AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2022

well, semifinals are almost here. I am nervous as I am certain this is Nadal´s last chanche to get a second slam win in Australia.

Many players can beat him nowadays on hardcourts, and next year there will be more, so the chance is here and now, eventhough everything tells me he is not at the level to beat Medvedev, who would normally be the rival if he made it to th final.

But semifinals first. Berrettini, what shall Nadal do in order to beat the italian?

I guess he has to be great with his serve (he is serving good, but with lots of double faults) if he loses his serve, he is gonna have a tough night.
He will have to dictate the point in order to play his drive to Matteo´s lefthand.

Rain is expected.... not good for Nadal

But he is a cheat so since you seem a righteous person Naxroy, you should want his downfall! The way he behaved v Shapo is unacceptable.

Well nadal did it. And in great fashion. Lets see his rival

Nadal - Medvedev it is.


The russian denied Novak his 21st and he is the one in between Nadal and his 21st too


Difference is Novak can still win a slam anytime, whilst Nadal is in one of his last chances.

I hope Medvedev has a bad day or Nadal a really good one.


and whatever happens, this will be his 16th slam final off clay

But for those who understand the game Nadal has yet to win a slam within the rules!

Ash takes it on TB, quite a comeback on 2nd set from 1:5 down, deserved this AO, been superb since the start.

Nadal has a chance today, extra day rest, needs to annoy that russian prick and could maybe win it.

So you are in fact Jahu a Nadal fan is disguise. You are mixing politics with tennis. Not good.

Hahaha no I'm not, a fan of anyone apart from Djocovid.

But I'd rather see Nadal on 21 than Djoko, you wouldn't.

I know you don't like Djoko one bit, but you don't like Nadal even more, which is fine.

Hi 5 for all on 20, I'm good.

well, in a few hours mens final will start... I think its been two good weeks of tennis with some really entertaining matches, and in the end, a great final.

Lets enjoy it and see who is the new Australian Open champion.

naxroy wrote:

Jahu wrote:

naxroy wrote:Kyrgios out in second round. Too much hype over a Guy Whos longest run in a SLAM is quarters and that was almost 7 years ago

What you mean hype? After Fed, he is the second best raw talent in tennis the world has ever seen.

He provided superb play, tricks and daring & silly stuff we all love to see him do naturally, no one cares for 56 shot rally any more, that's last decade.

I will quote myself:

A guy whos longest run in a slam is quarters, and that was almost 7 years ago

Who's got the slam now? Kyrgios !!! 

Tenez wrote:Yep. Kyrios, more raw than talent if you ask me.

He's better in Grand Slam doubles that the Top 3, eh? 

Yeah, he has a promissing future in doubles.

Henin saying on Eurosport that Nadal had to "evolve" his game on clay as on HC from the beginning of his career and be more aggressive and that he will have to be agressive today as well.

The final is about to start.

Medvedev in total control of the situation. Rafa better change something because it looks dark for him.

Very well done Daniil so far

We have match, but still, medvedev looks like the better player

Medv has no more legs. Nadal can still run.

All those many stupid drop shots allowed Nadal to recover. Medv should know that noone beats Nadal with winners...bar Federer!

Medvedev the bigest complaining bitch ever, just stfu and play, blla blla every match with umpire.

He's still a noob on GS finals, silly drop shots, playing with Lacoste crappy clay shoes on HC ffs.

Nadal take it !!

Holy shit Nadal takes it !

Djocovid has been sent to emergency hospital, he's gonna have a stroke, vaccines cost him a GS hahahahaha dumb fuk.

8th slam off clay

Incredible, beyond words

Class response from federer- 

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1487807093881114624

2 AusOpen
2 Wimbledon
4 OpenUSa

Lets not count his 13 Roland Garros.
Who has won more non clay slams than Nadal:

Roger Federer (of course) has 19
Novak Djokovic (of course) has 18
Sampras has 14
Emerson has 10
Bill Tilden has 10
Rod Laver has 9

Well Done Nadal. Helped quite a bit of course...once again ..

But I have learnt to accept this world is the opposite of what it should be:
- Jesus gets crucified
- Those resisting this madness of mass vaccination get the blame for everything while Pfizer who has the greatest fines of all times for charlatanism get all the reward for a vax which does not work.
- Those starting the wars for spreading “democracy” get all the praise for actually spreading chaos.
..And Nadal, one of the greatest cheat get the GOAT title.
And that is not an exhaustive list.

Yes this world needs fixing. It will take time.

Nadal's spread on slams is embarrassing compared to Djok and Fed - and his failure on fast surfaces will always prove he's not really in Borg or Fed's league. He's absolutely required the conditions to be tailor made to his play.

naxroy wrote:8th slam off clay

8 slams off clay and how many on fast surfaces? lol.  Hell look at grass alone and that's still slow now.

