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Re: Barcelona Open: 4/21/14
By: Clay Death Date: April 22, 2014, 6:16 pm
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order of play is here sports fans.
Rafa returns to action tomorrow:
HTML http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/Schedule.aspx?EventId=425
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Re: Barcelona Open: 4/21/14
By: thetruth Date: April 23, 2014, 2:04 am
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I listen to you and Masterclass. Your analyses make sense. I
have nothing to add. It is all up to Rafa. He is guilty of
everything you guys have said.
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Re: Barcelona Open: 4/21/14
By: masterclass Date: April 23, 2014, 11:55 am
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General Hercules is spot on, Lady TT. Rafa can still right the
ship, but he's running out of time.
He scraped by today against Ramos of all people. 7-6(2), 6-4,
the same player whom he demolished 6-3, 6-0, last year, in the
very same tournament. This shows how far he is from his game
right now. Nadal broken twice on his serve in the first set,
including serving for the set, and hitting balls very short. I
hate to say it about a guy who usually fights so hard, but at
times he looked almost scared out there. He has a lot to work
on.
But he's not the only one, and he survived. Look at the top
seeds who were eliminated today.
[2] Ferrer was slapped off the court today. Gabashvili def.
Ferrer 6-4 6-2.
[3] Fab Fog was blown off the court by Giraldo, 6-0, 4-0 ret.
Not sure what the injury was that stopped him from roaring back
into the match.
[8]Dolgopolov faded away after a tight first set and tiebreaker
to Montanes, who won, 7-6(5), 6-3.
Melzer defeated [7]Janowicz, 6-4, 7-6(1)
Dodig defeated [13] Feli Lopez 6-1, 6-4
So Rafa doesn't have to worry about 4 of the top 8 seeds,
including the 2 and 3.
If Rafa can get by Dodig, then he'll face either Verdasco or
Almagro.
Golubev vs Nishikori should be interesting.
Respectfully,
masterclass
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Re: Barcelona Open: 4/21/14
By: Clay Death Date: April 23, 2014, 6:52 pm
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rafa is not playing well enough general masterclass so they are
all dangerous for him right now.
he has no choice but to put in the hard yards as you and i have
suggested. he has absolutely zero business struggling against
the players he has owned for 10 years.
he did it to himself. now he has to find a way out.
and the only way out is practicing more and practicing harder
even in between matches.
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Re: Barcelona Open: 4/21/14
By: Clay Death Date: April 23, 2014, 6:52 pm
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here is the order of play for tomorrow:
HTML http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/Schedule.aspx?EventId=425
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Re: Barcelona Open: 4/21/14
By: thetruth Date: April 24, 2014, 3:04 am
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Rafael Nadal Talks About Opening Barcelona Win
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMj11XQs_zw#t=22
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Re: Barcelona Open: 4/21/14
By: Backspin Date: April 24, 2014, 2:20 pm
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I'm not following Barcelona this time. Did anyone watch the
Nadal-Dodig match? How was Rafa playing?
It seems Kei Nishikori is playing well. He's like 4-2 against
Marin Cilic. Has a good chance to make the final in Barcelona.
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Re: Barcelona Open: 4/21/14
By: thetruth Date: April 24, 2014, 3:08 pm
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[quote author=Backspin link=topic=738.msg14121#msg14121
date=1398367201]
I'm not following Barcelona this time. Did anyone watch the
Nadal-Dodig match? How was Rafa playing?
It seems Kei Nishikori is playing well. He's like 4-2 against
Marin Cilic. Has a good chance to make the final in Barcelona.
[/quote]
He played better than he did yesterday, but the real Rafa hasn't
showed up yet. Maybe with stiffer competition he'll raise his
game. This is Spain's hometown tournament so all the Spaniards
want to win it.
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Re: Barcelona Open: 4/21/14
By: Clay Death Date: April 24, 2014, 6:06 pm
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good win for Rafa.
he was more aggressive today.
HTML http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2014/04/17/Barcelona-Thursday-Nadal-Dodig.aspx
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Re: Barcelona Open: 4/21/14
By: Clay Death Date: April 24, 2014, 6:20 pm
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here is the order of play for tomorrow:
HTML http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/Schedule.aspx?EventId=425
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