He's surely getting to QF at the very least, Humbert/Thompson could be interesting matches to watch.

Also, this made me notice Dimitrov's draw is pretty open for him until the semis now.

 

With Murray out the way?

Champion.

 

SF should be the trickiest one. If he gets to it and wins, good probability of him winning the whole thing

 

The draw's already collapsing.

Inevitable straight-sets victory for Rafa against Popyrin in the final, with the Aussie 0 for 15 on BPs converted.

 

Given the draw probably win it all. Rune should be beating him but think he won't get to final for some reason. AO draw will be box office watching if he does 👀

 

Only Humbert or Safiullin might beat him

 

He is winning the title,only Vitus Nodskov and Roman can stop him and i am not sure they will be there.
Reminds me Brisbane 22 clown show.

 

Rune is the only player at this point I will favor over Nadal in a match, if Nadal loses to anybody else it will be an upset in my book. However, I think Rune will lose before the final, so I think Nadal is the favorite to win the title.

 

Honestly the field is so weak I would be VERY surprised he does not make it to the final. Then I think he loses against Rune. But yeah, Nadal always choses the right way to get some confidence: this tourney has a really bad level.

 

this tourney has a really bad level.

Doesnt it just. The whole build up to AO is just so poor. Move Doha back to January. Scrap brisbane and United Cup.

 

QF stage I think, hopefully Kubler can either beat him or make him pay for a win in the next match.

 

By what he showed in his first match, I d say final or title.

 

Definitely a very good chance of winning the title. There’s nobody in the draw that I see stopping him

 

What the actual hell ...55,6% or predictions are for Nadal winning the whole tournament? He will suffer when he faces someone with at least decent return of serve.

 

His movement will improve pretty quickly if he stays healthy. He didn't go through all the hassle of returning to tennis after a surgery and a year off just to show up and hit a few balls.

It's Nadal we're talking about, the biggest fighter tennis has ever seen.

 

Will see his recovery this week.even Novak struggling after brutal matches.
Body recovery is huge problem at that age,and Nadal only knows grinding and pushing like Murray.
Novak on the other hand is changing his game plan several times.

 

Lol grinding and pushing. He's been the more aggressive player in most matches he played since 2017.

I do expect him to struggle at some point but I bet it's exactly what he wants to see what's he capable of and how his body responds to physical matches.

 

Lol 😂 seems like memes time is back

 

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Rafa looks fit, passionate, and hungry. He will think he has a chance to win it all.

 

He can't trouble Kubler at all, he beat Thiem because the Austrian played the worst match of his life and had a torso injury, also he is OHBH, Nadal cannot beat any 2HBH anymore, it's end of the road here I'm afraid.

 

Correction: the worst set of his life in 2nd set.

 

getting roasted in the semifinal

 

Just hand a trophy to Rafa already. 🤡

 

For rafamily

Gothamcity.. or Goat am city?

 

Nadal will not win the tournament. He should not. He needs about 3 matches to get fit slowly. He will not want to win all the matches (in case he can)

QF my vote, no matter the rival

 

As good as Nadal looked against Thiem, looking at Rune playing Shevchenko, I'm taking him to beat Nadal. About to open the bakery against Sasha in the decider.

 

Quarters or Semis. He's not going all out just to win a 250.

 

Only rune might stop Nadal. I think Nadal might win it all even if he only wants a few rounds of matches for practice / match fitness. The players in the projected draw will gift him wins even if he plays at 30%.

 

Kubler will take him out.