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re: Official French Open Discussion Thread
Posted on 6/4/12 at 12:44 pm to Bunk Moreland
Posted on 6/4/12 at 12:44 pm to Bunk Moreland
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I honestly think Delpo has the best shot of beating Rafa. Watching Rafa spin balls into his wheelhouse would be interesting
If you were playing a video game or in a lab constructing a player to exploit Nadal he would come out looking very similar to Delpo. He matches up with Nadal very, very well. I don't think there's much chance that he gets through Federer/Djokovic back to back though. His matchup advantages against Nadal are also minimized on clay.
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Posted on 6/4/12 at 1:13 pm to TulaneTigerFan
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I don't think there's much chance that he gets through Federer/Djokovic back to back though.
Nole is a nightmare matchup for Del Potro. Djokovic has won 10 out of the 12 sets they've played against each other and the only time Del Potro's beaten him in five head-to-head matchups was when Nole was having problems with injuries late last year. Also, Del Potro has been Federer's pigeon after 2009. I think he's lost to him like four times already this year. He has no shot at getting to the finals.
Posted on 6/4/12 at 4:44 pm to TulaneTigerFan
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If you were playing a video game or in a lab constructing a player to exploit Nadal he would come out looking very similar to Delpo
Why do think this? Can you elaborate at all?
I'm a big fan of delpo. I think he's the 4th best player in tennis. He isn't as consistent as Murray, but I think that's largely attributable to the fact that he's injury prone. But if you remember Delpo in the summer of 2009 till the end of the year, he was arguably the best player in tennis. He won 4 US Open series tournaments, I believe. Then the US Open. And then (I think) he won the ATP world tour finals.
I've seen him play and his forehand is otherworldly. It doesn't even make any sense how hard he hits it.
But I can't think of why his game would be kryptonite to Nadal.
Watching Nadal when he is at his very best, I always wondered how anybody could beat him. The reasons that Djokovic had his number is because (a) Djokovic moves just as well as Nadal, and (b) Djokovic has the best return of serve in the game, which takes advantage of Nadal's relatively weak second serve.
I think any player that you create in a lab to exploit Nadal, first and foremost, is going to have to be able to move with him. Otherwise, he'll just get to one more ball.
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