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Jun 24 2013 02:34pm
Nadal is still coming out from his 8 month injury... he has barely played since he won in Paris, he dropped out of Halle because his doctors asked him to do so and he had barely any preparation for WB and the grass surface, which is the one that hurts his knees the most. Nobody really expected him to do anything spectacular, but going down in the first round is obviously very dissapointing though. Now he should just focus on fully recovering, he should have enough time to be ready for the last GS.
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Jun 24 2013 02:47pm
Quote (zarkadon @ Jun 24 2013 04:34pm)
Nadal is still coming out from his 8 month injury... he has barely played since he won in Paris, he dropped out of Halle because his doctors asked him to do so and he had barely any preparation for WB and the grass surface, which is the one that hurts his knees the most. Nobody really expected him to do anything spectacular, but going down in the first round is obviously very dissapointing though. Now he should just focus on fully recovering, he should have enough time to be ready for the last GS.


yeah, and i meant to add that i realize clay is where he is best but still the way he looked at the french was multiples better than today

his first loss ever in the first round of a major, crazy
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Jun 24 2013 02:48pm
guess he couldn't defend those 2nd round ranking points


sad thing is even missing 1 major and getting dumped rd1 at another he could still be the year end #1, especially if he can stay consistent and win 1 or 2 hc titles + djokovic not being 2011 djokovic
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Jun 24 2013 03:04pm
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yeah, and i meant to add that i realize clay is where he is best but still the way he looked at the french was multiples better than today

his first loss ever in the first round of a major, crazy


Yeah, well on clay he's just that good, unless he's in terrible form he's the top candidate to win RG. But even though he won it, this year he lost a load of sets on his way to the final, which he never does, so it was clear he was far from his best form. But yes, even if he wasn't recovered he did look much better than today and in any case you'd expect the winner of RG to do better in London. I personally expected him to get halfway through the tournament... going out on the first round is a shocker.

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guess he couldn't defend those 2nd round ranking points


sad thing is even missing 1 major and getting dumped rd1 at another he could still be the year end #1, especially if he can stay consistent and win 1 or 2 hc titles + djokovic not being 2011 djokovic


That's why imho these rankings should be based off a 2 year performance instead of a 1 year record. It would be unfair if Nadal became number one after having missed out half the season, just like it was unfair when he lost it the first time because he was injured for 3 months. A 2 year ranking would be more accurate, and it would allow the players to take it easier.
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Jun 24 2013 03:09pm
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Yeah, well on clay he's just that good, unless he's in terrible form he's the top candidate to win RG. But even though he won it, this year he lost a load of sets on his way to the final, which he never does, so it was clear he was far from his best form. But yes, even if he wasn't recovered he did look much better than today and in any case you'd expect the winner of RG to do better in London. I personally expected him to get halfway through the tournament... going out on the first round is a shocker.


for sure, and i forgot to add again yeah i realize the injury is a big factor--and grass being bad for it... when he was limping is when i was like damn this is almost sad to watch
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Jun 24 2013 03:54pm
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glad to see nadal out


:) :thumbsup:
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Jun 24 2013 06:26pm
Quote (bensaysthx @ Jun 24 2013 03:47pm)
yeah, and i meant to add that i realize clay is where he is best but still the way he looked at the french was multiples better than today

his first loss ever in the first round of a major, crazy


One of the questions in the post match conference was if he thought he played too much on clay and overworked his knee and his response was along the lines of "it was only a bad schedule of tournaments because I lost today, if I had won I would have been fine. ". So maybe next year he will play less clay.
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Jun 25 2013 02:11am
lolnadal

and people got mad when wimbledon seeded him 5

This post was edited by KrWWW on Jun 25 2013 02:12am
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Jun 25 2013 10:42am
ferrer just imploded at the end of the 2nd set, very odd. 3 doubles and a careless fh ufe to just donate a set to some clay court specialist (although this alund guy seems to be learning and has some weapons).

match just got interesting/10
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Jun 25 2013 12:57pm
played solid for the better part of the 3rd, lost and went away in the 4th.. 2 nasty falls for ferrer too. hope he's ok.


what the fuck did radwanska do to her hair. that shit is scary
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