PMK dumps Nadal out of Doha 63 62

*Nadal has a fever*

IN all honesty Nadal showed great heart being down 5-0 and still played the match out.

Ladies and gentlemugs, Kolya is back. :worship: That cross court backhand is such a magnificent thing to behold. :hearts: :inlove: :hug:

Nadal called for the trainer when he got broken in the second and said he was "more tired than usual". His intensity went down in the second but he was still getting outplayed by Denko's early hitting for the biggest part of the first.

Davydenko completely dominated the rallies in the second set. Haven't seen him hit the ball that cleanly in a long while. When serving for the match at 5*-0 Kolya got ridiculously tight and hit a couple of UEs and got broken. The second time he tried however he saved 4 BP before converting the match point.

The final vs Federer tomorrow will be great. :music:

Is Nadal out of the Australian Open? Davydenko? WTF??

Davy is on fire .:))

I still have no idea what Nadal is doing on court atm

LOL @ Nadal's fake cough. So pathetic

Well played Rafa! Keep it up for the rest of the season! :worship:

Great handshake from Nadal, doesn't even look at Davydenko :o

thank you donkey........now you can do your usual bend-over in the final.......

i predicted a 6-3 6-1 for Kolya

idiot :mad:
Kolya :bowdown: :D some ass kicking
and tried his best to choke :haha:

Pussydenko had a chance to serve Nadal the 2nd bagel of the week

Fucking crazy level from Davydenko until the end :o

Either way :woohoo: :bounce: :D

Kolya you fuckin' animal. Beat Fed tomorrow, too. :devil:

Such an amazing ball-striking machine, thouroughly deconstructing Nadal from the baseline. I sure missed him last year (along with Del Potro :devil:)

Nice match for Davy, didn't liked the choke, but the strokes are working in full bloom.
Get well,Rafa.

Davy owning Nadull on HC as usual.

:sport:

NID.

Nadal lucky to escape second bagel in one tournament. He really became joke of player:lol:

Well. I have always believed that someday, someone will expose Nadal for what he is not. That is someone who is capable of more than just running fast. Davydenko showed that tonight.

The Great Sportsman didn't even look Kolya in the eyes at the conclusion of the match.

Would be happier with the outcome if Davydenko hadn't made such a valiant effort to choke while serving for the bagel.

maybe Nadal tanked to avoid the Master in the final?

Title should read Davydenko spit roasts piggy's gamesmanship 6 - 3 6 - 2

Welcome Back Davy! I guess all those obituaries were premature.

I hope Nadull enjoyed being Davy's bitch once again. Of course since he was 'sick' it is not a legitimate defeat like all other defeats he has suffered.

Euff, dunno what Rafa was doing expending any remaining energy trying to fight the useless battle at the end. PLEASE pull out of the doubles and come back strong for the big one. Congrats Davy :yeah:

Nadal gave Davydenko a lukewarm handshake. Must've been because of Davy's intent on giving him a bagel. :lol:

Entertaining match (especially the second set)

Terminated.

though Nadal seemed really sick

Davydenko :worship: that was a fine roasting up until 6-3, *5-0 when he started choking, even his box was smiling at him :lol: :o Nadal had a pathetic attitude like always when he's being outplayed, nothing new

should be a good final :rocker2:

:spit:

Title should read Davydenko spit roasts piggy's gamesmanship 6 - 3 6 - 2:lol:

Today is a good day. :sport:

Davy is back :rocker2: :rocker2: :rocker2: :rocker2: :rocker2:

Granted, it was mighty generous not to make it a bagel or at least a breadstick, but he eventually got over his butterflies and closed it out. Some terrific ballstriking while he was building that lead :hearts:

The real loser here is Gulbis. I mean even Lacko bageled him. :spit:

davy did choke massively at the end and a collapse of epic proprtions was looking on the way but something we have to remember is that davy has not played someone like nadal in forever

its only natural that he'd get tight serving for it

overall a fantastic match from davy:worship:

he is back ladies and gentleman:)

mmm nice Dav

Dedicated to all Nadal tards!

Glad to see you back NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO. You are a true pleasure to watch.

Darn. I was hoping Nadal would win this one so there would be a possibility he would sneeze on Roger on a changeover.

maybe Nadal tanked to avoid the Master in the final?

Too true.

Fed would have beaten this Nadull as easily as Denko. :D

Expected tank from Nadal.

Terminated.

though Nadal seemed really sickI thought so too, until he started to turn things around at the end. Then he mysteriously seemed a bit rejuvenated.

Quite crazy of Nadal wasting energy at the end. I bet he goes out and plays doubles again also.

Nice match from Davy, not at last year's level, but didn't need to be.



http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/2440/nadalw.jpg

Rafa needs rest.

Darn. I was hoping Nadal would win this one so there would be a possibility he would sneeze on Roger on a changeover.

..true...

but what the hell is rafa doing playing doubles?

Davydenko :worship: that was a fine roasting up until 6-3, *5-0 when he started choking, even his box was smiling at him :lol: :o Nadal had a pathetic attitude like always when he's being outplayed, nothing new

should be a good final :rocker2:

Ya habibi....I didn't watch the match. What did that pathetic loser Rafa do this time?

Always nice to see Nadull being humiliated. Great effort, Davy. Good luck in the final.

He has a cold. I wouldn't call that really sick. Davydenko played so well today hew would've beaten Rafa at full health, too. Tomorrow's final should be awesome if he keeps it up. :D

Rafa had no chance against the code veronica virus

Davydenko is not back at all, tomorrow he'll be destroyed by Federer. Today's result has never been in doubt for all those who watched Nadal play in the last days, and I thank him for giving me odds like Davydenko @3.00 and 2-0 @5.00 or more, if I remember well.

I only wish that roger had the chance to play nadal again soon quite a few times on hard court to right the h2h, after taking tips off of davy how to play

Rafa calling the trainer and makin up excuses NID. I bet he misses the knee excuse. Should play more doubles btw...

Leave Rafa alone... the fever got to him...

Doha GOAT :worship: (and Slam zero). Love ya :kiss:. Was reminded of exactly what I've missed for so long with 2 DFs at 6-3, 5-0 deuce (his only 2 DFs of the match :haha: ).

Davydenko is not back at all, tomorrow he'll be destroyed by Federer. Today's result has never been in doubt for all those who watched Nadal play in the last days, and I thank him for giving me odds like Davydenko @3.00 and 2-0 @5.00 or more, if I remember well.Did you watch the match? Davydenko was hitting the ball great. And I mean great. No matter if he loses tomorrow, I haven't seen Davydenko in this form for over half a year.

Rafa :tears: get well soon.

GL Davy in the final!

My man is back :yeah: :drool: Kolya and Rainer will play this AO final :hearts:

maybe Nadal tanked to avoid the Master in the final?

that better be a joke

Kolya :worship: Good to see he is back to good form!

the problem with Nadal is that he has such a defensive mentality that he sticks to defense even when he's being outplayed by a better aggressive baseliner, the only way he would have been able to challenge Davydenko is if he played with reckless abandon on his shots going all out like he did when he was about to lose the match, he should have done that all match, yes it means he'll do more UEs but that's the only way to live with a player of Davydenko's caliber on this surface.

too bad for his fans that doesn't have Federer's mentality when it comes to this, as he has the tools to play a more aggressive game.

