re: 2022 French Open Thread (Unofficial)

Rafa is dialed in; going to be a long day for young Casper.

Movement is harder on grass. Ball bounces lower. Nadal has commented in the past how it is hard on his knees. I would assume with a bad foot it will be even tougher.

With Medvedev, Zverev, and Rublev not playing, plus Federer out of the picture, it will certainly be very enticing for Nadal to play. Wimbledon would likely seed him #2, meaning he'd avoid Djokovic's side of the draw too.

Lots of reasons for him to want to play, but I think the one big reason not to play will trump those.

Berrettini is playing Stuttgart next week, so we will see if he can be in decent form for Wimbledon. If he's healthy he will be a factor with that big serve and also shorter rallies will mean opponents can't pepper his awful backhand as much.

Nadal's level has dipped in this set, much like it did in the 2nd set against Zverev. Making more errors and doesn't seem quit as physical.

Nadal took control of that 2nd set very quickly.

He will serve to open the 3rd.

Old Man Rafa said not so fast young Casper.

Drives me crazy how they don’t show replays. They’ll scan the crowd for some random Frenchman instead of showing a great point.

This is pretty shite tennis, to be honest, and that’s coming from a huge Rafa fan.