Rafael Nadal will contest his first grass-court match of the season when he begins in Stuttgart against Marcos Baghdatis on Thursday. Bernard Tomic and Tommy Haas are also aiming for a place in the quarterfinals.
(1) Rafael Nadal vs. Marcos Baghdatis
Nadal and Baghdatis will be squaring off for the ninth time in their careers but for the first time in more than four years when they clash in round two of the Mercedes Cup on Thursday. The head-to-head series stands at 7-1 in favor of Nadal, who won their only previous grass-court encounter 6-1, 7-5, 6-3 at Wimbledon in 2006. The two veterans last faced each other on the Madrid clay in 2011, when Nadal cruised 6-1, 6-3. Baghdatis’ lone victory came via a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 decision in the 2010 Cincinnati quarterfinals.
Baghdatis already has three grass-court matches under his belt. The 63rd-ranked Cypriot picked up one win at last week’s Manchester Challenger and he opened on Tuesday in Stuttgart with a 6-3, 6-4 defeat of Lukas Rosol. Nadal, of course, is just now kicking off his grass-court campaign. The Spaniard has plunged to No. 10 in the world because of a season-long slump that surprisingly extended throughout the entire European clay-court swing. This is not a particularly dangerous matchup for Nadal, who should get the job done but will be tested during his first effort of the year on a new surface.
Pick: Nadal in 2 losing more than 8 games
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(WC) Tommy Haas vs. (5) Bernard Tomic
A blockbuster day is on hand in Stuttgart and not just because Nadal is taking the court. Tommy Haas, 37, is back in action for his first tournament in more than a year and it is coming in front of his German supporters. Haas treated them to an opening 6-4, 7-5 win at the expense of Mikhail Kukushkin on Tuesday.
Up next for the world No. 2 is a third career meeting with Tomic. The Australian prevailed 6-4, 6-3 at the 2012 Delray Beach event before Haas advanced by virtue of first-set retirement a few months later. Tomic just missed out on a first-round bye this week but managed to get past Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 7-6(5) in round one. The world No. 24 is a solid 23-13 on the year and he has twice been to the second week of Wimbledon (one fourth-round appearance, one quarterfinal). This is a steep step up in competition for Haas, who likely see Tomic make him hit a few too many shots–even on grass.
Pick: Tomic in 3
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who you got?
Rafa;
Tommy.
This is an ideal match to assess Rafa on grass. I plumped for him to do it in two sets losing more than 8 games but if Baggy catches fire, as he is wont to do when least expected. Ask Rosol! It could well take Rafa three sets to get the job done.
Please Rafa. No nerves today!
I’m hoping the RG quarters loss to Novak was the nadir and he entombed the nerves there…………………..
I know it is etymologically correct but I don’t like seeing Rafa described as a veteran 🙁
Ricky, please take note.
Exactly, especially I have never heard Federer being described as a veteran
^^^^Nadline
But I have heard him described as the ‘Elder Statesman’ on the circuit.
^^^^I’m referring to Federer of course.
^^^^Due deference to his seniority and loftiness
If Federer and Rafa are ‘veterans’ that makes Stepanek and Tommy Haas the OAPs of tennis.
Rafa has struggled to transition to grass on the back of much better form in recent years. With th worst form and lowest confidence of his career, Baghdatis has a great chance if he plays well. Marcos in 2!
@Ad, but that was also due to him playing a Championship match on Sundays in Paris and then being up for practice on grass the following day! This year, he lost in the quarters and so has had a few more days to de-compress (hopefully). In fact, it will a week today since he last played a competitive match.
But you’re right, this being Rafa’s first competitive grass match in a while, Baggy has a chance and he is a guy who relishes causing upsets so, we gonna see, no?
I do expect Rafa to be more relaxed next week at Queens, dreaded British weather permitting……………..
I live pretty close to London and the forecast for here next week is not fantastic….but the forecast for London itself is much better…..there will be temperatures in the low 70s F (22C) mid-week onwards and it is supposed to be dry pretty much all week. Given that the temperatures here are supposed to go up slightly and remain constant (with not much rain) for the next 2-3 weeks then that should mean the same for London. That would be good for Wimbledon…..
