Board 8 > Rafael Nadal Probably Wins Wimbledon [thanks Tsonga] [Tennis]

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From: Axl_Rose_85 | #050
Sadly Federer's career seems to be over now. Maybe 1 or 2 slams approx unless he goes back to his former self.

Nadal on the other hand is like the worst ever contender for GOAT. Even if he wins 16+... he'll never be the GOAT. A champion needs a hint of charisma for crying out loud.

This is a terrible post/trolling attempt.

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^ So says the ONLY Rafael Nadal fan whose every post is a troll post or some annoying nonsensical fanboyism/girlism crap.
And please don't tell me your user name is based on Shining Force's princess Anri.. if that's the case I'm second guessing my taste in RPGs >_>

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Federer has always been a joke.

Luckiest "athlete" ever.

THIS infact is the worst fanboy/girl post ever. For someone who continually admitted he/she liked Federer, now changes his/her stride the moment he loses.

And that Luckiest athlete spot goes to Nadal.. 3 of his majors were virtually fluke wins. One - the AO final over Federer in 5 sets, two - the Wimbledon final over Federer AGAIN in 5 sets and Three - the US Open win over a beaten down Djokovic (who faced Federer in the semis in a 5 set match) and that took him 5 sets aswell

Nadal's only good on clay, the best... anywhere else he wins only by fluke. Heck Murray deserves a Hard Court GS much more than Nadal.

so let me repharse Princess

Nadal has always been a joke

Luckiest athlete ever... who still hasn't dropped his habit of picking his ass

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BoshStrikesBack posted...
Amazing stat: Federer is now 178-1 when having won the first two sets.

Only in slams. He lost in the Davis Cup SF to Hewitt in 2003 and the Masters Cup Final to Nalbadian in 2005 after being 2-0 up in both.

Which is what I said before people started asking 'Has Federer ever lost when 2-0 up before?!'

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most tennis players playing now seem lacking in charisma

Federer's seems to keep his emotions bottled up nowadays

Nadal is vaguely nice in a not very interesting way

djokovic seems to have the opposite of charisma

and murray's a typical dour scotsman

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Lisicki/Sharapova is gonna be one of the most attractive, good looking tennis matches to ever be sullied by tremendous grunting

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^ Looking forward to that one! Sharapova doesn't look as good as she did when she won her first Wimbledon... during that time I was like 'Yeooowza!'

Pironkova looked hot to me as well (a little skinny but still). So sad she lost to some lady grunt. And what the **** is up with Wozniacki, how the hell did she even get to no.1. She doesn't deserve the no.1 rank as much as Nadal doesn't deserve any of the majors apart from Roland Garros. ATP should fasten the courts more

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I hope Sharapova/Lisicki doesn't start til 4 since that is when I finish work and I'm heading straight to the pub. I'm not an alcoholic, it's just my last day at this company after a loooooong time working here!

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I get to watch Wimbledon and Roland Garros comfortably as it will only get started by the time I reach home from work with an hour to spare usually. The problem lies with the Aussie Open as well as the US. For Australian Open matches I have to skip work, for the US I have to pull all nighters or very late night sleeps.

^ And I go to clubs every Saturday... that has made me miss the women's final as well as the men's semis (US Open) for the past 3-4 years

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Nadal beat the best player of all time in 5 sets on his court. Provided Nadal's potential drug use is never exposed, that wasn't a fluke, dude.

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did you just

say something almost pro-nadal

who are you really where is xiii

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Axl_Rose_85 literally the worst user to ever post in these topics.

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From: Axl_Rose_85 | #053
Federer has always been a joke.

Luckiest "athlete" ever.

THIS infact is the worst fanboy/girl post ever.

Yes this would be a terrible post if it were taken seriously.

Notice how you're the first to respond to it? That's because everyone knows I am joking.

I love Federer.

The only "luck" Federer has ever needed was Soderling doing what he couldn't in 2009 at Roland Garros.