Good stuff from both.
Davy for being back to his old self and Nadal - who was sweating like a pig out of fear Kolya would gift him the set - for avoiding Fed.

Ya habibi....I didn't watch the match. What did that pathetic loser Rafa do this time?

Nah, pathetic losers cry like little bitches after they lost the Australian Open Final :devil:

Get some rest, champ, AO is up for grabs;)

Davydenko is not back at all, tomorrow he'll be destroyed by Federer. Today's result has never been in doubt for all those who watched Nadal play in the last days, and I thank him for giving me odds like Davydenko @3.00 and 2-0 @5.00 or more, if I remember well.

oh he's back, he was playing like the davy everyone knows

Sick or not, Davydenko woulda won the way he played to start the second set. I do have to kinda give Nadal reluctant props for not retiring... absurd attempt to choke at the end though :o Musn't do that vs Federer.

If all Spartans fought like this, we'd all be talking Persian.

j/k Gotta respect Rafa for playing this match out and giving it his all.

Is it true Davydenko has a positive H2H versus Nadal?

Davydenko is not back at all, tomorrow he'll be destroyed by Federer. Today's result has never been in doubt for all those who watched Nadal play in the last days, and I thank him for giving me odds like Davydenko @3.00 and 2-0 @5.00 or more, if I remember well.

You'll never win money betting at books with such poor odds. Even at closing 3.5 and 6.0 were available, more earlier.

Nadal is working hardly on his legendary h2h against Fed...

Good win Kolya, and good luck for the final. :yeah:

Nadal is working hardly on his legendary h2h against Fed...

this.

I've found the reason of Nadal's tank. He has a great battle ahead of him.

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/1649/36157765.jpg

Has Rafa got mono now?

:rolleyes:

How many replies will this thread end up having? I say over 700.

Seems Davy is on the way back up. Seeing as he can only lose points here (I think),clearly none of the top players will want him in a potential R3 at the Aus Open.

No doubt all the Nadal haters will be praying that Davy lands in his section for the draw.

BTW - has anyone ever beaten Nadal and Fed b2b twice? Davy with a fair shot at it tomorrow.

the problem with Nadal is that he has such a defensive mentality that he sticks to defense even when he's being outplayed by a better aggressive baseliner, the only way he would have been able to challenge Davydenko is if he played with reckless abandon on his shots going all out like he did when he was about to lose the match, he should have done that all match, yes it means he'll do more UEs but that's the only way to live with a player of Davydenko's caliber on this surface.

too bad for his fans that doesn't have Federer's mentality when it comes to this, as he has the tools to play a more aggressive game.

says the clown who never held a tennis racket in his life........bring donkey to melbourne, nadal will make him squeal.......

nadal has his own method of winning........which sport are you watching? 4 years ago, kid rafa toyed with peak donkey all around the court and blasted him out of shanghai........

it's just pathetic to see that nadal haters like you are too blind to even acknowledge a clear discomfort in nadal's heath........

My!My! who would have taught nadull is becoming davydenko's favorite bitchboy.
No plan B.

NID their h2h suggests so.

Now why can't Federer ever man-handle Nadal like this? I hope his new coach gets a copy of this match to study.

BTW - has anyone ever beaten Nadal and Fed b2b twice? Davy with a fair shot at it tomorrow.
D'oh, how did I miss the 'twice' :lol:

Nah, pathetic losers cry like little bitches after they lost the Australian Open Final :devil:

Get some rest, champ, AO is up for grabs;)

Na pathetic losers get coaching when they are about to win a career grand slam and are stupid enough to go on television and admit it.

The real loser here is Gulbis. I mean even Lacko bageled him. :spit:

lol

I thought so too, until he started to turn things around at the end. Then he mysteriously seemed a bit rejuvenated.

he went for the shots a bit, and davydenko's level dropped slightly..

enough to get him those 2 games.

Davy, last year. ;)

twice?

He did it in Doha. AFAIK he hasn't done it any other time.

twice?

He did it in Doha. AFAIK he hasn't done it any other time.
Ha, my bad, just noticed the twice.

he went for the shots a bit, and davydenko's level dropped slightly..

enough to get him those 2 games.Agreed, but Nadal also had triple break point at 5*-2. You tell me if Nadal didn't look a little less tired just then.
Davydenko was only saved because somehow he started nailing first serves again out of nowhere.

Strategic tank to avoid Federina. Gotta keep that H2H from getting too close.

My!My! who would have taught nadull is becoming davydenko's favorite bitchboy.
No plan B.

Most people know this already, just look at the last meetings.
That's why I took Davy in 2 sets.
It's true that Nadal wasn't at his best in the second set but the first set he was fine.

Nadal wanted this one bad, usually I wouldn't say much about it but some of the his fans go overboard so I'm going to counter it with reality, no one can run from reality.

Na pathetic losers get coaching when they are about to win a career grand slam and are stupid enough to go on television and admit it.

Nah, pathetic losers get bitchslapped 6:1 6:3 6:0 and still claim they can beat Nadal at Roland Garros. BTW, how is that working out:devil:

nadal has his own method of winning........Getting bageled?

I'm amazed Nadal managed to finish the match at all. I've never seen him this ill before :eek:

It's sad how the majority of posters here are completely focused on the loser tnan the winner.

Congrats to Davy, though. He worked hard for that victory... well.. the ending was an lol moment, though XD

As for the posters here... I'll give them a week to come back to the reality that Nadal completely decimated everyone last year...

How many replies will this thread end up having? I say over 700.



Again, you seemed to have no problem with an exo thread going on for pages and pages, wouldn't by any chance be down to result of it, would it? Secondly, surely you're not as Rafa-obsessed not to realize the match had two participants. Out to deny those who like Kolya the right to be delighted he's shown some of his old game after mugging seriously for a couple of months upon return from injury?

says the clown who never held a tennis racket in his life........bring donkey to melbourne, nadal will make him squeal.......

nadal has his own method of winning........which sport are you watching? 4 years ago, kid rafa toyed with peak donkey all around the court and blasted him out of shanghai........

it's just pathetic to see that nadal haters like you are too blind to even acknowledge a clear discomfort in nadal's heath........

Yeah and now World #1 peak Rafa (health issue is BS) can't beat grandaddy 29 yr year 20 something ranked Davydenko.

Nah, pathetic losers get bitchslapped 6:1 6:3 6:0 and still claim they can beat Nadal at Roland Garros. BTW, how is that working out:devil:Sorry, this thread is about Davydenko crushing Nadull :bigwave:

keep it up all year Rafa:angel::angel::angel:

good to see the smater player goes down for once:D

congrats Donkey

LOL @ Nadal's fake cough. So patheticLOL

He timed it just as the crane/cable/whatever camera swooped towards and under him while he was sitting.

Sorry, this thread is about Davydenko crushing Nadull :bigwave:

Who is Nadull?:confused:

Now why can't Federer ever man-handle Nadal like this? I hope his new coach gets a copy of this match to study.

did you start watching tennis in 2008?

BTW - has anyone ever beaten Nadal and Fed b2b twice? Davy with a fair shot at it tomorrow.

It wasn't back to back, but Nalbandian beat Rafa and ROger at TMS Paris (Roger-3rd round, Rafa - Final) and Madrid (Rafa-QF, Roger - Final) 2007.

