Nadal Has Been Knocked Out Of The Tennis

Stargazer | 18:24 Mon 24th Jun 2013 | ChatterBank

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I am realy fed up about that.

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jim360

It's an 'andy result for Murray though.

boxtops

Still not fully explained, they're talking about it on TV now, but he seems not to be fit... Darcis played the game of his life!

ladybirder

Already got a thread running on this:-)
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Sport/Question1254310.html

sir.prize

Hopefully Federer will be next one out. It does get boring with the same old faces year after year after year.

sir.prize

Oh, Nadal seems not to be fit. Is that the excuse (sorry reason)?

jim360

It's not the one Nadal is making, anyway:

"There were not a lot of good things for me. I tried my best all the time I had my chances but I did not make it. It is difficult to adapt your game on grass. Now is not the right time to talk about my knee. The only thing I can do is congratulate my opponent. "

DTCwordfan

Good news for Andy Murray though as they were possible semifinalists.

Prudie

God that really pees me off and on top of that I always get bad news like this by seeing it on AB first.

sir.prize

///Now is not the right time to talk about my knee///

So why did he mention it?

jim360

Maybe he was asked about it?

flump1

Blimey....

coccinelle

Well he can have a bit of a rest now. He's out won Borg in the Roland Garros tournaments so well merited. Murray might have a chance this year.

jim360

I wonder if this might actually make things harder for Murray, because Federer who is likely to be his semi-final opponent seems to have an easy run to the semis now. Possible matches: Stakhovsky, Melzer, Almagro, Wawrinka. I think Wwarinka is just inside the top 10, but... it's not exactly a challenge, is it? So Federer ought to win all thos comfortably.

Meanwhile Murray's draw is something like: Lu, Mahut, Youzhny, Tsonga/ Cilic. He can beat all of those, too-- but Mahut is dangerous on grass, and so are Youzhny and Tsonga and Cilic. I'd expect Murray to get through anyway, but he'd have a tougher time of it and therefore Federer in the semis would be fresher.

Lots can still happen. But wow.

Spoonboy

Nadal always claims to be fit prior to a tournament; but when he loses, instead of praising the better player on the day, he blames his loss on his leg playing up. It makes one wonder if he has not already peaked!

jim360

He really didn't blame his loss on the leg -- watch the interview. He got annoyed at being asked about his knee four times. No he didn't make excuses.

Prudie

Don't some of you listen to the interview? He did NOT blame it on his leg nor was he the one to raise the issue. He was also gracious in defeat about his opponent. I can't stand Murray but I wouldn't come on here and rub his nose in it with untruths if he had an unexpected defeat.