Djokovic

[Samael]

Wtf is wrong with this guy? Is he a new Lance Armstrong? The way he defends is absolutely amazing. I think he must be on drugs. For the first time in my life i really wanted the Mutant to win simply cos he seems more human than Djokovic.

[Saarbrigga]

That s not fair man. Nadal s defence is not less godd as Nole s.

I guess today s court conditions are the reason. The balls bounce high and are not very fast, so it s possible to defend that good (especially in Melbourne and Paris).

[Samael]

Yeah, courts might be a reason for all what s happening in tennis today. Still, i think that if people were attacking Rafa the way they re attacking Djokovic today Rafa wouldn't have been able to retrieve as many balls as Novak is retrieving today. What amazes me even more is that Novak is giving the balls back from a lot closer to the baseline. Nadal in his prime (2005-2009) was always 2 meters behind the baseline to deflect all the balls.

[ICEMAN_9588]

And don't forget that now you can slide even on hard courts.
Djokovic can do all these incredible recoveries cause of this and thanks to his physic flexibility, but the point is the same about Nadal.

How long his physique will let him to play like this?

[supinesmokey13]

i say barring 29-30 if he has knee trouble 28 bottom line his body pay a price for the pounding it takes constantly sliding hitting open stance bh at some point it just a matter of when