Thanks @amy, good to hear. I love the Queens tournament viewing experience but I do not enjoy seeing the players slip and slide precariously on those “virgin” lawns. Should be good if it’s dry.
ritb, yes I also do not want to see rafa slipping and sliding and worrying about his knee.
a friend of mind took his young son to Queens a year or 2 ago and he said the atmosphere there was great, very friendly and much less stuffy and elitist than that at Wimby….The whole upper class thing at wimby is pretty difficult to stomach at times….Judy Murray has commented on this unfortunate aspect of tennis here and how that needs to change.
The middle and upper ranks of the older English still cling to the ethos….. ‘it’s taking part that matters, not who wins’ and fair play ranks way above competitiveness except when it is inter-school matches. Even then to be seen to be trying too hard was regarded as slightly bad form. I grew up at a time when it was almost impossible to join the local tennis club unless you were at or had been to the ‘right’ school.
Little wonder it took 77 years for a bloody minded boy from Scotland to win the Wimbledon championship.
Yes, love the informal atmosphere at Queens. The players get to the court, especially centre court, wading through the spectators! Love that. Also lunch-time matches you can see the patrons watching the matches, pimm’s in hand, some lounging on the clubhouse balcony……..heaven.
Reading your post of 12:26 pm @ed251137 makes me appreciate Muzza more.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHNHqo8XIAE6dhX.png
Beautiful shot, thx augusta08,
I think Rafa will prevail in2 too. I also see Tomic through but maybe Haas will be able to take a set.
Why doesn’t Rafa play with that sort of pants? they seem much more comfortable than the tighter ones he uses during matches.
Good observation @Shireling1. Especially those “glittery stripes down the sides” pants he’s been wearing lately, they do look a tard tight.
I could be mistaken but I have the impression he fiddles and tugs slightly less with the current style. Now all we have to do is persuade him to have a No.2 haircut and he might stop exceeding the 25sec rule 🙂
nadline,
June 11, 2015 at 8:16 am
“Exactly, especially I have never heard Federer being described as a veteran”
🙂 You should know that Fed’s evolution was from Golden Promise to Meesiah of tennis onto GOAT.
🙂
It also means that come next year Djoker and Muzz will also be veterans. Berdych, Nando, Ferrer, Lopez, Stan, to name a few have never been referred to as veterans, not even Hewitt, why Rafa?
Nole has but you only read about Rafa.
Just like sienna, you make false conclusions because you are obsessed with a single player.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5VZXVfneAIU
If you Google any of those names with veteran you will see numerous articles referring to all of them as veterans.
#NadlinesWorld
hawkeye63, why would I want to google any of these names? 🙂
You wouldn’t. My BS alarm went off is all and it was right as usual.
Just like posts from sienna
So great to have Tommy back in the mix…I think he’ll win in 2, and Rafa in 2 as well.
Oh no, Bernie’s a set and a break up on Tommy………
Did Rafa’s match start yet? The tennis channel seems to be showing another tournament.
This is frustrating.
Rafa served first and won his game to love.
Rafa serving first, I presume Baggy won the coin toss……
Hope this match will be short and sweet, have errands to run shortly…
I’ve just texted rafa your request :-). He looked at is during the change-over and replied that he will try, no?
Sent a telegram did you @chloro? Coz he’s still on court! Just got back to find our Rafa in a TB. Baggy looking good to his promise is he?
So it appears that Rafa’s match has started. Well I got my answer. Unfortunately, the tennis channel won’t be showing this match. So I will have to rely on checking the score to find out what’s going on.
Ok, no point in torturing myself, I will renew my subs to TennisTV………..waiting for the scores to update on live scores is torture.
Baggy breaks. 🙁
just tuned in….rafa got broken :/
vamosrafa,
Can you see the match? Because the tennis channel is not showing it. The only other choice I have is to pay $9.99 for TennisTV if I want to see this live.
I am streaming it NNY
Rafa needs to return serve better. He is not getting into Baggy’s game at all.
rafa could not get a single return back in play … two successive love holds from baggy..
Rafa gets two solid first serves in ….30-0…. shanks a forehand in response to a sliced backhand from baggy…. and now baggy hits a passing shot to rafa’s feet…30-30
Baggy returned rafa’s first serve deep in rafa’s backhand corner and rafa sailed his backhand long…30-40
Baggy has rafa on the defensive but misses a backhand drop shot….deuce..
