Tennis - Volume 6

kikiharris

Mulan replied at 12-10-2020 09:30 AM
Haah mmf ramai predict cmtu

Goran Ivanisevic siap lancang mulut ckp Rafa has no chance ..

Goran punya arrogance level tak boleh blah..
Haiyooo!! Kalau I dah keluar statement mcm tu,  mau I pakai mask satu muka uols..malu doh! bilalah diaorg ni nk belajar, never write off Rafael Nadal.

Mulan

Still high from GS20..

U all tgk tak clip Uncle Toni nangis gumbira lps Rafa menang? Hahaha.. adehh ...

Mulan

I lega coz Djoker x dpt double career GS

I nak Rafa menang AO instead utk 2CGS

Mulan

We can dream.. benda free..

kikiharris

Mulan replied at 13-10-2020 04:09 AM
Still high from GS20..

U all tgk tak clip Uncle Toni nangis gumbira lps Rafa menang? Hahaha.. ad ...

U tgk kat mana? lama tak tgk Uncle toni.. dia patut joined Rafa aritu kat GS. Byk berjasa dgn Rafa ni.

Mulan

kikiharris replied at 13-10-2020 07:21 PM
U tgk kat mana? lama tak tgk Uncle toni.. dia patut joined Rafa aritu kat GS. Byk berjasa dgn Rafa ...

Follow instagram rafaelnadalacademy

Toni jaga academy tu .. x ikutlah Rafa kot masa cov19 ni..

Mulan

Adoi derang troll ni.. over betul..

Ni katanya lawan anak cucu Roger & Nole.. wahahaha!

kikiharris

Mulan replied at 13-10-2020 03:40 PM
Follow instagram rafaelnadalacademy

Toni jaga academy tu .. x ikutlah Rafa kot masa cov19 ni..

Uncle Toni emo plak... teringat zaman2 kita merana jadi Rafans..zaman kita begged Nadal suruh tukar coach.. those were the days! And now 13th RG titles, we move! Tak sabar nk tunggu AO kalau on lah kan!

Ada baca satu tweet ni, reporter tanya.. sejak bila Uncle Toni tahu yg Rafa ni special? Dia jawab, dia tak pernah anggap Rafa tu the special one.. haha!! Dah menang berbelas kali pun Unc Toni tak iktiraf..hadoii!

Mulan

monse  Buenos días  20 | 13 (@coachdal) Tweeted: Interviewer: “now the race is 20, 20, 18”
Rafa: “don’t give Novak an extra one that he’s gonna beat us”  

Smile and laughter  https://t.co/4fuSkOzUeF https://twitter.com/coachdal/status/1315407163032915968?s=20

Mulan

kikiharris replied at 14-10-2020 08:22 PM
Uncle Toni emo plak... teringat zaman2 kita merana jadi Rafans..zaman kita begged Nadal suruh tuka ...

Hahaha.. Toni mmg strict giler dgn Rafa. Mmg x anggap Rafa special just bcoz Rafa pandai sikit dr org lain main tennis.

Sbb tu Rafa masa single dlu tetap kna kemas bilik sndiri (duduk dgn family).

Nak travel, Rafa kna pack sndiri, handle passport sndiri. Toni tak pernah tlg buat, tak terima gaji dari Rafa sbb dia bkn employee. So dia uncle berkuasa arah2 Rafa.

Tp yelah depa mmg close knit family. Tambah Moya jd coach tu pun depa mmg familiar dgn Moya, bkn blh hire stranger jd coach.

Mmg menjadik kan? Moya pun sudi tinggalkan anak2 dia utk coach Rafa padahal Moya pun haruslah dah senang lenang dah.

Truth is depa tau Rafa special, tp xmau cakap takut Rafa jadi besar kepala.

Bila berjaya, ego lebih boleh jadi tak terkawal pula.

Pastu xmau ckp terang2 pd journo, mcm Goran buatlah, tu yg backfired kan jadi malu.

Conservative la team Rafa nih. Lagipun keluarga dia dh biasa ada star dlm family, uncle dia Spain Goalie kan.  