Nadull should be fined :rolleyes: The only reason he didn't retire was because the officials told him that he would have to retire automatically from the doubles as well as it is played on the same day hence the rest of the match was a tank :o

Again, you seemed to have no problem with an exo thread going on for pages and pages, wouldn't by any chance be down to result of it, would it? Secondly, surely you're not as Rafa-obsessed not to realize the match had two participants. Out to deny those who like Kolya the right to be delighted he's shown some of his old game after mugging seriously for a couple of months upon return from injury?

I'm fairly sure that I only made one very non-serious reply to the exho thread, so it's not as though I endorsed the hundreds of serious replies it got.

Also, this thread is less about Davydenko winning than Nadal getting thrashed. I'm glad Davydenko has found his game again, because he is great to watch when on form. However a lot of the people that have replied here are delighted if he plays like that against Nadal, but won't be so happy if he puts in a repeat performance tomorrow against Federer.

Most people know this already, just look at the last meetings.
That's why I took Davy in 2 sets.
It's true that Nadal wasn't at his best in the second set but the first set he was fine.

Nadal wanted this one bad, usually I wouldn't say much about it but some of the his fans go overboard so I'm going to counter it with reality, no one can run from reality.
I also called davy in 2 sets.
He is a bad match-up for nadull,because he takes the ball early.
Nadull is lucky to be playing in a "slow" court era imo.
Very few players can exploit his weakness.

However a lot of the people that have replied here are delighted if he plays like that against Nadal, but won't be so happy if he puts in a repeat performance tomorrow against Federer.

What's new?

Yeah and now World #1 peak Rafa (health issue is BS) can't beat grandaddy 29 yr year 20 something ranked Davydenko.

:spit:

He got bageled by Lacko 2 days ago. I'm fairly sure that's an indication that he's not at his peak at this moment.

Nah, pathetic losers get bitchslapped 6:1 6:3 6:0 and still claim they can beat Nadal at Roland Garros. BTW, how is that working out:devil:

That's probably why they're where they are today and you're sitting there.

I still have no idea what Nadal is doing on court atm

Nadal must be insane to push himself to the limits with a fever/infection just before the AO.

LOL

He timed it just as the crane/cable/whatever camera swooped towards and under him while he was sitting.

Yes lol, I noticed this too, I think it was fake.

Go straight to bed and wrap up yourself in the blanket, take a lot of fluid, Rafa! That's what you have to do now, not playing the doubles!! :(

Good luck in the final, Kolya!

If Nadal doesn't win the Australian Open then this cold = mono

Sportsmanlike handshake from Nadal there. :eek::eek:6-1 on hard, bitch.:eek::eek:

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

winner of sportsmanship award...

This tourney reminds me toronto and cincinnati before the USO, and we all know how ended the story...

I find it funny how since Davydenko has started owning nadal the amount of abuse he gets here has gone from practically everyone to just nadal fans.

If Nadal doesn't win the Australian Open then this cold = mono

It's not confirmed mono? Damn, I was looking forward to that being posted as the excuse for every single loss this year.

I find it funny how since Davydenko has started owning nadal the amount of abuse he gets here has gone from practically everyone to just nadal fans.You're right :rolls:

already 105 posts.

MTF in his mood for 2011.

:sport::sport::sport::sport:

God saves all of us.:worship::worship:

I'm fairly sure that I only made one very non-serious reply to the exho thread, so it's not as though I endorsed the hundreds of serious replies it got.



But unlike the real match threads whose results you are not too fond of, you weren't whining about the number of replies either.

Rafa called for trainer and said he started feeling bad in the 3rd game of the match. He looked like he was about to fall over for most of it.

He was willing to let Davy bagel him in the 2nd until Davy started whining to Cedric. After the third rant, Rafa gave Davy a good scare by winning 10 straight points. I swear he looked at Davy in disgust everytime Davy flubbed a return.

Only reason Rafa didn't retire was to play to make the doubles final for Marc Lopez. Which is about to start at the moment.

Everything went better than expected.....thank you davydenko!

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

winner of sportsmanship award...

Please. Have you seen some of the cold handshakes Roger has given when he's lost? One against Murray particularly sticks in my mind.

If all Spartans fought like this, we'd all be talking Persian.



we have an early entry for line of the year:worship:

But unlike the real match threads whose results you are not too fond of, you weren't whining about the number of replies either.

I'm not whining. It's just that Nadal losses these days seem to rack up an insane number of responses. The one where he lost to GGL was ridiculous. I think I've posted in here 5 times so far, so I may well be the root cause of all these replies! :eek:

Nadal fans are hilarious. Whenever Nadal DOES lose, they always think it is a great thing for him. :lol: "Now he'll be fit for the next slam", "His knees need rest anyway" etc etc :spit:

What a spartan. Kept fighting till the end :worship:

I find it funny how since Davydenko has started owning nadal the amount of abuse he gets here has gone from practically everyone to just nadal fans.

Davy has always been one of my favorite players, since the end 2009 he really took it up another level. Every year people say he won't even make the top 10.
Right now he and Del Potro can break Nadal mentally because those two have no fear of him.
The results tell the same story.

How sweet it is! Nacheat as usual making injury claims. Some things never change.

i must have missed something because i watched this whole match from start to finish and i didn't see or hear nadal claiming to be injured. what i did see was a valiant young man out there clearly suffering from a fever and a cold but still fighting a losing battle to the end and not giving up. but like i said you may have seen something i didn't. could you say where in the match he claimed to be injured?

This is definitely a match up issue on hard but Davy's win today was made easier by Nadal's tiredness. Of course, there should be no excuses since Nadal did not withdraw.

Please. Have you seen some of the cold handshakes Roger has given when he's lost? One against Murray particularly sticks in my mind.

See, they're the same. This assumption that Nadal is more humble is just a myth created by NadalTards such as yourself :D

I'm amazed Nadal managed to finish the match at all. I've never seen him this ill before :eek:http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PKd4KzWEEDE/TKIRS4iy_ZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/F3hBf17QCks/S1600-R/Imagen_24.png

How unfortunate. I was all set to celebrate this score and now I find out Nadal is not feeling well, so that of course impacted the match :rolleyes:

LOL @ Nadal's fake cough. So pathetic

:lol: so true. AO first round loss please :D

Nadal fans are hilarious. Whenever Nadal DOES lose, they always think it is a great thing for him. :lol: "Now he'll be fit for the next slam", "His knees need rest anyway" etc etc :spit:

Yea its funny but SF to F wouldn't make much of a difference,so not much fatigue can be generated from 1 match but he also loses some confidence on SERVE,, so not a very good tourny for nadull.
However imo he is still small favorite for the AO.

What is this "fake cough"? I didn't see it. Video, please...

This is definitely a match up issue on hard.

No doubt. On clay Rafa always beats Davydenko.

See, they're the same. This assumption that Nadal is more humble is just a myth created by NadalTards such as yourself :D

I don't think I've ever said he's humble. I think it's very hard to be an elite sportsman (to the extent where you're at the very top of the game) and remain humble in the truest sense of the word. If I have ever said it, I've been stupid enough to have been influenced by the media who have promoted that image.

Both players have had cases of less than warm handshakes with opponents, both have had 'words' with umpires, both have played mind games with opponents to try and win.

