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Nemoguće je uhvatiti tri seta od Rafa Nadala. Ludi rekord, ali to je objašnjeno

PARIS - Jer je najsnažniji od svih na "crvenom". Nije samo najbolji sportaš. To su tehnika i taktička sagacity da bi se postigla n. Nikada nemojte odabrati izbor. Jedanaest naslova i jedanaest pridjeva
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Rečeno je da su zapisi napravljeni da budu prekinuti. Boh, možda netko tko me sada čita, moći će vidjeti pobijediti Rafa Nadal u Rolandu Garrosu. Sigurno ne. Ipak, sanem da dugo živim, a ja dodir željeza. Nakon 50 setova Thiem je uzeo jedan set prvi i drugi. Nakon još nekoliko setova, najprije Fognini, a zatim Schwartzmann, odveli su još jedan. Ali oni su stali tamo. Ako je teško skinuti set, gotovo je nemoguće uzeti dva, kako mislite da osvojite tri protiv čudovišta? U članku koji sam poslao mojim novinama, nisam znao koji pridjevi koriste za opisivanje novog pothvata Rafa Nadala. Ja sam tražio 11 koji je učinio pjesmice sa Nadal, a ja upustio sa svojom Pidgin španjolski za jedanaesti u finalu, u Rafa Nadal carske, fenomenal, brutalne, posebno, senzacionalan, pakleni, excepcional, descomunal, trijumfalnom. A undecimate je gotovo nestvarno. No, svakako, neizbježno, na ovaj Roland Garrosu u kojem je jedini Schwartzman je mogao oduzeti set i umjesto da se unaprijed za pauze u drugom je zaključak više ... prirodno.
 

Jedanaest finala bez gubljenja. Ludi. Čak je i "vrtlar" Federera koji je igrao jedanaest u Wimbledonu, nije uspio zadržati svoj nastavni plan i program besprijekoran. Izgubio je tri. Rafa u 11 finale ne samo da je nikada izgubio jedan, već je uvijek uspio izbjeći povlačenje do petog seta. U 6 finala je mu bilo dopušteno izgubiti set, au ostalim 5 čak i to. Takva domena je luda. I nije se moglo zamisliti ni prije desetak godina kada je Rafa došla na ovu pozornicu, niti jučer, niti je moguće razumjeti kada bi moglo završiti. Budući da Rafa više nije dijete, fizičke probleme koje je imao toliko, stop previše, ali kada je u pitanju Roland Garros, osim tog vremena kad je morao otići u mirovinu, osim dvojice koji je izgubio od Soderling u 2009. ili Đokovića u 2015. godini , to je nenadmašno. Čak i jučer protiv nezaustavljivog austrijskog Dominika Thiema koji je također hrabro pokušao do zadnjeg, prvak Manacora, skoro ne 32 godine, pobijedio je u 3 seta. Rezultat silazne i razoružavajuće: 6-4 6-3 6-2. Prošle godine u polufinalu Thiem je izgubio 6-3 6-4 6-0, dvije igre manje.

Popis protivnika tukli Rafa u finalu dobiva duže i duže: 4 puta Federera, Đoković 2 puta, 1 put Puerta, Soderling, Ferrer i prije godinu dana Wawrinka (6-2 6-3 6-1), svi zbog predaje tiraninskom kralju. Thiem, mladi čovjek visokih nada sa svojim 24 i 9 mjeseci, najavio je "Imam plan da tuku Rafa" i kako je posljednjih 3 puta uspio da se uspio razočarati. Ali kad je ušao u polje odmah je izgubio prvih šest točaka, osam prvih devet, i službu. Od tada je to bila samo beznadna potjera. Rekao bih da nesretni Dominik nije vidio Rafa ni u ravnini. Samo jednom je dobio uslugu, ali 5-4 je bio taj koji ga je ponovo davao. U drugom setu opet je počeo loše, 0-3. Misija koja se najavila kao nemoguće uskoro je potvrđena kao takva. Dugo prije trećeg, kada se i Thiem uskoro našao ispod 3-1. Chatrier da je ovaj ponedjeljak se srušena, a danas će se doslovno uništio izgraditi novu tvornicu s krovom (koji se, međutim, ne ćemo vidjeti prije 2020. godine) - i francuski savez je podijeljen svim novinara iz bijelog kacige stranice! Kakva je demonstracija veličine! Možete li zamisliti menadžera koji misli na takvu stvar u Italiji? - s druge strane to je najviše neosvojive tvrđave, sa svojim 7 metara van, Rafa Nadal, koji je također osvojio ovaj naslov 11 do 20 godina iz jedinog Slam osvojio njegov trener Carlos Moya. Nije Rim ili Madrid, gdje je Thiem pretukao Nadal u posljednjih 13 mjeseci. Premlaćivanje Nadala u meču tri seta je očigledno još uvijek moguće, ne samo nego i Thiem Schwartzman Fognini i odveli set, pisati opet da me uvjeri, jer ne izgleda stvarno. Ali, biti u mogućnosti osvojiti tri u utakmici tri od pet je praktički nemoguće.

