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Quote from: mv1986 on June 07, 2022, 07:08:35 PM

could you imagine Nadal winning all four grand slams this year and doing what Djokovic failed to do last year ? it's seems too good to be true but maybe Roll Eyes

I'm not sure it's that likely. A lot depends on how his foot holds up, and there's also the question of whether it's worse on different surfaces. He was just about okay on clay, and might be okay on grass at Wimbledon, but I'm not sure about hard courts at the US Open, particularly coming after the rest of the hard court season. AO is perhaps harder to assess as it was after the brief end-of-year rest break, and his foot problem didn't seem so bad then.

I agree with Cnut237 here. Keep in mind Nadal was even willing to let Wimbledon and the US Open go in 2021 for health reasons. I always said that Roger Federer is the greatest of all times, but knowing that Nadal is fighting that injury since 2005!!!, his achievement is beyond imaginable. Even more so, it is now sad to know that his retreat from professional tennis is likely to be anticipated very soon.

Right, his priorities throughout is the French Open because obviously, his chance to win is higher as compare to other tournaments and surfaces. So he carefully picking Grand Slam that he has a good chance. So maybe he will take a break in the other Grand Slams still in the calendar.

The match against Zverev at the French Open was epic, but I believe that in the end he would have taken that home as well. Nadal is an absolute mental monster, and there is no need to talk about his tennis abilities anyway. What an athlete, just amazing.

The Djokovic match was epic already, he made a huge comeback while against Zverev it was also turning to be great but was forced to retire because of unfortunate injuries.

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Quote from: Juggy777 on June 07, 2022, 08:14:20 AM

could you imagine Nadal winning all four grand slams this year and doing what Djokovic failed to do last year ? it's seems too good to be true but maybe Roll Eyes

I'm not sure it's that likely. A lot depends on how his foot holds up, and there's also the question of whether it's worse on different surfaces. He was just about okay on clay, and might be okay on grass at Wimbledon, but I'm not sure about hard courts at the US Open, particularly coming after the rest of the hard court season. AO is perhaps harder to assess as it was after the brief end-of-year rest break, and his foot problem didn't seem so bad then.

I agree with Cnut237 here. Keep in mind Nadal was even willing to let Wimbledon and the US Open go in 2021 for health reasons. I always said that Roger Federer is the greatest of all times, but knowing that Nadal is fighting that injury since 2005!!!, his achievement is beyond imaginable. Even more so, it is now sad to know that his retreat from professional tennis is likely to be anticipated very soon.

The match against Zverev at the French Open was epic, but I believe that in the end he would have taken that home as well. Nadal is an absolute mental monster, and there is no need to talk about his tennis abilities anyway. What an athlete, just amazing.

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I have been following Nadal since a long time now, and while he’s one of my favourites yet I don’t expect him to win all the grand glams this year because sooner or later he’ll be taking a break due to his existing injuries. Furthermore I feel that he’ll try and prolong his career rather than risk getting badly injured by playing in all the tournaments, and logically speaking I feel that’s the best decision because he should take regular breaks and avoid getting injured.

Nadal himself have mentioned about his participation into the French Open amidst his injuries. He mentioned, if it weren't French Open I wouldn't have played it with this injury. So, he is much into mastering French Open and he does it for the 14th time. It is always good to take necessary rest to prolong the career. This win have brought him big appreciation beyond tennis. His words on his retirement is really interesting.

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Quote from: Jackl87 on June 07, 2022, 06:26:52 AM

could you imagine Nadal winning all four grand slams this year and doing what Djokovic failed to do last year ? it's seems too good to be true but maybe Roll Eyes

I'm not sure it's that likely. A lot depends on how his foot holds up, and there's also the question of whether it's worse on different surfaces. He was just about okay on clay, and might be okay on grass at Wimbledon, but I'm not sure about hard courts at the US Open, particularly coming after the rest of the hard court season. AO is perhaps harder to assess as it was after the brief end-of-year rest break, and his foot problem didn't seem so bad then.

