Author Topic: Ye Olde Castle-Vol.9-The battlefield where Generals,Vamps & Gamers rule supreme (Read 9749 times)

Litotes · « **Reply #1940 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:18:01 PM »

Quote from: Clay Death on February 10, 2013, 01:08:43 PM

nadal beats nearly 100% of the left handers in his career freaky.

True enough, but I still think he has less of an advantage against them. The good score is mainly due to a lack of great lefties in our current era. Second-tier players he can of course beat anyway.

Federer has a much better % of wins against any lefty that is not Nadal than he has against righthanders. Same for Djokovic.

Litotes · « **Reply #1941 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:18:23 PM »

Quote from: Freak3yman84 on February 10, 2013, 01:15:20 PM

Quote from: Litotes on February 10, 2013, 01:13:32 PM
Can you PM me too? I'm a curious type. But very discreet.

Done.

Litotes, without looking anything up, can you name a lefty who has beaten Nadal at the ATP level?

Verdasco once.

Clay Death · « **Reply #1942 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:20:06 PM »

i cant think of any lefties that have beaten nadal lately.

Clay Death · « **Reply #1943 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:20:35 PM »

general duncan is in rotterdam today. he might meet roger.

Litotes · « **Reply #1944 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:22:10 PM »

I checked his record - it is 63-6. So five losses unaccounted for. Can't say that I remember any of them. Could be from 2002-04, of course.

Betty t4u · « **Reply #1945 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:26:45 PM »

tomic vs dimi could be a cool match

Clay Death · « **Reply #1946 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:27:38 PM »

its like his clay court losses. he has lost only 8 matches on clay in the last 8 years.

all other losses were prior to 2005.

of course he will never ever lose on clay again if he quits tomorrow.

i hope he is happy being bored to death playing poker and golf for the next 60 years. he is going to regret not being on the courts before long.

his tennis life is going to be cut extremely short unless he makes drastic changes in his training and he decides once and all to try to improve.

he has not improved at all since 2010. in fact the whole field has improved and he has gone backwards.

i really believe he was born dumber than mike tyson.

Clay Death · « **Reply #1947 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:29:46 PM »

so it is still quite cold in milan then.

it is raining here now but the weather is warming up nicely.

Freak3yman84 · « **Reply #1948 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:30:08 PM »

Quote from: Litotes on February 10, 2013, 01:18:23 PM

Verdasco once.

Good one. The one I was thinking of was Melzer. Now I must look for the other ones...

Betty t4u · « **Reply #1949 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:30:30 PM »

hi Markus btw:p

yes Dun will enjoy this week

Betty t4u · « **Reply #1950 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:31:04 PM »

yes as i told u in pm look like will snow tom

Freak3yman84 · « **Reply #1951 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:31:20 PM »

Here's the tally of Nadal's lefty losses, it's actually 7 if you count the withdrawal:

Verdasco
Melzer
Guccione (by retirement)
Lopez x2
Labadze (by withdrawal)
Muller

Clay Death · « **Reply #1952 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:31:33 PM »

that is true. i remember it now.

verdasco got his once in a life time thrill when he managed to beat him on that blue clay.

nadal was leading in that match if i am not mistaken.

Clay Death · « **Reply #1953 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:32:23 PM »

i have not seen any snow around here in over 10 years.

Litotes · « **Reply #1954 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:34:18 PM »

Quote from: Freak3yman84 on February 10, 2013, 01:30:08 PM

Quote from: Litotes on February 10, 2013, 01:18:23 PM
Verdasco once.

Good one. The one I was thinking of was Melzer. Now I must look for the other ones...

Melzer? Completely forgot that one. Haven't thought of any of the others either, I'm stuck here.

Freak3yman84 · « **Reply #1955 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:35:11 PM »

Quote from: Litotes on February 10, 2013, 01:34:18 PM

Melzer? Completely forgot that one. Haven't thought of any of the others either, I'm stuck here.

I posted the list, a few posts up

Litotes · « **Reply #1956 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:35:23 PM »

Quote from: Betty t4u on February 10, 2013, 01:30:30 PM

hi Markus btw:p

yes Dun will enjoy this week

Hi Betty

Hope you're having a good day

Litotes · « **Reply #1957 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:36:11 PM »

Quote from: Clay Death on February 10, 2013, 01:31:33 PM

that is true. i remember it now.

verdasco got his once in a life time thrill when he managed to beat him on that blue clay.

nadal was leading in that match if i am not mistaken.

He had 5-2 in the deciding set, yes. Quite shocking to see him lose that.

Clay Death · « **Reply #1958 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:37:48 PM »

i think he gave up. he actually made a decison to lose that one.

probably a smart move. he told his team before the match that he was suffering from a lot of pain in the knee.

Litotes · « **Reply #1959 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:38:02 PM »

Quote from: Freak3yman84 on February 10, 2013, 01:31:20 PM

Here's the tally of Nadal's lefty losses, it's actually 7 if you count the withdrawal:

Verdasco
Melzer
Guccione (by retirement)
Lopez x2
Labadze (by withdrawal)
Muller

Muller, of course, I forgot he was a lefty. Wimbledon 2005.

Lopez x 2? When? Let's check....Queens 2010, could have remembered that one if my mind was working. Basel 2003? No surprise that didn't come to mind....

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Author Topic: Ye Olde Castle-Vol.9-The battlefield where Generals,Vamps & Gamers rule supreme (Read 9749 times)