Jer Rafa je 17. Slam. Oni su 3 manje od 20 od Roger Federera koji bi se vratio na broj 1, ako Rafa je izgubio jučer. No, Švicarci će dobro raditi na sljedećem turniru u Stuttgartu, gdje je prije godinu dana izgubio Haasov debi, da se vrati na prijestolje. „Za mene jurnjava Federera to nije opsesija - rekao je Rafa - Ja sam super sadržaj svoje karijere, za ono što sam učinio. Smatram se vrlo sretnim. Ne volim gledati ako su drugi bolji, ako su osvojili više, ako imate veću kuću ... oni su zadovoljni sa mnom, a ja samo ... imam ambicije da učine bolje i bolje, za napredak i nastaviti igrati sve dok mislite da bi to mogla učiniti ". Najbolji Nadal je nepobjediv na zemlji, jer, čak i ako žive uvijek u svojim fizičkim osobinama i ravnih ljevak, većina odmah očiti način on ima u ruci ogromnu snagu koja mu omogućava da povući vrlo jaka i vrlo dugo izdaleka , čak i ako je njegov dio polja produžen za 5 ili 6 metara. Do prije nekoliko godina Rafa čekao servise udaljen  do 3 metra i 24 cm od servisne linije. Sada to iznosi do 4 m i 57 cm. Ali, znajući da neće biti pravi incontrista, može donijeti jaki i uz isti i dati si vremena da se približe zatim na liniji istovremeno povući opoziciju da se počnu okretati sa svojim ravno , Svatko tko stoji pred njim završava radeći brisač vjetrobrana.

No, unatoč analizirajući sve ove izvanredne osobine - možda samo Thiem može povući kao jaka s tako daleko, a zapravo je to drugi ili najviše treći tenisač na svijetu na gline - to bi bilo pogrešno gledaju na taktičku inteligenciju Rafa , Nikada ne čini pogrešan izbor. To je najsnažnija od svih. Na udaljenosti od tri od pet ispitanika je osvojio - bilo gdje na „crveno” - 111 na 113. Mislim da sažeti u spotu za talijanske kuće i engleskom jednom s velikim eve Kuće slavnih Steve Flink.

Pitamo se sada samo kada će kralj iz Manacora abdicirati, više ne dominirati tako da stavlja  u gotovo neugodan položaj svoje protivnike, mlade i stare. Rafa XI je "le roi de Paris" (kralj Pariza).

NICK BOLLETTIERI UOČI PROŠLOGODIŠNJEGA ROLANDA GARROSA

Že res da Nadal lovi Federerja že leta in leta vendar ne pozabi da je Federer star že skoraj 37 let in da se njegov čas vendarle izteka oziroma bolje rečeno se bo njegov čas iztekel prej kot Nadalu. Tako bo imel Nadal 2-3 sezone prednosti da zaostanek nadoknadi. Recimo če primerjamo lestvico ko je Federer dopolnil 32 let (toliko kot jih ima Nadal zdaj) lahko razberemo da Federer pravzaprav v kar nekaj kategorijah že zaostaja.

Recimo primerjava Federer vs Nadal oba pri 32 letih:

Grand Slami: 17:17
World Tour final : 6:0 (Tu Nadal nima možnosti)
Mastersi: 21:31 (Prednost se je sicer nekoliko zmanjšala in sicer na 5 Mastersev vendar ponovno Nadal je 5 let mlajši in bo lahko ta rekord še izboljšal.
Total titles: 77:79 (Federer je pri 32 osvojil 2 naslova manj kot Nadal)
Year End Number 1: 4:5 (Nadal bo imel lepo priložnost da letos zaključi na prvem mestu in tudi ta rekord vsaj izenači)
Weeks at Number 1: 302:175 (Tu ima Federer ogromno prednost in ga Nadal ne bo prehitel

Kot zanimivost: Federer je v naslednjih 3 letih (se pravi 32,33,34) ostal brez GS-ja in osvojil zgolj 11 lovorik (88 skupaj). Se pravi bo imel Nadal v naslednjih 3-4 letih ogromno priložnost da nadoknadi oziroma da zakrpa luknjo pred Federerjem pa čeprav ga je že zdaj kar lepo ujel. Bomo videli kdaj bo Nadal osvojil svoj naslednji GS. Federer je 18 šele pri 35 letih in 3 mesecih.

