HogHoopsFan

Yep, and when I saw the final between Joker and Rafa at Wimbledon, I thought Rafa looked flustered. Today was even worse. Joker has now gotten into Rafa's head in the same way which Rafa eventually got into Federer's head on every court other than Roland Garros....

I think the better question is whether or not he even makes another majors quarterfinal in his career. It's becoming more and more cliche for him to bow out in the first 3 rounds lately, and he hasn't been anywhere near his former self since losing to Federer at Wimbledon in '09....

Stop kidding yourself. Nadal was as flustered and confused as anyone I've ever seen in a final yesterday. Everything he tried aside from the 3rd set, Joker had an answer for. To pretend that Nadal was even still in that match even after the 3rd set is the ultimate display of denial. Joker won ...

Yep, like I said before, it was so much like the beatdown Sampras laid all over Cedric Pioline several years back in the final at the AELTCC. Nadal had one breakout set, then Novak went right back to showing him the match tactics which have allowed him to beat Nadal 5 straight times. Poor Rafa did...

[quote]Alabama played plenty of solid home-and-home series in the 70s. Nebraska, Missouri, Southern Cal, Houston, Cal, Maryland, and Washington were among them. [/quote] That's pretty much what I remember, too. Bama played alot of home-and-home series during the year in addition to their SEC sch...

All of that mess you just said is assuming that Nadal would ever be ever able to consistently generate a return against Sampras in his prime. But don't take my word for it. Pay attention to what Agassi says at about the 4:55 mark of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIcoD3tGiv0&feature...

In his prime, Pete Sampras would have worn Rafa Nadal's azz out, both on serve and volley. Sure, Federer ended Sampras' run as Wimbledon King, but to say Sampras was at his best at that time would be ignorant. He was well past his best days by the time his AELTCC run ended. In his prime, there wa...

[quote]At least Pippen came close to making the Finals in 1994 and 2000!!![/quote] And without Jordan was unable to even to turn the trick. In 1994, Pippen's Bulls lost to the same Knicks team that Jordan's Bulls NEVER lost to in the conference finals. He was supposed to be the missing link in ...

[quote][i]With 17 trophies between them, the Williams sisters have earned the right to play on Centre Court, or Court 1. Serena is a top ten seed to boot.[/i] [/quote] So by that same train of thought, lets assume that Martina Navratilova (18 Grand Slam titles and 9 Wimbledon titles), and Steff...

Jake Bequette....