But if that was good enough for Federer to win the sportsmanship award 6000 times, then Nadal deserves it at least once for trying to emulate Federer's behaviour. ;)

i must have missed something because i watched this whole match from start to finish and i didn't see or hear nadal claiming to be injured. what i did see was a valiant young man out there clearly suffering from a fever and a cold but still fighting a losing battle to the end and not giving up. but like i said you may have seen something i didn't. could you say where in the match he claimed to be injured?

you call that valiant and i call it stupid

instead of staying in bed and getting the rest he needs he's been playing tennis and neglecting his health

Dedicated to Start da Game.

Obviously Nadal was scared of playing Federer (as stupid as saying Federer trying to avoid Nadal).

Davydenko leads head to head 6 - 4 and has won last 4 matches when you include today so must be a better player (as stupid as saying Nadal is better than Federer because he leads the head to head).

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=D402&oId=N409

So Davydenko needed a match against Nadal to get his confidence back ;)

Dedicated to Start da Game.

Obviously Nadal was scared of playing Federer (as stupid as saying Federer trying to avoid Nadal).

Davydenko leads head to head 6 - 4 and has won last 4 matches when you include today so must be a better player (as stupid as saying Nadal is better than Federer because he leads the head to head).

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=D402&oId=N409

Exactly what I've been saying for years now. Just waiting for Davydenko to win 9+ Slams now :yeah:

Davydenko was the better player. Nadal was sick, but he wouldn't have defeated Davydenko, even if he was healthy.

Haters can hate, Nadal will win Australian Open 2011

See, they're the same. This assumption that Nadal is more humble is just a myth created by NadalTards such as yourself :D

This is the argument I see in forums all over the internet that I hate the most. Stop clustering fans into the same group. Fans are not some hivemind that all have the same opinion and say the same things.

overall? no davy isnt better then nadal but on hard? yes he is and you cant deny that

HAHAHAHA, Nadull faking a fever/illness.

You got your ass kicked fair and square, Nadull, so stop being such a prat.


Davydenko is back :worship:
What's the h2h between these two on hardcourts now? 6-1 to Davydenko? Utter domination :haha:

So Davydenko needed a match against Nadal to get his confidence back ;)
:haha::haha::haha::haha:

Nadull should be fined :rolleyes: The only reason he didn't retire was because the officials told him that he would have to retire automatically from the doubles as well as it is played on the same day hence the rest of the match was a tank :o

i'm a bit confused so u will have to explain this for me. so let me see if i get this straight, a boy, who is CLEARLY ILL, decided to get back on the court and finish a match that he was being pulverised in because mainly he did not want to forfeit the doubles final and let his friend, the fans and the paying public down, should be fined because this is despicable un-sporting like behaviour? by the way if he was tanking he would have just allowed the match to finish 6/0. winning 2(almost 3)more games to me shows fighting spirit; but hey, maybe that's just me.

Seriously, what was with the handshake at the end… do these guys dislike on another? Never seen Nadal shake in such a way.

Seriously, what was with the handshake at the end… do these guys dislike on another? Never seen Nadal shake in such a way.
Nadull is a bratty little baby. He hates how he gets owned on hardcourt by Davydenko.

Start da Game]

Scared of playing Federer??? He beat him last week in Abu Dhabi...come on.

Nadal would probably walked over if it was not about his friendship with Marc Lopez, with whom he had reached the final in double...and is due after that semi!!!

Must have had a split mind during his match...

I don't think I've ever said he's humble. I think it's very hard to be an elite sportsman (to the extent where you're at the very top of the game) and remain humble in the truest sense of the word. If I have ever said it, I've been stupid enough to have been influenced by the media who have promoted that image.

Both players have had cases of less than warm handshakes with opponents, both have had 'words' with umpires, both have played mind games with opponents to try and win.

But if that was good enough for Federer to win the sportsmanship award 6000 times, then Nadal deserves it at least once for trying to emulate Federer's behaviour. ;)

nadal was frustrated to not have awarded the sportsmanship award despite his heartwarming behavior over the years........he finally realized that he needed to be like federina, he did and it's actually payed off.......

he's just faking the bad attitude for more awards while federina is a pure natural at it.......

I am not a Nadal fan at all as you can all see from my last posts in the livescore thread but i really appreciate the way he tried to fight untill the final point and tried to not dissapoint as much as he could his fans and the other people who payed to see a good match :yeah:

And i see he is playing doubles now

Darn. I was hoping Nadal would win this one so there would be a possibility he would sneeze on Roger on a changeover.

Hmmm....so you really believe he's sick.

what an Animal this Denko, shoulda been 6-0 though


hopefully topspindoctor, start da game, nadal slam king will learn to shut their mouths more in future now :)

what an Animal this Denko, shoulda been 6-0 though


hopefully topspindoctor, start da game, nadal slam king will learn to shut their mouths more in future now :)

You are hoping for too much. As long as they can rationalize away Nadal's losses to something other than the opponent playing better that day, GM will continue to be inundated with their posts.

And so the Nadulltards go into hiding until Nadull's next match win....hopefully.

Yes lol, I noticed this too, I think it was fake.

yes it fits right in with the 8 or 10 other times he faked a raging flu,fever and coughing fit on court to garner sympathy while he was losing. why i remember that one time in that one match in this particular tournament...oh wait no, wrong player. my bad.

Nadull is a bratty little baby. He hates how he gets owned on hardcourt by Davydenko.

A Murray fan calling other players brats. :haha:

Fair point about getting owned by Davy on hardcourts though, but we all knew that anyway (well, expect for Start Da Game).

I guess that Davydenko is the best player to deal with Nadal's top spin.

what a pumping

so sick is Nadal that he's already playing another match :spit:

*cough cough*

He was willing to let Davy bagel him in the 2nd until Davy started whining to Cedric. After the third rant, Rafa gave Davy a good scare by winning 10 straight points. I swear he looked at Davy in disgust everytime Davy flubbed a return.


:haha:

yes it fits right in with the 8 or 10 other times he faked a raging flu,fever and coughing fit on court to garner sympathy while he was losing. why i remember that one time in that one match in this particular tournament...oh wait no, wrong player. my bad.get back in the asylum

This idiot is playing doubles now :haha:

A Murray fan calling other players brats. :haha:

Fair point about getting owned by Davy on hardcourts though, but we all knew that anyway (well, expect for Start Da Game).
I love how everyone brings up Murray all the time to annoy me. You realise it doesn't work?

I love seeing this little baby piglet sneering when he loses. His attitude is horrendous and it's a treat to watch a match where he loses :)

I love how everyone brings up Murray all the time to annoy me. You realise it doesn't work?

I love seeing this little baby piglet sneering when he loses. His attitude is horrendous and it's a treat to watch a match where he loses :)

To be fair, I was trying to be nice by giving you credit for the point you made about Davydenko.

But a Murray fan calling other players a brat is a bit like the pot calling the kettle black. His attitude in a lot of matches has been awful. Most recently against Wawrinka in a SLAM. I do enjoy it when he loses those kinds of matches though, whilst whining like a baby and looking up at his mummy. :p

Nah, pathetic losers get bitchslapped 6:1 6:3 6:0 and still claim they can beat Nadal at Roland Garros. BTW, how is that working out:devil:

gotta love it, when Nadal fans comfort themselves with a prehistory after such beatdown :spit:

Go watch some youtube.

thank you donkey........now you can do your usual bend-over in the final.......