PARIS - Siri, what animals are considered to have no natural enemies, no known predators?

Tigers, saltwater crocodiles, whale sharks and electric eels may be the disgorged answer. But we know better. There is also a fifth species: Rafael Nadal on a court surfaced with clay.

When Nadal is set loose in his natural habitat, the rest of the tennis fauna is rendered prey. And there is no one above him on the food chain. For the duration of his pro tennis career—now, remarkably, 15 years—Nadal has won more than 90 percent of his matches played with granules of dirt underfoot. 

And at the French Open, Nadal is particularly devastating. After rolling through seven rounds of play this year and taking out Austria’s Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 in Sunday’s final, Nadal is now 86-2 at Roland Garros, winning a record 11 titles—winning more than any other male player in history has won any other Slam. (For perspective, inevitably: Roger Federer is 91-11 with eight titles on his preferred milieu, the grass of Wimbledon.) “Rafa is too much on clay,” says Thiem. “It's kind of like a joke.”

The reason for Nadal’s comical success on the surface? Some redounds to tennis X’s and O’s. No player in the sport’s history possesses his combination of offense and defense, a marriage of merciless power with relentless retrieving. Watching Nadal on clay brings to mind the line about Willie Mays at the plate, “The only player who could possibly catch that ball, just hit that ball.” 

Add Nadal’s virtue of playing left-handed and it borders on unfair. His spin-drizzled cross-court forehands (the most natural shot in tennis) bounce high to a righty’s backhand (perhaps the difficult shot in tennis.) When righties like Thiem try and hit backhands off Nadal’s parabolas, it recalls men trying to use shovels to swat flies. 

But also, constitutionally, this is the perfect surface for Nadal. Clay makes demands of players, both physical and spiritual, no other surface does. There is a required persistence—within rallies; within matches; within the two-week event—that plays perfectly to the core strengths of Nadal, a player who is happy to withstand discomfort. Clay court tennis is quite simply (and quite literally) trench warfare. Nadal is happy to engage.

For all the athletes who possess irrational confidence—I could be LeBron if I were in the right situation—Nadal, even at age 32, suffers the opposite affliction: an irrational deficit of confidence. Despite winning the title 10 times since 2015, he refused to declare himself the pre-tournament favorite. To Nadal, every opponent brings danger, every round could be his last. 

If it sounds like so much false modesty or sandbagging, it’s not. He has thoroughly convinced himself that he is not yet where he wants to be. And Nadal has convinced himself that doubt brings motivation, not paralysis. After Nadal won his quarterfinal match over Diego Schwartzman—the lone player to whom he lost a set this tournament—he was asked about the role of uncertainty. “If you don't feel the pressure, it’s because you don't love the sport. And if you don't love the sport it’s better to go back home and do another thing...Pressure is good. You are able to control that. That pressure, that adrenaline, can be in a positive way.” But why does he allow himself to feel the pressure? Nadal had a simple response. “I am a human person.”

On Sunday, Nadal started the match slowly—as he often did this tournament—facing break points and projecting frustration. And then he found a level that…well...you are forgiven for questioning whether he is a human person. Nadal found the range on his serve and forehand. He preyed, predictably on Thiem’s one-hander. Most of all, he repelled attack and negated everything the opponents had to offer.  

It may be a myth in other sports. But for tennis played on clay, defense does win championships. Eleven of them, in fact. And counting.

https://www.si.com/tennis/2018/06/10/rafael-nadal-french-open-clay-roland-garros-dominic-thiem

Rafael Nadal: Toni Nadal reveals secret reason world No 1 keeps winning French Open

RAFAEL NADAL keeps winning the French Open because he does not want to let his supporters down, says Toni Nadal.

Nadal won his 11th Roland Garros title over the weekend by beating Dominic Thiem in straight sets in the final.

The world No 1 was in decent form throughout the entire competition as he only dropped one set against Diego Schwartzman in the quarter-finals.

