ATP - Rafael Nadal

[jacques9]

"I am available for the upcoming Davis Cup matches until the end of this year. I have a strong will to play, plus the next tie is after the last Grand Slam of the season."

Videlo se koliku volju ima kad je u pitanju DK. Lepo, mada ne znam kako ce uspeti sve to da izgura..

Ako bi kojim slučajem dogurao do polufinala ili finala US OPENA bilo bi pravo samoubojstvo, da igra poslije toga i Davis cup.

[E1_PG]

Ako bi kojim slučajem dogurao do polufinala ili finala US OPENA bilo bi pravo samoubojstvo, da igra poslije toga i Davis cup.

To je uradio 2013 ja mislim kad je osvojio us open,igrao je poslije 5 dana Davis kup.

[Mrkela]

Ko da je bitno? Nakon US Opena ne mora više ništa ni igrati, ionako će biti samo prolaznik kao i svake godine na tom preostalom dijelu sezone, što se mene tiče može da odigra USO, pa DC i da se odmori do Londona, to bi mu bilo najpametnije svakako Azija i Pariz mu ništa neće donijeti niti su mu prijeko potrebni u ovoj fazi karijere. Tako da apsolutno podrzavam da igra DC, jer igrao ne igrao nista neće osvojiti bitno nakon USO.

[jacques9]

Ko da je bitno? Nakon US Opena ne mora više ništa ni igrati, ionako će biti samo prolaznik kao i svake godine na tom preostalom dijelu sezone, što se mene tiče može da odigra USO, pa DC i da se odmori do Londona, to bi mu bilo najpametnije svakako Azija i Pariz mu ništa neće donijeti niti su mu prijeko potrebni u ovoj fazi karijere. Tako da apsolutno podrzavam da igra DC, jer igrao ne igrao nista neće osvojiti bitno nakon USO.

Ne slazem se sa tobom

Sjeti se Novaka te godine 2011. Osvjio je US OPEN te fizički istrošen odigrao DAVIS CUP te uništio cijeli zadnji dio sezone

Te ne bi billo te pogreške odluke Novak bio pobedio sve turnire do kraja sezona a zbog te pogrešne odluke nije osvojio više ni8šta.

Sjeti se Rafe prošlje godine. Šta mu je trebalo da igra Lever Cup? Glupa odluka. Trebao mu je odmor a on se ide trošiti na neku bezveznu eksibiciji, još dodatno se istrošio u Beingu te Shangaju i izgubljen za 6 mjeseci.

RAFI TREBA NAJMANJE MJESEC DANA PAVZE poslije US OPENA + obavezno mora preskočiti BEJIIG TE BASEL. Treba igrati SHANGAI, PARIZ, LONDON I to je više nego dovoljno.

DAVIS cup če ga samo još dodatno uništiti.


Ako Rafa stgne daleko na US OPEN treba mu odmor te duga pavza do SHANGAJA. Nema tu previše filozofije.

[Mrkela]

Pa kazem ti da sanse nema u Sangaju i Parizu, totalno ne bitno bio spreman ili ne spreman, igrao dc ili ne, nema sta da trazi u dvorani. London, jbg mora igrati i mozda na neku ludacku energiju i moze izvuc bar prolaz skupina

[Marija81]

Čestitke na novoj tituli Nadalovci

[Sarafa]

Hvala Marija..da te casti tvoja jaca polovina

[jacques9]

Somehow Rafael Nadal Got Better On Clay


When Rafael Nadal arrives in Paris this season with a chance to win his 11th French Open title, he could be there in a way no one expected: better than ever on clay.

Nadal, who will be 32 years old in June, should have been finished by now, especially on clay. It’s rare for players older than 30 to win the French Open, and Nadal had been on a downward trend. He didn’t win the tournament in 2015 or 2016, and he won just two clay tournaments in 2015. Even worse, he lost to Novak Djokovic that year in the French Open quarterfinals, a sure sign that he was no longer invincible. (Djokovic won in straight sets, including a deadly 6-1 in the third.) A year later, Nadal left the French Open after winning two rounds because of a wrist injury. Even at his best in those two years, he looked well behind Djokovic, who beat Nadal seven times in a row without losing a set, including three on clay.



