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Lots of players grunt on every point, effort or no effort! Rafa doesn’t grunt when he’s slicing, or when he’s hitting a drop shot; so for him it’s when he’s putting in extra effort (maybe his topspin FH) that […]

Many do grunt actually. Did you watch the recent atp short clip that ask a few players to guess the grunts of certain players?

So, grunting is not uncommon among players but people as usual always like to […]

You said use to; Rafa no longer does that now because he has better ways of attacking Fed now that Rafa has a complete game.

Your opinion of Rafa seemed to be based on the past; the present Rafa is no longer […]

Medvedev will be the player to trouble the big three imo. Against Rafa, he can match him with varieties; against Djoko he can up his aggression ( like hitting big second serves that even the best ROS couldn’t h […]

By now, everyone knows how Rafa celebrates so it’s no longer intimidating imo.

Rafa no longer bounces so much at the net during the coin toss; neither is he the muscle man of his early twenties. In fact he l […]

Why? Just check how often Fed’s opponent’s choked! It’s more because of Fed’s stature, they’re either too respectful or too afraid to beat him.

You can’t compare Serena to Rafa, because Serena often bulli […]

Jim, you’re the only one here who think that Nadal is bigger than what he is, not us here! We have never think that Rafa is bigger than anyone when he’s just a tennis player.

He’s not going to change the w […]

What are you at? Sounds like sour grapes.

Who’s giving who the keys. More like those who insisted a certain player is the Goat all along are the ones who are eager to give the keys to the throne to that player.

Come on, which coach won’t do that??? All these players started at a young age, three or four years old!

So, it speaks to the fact that how great Toni and Rafa are! Look at Tsitsipas or Shapo, they also h […]

The problem of having Toni Nadal as Rafa’s coach is: Toni is not a technical coach but a tactical coach. Toni could teach Rafa about tactics, strategy, trained him to be mentally tough, to be able to take […]

Littlefoot, 👍.

Bullying brings out the worse in the victim, not the best. In Rafa’s case, he brings out the best in his opponents, hence all those classic matches.

Serena, and Fed at times, bring out the wo […]

Shapo too, his mum is from Russia. Shapo is 6’1”, not your typical Russian built. There’s really something about Russia, perhaps iit is now its time to shine, after the traditional British and French, follo […]

I wish to talk a bit about Medvedev; considering he’s the same height ( at 6’6” ) as Delpo, Cilic and Sasha, he’s quite amazing in his footwork and speed around the court. I don’t remember the other three guy […]

Apparently Djoko is still playing the Asian swing, so I doubt his injury is that serious. It seems he’s determined to hold on to his YE no.1 ranking.

I guess failing to get his second four in a row slams p […]

Rafa the best player at the USO this decade – winning 4 out of 8 times he played there. Djoko is 3 for 9, comes in second to Rafa.

Rafa won the USO at the start and at the end of the decade, who would have thought that the USO would be Rafa’s second best slam, when he couldn’t make a single final from 2003 to 2009, when it looked like that […]

I’m one of those who believed Rafa had a good chance of winning this USO, because as Id mentioned before, the Wimbledon final would take a lot out of Fed and Djoko, and players at their age would take a long t […]

Can’t compare Medvedev at 23 to the big three. Fed at 23 had 5 slams plus 2 WTFs and some masters; Djoko had 2 slams and a WTF and some masters.

I think even Hewitt, Safin and Roddick had done better than M […]

I think Rafa will play LC, he loves team competition. I think he’ll most probably skip Shanghai, and then plays Paris Masters and WTF (DC final perhaps if Spain gets to the final).

The way Rafa is playing on […]

No, not B2B, there’s a one week break in between, where the next gen final takes place.

I think Rafa will play the LC, because I think he fully enjoys playing a team event. I do think after playing the LC in 2 […]