A page and forum to discuss all things Rafael Nadal.
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Last result: Australian Open second round (lost to Mackenzie McDonald)
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A page and forum to discuss all things Rafael Nadal.
Current ranking: 14
Last result: Australian Open second round (lost to Mackenzie McDonald)
Next tournament: Roland Garros
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The fact that Djokovic is fighting for the No. 1 ranking and to get his hands on the only Grand Slam that has evaded him, makes you wonder whether this will be the year that Nadal’s dominance ends.
Loaded statement from an article I read. I dont think Djokovic needs any bigger motivation
@Sanju, suggest you bookmark your post of 6:42 am, you will need to post the same exact words next year!
Live draw @ 11.30am CET
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0R9a49qSQE
Rafa’s1st rnd opponent – Ginepri
Stan in top half, Fed in bottom half. Ferret in Rafa’s Qtr
Nerdy in bottom half
RT @SI_BTBaseline: “RG men’s draw: Top half – Nadal, Wawrinka, Ferrer, Murray. Bottom half – Djokovic, Federer, Berdych, Raonic. #RG14”
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!! @hawkeye was right, they are throwing the kitchen sink at Rafa……….even Almagro is in Rafa’s half…….!!
Rafa will kill Nico
Seeds in Rafa’s draw
Pospisil Almagro haas Dimi Anderson Seppi Ferru Stan Monfils Fog Gasquet Nando Murray
Djoker Jerzy Tsonga Nishikori Dolgo Simon Raonic Fed Tursunov Gulbis Youzhny Usner Robredo Bat agut Berdych
The FO draw:
Rafa’s half: Wawrinka
Djoko’s half: Federer
Rafa’s quarter: Ferrer
Djoko’s quarter: Raonic
Wawrinka’s quarter: Murray
Federer’s quarter: Berdych
Rafa’s 8th:Haas
Djoko’s 8th:Tsonga
Wawrinka’s 8th: Fognini
Federer’s 8th: Youzhny
I hope, I didn’t make a mistake…
Isn’t Federer’s 8th is Gulbis??
Serena could play Venus in the 3rd rnd
A good draw for Rafa
^^That’s what I think as well, on reflection. I do not expect Rafa to treat Ferru with kid gloves like he did in MC. As for Elvis……………
cake draw for djokovic….decent draw for rafa…
I won’t label anybody facing Tsonga in round of 16th in front of his home crowd to have a cake draw.
Also Milos and Kei aren’t the same players anymore.
@abhirf, Tsonga is not the same player anymore, unless he surprises us with motivation from the home crowd. Milos and Kei are not going to trouble Novak in a best of 5……..
move discussion here – https://tenngrand.com/2014/05/23/french-open-draw-revealed/
I agree with Abhirf Tsonga is no pushover. Although this year he’s not had much success he thrives on the big stage and is one of the few Frenchmen who doesn’t go to pieces at RG. He could catch fire as he did last year and the year before.
@ritb, in that case no one’s going to trouble Rafa in a best of 5 here! his draw should be the biggest cakewalk then, no!
Do not see any landmines in Novak’s path, should sail through to the final……………
cake draw for Nadal. Bad draw for Djokovic.
vamosrafa,
I agree with your assessment. When it comes to Rafa at RG, it’s always on his racket. Novak possibly playing Raonic in the quarterfinals won’t be tough like it was in Rome. This is best three out of five, which is a whole different kind of match. Raonic can’t stay with Novak in that kind of match.
Rafa’s Quarter
https://twitter.com/augustazeight/status/469786078669701120/photo/1
I think this draw is a well balanced out one for every seeded player.
The draw (almost complete)
https://twitter.com/augustazeight/status/469786346278883329/photo/1
Rafaholics: ¤¤ Rafael Nadal: “During the clay court season I get a little bit better week by week. Last week in Rome, it was tough physically. I played a lot of time, but in the end sometimes you need these things. I was not that happy about what I did in Monte Carlo and Barcelona, but that’s sport. The dynamic is positive, so that’s always important for confidence. I felt that in Rome I was able to play without the nerves, the anxiety that I had in the first two tournaments and at some moments in Madrid, too. So that’s always a positive thing.”¤¤
https://www.facebook.com/Rafaholics/photos/a.117475904940753.13830.106552339366443/747560045265666/?type=1&theater
A link to the original source:
http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/news/articles/2014-05-23/201405231400846580579.html
Media Day…What they said
Novak Djokovic: “I have played some epic matches against [Rafael Nadal], especially the one last year in the semi-finals. We went the distance. I think it was 10 8 in the fifth. So even though it was a tough loss for me and I was putting a lot of emotional effort into winning this event last year.”
No Novak, it was 9-7 in the final set, not 10-8!!!!!!!!!!!
Rafa knows the score of every match he has played, even in the juniors……………..
so does Fed!!
He even remembers how the points were played out. 🙂
^^^^^Djokovic feigning nonchalance!
He refers to putting a lot of emotional effort into winning LAST year: he made a similar comment a week or so ago that he’d put TOO much emotional energy into winning.
He’s trying to kid himself this is just another Slam to be played. Nobody is fooled Nole. Everybody knows how badly you want it.
Good luck mate. You’re gonna need an awful lot of it if you are to wrestle RG away from Rafa. He will fight to the death.
Sorry, I don’t have it in me to be magnanimous where Novak is concerned this year. He is the bookies’ favourite, let him go and justify that. Me? I hope he skids on a big, fat banana skin, but doesn’t injure himself of course. I want him around good and healthy for some good ol’ fashioned shellacking from Rafa…………
^^^^ oh dear. Is that how it seems? That was a feeble attempt at sarcasm. Should have used an emoticon.
I’m already practising with my pins and wax model of ND.
^^I went the pins n’ wax model route last year, didn’t work, he’s still around, no? So this year am just gonna channel my inner Dr. Evil 👿
You need the extra long heavy duty pins 😉
I used them in ’08 – they worked a treat.
.Stan: “I’m one of the favourites here but I’m far behind Rafa and Novak. They are really above the other players.”
Roger won’t like this. Stan obviously doesn’t think he is the GOAT.
Cole: silence is golden
#Sla
^^^^Coleslaw© hoping to appear magnanimous ?
#CopyrightHawkeye
nadline and rafaisthebest,
Do YOU see the emoticon ed251137 posted at 12:34 am?
(It depends on the browser I use – whether I see it or not).
Are you talking about the ‘c’ in a circle copyright sign or the winking with tongue out?
@augusta08, yes I can see @ed251137’s emoticon. It’s in black & white. I am using Internet Explorer.
ed251137@:May 24, 2014 at 11:16 am
This:
https://twitter.com/augustazeight/status/470165100926877696/photo/1
I see this emoticon when using Internet Explorer, and I see nothing when I use Google Chrome.
I didn’t think Coleslaw© went in for false modesty……….
Didn’t he say only the other day “I can beat them all………………”
………………or was that a spoof?
# ©Hawkeye
https://twitter.com/adel1609/status/470128206490898432/photo/1
come on rafa ! practice hard
https://twitter.com/bluemathilde/status/470131898522808320/photo/1
https://twitter.com/bluemathilde/status/470133805853188096/photo/1
https://twitter.com/adel1609/status/470134470809755648/photo/1
https://twitter.com/rolandgarros/statuses/470158925560438784
Thank you @augusta08! A sight for sore eyes indeed………….
C’mon Uncle Toni, channel your inner Yoda!!
https://twitter.com/ESPNTennis/status/470141104185430016/photo/1