Strong return, solid approach and volley winner….adv Baggy
Rafa comes in behind a forehand…baggy’s forehand up the line finds the net..DEUCE
3 aces for Rafa.
4 aces for Rafa.
Horrible forehand dumped into the net by rafa …break point BAGGY
Finally a good forehand down the line after opening the court with his slice serve… and an ace follows .. Adv rafa
A rally ensues but rafa SHANKS a forehand long … deuce..
another ace! ADV rafa…
A good serve up the middle followed by a clean forehand winner inside-in ! Rafa holds ….4-3 baggy
Important hold! now he better do something about the returns!
vamosrafa,
Thanks for the play by play! From what I can see, even TennisTV is not showing it in my area. I don’t think it starts until tomorrow on both TennisTV and the tennis channel.
That’s the way it is here in the states with these smaller tournaments.
So I am relying on your observations.
pity you cannot watch it NNY …. but I will try to keep you updated with rafa’s level of play
Rafa breaks back – 4:4
Calm down now, Rafa.
Vamos
Baggy commits a double fault…0-15
Rafa draws away from the baseline to return serve…. extracts an error with a deep backhand up the middle….0-30
Baggy misses an easy shot, 0-40
Another Double fault!! rafa breaks to love….
Nice gift from baggy…no first serves
Rafa, 5:4. Baggy to serve to stay in the set.
wow, rafa hits a short backhand into the lower part of the net…. 0-15
A good serve and he finishes with an off forehand winner…15-15
Rafa dumps a relatively routine backhand up the line into the net…15-30
Rafa’s serve returned with a low forehand slice shot by baggy and rafa sends his forehand long! 15-40
A rally ensued and rafa’s CC backhand drew the error…
A solid serve out wide and deuce
7 of 8 BPs saved..
Rafa dumps another forehand into the net… break point baggy
Good serve out wide and rafa wins the point with a drop volley…deuce
Good serve! Adv rafa
Rafa finishes the rally with an aggressive CC backhand on the run!
rafa holds for 5-4
I’m just looking at the score but Rafa saved 4 break points in that last game… good for his morale!
Rafa’s forehand is so shaky :/ Every time he sets up for it, I get a feeling he will miss.
5-5…
Rafa clearly doing more with his serve… 6 points in a row for him …71% of first serves in
His serve has been very good so far… 6-5
Has Fed been giving some shanking lessons to our boy?
vamosrafa,
I am grateful for your ongoing relay of the match, shot by shot! It’s almost as good as watching it. Note that I said almost! 🙂
hahahah yeah almost 😛 glad it’s helping you 🙂
forehand is letting him down BIG time… 40-15…another shank , 6-6 TIE break
How’s Rafa doing with the 25” rule today, any harassing from the umpire?
Mohamed is the umpire. So far so good.
Good first serve up the middle and he finished the point with a good off forehand! 1-0 rafa
Rafa hits a perfect backhand lob winner! Beautiful…it was a deep volley by baggy right in the corner… 2-0 to rafa
Good hitting by rafa…and he draws an error via a short backhand slice to baggy’s forehand! 3-0 rafa
Good depth on his backhand strokes! 4-0 rafa… drew an error ..
Big hitting off baggy’s forehand… he draws an error…4-1 rafa
Rafa was controlling the point and justtt over hit his backhand approach shot cross court…. a positive miss though! 4-2 rafa
‘a positive miss’ , I like that point of view 🙂
Baghdatis plays a drop shot, followed by a lob and extracts an error from rafa… 4-3 rafa…he has two serves now
David Mercer, one of the commies has just said he’s never seen Rafa do a hotdog!!!!!!!!!
he is dumb
To Mr. David Mercer
19-year-old Rafa hit a hotdog (or tweener) against Federer at the Monte Carlo Masters 2006 and WON the point:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUeruVqJ2Js
Decent serve, followed by an excellent backhand CC (he stepped inside the BL to hit it)..,finished the point with a forehand volley.