Correction mate, the match could go either way, athough I expect Federer to pull through.

It is more like, "now you can bend over at the AO, a more significant tournament".

Same old Kolya does well at the best of 3 sets, but at the best of 5 just makes runs and bends over to Federer.

Nah, pathetic losers cry like little bitches after they lost the Australian Open Final :devil:



And then wins it the next year...not too bad for a loser.

Congrats Davy!

Kolya was great today, and as braveheart said, he's owning Nadal, as usual. Such a great champion, this Davydenko, just like Murray :haha:
As for rafa: So let them theorize, sermonize, criticize... talking and talking and talking, all you gotta do is... Keep Walking

This idiot is playing doubles now :haha:That's how you know the fever/sore throat talk is BS. He may have had "the beginnings" of a "would be" common cold but whatever the hell it might have been it already got cured two days ago and he was healed by the army of doctors that accompany him and provides him with the latest, most powerful antibiotics money can buy.

Yet, here we are still talking about "it" as if he's got an incurable lung influenza or birdych flu or something...

And all the while Mr. Oscar is hoodwinking us and playing two matches a day for DAYS IN A ROW!!!

m9O6g9oqXs0

And so the Nadulltards go into hiding until Nadull's next match win....hopefully.

They're hidding untill tommorow when Fed will loose to Kolya :crazy:

Welcome back, King Kolya.

Nadal still the overwhelming favourite for the AO, regardless of form/health/etc., due to the best of five factor.

They're hidding untill tommorow when Fed will loose to Kolya :crazy:
I doubt Davydenko will beat Federer, though I'd still be happy if he did.

@Corwandt - WRONG WRONG WRONG! Nadull is not the overwhelming favourite. Federer is the favourite, but not the overwhelming one. Nadull is second favourite, with Murray third and Soderling 4th. Djokovic can not be included, considering how terrible he is.

Since when were antibiotics prescribed for a cold or 'flu? They're viruses.

Nadal fans are hilarious. Whenever Nadal DOES lose, they always think it is a great thing for him. :lol: "Now he'll be fit for the next slam", "His knees need rest anyway" etc etc :spit:

:haha: they wanted him to lose before this match.

doubles cure flu

Since when were antibiotics prescribed for a cold or 'flu? They're viruses.

prophylaxis

prophylaxis

It'll only lead to superbugs....

I have to say, that was the coldest handshake I've ever seen by Rafa

I have to say, that was the coldest handshake I've ever seen by Rafa

Perhaps he didn't want to pass on his germs.

The day that tennis won. Hopefully there are more days like this to come. Nadull's anti-tennis is just disgusting to watch.
Kolya vs King Roger should be a great one regardless of the winner :hearts:

Is davy back?

Is davy back?

Hope so
We'll see tommorow

you call that valiant and i call it stupid

instead of staying in bed and getting the rest he needs he's been playing tennis and neglecting his health

i agree, rafa should have withdrawn but he didn't. he decided to not let his illness get the better of him because he needed court and match conditioning before the australian. to us lay people this might seem stupid but rafa is an elite sportsman and he knows his limits. what is strange are the people saying rafa is claiming to be injured, fake coughing, not very/not ill at all. i find these kinds of responses to be hateful, shameful and down-right despicable. pointed towards a young man who has done absolutely nothing to deserve it. every other player on the tour would have been given sympathy, support and the utmost respect by these same posters if they had conducted themselves in the same way rafa has these past few days. ironically these are the same people who are passing judgement on rafa's so called poor behaviour.

p.s England are better than India at cricket

:haha::haha::spit::spit::spit::lol::lol::lol: :haha::haha:

m9O6g9oqXs0:worship::worship::worship:

HAHAHAHA, Nadull faking a fever/illness.

You got your ass kicked fair and square, Nadull, so stop being such a prat.


Davydenko is back :worship:
What's the h2h between these two on hardcourts now? 6-1 to Davydenko? Utter domination :haha:

responses like these is the point i'm making. this person thinks a 9 times golden career slam winner, with 43 titles to his name by the age of 24 needs to fake a fever/illness in order to explain his loss to a guy who has his number on hardcourt in a 250, warm-up tournament. logic anyone?

i agree, rafa should have withdrawn but he didn't. he decided to not let his illness get the better of him because he needed court and match conditioning before the australian. to us lay people this might seem stupid but rafa is an elite sportsman and he knows his limits. what is strange are the people saying rafa is claiming to be injured, fake coughing, not very/not ill at all. i find these kinds of responses to be hateful, shameful and down-right despicable. pointed towards a young man who has done absolutely nothing to deserve it. every other player on the tour would have been given sympathy, support and the utmost respect by these same posters if they had conducted themselves in the same way rafa has these past few days. ironically these are the same people who are passing judgement on rafa's so called poor behaviour.

+1

:haha: they wanted him to lose before this match.

They? :spit: Somebody jumped ship real fast :o

this person thinks a 9 times golden career slam winner, with 43 titles to his name by the age of 24 needs to fake a fever/illness in order to explain his loss to a guy who has his number on hardcourt in a 250, warm-up tournament. logic anyone?

That person is 15 years old...

They? :spit: Somebody jumped ship real fast :o

they including me...:retard:

If he is going to lose this is the round to do it.

they including me...:retard:

So you're afraid of Federer, I got it.

I AM BAAAAAACK!!!
happy again :woohoo: !!!

kolya the machine is back :eek: !!!

we need to clone him!!!


ROASTER!!!

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I AM BAAAAAACK!!!
happy again :woohoo: !!!

kolya the machine is back :eek: !!!

we need to clone him!!!


ROASTER!!!

need to edit sig

:worship:

maybe a new superslam graphic is due? ;)

Tennis just moved slightly in it's coma. It's getting better.
Hopefully, tennis will come back from it's pretty-much-dead coma induced state this year.

shut the f*** up haters...davy didn't win this match...it was the sniffles...

:worship:

maybe a new superslam graphic is due? ;)

i love you goddamit :sobbing:

soon a masterpiece...soon my friend :worship:

Does Nadal has fever? Really? And he is playing doubles just now. :eek: May be Doha is new Grand Slam? :confused:
Liar. Or idiot. :smash: You can choose what variant you prefer.

Why is nadull owned by so many players off-clay,his favorite surface by game ?????

If Rafa didn't have doubles to play he would have retired after the first set. ATP rules prohibit him from playing doubles next match if he withdraws from singles. He couldn't do that to Mark - not in a championship match.

Dont know if anybody noticed but during changeovers he would rush to his chair (usually he waits for the other person to crossover - that is a ritual with Rafa). But in the second set he was just glad to go and lump up on his seat.

At 5-0 on second set he even forgot to take his towel before getting seated.

During a changeover he called the trainers and complained about his low energy (Only Rafa could do that :) )

It was bad watching him in the second set. I thought he would collapse. I was almost mad at davydenko for stinking it up at the end and not finishing it 6-0. Rafa just needed to be off the court. He was slicing to conserve energy and Davy was taking those apart.

They are up a set in doubles but down 4-5 i think in the second. Not sure if its on serve. No stream.

