re: US Open Men's Final: Djokovic BEATS Nadal, 6-2, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1

Great final. Rafa is an absolute warrior and a great guy off the court. But, for people critizing Nole, Rafa is just as big a douche, bully, and crybaby as anyone else out there on the court. YOU have to play at HIS pace. He has to be the second guy out of the locker room or whatever, you have to deal with the buttpick, headwipe right, nose touch, headwipe left combo before every serve. And he has been the maestro of medical timeouts and bitching about injuries. To his credit, today is the first time I have ever really seen him just get tired.

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2011 Doha SF vs Davydenko (L 6-3, 6-2) - flu 2010 WTF F vs Fed (L 6-3, 3-6, 6-1) - 'tired' from Murray match 2010 Shanghai R16 vs Melzer (L 6-1, 3-6, 6-3) - 'tired' from winning Tokyo Quote: Originally Posted by namelessone View Post Nadal was clearly tired in Shanghai. 2009 Madrid F vs Fed (L 6-4, 6-4) - 'tired' from Djokovic match 2009 Rotterdam F vs Murray (L 6-3, 4-6, 6-0) - knee injury 2008 Paris QF vs Davydenko (L 6-1 RET) - leg injury 2008 USO SF vs Murray (L 6-2, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4) - 'tired' from Olympics 2008 Rome R32 vs Ferrero (L 7-5, 6-1) - blisters 2008 Chennai F vs Youzhny (L 6-1, 6-0) - 'tired' from Moya match 2007 USO R16 vs Ferrer (L 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 6-2) - knee injury (one that BTW was made to sound life threatening before the tourney even started, I remember that mockery) 2007 Cincy R32 vs Monaco (L 7-6, 4-1 RET) - knee injury 2007 AO QF vs Gonzo (L 6-2, 6-4, 6-3) - leg injury (https://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...1/s1833356.htm) 2007 Sydney R32 vs Guccione (L 6-5 RET) 2006 Queens QF vs Hewitt (L 3-6, 6-3 RET) 2005 Auckland R32 vs Hrbaty (L 6-3 RET) But no, Nadal has NO history of using injury to excuse possible losses.

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