Oh no! he set up another point and got over excited …missed a forehand volley my miles…
Yeeei, 1st set for Rafa!
what’s a ‘hotdog’ ?
between the legs shot……tweener…
Baggy sailed a routine backhand up the line wide, two set points for rafa… baggy saves one courtesy of a forehand miss by rafa… 6-5
Phew, rafa delivers another nasty slider out-wide. Baggy can only stretch to return it beyond the baseline! 7-6 (5) to rafa!
It sounds like it was a battle for Rafa to win that first set.
There is more work to be done.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHOidUeUkAExx66.png
Baggy had 9 looks at Rafa’s serve………meh.
baggy win 16/17 first serve points but his first serve % was only 50% !
Rafa’s returning was poor… Thank God baggy’s first serve % stayed low…
Rafa’s serving was very good….he got punished (5/13 points won) on his second serve though! A lot has to do with how badly he is hitting with his forehand, so shaky. Backhand has been better.
Why has Rafa got the trainer out? I left the room for a few seconds and saw him with his left shoe off.
Cuz he’s always tired and injured. Let’s go Baggy!
he had to get some strapping done
Clearly still feeling his way around the grass, needs to get the strapping tension right……
What channel are you watching? I thought Mercer and been put out to grass. Or is commentating a lawn match the same thing?
Just got back home in time to see the last two sets. Good work out for Rafa/
1-1
Baggy hits two big serves….rafa cannot return….30-0
Rafa returns another serve long…40-0
Rafa finally returns a serve, draws an error 40-15
Rafa hits a good return, opens the court with his backhand and hits a CC forehand winner into the open court… 40-30
BAggy closes the game with an ace …2-1 baggy leads
Thanks. The commies were saying he’s got blisters because of his new grass shoes. They’ve got 2 of my least favourite commies on: Frew McMilan and David Mercer.
Mercer is a dinosaur. Worst commentator bar none.
Rafa commands a point with a forehand drop shot….30-30
Rafa hits a booming forehand return off a big serve! right at baggy’s feet…30-40
Rafa with a decent return and controls the point with heavy forehands inside-out !
Rafa breaks 3-2! His best patch of the match so far
This is good to hear! I wish that I could see it! But at least Rafa seems to doing well now.
oh no, he’s broken again
^^^^Shirling
He’s just dragging things out to get plenty of match play on grass 🙂
Rafa stubbornly hits backhand slice after backhand slice only to see one floating long….0-15
Finds the corner with his forehand now…15-15
a short rally ended with a miserable backhand DTL miss by rafa..miles long+wide …15-30
baggy hits a clever wrong-footing forehand down the line for winner..15-40
Baggy returns serve and rafa dumps a pretty make-able forehand into the net! 3-3
a very quick hold for Baghdatis…it was all about his serving …rafa had a 2nd serve but could not return it deep so baggy punished it with a forehand winner inside-out… 4-3 baggy
Terrific backhands from rafa! 16-stroke rally… 15-0
Slider serve, forehand up the line into the open court ….baggy hits a running forehand into the net…30-0
Rafa chases a good drop shot and finds some space up the line with his backhand slice.. 40-0
*Rafa’s backhand is well-suited to grass…the compact swing and follow-through help him…his slices also don’t sit up that much.. he is definitely hitting it harder/flatter than he does on other surfaces, esp clay..
Baggy races to deuce! two majestic forehands up the line…and one DF by rafa…
rafa’s inside-out forehand after a body serves draws an error as well as a vamos! adv rafa
Baghdatis hammered a running CC forehand to draw an error from rafa who hit a backhand drop volley wide… deuce
Rafa hits the perfect spot, ace !
Another tricky serve! very good… 4-4
baggy tried to serve and volley, sends his backhand volley long….0-15
Rafa flattened out his CC backhand and Baghdatis dumped his forehand into the net 0-30
ACE 15-30
Baghdatis literally fires a missile ! running forehand winner DTL…rafa fell down ! 30-30
Rafa is annoyed, backhand slice sails wide! BAD MISS
Rafa standing SO FAR back to return ..baggy takes advantage with a drop shot. 5-4 baghdatis
They didn’t give the UEs counts with the stats but it must not look pretty for Rafa
they don’t give it for 250 events
2 set points for baghdatis! rafa played a couple of shaky points.