Nothings matter :) Think Rafa will turn into a easter bunny and steal the australian open.

so sick is Nadal that he's already playing another match :spit:

*cough cough*

one of the main reasons nadal has stayed in this tournament these past few days and not withdraw or retire is because of his comittment to his friend marc in the doubles. he has been very vocal and adamant about this to the press and the officials. he has said "no! no! not the doubles" he will play it. he said it yesterday and today when the trainer suggested he should retire but that if he did he would not be allowed to play the doubles. he is helping his friend financially and rankings-wise. he refuse to let him down. jeez!! what an awful human-being!! he should be shot with shit!!

After Nadal is healthy he will be fine for Aussie. We will not win if he keeps this form however. Kudos to Davydenko today. Great play from him. Top 5 form. Definitely back in top ten soon. He might beat Fed unless Fed hits the shitter 2nd set.

GL against Fed Davy. Glad to have you back in top form!

one of the main reasons nadal has stayed in this tournament these past few days and not withdraw or retire is because of his comittment to his friend marc in the doubles. he has been very vocal and adamant about this to the press and the officials. he has said "no! no! not the doubles" he will play it. he said it yesterday and today when the trainer suggested he should retire but that if he did he would not be allowed to play the doubles. he is helping his friend financially and rankings-wise. he refuse to let him down. jeez!! what an awful human-being!! he should be shot with shit!!
Awwwww so sweet, nadull the humanitarian,, :sad:,it make me weep with joy.

get back in the asylum

i think this is called projection. i don't know; some psychologist coined it to explain this kind of behaviour many years ago. it may have been freud i'm not sure.

Well, this was kind of expected, good thing that Davy beat him, Rafa needs to recover quickly from this sickness...get well soon Rafa and kick butt at the AO. :D

Davy, well played, he just better not bend over and kiss Roger's ass in the final, if he plays near his best, he could give Roger a real run for his money.

Is davy back?

On his way.

The horror... the horror...

:wavey:

So you're afraid of Federer, I got it.

wtf does Federer have to do with this?

If Nadull really wanted to help his friend so much, he could just give him some dosh :shrug:

That's how you know the fever/sore throat talk is BS. He may have had "the beginnings" of a "would be" common cold but whatever the hell it might have been it already got cured two days ago and he was healed by the army of doctors that accompany him and provides him with the latest, most powerful antibiotics money can buy.

Yet, here we are still talking about "it" as if he's got an incurable lung influenza or birdych flu or something...

And all the while Mr. Oscar is hoodwinking us and playing two matches a day for DAYS IN A ROW!!!

it worked! i'm officially hoodwinked! because i, strangely enough, believe that HE IS ILL. again what is rafa's agenda for doing all these ridiculous things that u people are accusing him of doing? what does he hope to achieve? i'm confused.

If Nadull really wanted to help his friend so much, he could just give him some dosh :shrug:

What kind of solution is that? "Marc, I can't play but here's the prize money we'd have won anyway, seeing that being sick is my fault"

1 question - wtf does a match between rafa and Nikolay have 2 with roger?

Rafa wins the doubles title with Marc :) Last time they won this was in 2009 and you guys know what happened in the AO then. The more things change the more they remain the same. :)

I doubt Davydenko will beat Federer, though I'd still be happy if he did.

@Corwandt - WRONG WRONG WRONG! Nadull is not the overwhelming favourite. Federer is the favourite, but not the overwhelming one. Nadull is second favourite, with Murray third and Soderling 4th. Djokovic can not be included, considering how terrible he is.

what tennis have you been following? all anyone can talk about, write about, pray for/against or speculate about is how much nadal is the favourite to win the AO. federer despite his very good end to the season and WTF win is still 2nd favourite. murray and djoko are in consideration, as they have to be, and soderling is an also ran. you should really stop posting in the nadal threads if you hate him so much. i find your posts to be the stupidest of all!

it worked! i'm officially hoodwinked! because i, strangely enough, believe that HE IS ILL. again what is rafa's agenda for doing all these ridiculous things that u people are accusing him of doing? what does he hope to achieve? i'm confused.

It's all just for the benefit of his tards really, who can then A) discount his losses as tired/injured/ sick B) hail to high heavens the Sparatan spirit of the man C) a few like you go preachy and just ramble lacking anything better to do

Rafa wins the doubles title with Marc :) Last time they won this was in 2009 and you guys know what happened in the AO then. The more things change the more they remain the same. :)

Well he wouldn't want a repeat of what happened for the next 11 months after that A0.:p

It's all just for the benefit of his tards really, who can then A) discount his losses as tired/injured/ sick B) hail to high heavens the Sparatan spirit of the man C) a few like you go preachy and just ramble lacking anything better to do

He fakes being ill so his tards on the internet can use it as an excuse?

If Rafa didn't have doubles to play he would have retired after the first set. ATP rules prohibit him from playing doubles next match if he withdraws from singles. He couldn't do that to Mark - not in a championship match.

Dont know if anybody noticed but during changeovers he would rush to his chair (usually he waits for the other person to crossover - that is a ritual with Rafa). But in the second set he was just glad to go and lump up on his seat.

At 5-0 on second set he even forgot to take his towel before getting seated.

During a changeover he called the trainers and complained about his low energy (Only Rafa could do that :) )

It was bad watching him in the second set. I thought he would collapse. I was almost mad at davydenko for stinking it up at the end and not finishing it 6-0. Rafa just needed to be off the court. He was slicing to conserve energy and Davy was taking those apart.

They are up a set in doubles but down 4-5 i think in the second. Not sure if its on serve. No stream.

Nothings matter :) Think Rafa will turn into a easter bunny and steal the australian open.

Like I said, he deliberately tanked and should be fined for it :shrug:

What kind of solution is that? "Marc, I can't play but here's the prize money we'd have won anyway, seeing that being sick is my fault"


Marc plays in double during the season, so it will give him more points for his ranking.
Of course, money is not the problem here, because Marc is paid also when he practices with Rafa out of tourneys.

And 2 trophies in 2 weeks isn't a bad start, whatever the condidtions are.

Wellll, normally I avoid these threads, for obvious reasons.

For some deranged motivation I decided to read it today, and...... jesus christ. FFS. Unreal. Have to wonder if half the posters actually like tennis at all.

Well he wouldn't want a repeat of what happened for the next 11 months after that A0.:p

hmmmm...didnt think of that :). Oh well just need the AO 2011 to complete the Rafa Slam. Dont care about anything else in the year after that. I dont care about Goat debates and am at peace with Roger being the best in history. I just want to witness one man holding all four of these grand slams titles at the same time. Come on Rafa...Just do it.....Vamos!!!!!!!! :worship:

I have to say, that was the coldest handshake I've ever seen by Rafa

yes it was really cold and out of character for him. but i don't think it was directed towards davy. i think he was just really angry at himself and the situation. rafa is not perfect. he is human and no human being,(or any living creature) when they are severely under the weather is ever in the mood to be civilised or friendly. it was a very honest reaction to having a stupid flu hamper and derail his attempts to do well in a tournie he clearly wanted to win. i don't think it was right but understandable.

what tennis have you been following? all anyone can talk about, write about, pray for/against or speculate about is how much nadal is the favourite to win the AO. federer despite his very good end to the season and WTF win is still 2nd favourite. murray and djoko are in consideration, as they have to be, and soderling is an also ran. you should really stop posting in the nadal threads if you hate him so much. i find your posts to be the stupidest of all!