I agree, who wouldn't want Nadal to do that, but realistically, it's going to be difficult as his body might take a big toll, actually he is injured in this tournament, it's just that he has to elevated his game to win in record fashion. Besides, some of the grand slams tournament is very fast and grass, his not best surface. Maybe he can reach as far as QR or SF, but hard to win specially if it will be Djokovic or someone who is more adept to a fast court.

people even said that he could announce his retirement because of his injury after Rolland Garros which made it harder for me to actually bet him to win it, but Nadal proved those rumors wrong and he said that he will keep fighting and is nothing thinking about retirement now, could you imagine Nadal winning all four grand slams this year and doing what Djokovic failed to do last year ? it's seems too good to be true but maybe Roll Eyes

I also think that this scenario is very unlikely. I have to admit though that would be the absolutely perfect ending to one of the greatest carreers in Tennis that we have ever seen. To win all 4 grand slam tournaments and to retire then afterwards would really be a great thing for Nadal and he would absolutely deserve to leave the stage of tennis in such a great fashion.
I just don't see that happening to be honest. The next grand slam is Wimbledon and Nadal always has a pretty hard time to even reach the quarter or semi-finals there and i don't think that he has a chance against Djokovic there. The same is true for the US Open as i think other players are just stronger on that surface than Nadal.

I have been following Nadal since a long time now, and while he’s one of my favourites yet I don’t expect him to win all the grand glams this year because sooner or later he’ll be taking a break due to his existing injuries. Furthermore I feel that he’ll try and prolong his career rather than risk getting badly injured by playing in all the tournaments, and logically speaking I feel that’s the best decision because he should take regular breaks and avoid getting injured.

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people even said that he could announce his retirement because of his injury after Rolland Garros which made it harder for me to actually bet him to win it, but Nadal proved those rumors wrong and he said that he will keep fighting and is nothing thinking about retirement now, could you imagine Nadal winning all four grand slams this year and doing what Djokovic failed to do last year ? it's seems too good to be true but maybe Roll Eyes

I also think that this scenario is very unlikely. I have to admit though that would be the absolutely perfect ending to one of the greatest carreers in Tennis that we have ever seen. To win all 4 grand slam tournaments and to retire then afterwards would really be a great thing for Nadal and he would absolutely deserve to leave the stage of tennis in such a great fashion.
I just don't see that happening to be honest. The next grand slam is Wimbledon and Nadal always has a pretty hard time to even reach the quarter or semi-finals there and i don't think that he has a chance against Djokovic there. The same is true for the US Open as i think other players are just stronger on that surface than Nadal.

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could you imagine Nadal winning all four grand slams this year and doing what Djokovic failed to do last year ? it's seems too good to be true but maybe Roll Eyes

I'm not sure it's that likely. A lot depends on how his foot holds up, and there's also the question of whether it's worse on different surfaces. He was just about okay on clay, and might be okay on grass at Wimbledon, but I'm not sure about hard courts at the US Open, particularly coming after the rest of the hard court season. AO is perhaps harder to assess as it was after the brief end-of-year rest break, and his foot problem didn't seem so bad then.

I agree, who wouldn't want Nadal to do that, but realistically, it's going to be difficult as his body might take a big toll, actually he is injured in this tournament, it's just that he has to elevated his game to win in record fashion. Besides, some of the grand slams tournament is very fast and grass, his not best surface. Maybe he can reach as far as QR or SF, but hard to win specially if it will be Djokovic or someone who is more adept to a fast court.

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Quote from: aoluain on June 06, 2022, 04:00:40 PM

could you imagine Nadal winning all four grand slams this year and doing what Djokovic failed to do last year ? it's seems too good to be true but maybe Roll Eyes

I'm not sure it's that likely. A lot depends on how his foot holds up, and there's also the question of whether it's worse on different surfaces. He was just about okay on clay, and might be okay on grass at Wimbledon, but I'm not sure about hard courts at the US Open, particularly coming after the rest of the hard court season. AO is perhaps harder to assess as it was after the brief end-of-year rest break, and his foot problem didn't seem so bad then.