A heavy second serve to baghdatis’s forehand! 30-40
Wow! rafa executes a very difficult backhand volley! such great feel…it was a very fine pass by baghdatis up the line
It sounds like Rafa is having to battle throughout this match. Baggy’s got game, even though is ranking has gone down.
yup! rafa finds his way out of trouble thanks to backhand volleys! he finished the game with a very effective backhand stop volley…5-5
The ROS is far from good overall…just a few good returns here and there so far…
Rafa misses a second serve return….6-5 baggy…
Another tie break looming..
I have been checking the live score and it shows that Baggy held his serve to make it 6-5. So that means Rafa has to hold to take it to a tb.
This is a very close match!
Nice to know that Rafa’s backhand is working.
Someone (I forget now who) gave me definish.com/tennis to check scores, it’s really great!
You’re welcome.
I saw that Rafa was down 0-30 on his serve but came back and held with an ace! So it’s another tb.
Rafa under threat….baggy chipped and charged to drawn an error from rafa’s backhand….0-30
Rafa unable to find a first serve but wins the point with a decent forehand approach 15-30
Finally a first serve followed with a deep forehand approach shot…gets the error….30-30
First serve finds the target (up the middle)… 40-30…
Ace! game nadal.. tie break
WIn it here rafa, please!
baggy opens with an ace..1-0
Rafa uses a fine forehand approach to hit a backhand volley winner 1-1
Rafa hit a very good off forehand on the backfoot! 2-1 rafa
Rafa standing very deep in the court to return serves (even 2nd serves) on the Ad-court…. wins the point with a good CC forehand pass 3-1 rafa
Rafa’s deep court positioning exploited ….Baggy finishes with a volley 3-2 rafa
Forehand DTL missed by a significant margin! 3-3
Rafa doing well there …backhand draws an error! 4-5 down now rafa
I just checked the score to see that Baggy won the second set tb. So it will be three sets.
rafa too shaky out there! i know it is his first match but still..
Baghdatis’s CC backhand return too much to handle for rafa…4-6 :/
2nd serve…Rafa with a slight miss hit and his backhand sails wide 🙁 7-6 to baghdatis
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHOx1NoUkAA-M7n.png
59% 1st serve in is never going to cut it for Rafa………….and winning only 65% of those, not serious.
As Ricky has pointed out, Baggy already has 3 grass court matches under his belt, Rafa will have to step it up here….
Vamos!!
Rafa overcooked a forehand to waste one break point but comes up with two MONSTER returns off baggy’s first serves to seal the game. Rafa leads 3-1
10 points in a row for rafa! finally hitting the ball clearner off both wings…
4-1
Vamos Rafa!
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Rafa played a much better third set! 6-2
He got to spend plenty of time on grass so that is good. He needs to improve his level if he is to beat Tomic who is a tricky player on grass
vamosrafa,
Thanks for the great play-by-play. I was following the score on my iPhone. It was nice to see that Rafa managed to win the third set easily. His serve stats were okay for the match. Seven aces!
Tomic has a funky game, so Rafa will have to be on his toes.
Fist pump, Rafa!
http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/yellow-hd/fist-pump-smiley-emoticon.gif
Well done Rafa!
Now Tomic who-no-longer-is-a-tank-engine………….
Glad rafa won! didn’t see the match but from the comments it sounds like his forehand needs a large dose of valium!
give your forehand some therapy rafa……
Stand in the corner all those who voted 2 sets losing 8 or less 🙂
wow ed, wildly optimistic!! remember that rafa’s forehand is being mugged by his nerves right now…..
amy,
LOL! Forehand needs a large dose of valium! 🙂
You do have a way with words!
Vamosrafa did a great job of describing the points and the progress of the match. I could only follow the score online, so I can’t really say anything about Rafa’s form.
Fortunately, the tennis channel will be televising Stuttgart tomorrow!
nny, so you will be able to watch! excellent! can we have updates from both you and vamosrafa??
worried about tomic who is good on grass…..
amy,
I am not nearly as good as vamosrafa when it comes to match updates, but I will certainly try! 🙂
Yes, I am nervous about Tomic because he is so unorthodox and unpredictable. You never know what’s going to happen with him.
