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[mclem]

Holy moly.

 

[Akito]

Darcis :bow

 

[Maninthemirror]

Nadal is toast. That injury seems to much.

Is he injured?

 

[dc89]

What the hell am I witnessing?

 

[Deadman]

lol @ all the journalists who whined so much about the seeding

 

[mcfrank]

This is fairly shocking.

 

[LuuKyK]

Damn, this guy is playing well.

Edit: that moon ball. lol I jinxed it.

 

[mclem]

The Wimbledon camera angle is so much better than the other slams.

I wonder if the cameras are entirely run by the BBC. It wouldn't surprise me.

 

[Akito]

What the hell am I witnessing?

Rosol Part II

Spoiler

Maybe

 

[EdibleExplosives]

That shot, goddamn.

 

[MiKeD]

Good days to be Polish/Belgian tennisfan again. DESTROY HIM STEVE.

 

[Niraj]

Is he injured?

He just has Rosolitis

 

[Deleted member 231381]

I wonder it feels like when you do that. I mean, what was running through Rosol's head, and Darci's right now?

 

[Ravensmash]

Come on Steve!

Spoiler

I like Rafa, but I like a good underdog more

 

[MiKeD]

He just has Rosolitis

:lol

 

[Akito]

Oh wow, amazing points

 

[Wes]

What? Come on dude

It's obviously stopping from playing his backhand the way he would like it to and I fear he's aggrevating whatever it is by trying to run around is constantly.

 

[Brinbe]

Nadal's mentally out of it now.

At least this might save us from a few weeks about bitching about his seeding.

 

[tycoonheart]

Rafa wasn't 100% even in Paris. His game was off. But even a 75% Rafa will win on clay. I'm not surprised he's struggling on grass.

 

[MiKeD]

Rafa wasn't 100% even in Paris. His game was off. But even a 75% Rafa will win on clay. I'm not surprised he's struggling on grass.

This. His first couple of rounds at RG were all struggles actually.

 

[mclem]

For the record, the BBC radio commentary team also think they're seeing a noticeable limp.

 

[Wes]

Is he injured?

He is favoring one knee quite heavily in my non-expert medical opnion. In the tiebreak he was covering a greater width of the court just to get shots on his forehand, more so than he typically does.

 

[Bo-Locks]

Is Nadal just gonna play the clay courts and win the French from now on, and then just rest his knees for the rest of the year? That seems to be the way to go.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

Thing is, a large part of me suspects that this is actually Murray Syndrome, where the injury develops as a result of being down rather than being down resulting from having an injury.

 

[zomgbbqftw]

Watch Darcis get knocked out next round by an unseeded player now.

:lolnadal

 

[John Dunbar]

can't believe this is happening again. this guy is 29 and has only once reached the second round at wimbledon. still expect him to start fading.

 

[Simplet]

It's obviously stopping from playing his backhand the way he would like it to and I fear he's aggrevating whatever it is by trying to run around is constantly.

Is this the first time you watch Nadal play? He always does that. Not to mention that he'd be crazy to run 3 or 4 meters more on each ball for nothing if he has a knee problem.

 

[Niraj]

It's obviously stopping from playing his backhand the way he would like it to and I fear he's aggrevating whatever it is by trying to run around is constantly.

I'm totally with Crab here, I think it's just psychosomatic.

 

[tycoonheart]

He is not moving well at all. Rafa's foot movements are usually a lot better than what he is doing in this game.

 

[Niraj]

Dat slice, damn

 

[MiKeD]

Nadal to only play Monte Carlo, Madrid and RG from now on.

 

[krYlon]

Oh dear, oh dear. Rafa and his knees...

 

[Reyne]

Yeah, Rafa is letting balls fly past him as if he were glued to the ground. Only way he is winning is if Darcis forgets how to hit a groundstroke or hits everything in Nadals general direction.

 

[Wes]

Is this the first time you watch Nadal play? He always does that. Not to mention that he'd be crazy to run 3 or 4 meters more on each ball for nothing if he has a knee problem.

No it's not.

I'm suggesting that there appears to be a knee problem in this specific match affecting him to a greater degree than his usual knee related ailments. Particularly with his backhand.

 

[tycoonheart]

lol, told you his footing is just soooo off.

 

[Wes]

That's a crazy point.

 

[3Sixty]

Oh Mr Darcy.

 

[MiKeD]

You can obviously see there is something wrong with his knee.

 

[tycoonheart]

You can obviously see there is something wrong with his knee.

Please. He always starts limping when he's losing.

And break point Rafa.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

No, there is nothing wrong with his knee. Only his knee ever hurts when he loses. He is off his cycle.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

We're getting into "healthy Nadal never loses" territory here. He just won Roland Garros, the knee is clearly not that bad.

 

[Vio-Lence]

No, there is nothing wrong with his knee. Only his knee ever hurts when he loses. He is off his cycle.

 

[MiKeD]

A healthy Nadal would be losing right now aswell.

 

[Deadman]

I'm sad he wont get to play federer, result would have been amusing.

 

[Brinbe]

Finish him off

 

[Smellycat]

1 game :O

 

[tycoonheart]

HAHAAHAAHA wtf is going on with Rafa. This is hilarious.

 

[Brinbe]

what the fuck

 

[Ravensmash]

Nadal may be injured (he may not be), but Darcis deserves credit too.

What a win this could be.

 

[Akito]

I starting to believe