I am happy you are happy

Daniel2 wrote:Nadal's spread on slams is embarrassing compared to Djok and Fed - and his failure on fast surfaces will always prove he's not really in Borg or Fed's league. He's absolutely required the conditions to be tailor made to his play.

First take Djoko out of the tournament, give him again an easy draw, allowing to cheat between every point by taking huge time, and let'have the crowd decide a match once again.

How did the crowd decide the match?

Yes it was a pro-Nadal hostile atmosphere, but Med should have learnt to cope with it. 

Federer also has similar atmosphere when playing Djokovic at Wimbledon, but I can't remember you complaining there.

Med just sucks at having crowd support, he is a bitching little git that finds all the silly reasons to complain and often fights with crowd, not just this AO but every tournament.

Anyway what's to like about him? Sure he can punch the ball, but scared to death to come near the net, got no special shit going on, nothing to say wow, even Paire is more likable.

plus the guy has used stem cell therapy that's banned by WADA and uses blood running.  The whole thing is a joke really.  Slow surfaces, dumbed down conditions, no World Number 1 present, and rules not enforced. Being GOAT you need to be less one dimensional and less of a cheat.  Ronnie O sullivan and Federer make the game look like art and can play and win on all conditions.

And even worse his fans can't tell he's a a complete narcissist toss pot.

Daniel2 wrote:plus the guy has used stem cell therapy that's banned by WADA 

SCT isn't banned by WADA. 
Maybe you're getting confused with the fact its use was partially limited in the US under the Bush administration due to concerns raised by evangelical Christians- something to do with SCT clashing with the bible.

Daniel2 wrote:And even worse his fans can't tell he's a a complete narcissist toss pot.

This fan is the worst:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1487807093881114624

He has even helped the narcissist toss pot build an academy by spending quite a bit of time in giving speeches and marketing it.

Jahu wrote:Med just sucks at having crowd support, he is a bitching little git that finds all the silly reasons to complain and often fights with crowd, not just this AO but every tournament.

Anyway what's to like about him? Sure he can punch the ball, but scared to death to come near the net, got no special shit going on, nothing to say wow, even Paire is more likable.

Yeah Med is always winding up the crowd. 

He's quite one dimensional in his style, Nadal exposed him today with some good net play.

You don't seem to know what a narc is....  Not sure what you think your twitter post is proving.  Fact is Nadal would have been long gone but needed slow surfaces and some very dodgy treatments.   He's tainted mate.  Accept it.


You're the kind of useful idiot who was defending Lance Armstrong until he admitted what he was.  Too many of you poor twats about.

If you want stem cell therapies banned, fair enough, perhaps write a letter to WADA. In the meantime, any athlete can use it.

Also let’s be honest- Fed had a serious knee injury in 2016 and came back to do great in 2017.
Do you really not think he had access to cutting edge modern medicine too?

also you're wrong.  What Nadal did would not have been allowed by WADA.  And no one should allow it. You're a defender of another Armstrong lol

So so happy.
It has been really amazing. Historic moment for tennis world.
Lots of congratulations from his fellow tennis players from atp and wta.
It was so nice from Roger to write such a heart felt congratulation letter.

Remember Sampras? he has just one more hardcourt slam than Nadal
Nadal has as many hardcourt slams as Agassi
1 more hardcourt slam than Lendl
2 more hardcourt slams than McEnroe
3 more hardcourt slams than Connors
3 more hardcourt slams than Becker
4 more hardcourt slams than Edberg

Knowing this is probably his last slam, I am enjoying every second

I think Novak will set the final record, and I am almost sure I wont see anybody breaking that one ever. Bur fot the moment, history was written by Rafa

naxroy wrote:Remember Sampras? he has just one more hardcourt slam than Nadal
Nadal has as many hardcourt slams as Agassi
1 more hardcourt slam than Lendl
2 more hardcourt slams than McEnroe
3 more hardcourt slams than Connors
3 more hardcourt slams than Becker
4 more hardcourt slams than Edberg

Nadal has won 0 slams within the rules. Those who know about tennis rules are not fooled.

Tenez wrote:

naxroy wrote:Remember Sampras? he has just one more hardcourt slam than Nadal
Nadal has as many hardcourt slams as Agassi
1 more hardcourt slam than Lendl
2 more hardcourt slams than McEnroe
3 more hardcourt slams than Connors
3 more hardcourt slams than Becker
4 more hardcourt slams than Edberg

Nadal has won 0 slams within the rules. Those who know about tennis rules are not fooled.

LOL

A nervous LOL? cause that is a fact!

You are right

Another hardcourt tournament for Nadal.

Such a great champion