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Quote from: Cnut237 on June 06, 2022, 07:05:42 AM

Quote from: Cnut237 on June 06, 2022, 07:05:42 AM

i saw the odds of Nadal to win it at 4.44 but i didn't bet on him and i regret it

It was just the uncertainty over his fitness really that made him a comparative outsider. If he'd come into the tournament 100% fit, he'd have likely been the favourite - a fully-fit Nadal on clay, and especially at RG, is as close to a certainty as you can get in tennis. But we all saw how he was in Rome the week before, and it seemed unlikely that he'd be able to win seven best-of-five-set matches in a fortnight to win RG again... nevertheless, that's what he did. He was clearly not fully fit, and the injections to remove all feeling from his foot sound quite alarming, but it turns out even a half-fit Nadal can beat everyone in Paris!

Wow 4.44 for Nadal to win would have been great bet but yea nobody expected him to
do what he did. His injury is clearly well managed with those pain killing/numbing
injections. He would have to practice with those too to get used to that sensation, or
lack of sensation.

people even said that he could announce his retirement because of his injury after Rolland Garros which made it harder for me to actually bet him to win it, but Nadal proved those rumors wrong and he said that he will keep fighting and is nothing thinking about retirement now, could you imagine Nadal winning all four grand slams this year and doing what Djokovic failed to do last year ? it's seems too good to be true but maybe Roll Eyes

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Finally struff managed to win against giron 2 1 in the stuttgart tournament he had a loss streak of 8 games without a win and i think he got injured in the miami tournement against martinez but it seems that he got better and he managed to get back into competitions, but unfortunatly for him he will face sonego next which will be too much for him to handle i think he will lose 2 0.

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Quote from: wiss19 on June 06, 2022, 01:10:31 PM

i saw the odds of Nadal to win it at 4.44 but i didn't bet on him and i regret it

It was just the uncertainty over his fitness really that made him a comparative outsider. If he'd come into the tournament 100% fit, he'd have likely been the favourite - a fully-fit Nadal on clay, and especially at RG, is as close to a certainty as you can get in tennis. But we all saw how he was in Rome the week before, and it seemed unlikely that he'd be able to win seven best-of-five-set matches in a fortnight to win RG again... nevertheless, that's what he did. He was clearly not fully fit, and the injections to remove all feeling from his foot sound quite alarming, but it turns out even a half-fit Nadal can beat everyone in Paris!

Wow 4.44 for Nadal to win would have been great bet but yea nobody expected him to
do what he did. His injury is clearly well managed with those pain killing/numbing
injections. He would have to practice with those too to get used to that sensation, or
lack of sensation.

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Quote from: Daniel91 on June 06, 2022, 04:21:56 AM

Honestly, Zverev was completely equal in those 2 sets he played against Nadal and that he didn't get injured, who knows how that match would end.
Nadal was very lucky in that match and I think that Cilic would be a much harder opponent in the final.

Yes, perhaps it was pure luck on his side, Zverev beat Alcaraz, unfortunately he injured himself against Nadal and forced to surrender. And most of us says that Djokovic vs Nadal is the finals and that's what we witnessed when they fought. After that, it was easy final match for Nadal, 3 sets win against Ruud to win his 14th title here and becoming the older winner at 36.

There is no doubt Zverev was on top against Alcaraz and he was giving a very tough fight against Nadal but sadly his injury force him to surrender and a good opportunity for Nadal for another title which was not sure with his fitness and uncertainty as he is also struggling in last few months but as we all know he is the king of clay and in this even he plays like king especially against Djokovic because this was surely best match of this tournament where Djokovic was completely outclass and have no answer off Nadal's powerful shots and RG rule.