But instead of crumbling, Nadal has climbed back and become more dominant on clay than ever before. He’s done it with more powerful strokes, a stronger serve and more volleys — and, most important, the confidence that seemed to escape him several years ago. Since the start of last year’s French Open, Nadal hasn’t lost a set on clay in three tournaments plus two Davis Cup matches. That’s an all-time record of 46 clay court sets in a row, smashing the former record of 35 consecutive clay wins by Guillermo Coria. Nadal has come close to this before, too: Four other times in his career he won 30 or more consecutive sets on clay, according to the ATP World Tour.


But Nadal isn’t just winning matches on the surface he loves; he’s dominating them. Nadal’s dominance ratio, which is the measure of a player’s winning percentage when returning serve versus the opponent’s winning percentage on serve return points, is at the highest it’s ever been over the past two years. Essentially, his opponents are never safe on the court — Nadal can win any point at any time. In Barcelona this year, Martin Klizan lost his first set against Nadal at love, but he broke Nadal’s serve in the second set and led 5-3. Nadal held serve and then saved three set points against him to tie up the set at 5-5. Nadal proceeded to win the next two games to close out the match.


Tennis has never seen a player who excels more on a single surface than Nadal. His career on clay boggles the mind. He owns a record that, in tennis, doesn’t compute — it shouldn’t be possible. His overall record on clay is 401-35: Yes, that’s 92 percent. In the Open era, which began in 1968, no other star in tennis has come close to that on any surface. The next highest winning percentage on clay comes from Bjorn Borg, who won 86 percent of his clay court matches — and he played far fewer matches than Nadal (294 in all on clay). The best players on other surfaces don’t match Nadal, either. Roger Federer has won eight Wimbledon titles, an all-time record, and 87 percent of his matches on grass, in 188 attempts. Pete Sampras, a seven-time Wimbledon winner, won 84 percent of his 121 total matches on grass. And Djokovic, winner of six titles at the Australian Open and two at the U.S. Open, has an 84 percent winning percentage in his 609 hard court matches.


For all his dominance, the only accomplishment Nadal has yet to achieve is going undefeated in the four premier clay court tournaments1


and then winning the French Open in a single season. The closest he came was in 2013, when he lost the Monte Carlo final to Djokovic and then won his next four clay events, including the French Open. Last year was similar for Nadal: He won four clay tournaments but lost in the quarterfinals at the Italian Open, in straight sets to Dominic Thiem. He later thumped Thiem in straight sets in the French Open semifinals, finishing the match with a 6-0 set.

For Nadal to win in Madrid and Italy this year, he’ll need to stay healthy and play as few taxing games as possible, as he has done so far. But no matter what happens in those tourneys, unless he’s hurt, he’ll be the heavy favorite to win the French Open, where his record is 79-2. Don’t be surprised if that turns into 86-2 come June.


https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...etter-on-clay/

[jacques9]

Bravo Rafa. Svaka čast na pobedi protiv velikog Novaka.
Dopalo se mi da je na početku tiebreaka 1.seta skontao, da treba odigrati agresivniji, da se dobije Novaka a to znači uključio je u svoju igru FH paralelu.

Bez te FH paralele nema šanse, da se dobije Novak kad je ovaj u dobro formi.

Baš ta FH paralela je največi pokazatelj Nadalove forme

[MareLFC]

Ima tu dosta mana u igri jos uvek, ali otom-potom, najbitnije je da se sutra osvoji titula.

[jablan]

Zabrinjava me sto Rafa postaje rutiner u nedostatku pravih meceva pa postoji mogucnost od neke slucajne nagazne mine poput Tima.

[jacques9]

BRAVOOOOOOO RAFA!!!!

32 MASTERS TITULA

8 titula u RIMU

78 turnirska pobeda


Svaka čast majstore!!!

[MareLFC]

Sledi najbitniji turnir u sezoni.

[Sarafa]

Rafa se bas intimizirao s ovim trofejom

[E1_PG]

Zadovoljan sam rezultatima ali ne i igrom Nadala ove sezone.Neko rece da je bolji sad nego prosle godine sto se nicim ne moze potkrijepiti.
Bilo bi fino da uzme ovaj RG i imace odredjene sanse ali za nastavak sezone sam pesimista.Sa ovom igrom nema sta da trazi na travi a bogami ni na betonu.