[Metis]

Well since Rafa has bombed out of Rome already and Linda must be itching to create another tournament thread, I need to step in and take the initiative. (Clearly the same person creating threads for 3 consecutive tournaments would not be a good thing; look at Rafito trying to play 3 in a row .)

Anyway, I hope Rafa gets a good rest to heal his feet and comes back in Hamburg to claim the clay title that's missing from his collection


As for the MIT competition, I'm curious to see your predictions now .

How far will Rafa go in Hamburg ? (100 points at stake)

1st – (Bye)
2nd - tennischeto, yana
3rd - Metis
QF - l_mac
SF - acionescu, Tess Gray
F - raven gypsy, wildegirl05
W- Blaze-2004, cmurray, Denisse, elessar, Foxy, Getta, GuiroNl, hra87, M.C., NaDALiTa, nashty, scarecrows, spriwi, tangerine dream, tennizen, The Pro, TMJordan, Tnn74, Xoman, Xristos

Congrats to the winners: Blaze-2004, cmurray, Denisse, elessar, Foxy, Getta, GuiroNl, hra87, M.C., NaDALiTa, nashty, scarecrows, spriwi, tangerine dream, tennizen, The Pro, TMJordan, Tnn74, Xoman, Xristos


MIT standings after Hamburg:


GuiroNl __________360
nashty___________360
Xoman___________360

cmurray _________ 300

Blaze-2004 _______260
Denisse __________260
Foxy ____________260
Getta____________260
hra87 ___________260
MariaV___________260
NaDaLiTa_________260
raven_gypsy______ 260
The Pro __________260
Tnn74 ___________260

scarecrows _______200
tangerine_dream ___200
Xristos___________200

platinum _________160


acionescu_________100
elessar___________100
Heavenseventeen___100
M.C._____________100
Luvyoyoma1954 ___100
spriwi ___________100
tennischeto _______100
tennizen__________100
TMJordan_________100

Agassi Fan_________60

[l_mac]

Can't believe we need a Hamburg thread already

[NaDALiTa]

I have a bad feeling for Hamburg,i hate this tournament,the clay looks so dull ..erk...but i'll go for a W ( a bit of optimism after the sad events)*trying to keep my head above water*

[Xoman]

Definitely a win for Nadal. So put me down for a W in MIT.
After a weeks rest, he should be in fine form to take Hamburg ... Regardless of the draw. And if RF reaches Roma's final he will experience how difficult is to reach 2 finals in a row on clay.

[l_mac]

OMG, have you clowns learnt NOTHING????

3rd round for me, Metis.

[elessar]

Originally Posted by Xoman

Definitely a win for Nadal. So put me down for a W in MIT.
After a weeks rest, he should be in fine form to take Hamburg ... Regardless of the draw. And if RF reaches Roma's final he will experience how difficult is to reach 2 finals in a row on clay.

I believe he already did this year
Win for Rafa here

[NaDALiTa]

there's nothing to learn except that he played too much and then was injured which is normal.He'll have some rest and come back,i go for the win every time Rafa's playing on clay if don't mind if i'm wrong at MIT but i know he is able to win every tournament on clay even Hamburg,so yes i go for the WIN even if it sounds retarded!

[TMJordan]

Originally Posted by NaDALiTa

there's nothing to learn except that he played too much and then was injured which is normal.He'll have some rest and come back,i go for the win every time Rafa's playing on clay if don't mind if i'm wrong at MIT but i know he is able to win every tournament on clay even Hamburg,so yes i go for the WIN even if it sounds retarded!

You're right, he shouldn't have played Barcelona

But I agree Rafito will bounce back and win Hamburg

[hra87]

Win.

For me this isn't that bad a result today. I would prefer him to win Hamburg than to win Rome again. I figured if he won mc, barca, rome, then he would definitely withdraw from hamburg.

So all in all, if he wins hamburg, not too big a deal, really.

[l_mac]

Claire, I think you'll find you are banned from MIT competition because you are very annoying

[elessar]

Originally Posted by l_mac

Claire, I think you'll find you are banned from MIT competition because you are very annoying

I'm gonna appeal this decision to Metis

[NaDALiTa]

Originally Posted by TMJordan

You're right, he shouldn't have played Barcelona

But I agree Rafito will bounce back and win Hamburg

He proves every year that he isn't really cautious about his planning,this year is no exception but this year there is no time between tournaments...that's the only difference.
He'll have more motivation in Hamburg,especially since it's the last tournament before RG.Dunno if he'll win but one thing is sure..he can do it!

[wildegirl05]

still but F again. atleast defend your points there rafa

[TMJordan]

Originally Posted by NaDALiTa

He proves every year that he isn't really cautious about his planning,this year is no exception but this year there is no time between tournaments...that's the only difference.
He'll have more motivation in Hamburg,especially since it's the last tournament before RG.Dunno if he'll win but one thing is sure..he can do it!

I just hope his feet are ok

[NaDALiTa]

Originally Posted by TMJordan

I just hope his feet are ok

Let's keep fingers crossed,there's no remedy but rest.What he described at the press conference just reminds me of that awful injury he had 2 years ago