Tennis Talk 2022: Vol 9 (Indian Wells)

Exchange is all match bets stand if the first set has been completed.

Sportsbook I do not know...

At 15-40 camera pans to a young japanese Nadal fan looking down not wanting to look at Rafa grimacing every time he walks back from the net.
Powerful image.

Mar 20, 2022 -- 11:54PM, Journeyman wrote:

At 15-40 camera pans to a young japanese Nadal fan looking down not wanting to look at Rafa grimacing every time he walks back from the net.Powerful image.

prices on sportsbook suggest bets voided if match not completed as you can back fritz at 1.90 on sportsbook yet he is 1.54 on exchange........free money does not generally exist hence my assumption

Quite a few mid life female narcissists in the crowd today.

it should be in their rules. Most here will have been banned on the sportsbook a long time ago.

Rafa rattled. You rarely see that.

incomprehensible that this awkward looking geeky player could take down the greatest tannis player of all time in the final of the games 5th biggest event..........taylor played in the 2016 aus open........hes not as young as you might think.......will be 25 in october

Mar 20, 2022 -- 11:42PM, Journeyman wrote:

He was never retiring in the Spanish generational torch passing match with Carlos.Not so sure about this match

no chance yesterday indeed.

in the AO final against Stan he was ill, you can play on without doing longterm harm. In the Rotterdam final I don't recall what the injury was but he lost 0-6 in the final set against Murray.

At the end of the day, I think he'll want to finish the match out of respect for TF and Larry Elison, but not at the expense of the upcoming months.

he did a Vamos.

priority for rafa now are the slams......he missed two last year thru injury........he wont risk injury here.......

Significant  pressure on Fritz to be the first American male to win a big title since the invention of the light bulb.

Rafa imo holding on here just to see if that pressure tells. It's not telling yet.

that was a sign he's not looking to retire alright!

what is his issue? pectorial? seems to have grabbed it a few times.

yes

GSM Nadal

rafa was 4.30.........that will look big if he wins.........how many matches have we seen where a guy gets treatment for a twinge?.........and still wins...........remember those stomach cramps v shopavalov in aus semis?

It looked like he had a let up in the pain start of set after he took the painkiller but its nagging at him again now.

normally that would have been a MEGA VAMOS, now just a silent lil fist pump.

Not even the morrillo works.

Aga tennis.

they can't all be Brooksby.

Really mugging at the start of that game so that's a massive hold

rafas unforced errors are a joke.......

Taylor got 6 points away from winning then. now he's feeling the pressure a bit

what a point

Rafa likes it

36 shot rally

have gone in now. Still a risk Rafa wins a set, it gets worse in the 3rd and he does a 0-2 retirement.

he said something to Carlos at 4 all.

what was it? didn't you do the turn the volume up full blast trick?

he must have been asking for the trainer

turning up full blast doesn't help when you don't speak Spanish.

true

zooming in on Rafa's face as he has his MTO. bit much?

Rafa scared me a bit by walking to the net there, but it was just his OCD (can't walk diagonally, having to walk in straight lines).

Mar 21, 2022 -- 12:52AM, wisewords wrote:

zooming in on Rafa's face as he has his MTO. bit much?

I appreciate the info. Not as many pervs into Rafa's teeth than Danielle's private parts.

Mar 21, 2022 -- 12:52AM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

Rafa scared me a bit by walking to the net there, but it was just his OCD (can't walk diagonally, having to walk in straight lines).

didn't scare me, but for a split second thought the same he was about to call it quits

two points away.

he still fights. Fritz got overconfident on that one

wow Fritz

he has match point!

1.29 MP

that was tame

tamer

even tamer!

a BIG VAMOS

crowd wants Nadal. he doesn't want to disappoint. wind picking up

Rafa can't believe he missed!

wind says no!

WINDIAN WELLS

Taylor gone with the wind?

Fritz going faster. wind beating him quicker!

Taylor to his credit stopped getting distracted by Rafa's condition as the set went on and is staying in the zone now.

can he deliver the final punch

no that's not what he's doing Journeyman. he's lost the zone about 4 mins ago

wow

this is crazy!

back in the zone

Back in the zone big time,,HARRY POTER FRITZ

I got out
no exposure for now.

Will just have to disagree

Come on harry 1.15 to cashout u mug

ass hole

OH NO RAFA

Absolute scenes

muggiest shot since against Nishikori at the Rio Olympics.

MP #2

Is there an All American Hero in the house!!

HARRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Rafa putting the young talent over

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... TAYLOR FRITZZZZZZZZ

Mar 21, 2022 -- 1:19AM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

Rafa putting the young talent over

carrying an injury? tick. in the youngsters home country in a huge tournament? tick. ok if he plays well enough no need to go berserk

cant believe it..........long rest for rafa.

Taylor Fritz Fritz Fritz!!

I tried my best , learn s0me new phrases mate

Your like a br0ken rec0rd

Enjoyed that set 2 though !

"Rafa, you are one of the best tennis athletes in the world!"

that's a bit of an understatement.

Been some false starts but.. is this the day a new era of US Mens tennis begins

No Daniela for the past 3 days

That Larry mug with the pound land cap on had some decent surgery. L00ks plastic mind but still

Mar 21, 2022 -- 1:33AM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

"Rafa, you are one of the best tennis athletes in the world!"that's a bit of an understatement.

Yeah French Mug

Mar 21, 2022 -- 1:34AM, Journeyman wrote:

Been some false starts but.. is this the day a new era of US Mens tennis begins

not convinced yet. Still lacking that one superstar that is gonna make young boys pick up a racquet. Can Taylor Fritz be a top guy? Maybe.

Yeah more evidence needed.  But composure, eloquent communicator, got the job done and seems grounded enough to deal with the mad US media hope-hype that's going to hit him.

Nadal had breathing problems.  A lot of Sports people more than any other time having problems with breathing across many sports.  What is going on?

There has been a respiratory virus doing the rounds for a bit more than two years. Bit surprised you didn't know/notice. It's been in the news quite a bit.

Though Rafa's problem seemed to have more of a muscular origin judging from afar.

These are the comments that have made this a discussed topic today

“It’s tough for me to breathe. When I try to breathe, it’s painful and it’s very uncomfortable,” Nadal said. ”When I’m breathing, when I’m moving it’s like a needle all the time inside here. I get dizzy a little bit because it’s painful.

“It’s a kind of pain that limits me a lot. It’s not only about pain, I don’t feel very well because it affects my breathing.

“Honestly I am sad because of the way I was not able to compete. The thing that worries me now, it’s about what’s going on there, what I have to do now to recover and how long it’s going to take.”

Source - the Express

I'm generally in the Novak camp (I admire him for refusing to go against his personal values/beliefs) so I wasn't a fan of Rafa's comments in Australia. But I've not liked seeing all the projection today on Soc med attempting to link Nadal's issues to MRNA vax / clotting etc. I think it's speculative and in bad taste. It's almost like people wishing him ill to further their argument

rafa nearly lost to seb korda early on........he wasnt playing that well to be honest....still cant believe he lost to mr fritz. hes such a mediocre player.
its 3 weeks to monte carlo. zverev, tsitsipas, alvarez and novak will be his main challangers. whenever rafa is a contender and/or winner of hardcourt events like he has this year, he goes on to totally dominate the clay court season. he has only done the clay court masters series and french open clean sweep once - 2010. that year he also won wimbledon and the us open. maybe he will skip barcelona this year.

Clearly run out of steam & hampered by injury having played the most amount of tennis he's ever played at this stage of any season.

He's probably played twice as much tennis an anybody else.

Should have quit after the 1st set to preserve himself for the clay season.

Which news Edy...can you give us a link please

Rafael Nadal has been ruled out for between four and six weeks after suffering a stress fracture of his rib.

Mar 22, 2022 -- 4:33PM, Kriskin wrote:

Rafael Nadal has been ruled out for between four and six weeks after suffering a stress fracture of his rib.

Bloody vaccines even breaking bones now, too.

That will upset some bedwetters.

next event is madrid 1st of may...........french is 22nd of may.

Mar 22, 2022 -- 4:24PM, DancingBraveTheBest wrote:

Which news Edy...can you give us a link please

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19

If only you showed the same courtesy when others ask things of you.

https://www.quora.com/Is-the-Wikileaks-information-reliable

Wikipedia and Wikileaks are not the same thing. It was more of a starting point anyway. Wikipedia gives you a lot of information about the respiratory virus, but you can and should always do your own additional research.

Cheers Edy

Pleasure!

Rafa's decision to continue in that final looks even more bonkers now

a bit like his decision to continue v shapovalov in q final aus open 2022 when he went on to lift slam 21.........indian wells is a big event.
this rest may do him good. he missed wimbledon and us open last year. will only play 2 or 3 clay events this year. rib injury is not a big deal. batteries recharged.