Nadal's only good on clay, the best... anywhere else he wins only by fluke. Heck Murray deserves a Hard Court GS much more than Nadal.

Ok, we're done here.

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Nadal not being good on grass was true....like 6 years ago

Annoying thing for people who dislike nadal(like me!) is that pretty much every tennis guy out there admits he works on his weaknesses to the point where he becomes a scary threat.

His rapid improvement on grass is nothing short of phenomenal, but dude works hard.

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sharapova sux

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sharapova the best

Seriously though, that was one hell of a sloppy set by her, not sure how she even won that.

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She won the set, no questions asked imo, just let her win.

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Sharapova gonna show Kvitova how to win a major on Saturday.

Or she'll double fault her way into tennis history with a first and second serve percentage of 0.

We'll see.

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The upsetting part is that either one could seriously happen.

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You just gotta believe, Kleenex.

This will be THE Wimbledon.

Nadal and Sharapova with the titles (perfect).

Nadal crushing Murray's hopes yet again (ultra perfect).

Tsonga with the God tier comeback against Federer.

Tsonga keeping Djokovic from becoming number one.

Roddick...played some matches.

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sharapova choking

Wimbledon 2004 and US Open 2006 were both so close to being the greatest slams of all time.

So close.

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13 double faults and she still wins 6-4, 6-3.

Time to break the record for most double faults en route to a slam title.

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Also hopefully she can win Wimbledon without dropping a set.

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Axl_Rose_85 literally the worst user to ever post in these topics.

Its funny how gamefaqs users keep on stressing about the IMO part if someone goes on to say something like FF7 is the best game ever or something like that.
Now when some new face shows up (or so they think ^_^) and goes against some regular poster (who spends 24/7 being on board 8 and having 0 social life), then their virtual homies turn up labelling the new guy as some troll or in your case worst user ever as fact.

Use IMO man cuz your statement is going against the nature of the never ending arguments of opinions and facts here on gamefaqs.

I'm the worst user ever... In your opinion (and maybe some others) but anyways cheers. Whatever makes you happy board8er

I love Federer.

No you just love Nadal and deep down you don't like Federer. Your hate for Andy Murray and Roddick is also ridiculous (I don't like those guys either but why the hate???)

I don't have anything against Nadal except for the fact that he has achieved much more than what he should actually have. I don't like the fact that he takes a decade to serve after he's lost a point. And that he takes injury timeouts often to break the momentum of his opponent. That's sly and poor sportsmanship.
Did you watch his match against Murray in the AO quarterfinal last year. He was down 2 sets and a break. Instead of just playing cuz he's already lost anyway he withdraws from the match. Just a set ago, he was retrieving balls like crazy. To this day I don't believe for a second that he had any sort of injury and that he was only making up an excuse for his loss. And he has done that a LOT of times.
Federer to this day hasn't retired from a SINGLE match. If he's injured he doesn't play at all or complain like Nadal does. He however is much more mentally fragile than the likes of Nadal and Djokovic and doesn't have as much determination. If he worked as hard as Nadal, god knows where he'll be right now.

I respect Nadal for his grit and never say die attitude but whenever he's playing I'm always for his opposition. And your posts are actually making me dislike him even more.

I could just as easily say I'm joking about my previous posts but that the difference between Nadal fans (fan) and Tennis fans.

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You praised Nadal for his never say die attitude but spent a whole paragraph complaining about how he quits matches early? what huh

Anyway that match that Nadal and Verdasco played in the semifinals of the Aussie Open that one year cemented my support of Nadal. That match was friggin' incredible.

You praised Nadal for his never say die attitude but spent a whole paragraph complaining about how he quits matches early? what huh

Sportsmanship and style of play are completely different subject matters.

When Nadal plays a match. He doesn't panic. He saves a lot of break points... puts on a different gear on the important points. In short he has a lot of grit and more often than not he comes back when he's down a break or such. I appreciate that about him. That shows he doesn't give up easily. Thats in tight matches by the way.

