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So many times Thiem has a sitting winner at crucial points but he overplays the ball and just misses the line. He could easily have taken the first set if he had calmed down a bit and be more measured.

Thiem just goes for broke all the time.

ratcliff, wrong thread.

The boos were from the Swiss fans. They are very loud and overbearing and when Fed is playing they are so annoying, waving banners and flags in your face all the time. I sat next to them at the O2 once. I’ve […]

This explains Rafa’s form lately. Players have their ups and downs like everyone else, they can’t be expected to perform when we put the switch like robots.

RAFAEL NADAL: “Well, it’s just a personal feeling. As […]

Alison, Rafa played with a back injury at the 2014 AO Final. He suffered the injury in the warm-up just before the match, had it not been the final he would have given Stan a WO but he didn’t want to disappoint […]

Stan has never had a look-in when Rafa is not hampered. That makes their h2h 18-3!

Emphatic! 61 62

NID

Vamos Rafa!

Of course you can. But I think Stan is doing the best he can.

Kevin MAY 10, 2019 AT 8:42 PM
“When did Joe say he’s not giving his all? He simply said that he thinks Stan needs to go for his shots more and be more aggressive.”

In other words he’s not giving his all. H […]

Because you think Stan is not giving his all.

Joe Smith MAY 10, 2019 AT 8:27 PM
“Stan making the same mistake he did in RG, playing tenatively. He has to go for his shots and if he misses he misses. Rallying on clay against Nadal makes no sense. Here’s h […]

Thiem is a ball basher. It either works or it doesn’t. He’s 25 now, if he was such a clay genius, he would have a few big clay titles to his name now if we compare him to Rafa at the same age. So let’s stop […]

If Rafa stays injury free and builds up a momentum we will see Rafa at his best again. He’s comeback from knee injury since IW; he is now trying to get his rhythm back.

It irrelevant who anyone thinks is the favourite. Rafa has never bought into being the favourite or not. Picking favourites is a waste of time.

No one cares who is CONSIDERED favourite. That’s just whistling in the wind.

Why does Rafa never get WOs. Novak is the King of WOs. He’s been gifted one by Cilic today.

Rafa is the last one to take any player for granted no matter how many times he’s beaten them (17-3 in this case) so let’s wait and see. Every match is a new contest; it doesn’t matter what happened in the past.

Joe Smith MAY 10, 2019 AT 7:14 AM

“If Nadal and Thiem do meet in the final in Madrid, I’d like to see one single well-known Nadal fan on this site predict that Thiem will win. I doubt it will happen.”

In t […]

Ricky:
“Stan Wawrinka has beaten Rafael Nadal on one of the biggest stages of tennis in the final of the Australian Open (2014).”

Interesting though it might sound, the world and his wife know that Rafa […]