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Neeemo
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10/13/2009 4:48:54 PM
Nadal will never win a Career Grandslam
I got your attention with the thread title huh?! well keep reading..
Flipping around through the Tennis Week blogs I found an interesting read... I edited for length!
Nadal Will Never Win a Career Grandslam by Redhead and Tommyboy
Nadal has been crushed the last two times he faced hard-hitting, tall opponents in Juan Martin Del Potro at the US Open Semifinals, and just recently Marin Cilic at the China Open.
It's one thing for Nadal to lose, but when he loses 1 and 3 like he did to Cilic then you have to doubt he'll ever, ever win the US Open, where the courts are very fast. Nadal doesn't hit through the ball enough, and he's clearly lost a step in mobility and his serve isn't a weapon that has to be reckoned with.
On the slower courts of the Australian Open which is at the beginning of the season when he's not worn down from globe-trekking during the season Nadal will always be a huge threat. But on the fast hard and indoor courts, Nadal doesn't have what it takes to get the 'W'...
I think Nadal is a great player on all other surfaces don't get me wrong, he's the modern day king of clay, and a definate force to be reckoned with on Grass. But if he wants a shot at contending to win the US Open and other tournaments played on faster hardcourts and indoors he's gotta fix his serve, he needs to drop his elbow more below shoulder level on the wind-up, and please stop running around the backhand to hit a forehand, work on your backhand, and stop leaving yourself open like that Rafa!!!
But other contenders have other weaknesses as well.
Roddick/Federer-Getting older..but Fed is still in the top three.
Djokovic/Soderling-Gotta improve their footwork, they move poorly.
Cilic/Murray-Their forehands plain stink.
Del Potro-Not a five-peat in the making.
Rafa's serve and strategy are easily fixible, so I wouldn't rule him out completely.
Thoughts?
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Valdde
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11/16/2009 6:20:15 PM
RE:Nadal will never win a Career Grandslam
your review sounds about right , but I bet you Rafa will win a carrer grand slam and he will get his french open title back in 2010 for sure.
Vamos Rafa!!!
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JParks
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11/16/2009 9:19:04 PM
RE:Nadal will never win a Career Grandslam
It is offical Rafa has just one the French Open, go ahead and give him the trophy. As for the Grandslam I would say its 50/50. I think injuires are taking a toll on him.
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11/21/2009 10:06:41 AM
RE:Nadal will never win a Career Grandslam
i doubt he will win the US OPEN, too hard on his 80 year old knees
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RE:Nadal will never win a Career Grandslam
they said federer was washed up last year but he came back
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Valdde
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11/22/2009 1:40:40 PM
RE:Nadal will never win a Career Grandslam
haha yeah too old to be the only taken federer of his no. 1 position ha? he will eventually win the us open, 4 more french opens and a couple wimbledons. he still young and have a lot tennis to play, just wait and see.
Vamos Rafa!!!
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Valdde
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11/22/2009 1:44:28 PM
RE:Nadal will never win a Career Grandslam
what do you mean?? he s the best clar tennis player of all times he can destroy anybody on clay when he is healthy. do you remeber when he beat destroy and humillated what was it 6 3 6 1 and 6 0 haha
Vamos Rafa!!!
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Jrob21
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7/29/2010 10:43:32 PM
RE:Nadal will never win a Career Grandslam
I wouldn't say he is the greatest player of all time, but he definitely makes you earn EVERY point. I think Nadal can win the Career Slam, but I think he will have to give something up for it (possibly forego some other major tournaments and allow his body to be prepared for the pounding it will take). I can see Nadal getting up to 15-16 Slams...he shoud be able to do the French-Wimbledon punch for the next 3 yrs or so.
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