Nadal is currently marginal favourite to win AO:

http://www.oddschecker.com/tennis/australian-open/mens-australian-open/winner

A Federer win tomorrow possibly would make Federer marginal favourite.

If Davydenko, Murray and Djokovic are all in Nadal's half of the draw (possible if Soderling wins this week) then Federer would be a clear favourite.

one of the main reasons nadal has stayed in this tournament these past few days and not withdraw or retire is because of his comittment to his friend marc in the doubles. he has been very vocal and adamant about this to the press and the officials. he has said "no! no! not the doubles" he will play it. he said it yesterday and today when the trainer suggested he should retire but that if he did he would not be allowed to play the doubles. he is helping his friend financially and rankings-wise. he refuse to let him down. jeez!! what an awful human-being!! he should be shot with shit!!

my point was that he was healthy and fit enough to play ANOTHER match after this and even win it, so there is no excuse for him, if he really had a bad health issue he would have retired from both matches, he was good enough to make it to singles SF and win the doubles, Davydenko deserves credit for outplaying Nadal and making him feel more miserable than other players did in previous matches when he was less recovered from his fever or whatever this is which he had before tourney started.

it's not like Davydenko hasn't proven that he can beat Nadal on hard courts time and time again, hasn't he beaten him on this same court last year in one of the best matches of the year?

Strategic tank from Nadal to avoid Federer in the finals... :)

Anyway I'd like to see Rafa against Kolya in two weeks...

hmmmm...didnt think of that :). Oh well just need the AO 2011 to complete the Rafa Slam. Dont care about anything else in the year after that. I dont care about Goat debates and am at peace with Roger being the best in history. I just want to witness one man holding all four of these grand slams titles at the same time. Come on Rafa...Just do it.....Vamos!!!!!!!! :worship:

My post was in jest btw. Nothing against him and good luck to him at Melbourne. I don't see 2009 repeating itself as I don't think he's that dumb to make the same mistakes twice.

my point was that he was healthy and fit enough to play ANOTHER match after this and even win it, so there is no excuse for him, if he really had a bad health issue he would have retired from both matches, he was good enough to make it to singles SF and win the doubles, Davydenko deserves credit for outplaying Nadal and making him feel more miserable than other players did in previous matches when he was less recovered from his fever or whatever this is which he had before tourney started.

it's not like Davydenko hasn't proven that he can beat Nadal on hard courts time and time again, hasn't he beaten him on this same court last year in one of the best matches of the year?

ok so Rafa lost. Davy has beaten him before many times and probably will again in the future. Good Job habibko - go celeberate. Drinks on me :) Just wait till Rafa wins that AO title on Jan 31 and I will add dinner too ok? :)

That person is 15 years old...

being young is no excuse for being stupid. i wish he or she would go take a flying leap from any threads relating to rafa. i get an instant headache whenever i accidentally read his/her posts.

My post was in jest btw. Nothing against him and good luck to him at Melbourne. I don't see 2009 repeating itself as I don't think he's that dumb to make the same mistakes twice.
Depends on the draw as I think he will not win the AO if he has too go through Murray.

Fake injuries. I bet he goes on to win AO now.

I'm really happy for Davydenko, he belongs in the Top 5.

Poor Rafa, he shouldn't have played in the first place. :spit:

ok so Rafa lost. Davy has beaten him before many times and probably will again in the future. Good Job habibko - go celeberate. Drinks on me :) Just wait till Rafa wins that AO title on Jan 31 and I will add dinner too ok? :)
Yes rafa can win the AO by avoiding Murray like his USO or an injured del-po.
When del-po gets healthy @ rafa passes 25 years in june it will be downhill from there.
As you can see he has stopped improving.He is currently declining.

ok so Rafa lost. Davy has beaten him before many times and probably will again in the future. Good Job habibko - go celeberate. Drinks on me :) Just wait till Rafa wins that AO title on Jan 31 and I will add dinner too ok? :)

good job to Davydenko not me, and why do you bring AO now? one tournament at a time, right now Niko is da winner :rocker2:

Yes rafa can win the AO by avoiding Murray like his USO or an injured del-po.
When del-po gets healthy @ rafa passes 25 years in june it will be downhill from there.
As you can see he has stopped improving.He is currently declining.

Even as a FedTard i think it's a bit of stretch to say Nadal is in decline and that Murray and Delpo could beat Nadal regularly.

Awwwww so sweet, nadull the humanitarian,, :sad:,it make me weep with joy.

i know! nice guy isn't he. it should make us appreciative that there are people like rafa in the world and inspire us to be the same.:worship:

I doubt Davydenko will beat Federer, though I'd still be happy if he did.

@Corwandt - WRONG WRONG WRONG! Nadull is not the overwhelming favourite. Federer is the favourite, but not the overwhelming one. Nadull is second favourite, with Murray third and Soderling 4th. Djokovic can not be included, considering how terrible he is.

Djokovic is the 4th favourite marginally behind Murray. Have you seen Djokovic play.

Djokovic is the 4th favourite marginally behind Murray. Have you seen Djokovic play.

Don't bother with this clown. :haha:

Wellll, normally I avoid these threads, for obvious reasons.

For some deranged motivation I decided to read it today, and...... jesus christ. FFS. Unreal. Have to wonder if half the posters actually like tennis at all.

What tennis? It must have skipped your mind that it died last year.

Depends on the draw as I think he will not win the AO if he has too go through Murray.

Him beating Murray is not impossible, but obviously his chances reduce drastically if he runs into Murray as does other players when they run into someone better than them on the surface.

Fake injuries. I bet he goes on to win AO now.

Yeah, he must lose early or even withdraw to prove the authenticity of this injury.

Awesome.

Huge mug this Nadull.

Even as a FedTard i think it's a bit of stretch to say Nadal is in decline and that Murray and Delpo could beat Nadal regularly.
You don't improve--you stagnate= decline because others around you are improving.
Nadull absolute peak was 2008- he is still in his peak but declining.
He won his slams by beating nobodies while the tour lost form or injured.
Murray & del-po will own nadull book it.they took him out of the last 3 GS their played on HC.
On clay/grass no.
Clay has no competition.

Yes rafa can win the AO by avoiding Murray like his USO or an injured del-po.
When del-po gets healthy @ rafa passes 25 years in june it will be downhill from there.
As you can see he has stopped improving.He is currently declining.

he couldnt even give his 100%. He has been slicing away in his matches here. Remember cinci and toronto? ANd then everything changed at the USO with his serve. Well Doha is just like that. Its good he gets the fever or whatever out of his system - he already played several back to back singles/doubles matches under adversity. He will find tennis a lot easier now when he is healthy ;) ANd who knows what new weapon he brings with him. You will see him play all-out in melbourne. Its gonna be fun. And I am rooting for him to play davy in R4, Murray in the QF, Novak in the SF and Fed in the final. It will be a treat to see him make history beating all of these. (you could even add Delpo as his R1 opponent). He still only has to beat seven guys. The countdown begins LUIE. You have celeberated Fed putting up so many records. Now Rafa takes his shot at history. As a tennis fan how could anyone not root for him? This isnt about one player - this is about something that you never saw being done before and probably never will. Holding all four GS on four different surfaces at the same time.

You don't improve--you stagnate= decline because others around you are improving.
Nadull absolute peak was 2008- he is still in his peak but declining.
He won his slams by beating nobodies while the tour lost form or injured.

