Nadal Shocked In 1st Round

[jjgold]

Just got beat in a grueling 3 set match

Dodic beat him

[ttwarrior1]

good news for nadal, whoever dominates july and august never does well at the us open
Nadal and fed in finals of us open

[spankie]

tittywarrior.

get a job you immobile fuking beast.

[Dirty Sanchez]

Just got beat in a grueling 3 set match

Dodic beat him

I'm sure they rubbed each other down afterwards in the showers

[jjgold]

Djokovic will win this tourney with his eyes closed

[MoYaL]

you are wrong my friend . that was 2nd round .. nadal won BYE in the 1st round

[gregm]

good news for nadal, whoever dominates july and august never does well at the us open
Nadal and fed in finals of us open

Thats way off, Federer dominated the US open for 4 straight years and look at his record in July and August from 2004-2009.

When you get a guy like Federer playing at that level or the way Djokovic is playing right now, they can be almost impossible to stop on hard courts. Djokovic actually has a tough draw at The Rogers cup but he should make it through here at Montreal and will be a heavy favorite to win the US Open.

[asjulian]

better for him that way he can rest

[agharah1]

The point is that Rafa Nadal has never really liked the US Open.

[jjgold]

Raffy cannot win easy points off his serve and that is going to hurt him the rest of his career

This whole year guys are battling him much more and taking him deep into games

THis guy was clearly better than Raffy, aslo Raffy not hitting deep flat shots enough way too much high hitting top spin short balls and opponents are teeing off on them

[EaglesPhan36]

This should not have been a complete shock. Nadal had talked about not knowing what to expect with the foot injury coming into this tournament with zero preparation. Murray's loss was much more shocking.

[jjgold]

Nada was 1000% percent

Guy battled him hard

[beefcake]

Wide open for Fish to beat the Djoker..

[EaglesPhan36]

Nada was 1000% percent Guy battled him hard

Maybe physically from an injury standpoint, but fitness-wise .. I don't think he was in the best shape for this tournament. Credit to Dodig for sure, but I think you saw as the match wore on that Rafa maybe wasn't quite prepared to grind for three sets yet.

[saske]

No way!!! Djokovich have no power to beat Nadal... )

[blackbeSSt]

no major=no care for the top 3 for the most part

[jjgold]

No one can beat Joker

I do not even think anyone even near his level right now

[jjgold]

Fed crumbles again

Guy needs to retire, he is starting to struggle now vs top 15 players

He also cannot win close matches, nerves finally getting him and no reason for it

[Domestic]

Fed crumbles again

Guy needs to retire, he is starting to struggle now vs top 15 players

He also cannot win close matches, nerves finally getting him and no reason for it

Yeah, he should retire now, would hate to see him tarnish his legacy by playing on for a few more years.
It is not like he needs the money, guy can do Gillette ads for the rest of his life.

[jjgold]

When a guy like Tsonga beats him 2x in a row he needs to really day end if this year and it is over

Of course he is still good but now really showing signs he could be done.

[moses millsap]

lol, every great player suffers a shocking defeat once in awhile, think nole wins usopen anyways

[jjgold]

Nadal will not win much anymore unless he gets a better serve, he aint outslugging no one anymore

Way too much top spin

[blackbeSSt]

snaggle, please revert back to post #16

[jjgold]

You do not watch tennis you think he does big try on non majors

It does not work that way in tennis

He plays every match like it was his last

He has been un lots of finals this year which are non majors

[EaglesPhan36]

Nadal will not win much anymore unless he gets a better serve, he aint outslugging no one anymore Way too much top spin

When the fukk has Nadal ever OUTSLUGGED someone?


Last summer, he concentrated a little more on adding to his serving speed to win the US Open ... but that's not his game, we know this. Serving has and always will be his weakest aspect. He's not a power guy. He tries to outwork guys, period.

[Regul8er]

Freaking love it. What you know about Dodig??