But, surely now in near future we will have some good upsets as the big three-time is going to end and new players are going to join big events Federer is already down and out with Djokovic is also struggling and Nadal is having some fitness issues if new generation players able to give their best then surely they can replace very quickly.

Zverev was probably ~~one of the few~~ the only one who could trouble Nadal at RG
if he hadnt had that terrible injury.

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Quote from: Yaunfitda on June 06, 2022, 05:58:44 AM

Quote from: Daniel91 on June 06, 2022, 04:21:56 AM

Honestly, Zverev was completely equal in those 2 sets he played against Nadal and that he didn't get injured, who knows how that match would end.
Nadal was very lucky in that match and I think that Cilic would be a much harder opponent in the final.

Yes, perhaps it was pure luck on his side, Zverev beat Alcaraz, unfortunately he injured himself against Nadal and forced to surrender. And most of us says that Djokovic vs Nadal is the finals and that's what we witnessed when they fought. After that, it was easy final match for Nadal, 3 sets win against Ruud to win his 14th title here and becoming the older winner at 36.

There is no doubt Zverev was on top against Alcaraz and he was giving a very tough fight against Nadal but sadly his injury force him to surrender and a good opportunity for Nadal for another title which was not sure with his fitness and uncertainty as he is also struggling in last few months but as we all know he is the king of clay and in this even he plays like king especially against Djokovic because this was surely best match of this tournament where Djokovic was completely outclass and have no answer off Nadal's powerful shots and RG rule.

But, surely now in near future we will have some good upsets as the big three-time is going to end and new players are going to join big events Federer is already down and out with Djokovic is also struggling and Nadal is having some fitness issues if new generation players able to give their best then surely they can replace very quickly.

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Quote from: Daniel91 on June 06, 2022, 04:21:56 AM

i saw the odds of Nadal to win it at 4.44 but i didn't bet on him and i regret it

It was just the uncertainty over his fitness really that made him a comparative outsider. If he'd come into the tournament 100% fit, he'd have likely been the favourite - a fully-fit Nadal on clay, and especially at RG, is as close to a certainty as you can get in tennis. But we all saw how he was in Rome the week before, and it seemed unlikely that he'd be able to win seven best-of-five-set matches in a fortnight to win RG again... nevertheless, that's what he did. He was clearly not fully fit, and the injections to remove all feeling from his foot sound quite alarming, but it turns out even a half-fit Nadal can beat everyone in Paris!

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Quote from: Ratash on June 05, 2022, 01:32:40 PM

It was an easy win for nadal against ruud it was obvious since we have seen his performance against djokovic and with alcaraz gone no one could've stoped him but still a 3 0 win is not what fans want on a rolland garros final, congrats to nadal it was well deserved.

Honestly, Zverev was completely equal in those 2 sets he played against Nadal and that he didn't get injured, who knows how that match would end.
Nadal was very lucky in that match and I think that Cilic would be a much harder opponent in the final.

Yes, perhaps it was pure luck on his side, Zverev beat Alcaraz, unfortunately he injured himself against Nadal and forced to surrender. And most of us says that Djokovic vs Nadal is the finals and that's what we witnessed when they fought. After that, it was easy final match for Nadal, 3 sets win against Ruud to win his 14th title here and becoming the older winner at 36.

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Quote from: Ratash on June 05, 2022, 01:32:40 PM

It was an easy win for nadal against ruud it was obvious since we have seen his performance against djokovic and with alcaraz gone no one could've stoped him but still a 3 0 win is not what fans want on a rolland garros final, congrats to nadal it was well deserved.