Now when his opponent gets a shift in momentum and the moment he sees a no win situation. He either calls a timeout or quits (so that he has an excuse for his loss) or takes so much time in between serving in order to distract the opponent or break their momentum.
Heck even the commentators are pointing that issue out. No wonder Berdych and Ljubicic got so annoyed.
You'll also see he serves noticeably faster when he's in command. Thats some very sly tactics you know. Most people look past it.

I can even point out some matches in which he used those tactics to completely change the tide of the match in his favor. The one I remember most is the final in Monte Carlo (clay) during Federer's prime. Back then Masters Series used to be best of 5 setters. Nadal was up 2 sets to love against Fed. Fed went into beast mode. Got the 3rd set. Was dominating the 4th set only for Nadal to call a timeout. That completely broke Federer's rhythm.
You see those timeouts automatically puts you in a win-win situation.
Scenario A (Which is most likely) - Nadal breaks opposition's rhythm to squeeze out a win. Example: Monte Carlo Final (2005 or 2006) against Federer 6-2 7-6 6-7 7-6 (something like that... it was long time back though)
Scenario B - Nadal loses. Has an excuse for his loss in the press so that he doesn't give his opponent an edge in their next meeting. Example: AO Open (2010) - loss to Murray 3-6 6-7 0-3 ret.
Also blamed loss on a stomach pain in this year AO QF against Ferrer.

It's all psychological. Nadal is like the Jose Mourinho of tennis. Or maybe his uncle is.

My Point is: Nadal = Gritty tennis player but at the same time a bad sportsman.

I like how Djokovic purposely does the same thing while serving against Nadal. It shows that the Djoker is aware of Nadal's sly tactics and he isn't afraid to give him a dose of his own medicine.

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From: Axl_Rose_85 | #075
No you just love Nadal and deep down you don't like Federer. Your hate for Andy Murray and Roddick is also ridiculous (I don't like those guys either but why the hate???)

Nope. I love Federer and I make fun of Roddick because Kleenex loves him (and he makes himself a target).

Not hating Murray is what deserves an explanation.

From: Axl_Rose_85 | #077
My Point is: Nadal = Gritty tennis player but at the same time a bad sportsman.

omg at least say "IMO" you can't tell me that is my opinion too don't make me go get my cyber buddies to come tell you new users to respect us salty veterans my opinion is different

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Princess Anri posted...

Not hating Murray is what deserves an explanation....

When it comes to Tennis I'm like anti Anri, I like Fed, Novak, Roddick, etc, don't like Nadal

But disliking Andy Murray....It just feels so right.
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Djokovic gonna roll over Tsonga to #1 in the world now.

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damn, what happened to Tsonga in this second set

Tsonga's one of the streakiest players on the tour, he can play great at times and then just go off the rails at the drop of a hat.

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Or maybe he just wants to come back from two sets down again!

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K these points are crazy.

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that was a ****ing awesome point, yeah.

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The Djoker gets the break.

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Personally I take the English approach to tennis, if Murray wins he's British, if he loses he's Scottish and we don't give a **** about tennis anyway.

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How many times have they both been on the ground after a point?

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and another 'great' point

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From: The Mana Sword | #082
Tsonga's one of the streakiest players on the tour, he can play great at times and then just go off the rails at the drop of a hat.

thought you were talking about monfils for a second :P

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lol these guys are falling down just a bit too much

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uh ooohh Djoker gettin scurrrd

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dunno, what that guy is on about, in all honesty there is pretty much nothing to dislike about Nadal, he plays hard, he has a will to win and he displays a lot of emotion on the court. Heck his rivalries over the years have even led to some great moments.

BUT GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO RODDICK!

COME ON HEWITT(literally playing on jelly legs at this point)

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Tsonga, please, PLEASE take this to four (five) sets.

You f***ing got this booooi

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The Hat is the Truth.

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Four points away from NUMBAH ONE

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Why did he take off the Hat???

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Oh god taking off the hat is proving to be fatal.

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CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKE

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GLUE THAT HAT ON YOUR HEAD!!!

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