Nadal is likely to lose his top ranking this week as Roger Federer competes at the Stuttgart Open.

But his uncle Toni has explained that it is the expectation of his loyal following which motivates him to continue to break stunning records in Paris.

"I couldn't have imagined Rafa accomplishing what he's managed to do throughout his career, especially here at Roland Garros," Toni told ATPWorldTour.com.

"It's beyond incredible to me; he puts on one brutal display after another.

“I’ve seen him do this over and over again but it's still so special to me when he wins because I know he's competing with a lot of pressure and high expectations.

“He doesn't want to let his supporters down."

No End in Sight to Rafael Nadal's Unrivaled Dominance After 11th French Open Win

You run out of ways to say "wow," but Rafael Nadal keeps finding ways to make this fresh and make his energy and electricity felt by anyone playing him, much less watching him, on the red clay courts at Roland Garros.

Nadal won his 11th French Open on Sunday, beating Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. Eleven French Opens. Wow. Or maybe wow, wow, wow, 11 times over. Tennis careers rarely last 11 years, and no one wins the same major title 11 times. No one ever has until now. And next year, we'll be pointing out that no one had won 12. And the year after that? How many years will we keep pointing out the same thing?

Have you been paying attention? Nadal on clay might be the most amazing thing we've ever seen in sports. Not just tennis, where that isn't even up for debate. In any sport.

Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps might have something to say about that. That's fair. But their Olympics came once every four years. Nadal has had to do this year after year after year. He has lost or withdrawn while playing through injury. And once he lost fair and square to Novak Djokovic in the 2015 event.

In total, he's had three bad days in 13 years since his first French Open title in 2005, and one was a fluke.

Nadal is so dominant that the world's second-best player on clay, and the guy most people think is the best player in the history of the sport, doesn't even bother to show up at the French Open anymore. Roger Federer skips the French because the entire clay season is too much of a grind, especially if it's not going to end up with another major championship.

Federer has 20 majors and Nadal has 17, and apparently that great rivalry will only play out further on Federer's terms. But this isn't about the argument of who's the greatest tennis player ever. This is to celebrate Nadal in history.

Secretariat dominated horse racing like no other, but that 1973 Triple Crown season lasted only several weeks. In the old days, UCLA basketball could not be beaten, but the players were changing, and on a team sport there is room for error. Michael Jordan?

You can't resolve this here, but at the very least, Nadal on clay is right there with the best.

"He is human," John McEnroe said on NBC just before the match. "As you get older, you start to question—even him—when it's going to end."

True. But this well might have been the strongest French Open final the 32-year-old Nadal has ever played. Thiem is the up-and-coming kid who is ready to win majors, especially the French Open, if Nadal would ever get out of the way. Thiem, 24, had beaten Nadal on clay earlier this spring, but in the big moment, he tried to muscle Nadal, and it was hopeless. He tried to attack Nadal's backhand, and that, too, was hopeless.

The whole match was hopeless, and every time you looked up, Thiem had his hand on his hip or his eyes fixed on the line, wondering how Nadal did what he just did.

Nadal has comfort on clay. But he has not been doing the same thing over and over again for all these years.

Over 11 years, his hair—and his shorts—have gotten shorter, his backhand flatter and heavier, his serve bigger, his style more aggressive. And somehow it all keeps building.

In the old days, in the U.S. anyway, clay-court tennis was seen as sort of a gimmick. There was a clay style of having patience, patience, patience. Nadal used to play that way a lot more than he does now. He had incredible speed and footwork and somehow got more spin on the ball than anyone ever had.

Throughout his career, he has thrown so much into every motion that it always seemed like he was going to get hurt and have a short run. His body seemed broken down in so many instances.

This would have been the natural time in sports to hand things over to the next generation. Nadal wasn't ready. A few years ago, when he lost to Djokovic, it seemed he had turned things over.

But he wasn't ready. A few years before that, he dealt with a knee injury when he lost to Robin Soderling at the French Open in 2009 and couldn't even defend his Wimbledon title. It already looked like his career was in jeopardy.

But Nadal wasn't ready.

Still, you might want to watch him next year at the French. He'll turn 33 years old then, and that might well turn out to be his last shot. It ended for Bolt, for Phelps, for Jordan.

It has to end some day for Nadal, too.

Doesn't it?

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2780462-no-end-in-sight-to-rafael-nadals-unrivaled-dominance-after-11th-french-open-win