Honestly, Zverev was completely equal in those 2 sets he played against Nadal and that he didn't get injured, who knows how that match would end.
Nadal was very lucky in that match and I think that Cilic would be a much harder opponent in the final.
Despite all that, Nadal is truly a king in Paris and he absolutely deserves all the praise for his successes so far, which probably no one will ever repeat.
What worries me are the growing rumors that Nadal will have to end his tennis career due to a foot injury.
It would really be a great pity for such a tennis giant to end his magnificent tennis career due to injury.

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Quote from: wheelz1200 on June 05, 2022, 06:39:08 PM

I would like to congratulate Rafael Nadal with a brilliant record 14 wins at Roland Garros and 22 titles at Grand Slam tournaments! To be honest, I had some doubts about his victory this year, given his health problems in recent weeks, but after Nadal dealt with Djokovic in the quarterfinals, it became clear that Rafael is capable of winning the entire tournament. There were certain rumors before the final that Nadal might announce his retirement after this match, but Rafa clearly showed after the match that he would still try to continue to please the audience with his performances.

Absolutely crazy how tough he is on clay. I'm not a huge tennis fan but watch the big matches. Don't know if I've ever seen someone dominate a particular court like Raffy does at the French open. Easy money every year when this tourny comes around 😉

excpet for last year when Djokovic won it Grin

Nadal is a phenomenon on clay courts and especially in Rolland Garros, now he has 22 Grand slams which is a crazy number and 14 of them were in france, i saw the odds of Nadal to win it at 4.44 but i didn't bet on him and i regret it, even Alcaraz was @2.89, he won Australian open before this year too, Nadal is one of the best athletes right now and he's 36, that's the right time to say that age is just a number.

It's a good odds for those who have put a bet on him as an outright winner in RG. And I agree that he was not the favorite in the beginning, but when Alcaraz was eliminated and then he beat Djokovic, Nadal's path is very easy. And I would say that this is one of the those one sided finals we have seen in RG in recent years. Even in the ladies side, Swiatek had a dominant win. Let's wee how is foot is, post game interview, he said that he there are numbness so he might take sometime to rest his body.

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Quote from: wheelz1200 on June 05, 2022, 06:39:08 PM

I would like to congratulate Rafael Nadal with a brilliant record 14 wins at Roland Garros and 22 titles at Grand Slam tournaments! To be honest, I had some doubts about his victory this year, given his health problems in recent weeks, but after Nadal dealt with Djokovic in the quarterfinals, it became clear that Rafael is capable of winning the entire tournament. There were certain rumors before the final that Nadal might announce his retirement after this match, but Rafa clearly showed after the match that he would still try to continue to please the audience with his performances.

As expected, a very dominant win by Nadal and now put separation between him and Dkojovic 22 vs 20 Grand Slam wins. Leading up to the tournament, we never thought that he will reach the finals because of his nagging foot injury.

But he defies time, again and again, 6-0 in the Finals? That's really perfection. So he sets the record again in Roland Garros and I don't think that anyone can touch that record

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I would like to congratulate Rafael Nadal with a brilliant record 14 wins at Roland Garros and 22 titles at Grand Slam tournaments! To be honest, I had some doubts about his victory this year, given his health problems in recent weeks, but after Nadal dealt with Djokovic in the quarterfinals, it became clear that Rafael is capable of winning the entire tournament. There were certain rumors before the final that Nadal might announce his retirement after this match, but Rafa clearly showed after the match that he would still try to continue to please the audience with his performances.

Absolutely crazy how tough he is on clay. I'm not a huge tennis fan but watch the big matches. Don't know if I've ever seen someone dominate a particular court like Raffy does at the French open. Easy money every year when this tourny comes around 😉

excpet for last year when Djokovic won it Grin

Nadal is a phenomenon on clay courts and especially in Rolland Garros, now he has 22 Grand slams which is a crazy number and 14 of them were in france, i saw the odds of Nadal to win it at 4.44 but i didn't bet on him and i regret it, even Alcaraz was @2.89, he won Australian open before this year too, Nadal is one of the best athletes right now and he's 36, that's the right time to say that age is just a number.

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