zep1706 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Anticipating great stuff from Nadal this year. :) Don't expect anything until the clay season. He needs time to get back in shape. I wouldn't be surprised if he goes out in the the first week of the AO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippoSucks Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Don't expect anything until the clay season. He needs time to get back in shape. I wouldn't be surprised if he goes out in the the first week of the AO. I honestly see him doing well in all 4, especially French Open and Wimbledon. He looked very good sometimes last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep1706 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I honestly see him doing well in all 4' date=' especially French Open and Wimbledon. He looked very good sometimes last year.[/quote'] Well he is coming back from a surgery and have not had much match practice in nearly 6 months. So he would definitely need time to get back to match fitness. He needs to play small clay tournaments to build it up like he did in 2013. That would happen after the AO. I have no expectations from him at this point. A grand slam is not an ideal way to start your comeback. He needs smaller tournaments, preferably on clay which is easy on his body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippoSucks Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Well he is coming back from a surgery and have not had much match practice in nearly 6 months. So he would definitely need time to get back to match fitness. He needs to play small clay tournaments to build it up like he did in 2013. That would happen after the AO. I have no expectations from him at this point. A grand slam is not an ideal way to start your comeback. He needs smaller tournaments' date=' preferably on clay which is easy on his body.[/quote'] I'm not that avid of a tennis watcher, so I don't know the timings of smaller tournaments. But yes, if most of them are after Australian Open, I wouldn't expect him to do too well there. Although I am sure he has extensively been training on his own as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raghav_12 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I heard there are doubts whether Nadal wud be participating in AO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumar713 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Looking forward to this season:fight: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Novak a bit rusty as well, some bad tactics from him vs Karlovic as well, but I suppose like with many of the other big players, if you're going to lose, best to lose in 250 event or even 500 event rather than a Slam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Looking forward to this season:fight: If last year was anything to go by, not much to look forward to this year. Novak and Rafa are not as good as they were 2/3 seasons ago. Fed is almost done. The standard of the tennis will drop. Yes new guys will come along, but they won't be anywhere near as good as what we've been lucky enough to see for the last 5 years. 2013 might just be the best season we'll have in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep1706 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Novak a bit rusty as well' date=' some bad tactics from him vs Karlovic as well, but I suppose like with many of the other big players, if you're going to lose, best to lose in 250 event or even 500 event rather than a Slam.[/quote'] Novak is not rusty at all. Check his previous two matches. He has always had problems against huge servers like Karlovic or Isner etc, against whom he can't get into his baseline rhythm. In a GS match he would still win but in BO3 they have a good chance of beating him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumar713 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Novak has good chance to win slams. Will be interesting to see how Fed plays this season. Hope he wins atleast a slam but looks tough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep1706 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Novak has good chance to win slams. Will be interesting to see how Fed plays this season. Hope he wins atleast a slam but looks tough. I think Novak would win 3 slams this year. AO, RG and USO, Federer would win Wimbledon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 You'd think Novak would be favourite for all slams except RG cause of Rafa. But Novak has underachieved all his career. Hence why I'm not confident of him winning more than 1. I think we may see Nishikori win one, maybe even the AO if he gets on a roll. It would suit his style of play as well. If he can sort out his fitness, he could go on and become a multiple slam winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumar713 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Del potro returning? If Nadal remains unfit for most of the year novak will dominate. Unsure about nishikori though might win a slam at the max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippoSucks Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I think Novak would win 3 slams this year. AO' date=' RG and USO, Federer would win Wimbledon.[/quote'] Nadal is going to be fit by the time of RG, and I extremely doubt Novak beating him there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumar713 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Federer wins 999th career match:nice:Kei lost to Milos. Seems a really close match. Federer vs milos in Brisbane final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 Nadal is going to be fit by the time of RG' date=' and I extremely doubt Novak beating him there.[/quote'] Nadal won't be as unbeatable as in recent years. You can start to see his decline, in fact Novak has declined as well, but perhaps not as much. Neither of these players are anywhere near as good as they were 2/3 years ago. Nadal getting beaten by guys he would never lose to before and that too on clay and far more frequently. Also sooner rather than later his run at RG is going to end, law of averages in sport will eventually catch up to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 ROGERRRRRRER DUBAI TITLE HERE. Can not wait for Palm Springs and Miami. Will plan to go at atleast one of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda-esque Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 34 year old still rocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep1706 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 34 year old still rocks According to Muloghonto it is very suspicious. :giggle: BTW why do you only post when your favorites do well? I did not see you writing a word after Federer lost to Seppi in Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adi B Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Fed winning useless tournaments but choking in the GS :headshake:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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