I voted for two sets, Rafa losing more than 8 games!
Tomic looked very dominant on grass today especially on serve.
ah marvellous, rafa to lose then….!
Tomic was very smug on court today.
ah marvellous, rafa to lose to a smug bernie….even worse…..was bernie wearing one of his horrible hats?
No I don’t believe that he did.
oh well, be thankful for small mercies…..shall we all have bets on how many people rafa has never lost to before who he’s going to lose to this year?? ( please excuse grammatical nightmare of that last sentence)….
PS I bet you that when bernie does beat rafa he will either be wearing a horrible hat or will put one on just afterwards…..
^Uh on!
Tomic/Rafa H2H: 0/2. So hoping it will not be another lower-level-player-gets-first-win-over-Rafa moment……………getting tired of those.
OOP for Friday
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2015/321/op.pdf
http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2015/06/tomic-beat-haas-advances-to-quarterfinals-of-mercedes-cup/55233/#.VXnPFU2JjIU
” Top-seeded Rafael Nadal opened his grass-court season with a hard-earned three-set victory over Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus at the Mercedes Cup on Thursday.
The Spaniard needed 2 hours, 40 minutes to win 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-2 and book a place in the quarterfinals.
”The first match on grass is always tough,” Nadal said. ”He’s a very good player and he’d already played a match.”
Nadal had a bye into the second round. He will next face fifth-seeded Bernard Tomic, who cut short the comeback of German veteran Tommy Haas with a 7-6 (6), 6-2 victory.
”I need to be more aggressive, to return better, and to move better,” Nadal said after his first match since losing in the French Open quarterfinals to Novak Djokovic.
Nadal was 4-2 down when he saved three break points. He took the first-set tiebreaker with a service winner.
In the second, Baghdatis hit some big forehand winners down the line and was steadier. But in the third, Nadal broke serve for 3-1 and stepped up his game. Baghdatis finished with 12 aces, and Nadal seven.”
Video by Mercedes Cup: Toni Nadal Interview before Rafa’s match on Thursday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRKGIYg2pLg
Rafa said this after the match:
” I’m very happy to be through. The first match on grass is very important. Every match on grass is very dangerous, and Marcos is a great player. He had played a match here which helped him a little bit, but it is very important for me to be through to the quarter-finals. I am happy to be back in Stuttgart. I have to play a little bit more aggressive on the return of serve I feel, but I really hope that I will be ready for tomorrow. I had plenty of practice today, and I hope to be at my best tomorrow. I have great memories playing here on clay, and I’m a little bit sad about that. But this is what is best for the tournament.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtXZ-8Pzrh0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJkGXdANeC0
These are for the whole match!
vamosrafa,
You are the best! Thanks so much! 🙂
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I expected Rafa to fight through…I was able to watch the whole match as Eurosport is broadcasting the whole event…Marcos can be difficult and he proved exactly why I was not at all happy to see him on the other side of the net…however, call me weird but I watch these pre-Wimby tournaments on grass fairly relaxed…I have no expectations for Rafa and every win is a bonus…I loved how Rafa played at times…still needs to get some match practice and this is good that he is through to the next round…
Tomic is difficult to play with…very annoying player…hope Rafa feels half relaxed as I do… then he will definitely win this match… 🙂
Vamos Rafa!
Amy: my oblique humour clearly didn’t come across. I was having a little dig at the 24 people who predicted 2 sets losing less than 8
This is what I said at the beginning of the thread:
‘ I plumped for him to do it in two sets losing more than 8 games but if Baggy catches fire, as he is wont to do when least expected. Ask Rosol! It could well take Rafa three sets to get the job done.’
I let my heart rule my head. II thought it would more likely take 3.
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Today Rafa was feeling his way. He will have worked out by now what he needs to do against Tomic who is too cocky for his own good.
True Rafa had an uncharacteristic number of UEs but he also played some stunning shots as well. By the time they reached the third set he had sucked the life out of Baggy. Besides it was no bad thing it went to three sets. He badly needed match play which Baddy obligingly gave him.
Video by Tennisconditioning: Rafael Nadal – Press Conference ATP Mercedes Cup 2015
(Rafa says that at Roland Garros he felt well physically)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejjcM71lI1E