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Kobe4MVP12:
Wow this is the worst I have seen Federer play.
Have you ever seen Federer play Nadal on clay? Nadal always does this to Federer on clay. It boggles my mind. I don't understand how a guy canbe so dominant on all surfaces against everyone... except for one surface (clay) against one guy (Nadal). It just makes no sense to me.
Well, there are several factors... first off, Nadal grew up playing on clay, while Fed probably spent his youth on hardcourts... clay courts are verydifferent in that the ball bounces slower (as compared to hard courts), which is why you see so many more rallies on clay... a player's movement on clay isalso different in that they slide into their shots, while on hard and grass courts, you run, slowdown, plant, hit, change direction... Nadal know how to readthe bounces, is a great mover on the clay and is a tremendous ball striker (the amount of spin and pace he puts on the ball is insane), which is why he'sbeen so dominant on clay... Fed, who hired a new coach just to help him out on his clay game, is a good clay court player, but if you put him up with the bestof the best, he has no chance...Originally Posted by 23ska909red02
Have you ever seen Federer play Nadal on clay? Nadal always does this to Federer on clay. It boggles my mind. I don't understand how a guy can be so dominant on all surfaces against everyone... except for one surface (clay) against one guy (Nadal). It just makes no sense to me.
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I dont watch or play tennis so can someone tell me whats so special about playing on clay? I mean played I played Tennis before and it was on a hardcourt so I assume that was clay and most of the courts i see are of that surface type.
The number one thing is the grip (or lack of grip) on clay compared to grass or hardcourt surfaces. On grass, turf, or hardcourt, when you plantyou're running a ball down and you plant your foot to hit it, your body stops, and you hit the ball. On clay, when you're running a ball down and youplant to hit it, you slide, so you have to know how to hit the ball while moving. And you have to have a knowledge of how to shorten your slide or control yourslide so that you can hit and run back into position so your opponent doesn't hit it back to an open court while you're still recovering from yourslide.
Another difference is that the surface of a clay court picks up on the ball. Obviously, this makes no difference in a volley where very little hitting takesplace. But if there is a good volley, every time the ball hits the court, it's picking up more and more clay, weighing the ball more and more, essentiallymaking it lopsided.
And even on short volleys or aces, it's more difficult to read the bounce on clay than other surfaces. English doesn't tend to come into effect as muchon clay, so you can see how that would make a difference in reading a ball being hit to you (as opposed to reading the same hit coming at you on grass); youexpect it to slice left a certain amount, and it doesn't. And you can see how that would make a difference in hitting a ball to your opponent (as opposedto hitting the same shot to your opponent on hardcourt); you expect that it's going to slice away from them something fierce, and it doesn't.
Pretty much, Nadal is a freaking master at playing his 'footslides'. It's not like Nadal's opponents are just sliding all over the place,looking like idiots as they fall on their butts while he just maintains perfect technique; these are still professionals he's playing against, and theyknow the differences in clay as well. But he just seems to know clay so much better than anyone else, and against Federer, he just really puts all of his clayknowledge together better than he does against anyone else.
Have you ever seen Federer play Nadal on clay? Nadal always does this to Federer on clay. It boggles my mind. I don't understand how a guy can be so dominant on all surfaces against everyone... except for one surface (clay) against one guy (Nadal). It just makes no sense to me.Originally Posted by 23ska909red02
Kobe4MVP12:
Wow this is the worst I have seen Federer play.
Well, there are several factors... first off, Nadal grew up playing on clay, while Fed probably spent his youth on hardcourts... clay courts are very different in that the ball bounces slower (as compared to hard courts), which is why you see so many more rallies on clay... a player's movement on clay is also different in that they slide into their shots, while on hard and grass courts, you run, slowdown, plant, hit, change direction... Nadal know how to read the bounces, is a great mover on the clay and is a tremendous ball striker (the amount of spin and pace he puts on the ball is insane), which is why he's been so dominant on clay... Fed, who hired a new coach just to help him out on his clay game, is a good clay court player, but if you put him up with the best of the best, he has no chance...
Federer, like most European players, grew up on clay. It's not like he's a slouch at playing on clay. He's still the 2nd best playerin the world on clay. Rafa is just on another level on clay. And he's catching up to Roger on grass. His serve is a lot better now. And he can finishpoints with the backhand now. He's also a very underrated volleyer.
I think Rafa will breakd Borg's 6 FO titles. And I really see him getting the FO and Wimbledon double if not this year, then next year.
Originally Posted by DC5 06
I know I'm late but why did ESPN show the 2007 Wimbledon instead of the French Open?