Clear insult to Djokovic by singling out RG and Wimbledon as tournaments he'd like to win, but not the Australian Open (his omission of the US Open must be an attempt to foreshadow his immanent withdrawal).
Clear insult to Djokovic by singling out RG and Wimbledon as tournaments he'd like to win, but not the Australian Open (his omission of the US Open must be an attempt to foreshadow his immanent withdrawal).
No chance of withdrawal, as he's looking for MORE tennis, not less-
“The wrist is still the same,” he said. “With more rest, the wrist will not go better. The wrist needs to adapt again to the game; needs to adapt again to hit the ball.
OMG, he has *got* to be freaking joking calling people out for bad sportsmanship. He wouldn't have a career without his decade of faciliated cheating, illegal mto's, umpire intimidation and gamesmanship.
The worst and most-profiting offender our sport has seen.
but if you repeat it enough times, you are sure to believe it.
rafa has had to earn everything he has achieved the hard way. with immense amount of hard work and a limited game. that is the most demanding style of play in the history of mankind.
we just cant get him to work hard now and hence the dramatic decline.
well he's right. the fact that he did it to nadal shouldnt make it okay. it shouldnt matter. if it was anyone else no one would be on kei's side. the guy took an 11 minute break. thats shameful
He's right. Who said it shouldn't matter at all, it would just make it right too if someone says it of Nadal in any case. Two wrongs don't make a right.
But he's right, it's always infuriating to see people who give Nadal shit about his gamesmanship be 100% fine with Nishikori doing the exact same things.
Someone should seriously make a meme of this. I mean Nadal complaining about poor sportsmanship. That is gold. Maybe he should just retire and become a comedian. I mean that's like Djokovic complaining about vulturing off poor competition.
There is a big difference between being so injured that you need painkillers (Nadal 2014 AO Final), and going for a 15 minute toilet break (Nishikori).
Because Kei is not known as cheater. If he does it often as Nadal, Djokovic or Raonic now then Kei is like them. But Kei does it once in 5 years it does not make him cheater. Plus he played a lot this year while Nadal got a rest. Whether he did it in Final of BO3 for BM or in F of GS or MS it does not matter. Kei is human and he has his needs. Raonic did the same TWICE at Wimbledon against Goffin and Federer in SF but no one makes a noise. In fact Raonic did take 10 mins toilet breaks at AO in SF vs Murray, in Brisbane Final, in Final of IW and now in Cincy against #100+ because he lost 2nd set. That is what i call cheater .
I was surprised there wasn't a larger, and more adequate, backlash against Nishikori for the stunt he pulled. A 12-minute bathroom break to regroup after choking the bronze medal - allegedly during which he even had the audacity to take a shower - is borderline cheating. Even if within the rules, it's disgraceful and blatant. If I was Rafa and Team Spain, I'd be furious too.
Exactly. Add to this the repeated times that Kei purposely hit Rafa at the net when he clearly didn't need to. Rafa didn't complain but you could see on his face that he wasn't happy. Sometimes it's good strategy but in this case it was definitely not needed.
The 10 year anniversary of "that was very bad... very bad" is only a couple of months away
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