Mulan

Oh ya.. ckp psl AO kan

Kat tt warehouse ada topic: kalaulahhhh.. kalauuu..
AO2021 finale tu between Roger & Rafa, malatop tennis world.. hahaha.. mesti semua org nk tgk siapa menang dpt 21 GS dulu..

Mulan

Like this analysis .. cnp

Nadal came out with a higher level than Novak expected. Much higher. Novak admitted the same in his presser - that he was "surprised" by Nadal's quality. Here's what was different:

Nadal's serven their matchup we ALWAYS assume that Novak is the better server. He is. Almost always. Except for RG 2020 Final. Nadal's serve placement was impeccable. Nadal picked his spots - the patterns were completely different from their usual matches (where Nadal serves all over the place). So, Novak actually went deep to return serve. Novak has NEVER returned Nadal from so far back in any of their matches ever. Result: Novak couldn't be aggressive on serve returns.
Nadal's return: Nadal returned better than he almost ever has vs Novak. Nadal had100% of Novak 2ndserves back in play and 98.5% of Novak first serves back in play. Novak got NOTHING on serve. - no free points at all He tried to go bigger on 1st serve (6 mph higher than earlier rounds) - but that back-fired and dropped the 1st serve % below 50%.
Nadal first strike tennis:Nadal was taking more cuts at the beginning of the rally -especially on the forehand. The 0-4 rally points, which we do NOT see on the highlight reel, Nadal won a majority of them. So Novak plays an excellent long point, but Nadal wins the next one in a couple of shots.
Nadal's backhand had mentioned earlier that Nadal wasn't hitting his backhand well in RG 2020. Different story in the final. Novak-Nadal matches have a common pattern - Novak pushes Nadal out wide on his backhand by using his own cross court angled forehand and then attacks in the open court when Nadal coughs up a short reply. Nadal countered this tactic by just standing in and taking deeper cuts on the backhand. Flattening out his CC backhand earlier in the rally. Also using the DTL backhand deeper than usual to keep Novak pinned back.

Doing all this - Nadal did NOT make any errors, which was key. Because of his spin, Nadal has a LOT of margin on his shots. Novak realized that Nadal could keep this level throughout the match without any problems.
That flustered Novak. He got discouraged. So the obvious solutions --- HIT BIGGER. His forehand and backhand mphs were 4-6 mph higher than earlier in the tournament. The problem with that strategy, however, far MORE UFEs.
Novak would play an excellent point and outmaneuver Nadal ONLY to see Nadal not dropping intensity at all and then winning most of the shorter points+ the key points.

If I had to summarize, I would say that Nadal really bought it ON the court. Djokovic realized that he would have play a much higher level to be able to outplay Nadal. He had go for FAR MORE than he usually does. Novak is no Soderling, Del Potro or even Federer. He doesn't have the power to blow you off the ground. Yet, he realized this is the only way he could beat Rafa. When you do that, you make more errors - which is exactly what happened. Nadal outplayed and out thought him as well. Nadal played aggressively yet within percentages and the patterns that always work - the execution was flawless. (only 3 UFes in the first 2 sets)

Yes it was a close 6-0 set. It might have been 6-3 or 6-2 as well. But the winner was never in doubt. Novak was straining and overplaying to match Nadal's level and could not consistently hit big enough or string enough good points together. This is one of the smartest matches I've ever seen Nadal play. Novak doesn't deserve to win only 7 games - he played far better than that- but Nadal was imperious and played the big points perfectly. The only dip was in the 3rd set, when Nadal started serving BAD. Novak broke, but you always knew Nadal would break back and Novak would be under pressure and make more UFEs (exactly what happened in the 5-5 game of the 3rd set). It was a one-sided match, although maybe not as much as the scoreline indicated.

cyclops_psycho

Move on plss semua. Hahaha
Masa utk indoorrrrr

Bukan Rafa ada kuar statement nk skip Paris & London..tiba2 tukar fikiran nk main balik. Tapi aku restukan aje sbb dua2 titles ni dia tak pernah menang lagi.

