dKs89 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 (edited) You fail to understand the type of player Nadal is. He is a chaser who plays well behind the baseline. It's not that he dictates play, but his shots force the attacking player out of position, and then he whips out a banana curve down the line. Without Nadal's chasing skills and killer passing shots, Federer would probably employ a more aggressive game and camp out in front of the net. Instead, Federer had to try and control the game from the baseline, which is a losing fight against Nadal. I really don't fail to understand. I've seen every match they played in Grand Slams. I've also watched many more between the two in other ATP events. For example, at the year end Masters last year, Fed demolished Rafa 6-3, 6-0 in exactly an hour. Guess how many unforced errors? 8. Sure it may be a set less, but if the same match was played in 3 sets, he would've been on pace for 12 unforced errors. Federer is the one who beats himself. Why? It's a mental thing. During their first five matches, Nadal won 4/5. After that Federer went on a roll against him. They then started having close battles, with Rafa dominating in the odd match. Perfect example was this mornings match. Federer breaks Nadal, goes on his serve, goes down 0-15, and what happens? He starts hitting unforced errors, on easy, easy shots. Once it hits 0-15 on his serve, he gets the mindset of here we go again, causing him to try too hard, which he really doesn't need to do. And the product is unforced errors, which for the most part are annoyingly easy shots. I remember listening on the AO radio when I couldn't watch the match for about 45 minutes, and they were stunned at the unforced errors he was hitting. Nadal is a great player, and matches up well, but Federer is the better player, and unforced errors, is the cause of him losing. I don't remember anyone ever hitting 60 unforced errors let alone the greatest player of all time. Suffice to say I'm still disappointed he lost. Hopefully Murray will beat Rafa on Sunday. (That's right, I'm predicting an upset victory for Murray against Djokovic ) Edited January 26, 2012 by Roger Federer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyville88 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 In his post-match interview Fed seemed determined to not give Nadal too much credit for the loss He said that for some reason Nadal seems to play better against him than against anyone else. I don't think that's true. Rafa brings his best against any top opponent. I just think that Fed is less able to handle Rafa's style than others are. Anyone watching Djokovic/Murray? Murray looks like a clown lol. Both players look unsettled so far. Both have been broken once and lots of unforced errors so far. Edit: Djok breaks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killa Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Djokovic definitely looks more comfortable than Murray, but they're both committing a lot more unforced errors than I'd expect from either of them. Nole breaks to start the 2nd set! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donky Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Murray is really coming on now. Won the 2nd set and has had 5 break points already in the 1st game of the 3rd set. Wow....Missed it by a mm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dKs89 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 (edited) . Edited January 27, 2012 by Roger Federer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dKs89 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 (edited) Djokovic, was serving for the match at 5-2, and it's now 5-5. Edited January 27, 2012 by Roger Federer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyville88 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Hate to say it but Murray has improved a lot since last year Rafa/Djok will be epic. I'd love Djok to start off the season with another slam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Romo Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Yes im excited for tommorow!! Its all star break in nhl pro bowl weekend in nfl,golden state dont play this weekend,no distractions for tennis finals!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oh captain my captain Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Cmon Mariaaaaaaaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oh captain my captain Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Ugh, that was embarrassing. Congrats to Azarenka on her first major and #1 world ranking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyville88 Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Wow, for a former world #1 to be beaten while only winning 3 total games in a grand slam final is pretty bad. Azarenka has a heck of a lot of power though and she plays a very technical game. Great to see her get the win and the #1 ranking. Definitely a changing of the guard in women's tennis with the likes of Sharapova, Williams, Clijsters, etc being defeated by the young players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taelin Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I didn't believe my dad when he told me that Sharapova only won 3 games in total... Wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oh captain my captain Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Hour and a half until Rafa Vs Nole. This should be an excellent match. Here's to hoping that Rafa can avenge his 6 finals losses next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dKs89 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Hoping Rafa can take this in 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killa Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I think Nole takes it in 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Hoping Rafa can take this in 5. lulz you can't be a fedtard and a rafatard at the same time. I had a friend who was like that. I gave her such a hard time over it. She seemed to think they were best buddies or something. Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taelin Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Go Nadal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oh captain my captain Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Vamos rafa. Gets the early break Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taelin Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Nole's got a lot of unforced errors today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dKs89 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Djokovic is having a hard time holding, while Rafa is holding easily. Exact opposite of last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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