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re: Kornheiser: Nadal has removed Federer from the discussion of G.O.A.T
Posted on 6/12/13 at 2:39 pm to bobbyray21
Posted on 6/12/13 at 2:39 pm to bobbyray21
One question I've always wondered is why is Nadal so terrible at the year-end championships? I typically feel like this is great test for a player as they only play the best of the best. Yet Rafa has been just awful at this event (47% winning percentage) and is regularly trounced by the Davydenkos and Blakes of the world). Is he just tired at the end of the season?
I know I'm in the minority, but I actually give consider winning this event a prerequisite for GOAT consideration. Pretty much every player who is on the short list for GOAT has won the event (typically multiple times) whereas Nadal has played in exactly one final.
I know I'm in the minority, but I actually give consider winning this event a prerequisite for GOAT consideration. Pretty much every player who is on the short list for GOAT has won the event (typically multiple times) whereas Nadal has played in exactly one final.
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Posted on 6/12/13 at 2:46 pm to ChiSaint
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One question I've always wondered is why is Nadal so terrible at the year-end championships? I typically feel like this is great test for a player as they only play the best of the best. Yet Rafa has been just awful at this event (47% winning percentage) and is regularly trounced by the Davydenkos and Blakes of the world). Is he just tired at the end of the season?
I know I'm in the minority, but I actually give consider winning this event a prerequisite for GOAT consideration. Pretty much every player who is on the short list for GOAT has won the event (typically multiple times) whereas Nadal has played in exactly one final.
1. His knees are pretty much worthless at that point in the season.
2. He is terrible on indoor hard courts. That's his worst surface by a comfortable margin.
3. He doesn't help himself with his scheduling decisions. Case in point: this year he has committed to playing Beijing, Bassel, Tokyo, and Shanghai after the USO. Retarded. Well...I'm sure he has his reasons, but if the goal is to win the the WTF, then it's retarded.
Posted on 6/12/13 at 2:47 pm to ChiSaint
Regarding the indoor end of the year:
I saw these comments somewhere else, and I think they are spot on.
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tank_job wrote:
indoors removes all the elements and intangibles which allows for a purer form of tennis where the intent of the shot more accurately matches reality.
Perhaps Nadal relies on the elements to reduce the level of his opponents so he can beat them, knowing that the topspin he puts on his shots makes them more stable in the wind.
This also would explain why he plays better on grass and clay than hard-court. Again, where his opponents can play a more pure game unaffected by bad bounces, their superior talent allows them to beat him.
Nadal relies on the elements and bad bounces to pin their level down so that he stands a shot of grinding them out.
I saw these comments somewhere else, and I think they are spot on.
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