Mulan

cyclops_psycho replied at 20-10-2020 10:05 PM
Move on plss semua. Hahaha
Masa utk indoorrrrr

Ahahahaha ... slowly moving on. Ahahaha semua artikel I baca skrg. Hahahaha...

Ok2....

Entahlah surprising juga Rafa mau main Paris indoor ni.. WTF tu fahamlah... maybe jua sbb peluang nk menang tu lebih sket sbb Djoker x join Paris ni.

I pelik gak sbb Paris skrg lockdown. Dgn isu sembelih cikgu nya..

More than total masters 1k, harapnya xde prob la kat my champ ni.

I baca juga Djoker x main Paris bercy sbb pt takkan berubah.. retain yg 2019 sbb covid pastu main Vienna blh dpt max 500pts.. nak extend lead utk kejar rekod no1 roger..

Bab ni I rasa Rafa xyah sibuklah.. biar jela Djoker kejar ranking tu

Risau psl mslh dlm Msia skrg. Terjejas juga kerja .. indirectly.. moody je rass..

Uols OK ke? Dgn EMCO bagai.. I kat east coast so far masih OK.. tp cubit peha kanan, peha kiri pun terasa sakit. Gituhh

kikiharris

Ok je kalau Rafa joins indoor.. yg penting boleh tgk Rafa! Lepas GS lemau plak rasa, nasib ada football. Harap Rafa menang kat London.
Iols kerja from home, covid rate tinggi giler, tempat iols red zone & local lockdown. tapi blessing in disguise sbb  boleh curi time utk layan hobi  membaca  & perabiskan kdrama

Bilalah covid nak lenyap,  kdg2 nak batuk pun takut. Org ingat covid plak padahal kat sini sejuk nk mam.

Mulan

Eh u guys watch golf?

Rafa skrg dh ada pro handicap +0.3 whatever that means.

Not surprised la klu Rafa join pro golf lps retire from tennis.

Tp bosan nak mampus la tgk golf bahahahahah.. apa pun I tak tau kecuali golfer mmg kaya arr.. before cerai Erin, reta Tiger Woods cecah billion kot?

cyclops_psycho

Mulan replied at 22-10-2020 09:39 PM
Eh u guys watch golf?

Rafa skrg dh ada pro handicap +0.3 whatever that means.

Tak boleh nk hadam la tgk golf. Golf ni one of the sports yg kita kena main baru best, nak tengok mmg tidak laa..Same goes to chess, main dart dan seumpama dengannya. Hehe

cyclops_psycho

Sementera itu di Vienna, tiga2 top seeds tumbang masa QF (Medvedev, Thiem & Djoker). Paling tak sangka Djoker kalah kpd lucky loser of the tournament. Dahsyat jugak mamat tu main, forehand dia mmg ganas! Tp cara Djoker main & his sportmanship patut dipersoalkan..main mcm tahi & tak bersungguh2! Not fair to the crowds!  Patut kena fine la dgn cara dia main ni.

Mulan

cyclops_psycho replied at 31-10-2020 02:31 AM
Sementera itu di Vienna, tiga2 top seeds tumbang masa QF (Medvedev, Thiem & Djoker). Paling tak sang ...

Djoker main Vienna just nak ensure dia world no1 by end of 2020.

Dah menang kemarin tu, mathematically impossible for Rafa to catch him even if Rafa menang all the remaining tournaments

Itu yg djoker main olok2 je dgn lucky loser tu. Psl fine, Djoker tak kesah kalau kena pun. Kecik punya hal. ATP pun Djoker tak respek, siap buat persatuan lain kan?

No further question. Hihii.

cyclops_psycho

Mulan replied at 31-10-2020 12:50 PM
Djoker main Vienna just nak ensure dia world no1 by end of 2020.

Dah menang kemarin tu, mathema ...

Kannn low giler mentality from world number 1! Main Vienna semata2 nak tambah points and skip Bercy sbb ranking points x ditolak sbb pandemic.

So Rafa pls take this advantage dan menang Bercy utk pertama kalinya. Last apperance Rafa in Bercy Paris final pada tahun 2007. Lama gilerr tuu. Huhuhuu