat]

😧

 

[oti]

This could get ugly for Nadal

 

[sam777]

Fuck man, game over.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

Maybe I'm super mistaken, for some reason I thought he had barely played this year.

No. Statistically, this isn't even his worst year (although it will be if he loses RG), he has more points at this stage in the race than he did in 2014.

 

[greenleaves]

Honestly, I feel like Nadal's 2015 is just Federer's 2013. They were even roughly the same ages. Nadal will probably go away, redesign his game a bit, and come back as a top player, if not a dominant one, the same way Federer came back in 2014. It's not even like Nadal is physically unwell or has knee problems at the moment, mentally he's just not there. That will come back in a bit, especially when he sinks down the rankings to #10, does what Murray and Federer did when their ranking slipped and play a lot more minor tournaments, and rack up some wins to regain confidence. I think counting Nadal out is premature [from his career, I mean. Not this match].

Maybe. Federer just became more serve reliant though. His ground game arguably got worse. Nadal needs to have some good draws and then maybe try to play like he did at the end of 2013 with first-strike tennis.

 

[Kensuke]

This match is pretty much done. As expected Djokovic will win, but I thought Nadal would at least take a set. I guess Djoker is just too good at the moment and Nadal is not in top form. I wonder how the match would have been if Nadal was his usual self.

 

[Deadman]

He's done. No more slams.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

Maybe. Federer just became more serve reliant though. His ground game arguably got worse. Nadal needs to have some good draws and then maybe try to play like he did at the end of 2013 with first-strike tennis.

I think Nadal will actually have to play like he did when he was a *lot* younger. If you watch Nadal matches from like, 2005, he actually hits really flat shots with not much top-spin but an incredible amount of power. He only really brought in the top-spin to deal specifically with Federer and that not until 2006; it then spread to how he played every other player over the next few years and by ~2008 it was the only way he played. If Nadal jumps back in time to, eh, circa 2007, I think he'd definitely stand a strong chance at slams again.

 

[The Last Wizard]

I totally forget about the game since I was at the gym

Gonna catch the first two later on but

 

[Jay Sosa]

The Murray match is soo fucking awful to watch

Spoiler

to the surprise of no one

 

[Diprosalic]

Piggy gets roasted.

 

[Kobe24]

Incoming bagel

 

[Niraj]

Lol that's just mean at this point

 

[Omzz]

get that bagel

 

[jett]

This is beyond over.

No. Statistically, this isn't even his worst year (although it will be if he loses RG), he has more points at this stage in the race than he did in 2014.

Well, all right.

 

[cackhyena]

Lord that's just brutal.

 

[Simplet]

Nadal wont even tire him out a little :/

 

[Deleted member 231381]

So it's not THAT strange to put him ahead of these guys if he's so close !

yeah, I was exaggerating a bit, partly for comedic effect, and partly because I'm so fed up with the "Nalbandian was a misunderstood genius, should have won 8 slams" people.

 

[oti]

Nadal should try the Hingis serve.

 

[Kobe24]

Nadal's serve is god awful lately

 

[giant_frying_pan]

The old adage is true; Djokovic is just too good.

EDIT - And he's getting all the lucky net cords.

 

[Firemind]

It's like Nadal aged ten years.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

ugh, the Murray-Ferrer match has gone horrible again. Very streaky, goes from awesome to disgusting in the blink of an eye.

 

[MIMIC]

Is it really happening?

 

[Space Avocat]

ice cold tennis gods

 

[John Dunbar]

bagel coming up

if you're interested there might be a bagel coming up

 

[Diprosalic]

no medic today?
or did i miss it?

 

[cackhyena]

no medic today?
or did i miss it?

Things are going his way just enough not to need one.

 

[Omzz]

that dropshot

 

[oti]

Nadal's watch costs $850.000

 

[Deleted member 231381]

In all honesty, given the quality of the quarterfinalists (first *ever* slam where every quarterfinalist was at least a slam finalist), all of the semi-finals have been of fairly variable quality.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Is it really happening?

ronpaul.gif


Can't wait for Djokovic to dominate "clayray" next round

 

[Diprosalic]

Things are going his way just enough not to need one.

might be the first time "healthy" Nadal loses in the second week.

 

[Diamond]

What's happening right now is logical when you consider all the elements that we had before the match. It's just a little sad that Nadal's streak will end that... logically.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

Can't wait for Djokovic to dominate "clayray" next round

If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.

 

[Ricker]

Nadal's watch costs $850.000

More like 8,000 I believe lol...and he can afford it

 

[darkwing]

Nadal's watch costs $850.000

what? how

 

[John Dunbar]

If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.

if murray beats djokovic in the semi i'll come out of the closet and admit i'm a fan.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

Lol, Murray and Ferrer suddenly playing really well again. Weird match.

 

[perfectchaos007]

If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.

I have. Murray won a couple of shit tier clay tournaments in a row. good for him. He's about to run into a better player next round and will lose in 4 sets. what's your prediction?

 

[Deleted member 231381]

if murray beats djokovic in the semi i'll come out of the closet and admit i'm a fan.

Murray can't win, I admit.

Spoiler

Clayray can.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

I have. Murray won a couple of shit tier clay tournaments in a row. good for him. He's about to run into a better player next round and will lose in 4 sets. what's your prediction?

From a serious perspective, 4 sets, Murray winning the first or second and losing the rest. From a Clayray persective, a 5 set 0-6 0-6 7-6 7-6 12-10 marathon with Murray emerging victorious.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

I wonder if he even plays Wimbledon at this point......

 

[The Last Wizard]

Holy shit, it's happening!

Edit: he did it!