I disagree that he is in decline or that the field of injured or in poor form. I do agree that in the USO the draw ended up very easy, but the fact is this:

- He won the last 3 grandslams, on different surface.
- He was in the final of the WTF

It's very difficult to repeat that kind of performance next year, and hence you will say he is in decline. That said I didn't think Federer declined until 2009 (where his masters performances dried up).

he couldnt even give his 100%. He has been slicing away in his matches here. Remember cinci and toronto? ANd then everything changed at the USO with his serve. Well Doha is just like that. Its good he gets the fever or whatever out of his system - he already played several back to back singles/doubles matches under adversity. He will find tennis a lot easier now when he is healthy ;) ANd who knows what new weapon he brings with him. You will see him play all-out in melbourne. Its gonna be fun. And I am rooting for him to play davy in R4, Murray in the QF, Novak in the SF and Fed in the final. It will be a treat to see him make history beating all of these. (you could even add Delpo as his R1 opponent). He still only has to beat seven guys. The countdown begins LUIE. You have celeberated Fed putting up so many records. Now Rafa takes his shot at history. As a tennis fan how could anyone not root for him? This isnt about one player - this is about something that you never saw being done before and probably never will. Holding all four GS on four different surfaces at the same time.
It just an opinion that I have that he cannot win a HC slam if he goes through Murray I could be wrong but historically he has been outplayed by Murray,because Murray is a better mover in HC.

he couldnt even give his 100%. He has been slicing away in his matches here. Remember cinci and toronto? ANd then everything changed at the USO with his serve. Well Doha is just like that. Its good he gets the fever or whatever out of his system - he already played several back to back singles/doubles matches under adversity. He will find tennis a lot easier now when he is healthy ;) ANd who knows what new weapon he brings with him. You will see him play all-out in melbourne. Its gonna be fun. And I am rooting for him to play davy in R4, Murray in the QF, Novak in the SF and Fed in the final. It will be a treat to see him make history beating all of these. (you could even add Delpo as his R1 opponent). He still only has to beat seven guys. The countdown begins LUIE. You have celeberated Fed putting up so many records. Now Rafa takes his shot at history. As a tennis fan how could anyone not root for him? This isnt about one player - this is about something that you never saw being done before and probably never will. Holding all four GS on four different surfaces at the same time.

Tennis fans don't always chase history.

If Nadull really wanted to help his friend so much, he could just give him some dosh :shrug:

rafa does not consider his friend to be a charity case. he has more respect for him than that. he is however willing to help him to EARN his own money and improve his ranking and career in the process. marc is a very good doubles player and rafa has often credited him with any doubles success they have together. to this end, he is using his status to get marc into tournaments he would not be able to get into on his own and help to give his career the push it needs. it has worked; marc's ranking has improved markedly since he started playing with rafa. he has won doubles titles including a masters at indian wells. it even gave him the opportunity to get into the main draw of a slam where he did really well.

thank you donkey........now you can do your usual bend-over in the final.......

Who bent over in last years final between Davydenko/Nadal?

Awesome.

Huge mug this Nadull.

Lmfao, long time.

I disagree that he is in decline or that the field of injured or in poor form. I do agree that in the USO the draw ended up very easy, but the fact is this:

- He won the last 3 grandslams, on different surface.
- He was in the final of the WTF

It's very difficult to repeat that kind of performance next year, and hence you will say he is in decline. That said I didn't think Federer declined until 2009 (where his masters performances dried up).

No problem, I respect your opinion,I judge by Game not by result, fed played better in 2005 than 2007 but in 2007 he won 3 slams & YEC. In 2005 he won 2 slams only.
Nadull won 2 slams in 2008 but the level of play & his competition was much better than in 2010.
In 2008 his serve was good,movement,forehand,backhand.
In 2010 his serve got a little more mph but it didn't affect the outcome much.
He recieved two blood spinning treatments for his knees
His bh is no way near as good as it was in 2008 but that just me.

responses like these is the point i'm making. this person thinks a 9 times golden career slam winner, with 43 titles to his name by the age of 24 needs to fake a fever/illness in order to explain his loss to a guy who has his number on hardcourt in a 250, warm-up tournament. logic anyone?

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Dangerous floater for AO, this Davydenko.

Who bent over in last years final between Davydenko/Nadal?





Davydenko played the best tennis of his life in those last two sets.. It was an amazing match. Yeah, Nadal had a MP but I would hardly call it bending over..

It's all just for the benefit of his tards really, who can then A) discount his losses as tired/injured/ sick B) hail to high heavens the Sparatan spirit of the man C) a few like you go preachy and just ramble lacking anything better to do

said the person who, having something much better to do, took time out of their busy, productive life to post, repeatedly, in an internet forum thread about some guy that they clearly hate and care nothing about. attributing perceived quotes, excuses and attrocious behaviour to him when such words did not leave his lips or any such behaviour was displayed by him. for the sole purpose of what really? upsetting "his tards"? yeah.. i can see your point there. well done! you showed them :rolleyes:

Nadal won his doubles match so physical exhaustion not the cause of Nadal defeat.

said the person who, having something much better to do, took time out of their busy, productive life to post, repeatedly, in an internet forum thread about some guy that they clearly hate and care nothing about. attributing perceived quotes, excuses and attrocious behaviour to him when such words did not leave his lips or any such behaviour was displayed by him. for the sole purpose of what really? upsetting "his tards"? yeah.. i can see your point there. well done! you showed them :rolleyes:

:lol:

Awesome.

Huge mug this Nadull.

:D

Nadal is currently marginal favourite to win AO:

http://www.oddschecker.com/tennis/australian-open/mens-australian-open/winner

A Federer win tomorrow possibly would make Federer marginal favourite.

If Davydenko, Murray and Djokovic are all in Nadal's half of the draw (possible if Soderling wins this week) then Federer would be a clear favourite.

but the point is that he is favourite. how much of a favourite is not important. whether that will change down the road before or during the open is not important. at the moment, he is the favourite.

said the person who, having something much better to do, took time out of their busy, productive life to post, repeatedly, in an internet forum thread about some guy that they clearly hate and care nothing about. attributing perceived quotes, excuses and attrocious behaviour to him when such words did not leave his lips or any such behaviour was displayed by him. for the sole purpose of what really? upsetting "his tards"? yeah.. i can see your point there. well done! you showed them :rolleyes:

You're not any better answering him and defending your beloved one, who couldn't care less about you. :)

said the person who, having something much better to do, took time out of their busy, productive life to post, repeatedly, in an internet forum thread about some guy that they clearly hate and care nothing about. attributing perceived quotes, excuses and attrocious behaviour to him when such words did not leave his lips or any such behaviour was displayed by him. for the sole purpose of what really? upsetting "his tards"? yeah.. i can see your point there. well done! you showed them :rolleyes:

Preach some more sister :rocker2: I'm enjoying you deep insights into Nadal psyche, not often one has the pleasure of first hand knowledge of a medium's visions

Don't bother with this clown. :haha:
I'm not a clown. I have reasons for why I think Djokovic is awful, but I've posted them a lot of times on the forum, so I'm not going to post them again, you got me?

There should be a rule that you have to use the real name of the player in the title. What does PMK even stand for?

This defeat is great for tennis.
All of Nadull's losses are good for tennis, but this one is especially great considering how much Davydenko owns Nadull on hardcourt.