Monte Carlo Masters

Henman Bill wrote:It's where Nadal falls in the draw that's most of interest, especially if he is seeded 5 rather than 4.

socal1976 wrote:9 out of 10 he falls into Djokovic's quarter the French have been known to cupcake up Roger's draws for him, they are notorious, might as well have Mirka do the draw.

laverfan wrote:

socal1976 wrote:9 out of 10 he falls into Djokovic's quarter the French have been known to cupcake up Roger's draws for him, they are notorious, might as well have Mirka do the draw.

1/10 he does not. You need to sharpen the hatchet a bit.

socal1976 wrote:and he doesn't look to be as batty in his decision making this year under his new coach.

summerblues wrote:

socal1976 wrote:and he doesn't look to be as batty in his decision making this year under his new coach.

Some people are pretty mature as teenagers, while others may not mature until well into their twenties.  In real life, it does not make that much difference - plenty of time to make up for it.  But in sports, it may be a pretty big shame when by the time a player finally starts to get serious about their game they are (almost) too old to succeed.

socal1976 wrote:Now that Djokovic lost and Nadal is playing well again is it safe to comment on him without Rafa's famously acid-tongued Momma Bear on this site clawing our eyes out for making benign observations?

Hey Baby Bear whose been sitting in MY chair  ??????


Haven't had a chance to comment since I record all these matches. Really enjoyed Fed v. Tsonga I thought Fed played pretty well despite losing. Murray let himself down but you have to hand it to Nadal he really did up his level of aggression in the second set. Rafa is trusting his BH more and in particular I was impressed with his down the line BH. Every time he used it he hurt Murray. That shot along with Rafa's first serve is going to be crucial for him to retooling his game. That is the shot that this going to help him either win the point out right by hitting into the open space righties leave on their FH side or it will force the RH to hit the next ball to Rafa's BH. In effect, a good BH down the line for Rafa will set up his running FH on the next ball and he won't need to do as much work constantly selling out his court positions to generate a FH.

Haddie-nuff wrote:

socal1976 wrote:Now that Djokovic lost and Nadal is playing well again is it safe to comment on him without Rafa's famously acid-tongued Momma Bear on this site clawing our eyes out for making benign observations?

Hey Baby Bear whose been sitting in MY chair  ??????


Haven't had a chance to comment since I record all these matches. Really enjoyed Fed v. Tsonga I thought Fed played pretty well despite losing. Murray let himself down but you have to hand it to Nadal he really did up his level of aggression in the second set. Rafa is trusting his BH more and in particular I was impressed with his down the line BH. Every time he used it he hurt Murray. That shot along with Rafa's first serve is going to be crucial for him to retooling his game. That is the shot that this going to help him either win the point out right by hitting into the open space righties leave on their FH side or it will force the RH to hit the next ball to Rafa's BH. In effect, a good BH down the line for Rafa will set up his running FH on the next ball and he won't need to do as much work constantly selling out his court positions to generate a FH.

socal1976 wrote:

Haddie-nuff wrote:

socal1976 wrote:Now that Djokovic lost and Nadal is playing well again is it safe to comment on him without Rafa's famously acid-tongued Momma Bear on this site clawing our eyes out for making benign observations?

Hey Baby Bear whose been sitting in MY chair  ??????


Haven't had a chance to comment since I record all these matches. Really enjoyed Fed v. Tsonga I thought Fed played pretty well despite losing. Murray let himself down but you have to hand it to Nadal he really did up his level of aggression in the second set. Rafa is trusting his BH more and in particular I was impressed with his down the line BH. Every time he used it he hurt Murray. That shot along with Rafa's first serve is going to be crucial for him to retooling his game. That is the shot that this going to help him either win the point out right by hitting into the open space righties leave on their FH side or it will force the RH to hit the next ball to Rafa's BH. In effect, a good BH down the line for Rafa will set up his running FH on the next ball and he won't need to do as much work constantly selling out his court positions to generate a FH.

I am glad you are in a good mood, I was worried about you for awhile. I hope Rafa wins despite your rather short tempered behavior recently I have no problem with Rafa and would like to see him take his rightful place as number 2.