Doha QF: R. Nadal d. S. Darcis, 6-1, 2-0 ret.

Good match by Parera. He's playing a lot more aggresively. Too bad that Darcis wasn't at his best to make of the match a slightly interesting contest.

Killer draw for Rafa :rolleyes: Good play though.

Epic draw this :worship:

look how amazing Rafito serves the ball, utterly surreal ability to serve it good :D

Killer draw for Rafa :rolleyes: Good play though.

Oh come on what else can one expect from a tournament with such a weak entry list, the 19th in the world was seeded 4th :o Rogi's draw isn't much harder.

Why did Darcis retire :confused: was he injured

Nice... easy way to the final

Vamos Rafa!!

Stevo retired for no reason

He said his back had been hurting for 4 days already when the umpire asked him if he wanted to see the trainer, I'm sure it had nothing to do with the beating he was taking.

Amazing run of matches from Rafa. He's making his opponents look like awful players :D

:bowdown: :bowdown:

His 5 matches winning streak looking hugely impressive ATM.

Darcis head is his biggest injury

Tougher draw than Fed's according to Foxy the tennis connoisseur.

Tougher draw than Fed's according to Foxy the tennis connoisseur.

:haha:

I find it hilarious that Darcis, who so nearly lost to Conor Niland in qualifying, was his opposition in the QF :rolls:

Oh come on what else can one expect from a tournament with such a weak entry list, the 19th in the world was seeded 4th :o Rogi's draw isn't much harder.

Why did Darcis retire :confused: was he injured

Troicki, Kubot, Darcis vs Davy, Karlovic, Gulbis :awww:

What a joke, this Darcis:rolleyes:

Tougher draw than Fed's according to Foxy the tennis connoisseur.:lol:

Tougher draw than Fed's according to Foxy the tennis connoisseur.

Look at Gulbis - huge forehand sitter missed followed by 2 DFs. :zzz:

Good match by Parera. He's playing a lot more aggresively.

indeed. Interesting statistic brought up by the commentators, according to Hawkeye nadal's average groundstroke speed through the first 3 matches is 121 km/hr, as opposed to 111 during the year end finals. Pretty big difference...

Troicki, Kubot, Darcis vs Davy, Karlovic, Gulbis :awww:

Except Ivo,none of them haven't done anything in tennis

You should lose all prize money if you retire. It's how they need to stop how common it's become.

Troicki, Kubot, Darcis vs Davy, Karlovic, Gulbis :awww:

Gulbis? What has he ever done besides winning 2 matches in a row :o Darsic at least has won an ATP title you know :shrug: and Troicki has given Rafi a very hard time at AO'08 :sad: Davy? Dr. Ivo? What was Rogi's h2h against those 2? Wasn't it something like 22-2?
Rogi is just crushing Gulbis as we speak :o

Gulbis? What has he ever done besides winning 2 matches in a row :o Darsic at least has won an ATP title you know :shrug: and Troicki has given Rafi a very hard time at AO'08 :sad: Davy? Dr. Ivo? What was Rogi's h2h against those 2? Wasn't it something like 22-2?
Rogi is just crushing Gulbis as we speak :o

Three setter..

poor Steve, but he was more of a spectator today

Except Ivo,none of them haven't done anything in tennis

wow, just WOW....Just one word : Davydenko

Gulbis? What has he ever done besides winning 2 matches in a row :o Darsic at least has won an ATP title you know :shrug: and Troicki has given Rafi a very hard time at AO'08 :sad: Davy? Dr. Ivo? What was Rogi's h2h against those 2? Wasn't it something like 22-2?
Rogi is just crushing Gulbis as we speak :o

you are right, Nadal has such a tough draw, poor guy, if only he had Karlovic and Davydenko instead of this impossible draw.

oh wait...

:retard:

Darcis le pussy.

What a nerd biggest loser in this tour who played with Nadal, Bolelli and Starace finished theirs games with honour, but Darcis in one second told umpire that he wanna to finish this game and grab fast something today it was his stomach to have cause of retirement. Pretty close stuff with Rochus playing here with Fedex but he finished it too like Italians.

you are right, Nadal has such a tough draw, poor guy, if only he had Karlovic and Davydenko instead of this impossible draw.

oh wait...

:retard:

He will have Denko in the final. What is the big deal? :)

5 years of ridiculously easy draws by Federer in Slams hasn't drawn as much scrutiny as Nadal's easy draw here at this Mickey-mouse tournament- I find that interesting....

this t.greed is good!! master of draws :eek:

5 years of ridiculously easy draws by Federer in Slams hasn't drawn as much scrutiny as Nadal's easy draw here at this Mickey-mouse tournament- I find that interesting....

It's because some Federer fans are (needlessly and kinda bitterly) insecure.

And because some posters live to complain about Nadal, it doesn't matter whether he's winning or losing.

wow, just WOW....Just one word : Davydenko

Forgot him,of course he can't be on that list ;)

rafito groundstrokes up by 10km/h on the WTF as planned as he seeks to redemoralise the real world number 2 :yeah:

5 years of ridiculously easy draws by Federer in Slams hasn't drawn as much scrutiny as Nadal's easy draw here at this Mickey-mouse tournament- I find that interesting....thats probably because Fed hasnt had any easy draws in GS's, just a figment of Nadal fanboyism imagination

hope that helps you.

It's a shame, that Kubot lost :(

It's a shame, that Kubot lost :(

He had the match.. he is the only to blame

It's a real shame that 20 years from now on the critics will forget about Fed's cake draws and Parera's extremely difficult ones and will only compare Fed's 15 GS to Parera's 6. Sad to say that today's subjective opinions will be forgotten.

Numbers and objective parameters won't tell the whole story...

Good to see the Fed and Rafatards having a bitch fight over the draw in a mickey mouse tournament. Vamos.

you're taking all the fun away, dude!

nothing mickey mouse about this, rafito pretty much secured another ao title with this!

He had the match.. he is the only to blame

Yeah, I know and that's why I'm quite pissed off right now :devil:

But, another impressive performance from Rafa

imagine how confident rafito must be in the brain right about....now!

:lol: What is all this bitching about? Exactly who is Rafa supposed to face in order to get a "fair" draw in the first three rounds of a MM 250 tourney with a weak entry list... Djokovic?

Not much to say here, apart from that a clown player deserves a clown draw...can't wait for the roasting job in the final:devil:

Good move by Darcis to avoid getting bageled.

@Stefwhit, Guy Haines & abraxas21

I totally agree with you!


Today the german commentator of Eurosport said Nadal doesn't need to become number one again as he already knows the feeling and that the most important thing for Nadal is to not have high expectations - what a bitch!

Vamos Rafa. The real number 1.

That Nadull reached #1 is the ultimate proof that this is a mug era.

Also, yes, he had a slightly easier draw than Fed here... but it's a clown tourney anyway so who cares.

Good to see the Fed and Rafatards having a bitch fight over the draw in a mickey mouse tournament. Vamos.

:lol: