Balls

[DaisyNonna]

Anyone watching the Nadal Rosol match? Fabulous!

[marval]

A great match to watch

[ladybirder]

Agree Jomfli, just thinking the same thing myself. Rafa's team must be suspicious as well. Hope they test him even if it just allays the suspicions.

[Prudie]

OK douglas, I drool over him so much that I'd forgive him anything, Seriously though I've just read that Rosol has lost in the first match of the Wimbledon qualifiers for the last 5 years running. It's very very odd. You wouldn't believe it if it was a movie.

[douglas9401]

He did have the air of a Terminator about him right enough. :)

[mickrog]

It appears that Nadal is a gent who has taken his defeat in the spirit of a true pro. It is a pity that some of his fans here have not taken it in a similar manner.

[Prudie]

Did you see the match mickrog? You wouldn't have to be a fan of either, you'd still notice there was something unusual about it.

[DaisyNonna]

So sad that people are quick to accuse others of cheating. A possibility, just that.

[mickrog]

i watched every minute and the best man on the night won. I admire Nadel very very much, but these defeats happen. To mention and suspect drugs just cus your man was outplayed is out of order. Tennis is a sport....sport is competition, and in the case of tennis it is one against one. A true sports fan accepts and realises that shocks will occur. May I sugest that some do not watch Nadel for the beauty of the game , but for other reasons.
The only unusual thing was Novak lost, if that is not something you enjoy seeing then maybe sport is not for you and you would be better off admiring some screen heartthrob instead.
The good thing is . as I said before, the good man has taken it on the chin.Maybe to emulate him would be more worthwhile than crying out cheat.

[mickrog]

NADAL OF COURSE.....SO ANNOYED...

[ladybirder]

Mickrog, I watch Rafa for the beautiful tennis he plays and the great sportsman that he is. I have said that Rosol deserved to win and would not accuse another player of taking drugs just because he beat the person I was supporting. That to me would be totally unfair and ridiculous. If the powers that be are suspicious I expect he will be tested. If he is I do hope he is clean because I would love to see more tennis like I saw this evening

[craft1948]

Totally entrancing match................well done Rosol. I just hope he carries on at the same standard and frightens the 'top' players.

[emmie]

didn't watch all the match but confess that i thought Nadal wasn't playing at 100 percent as he usually does. Not to say his opponent didn't deserve the win. Well played to him

[FredPuli43]

And what drugs was Becker on, when he won at 17? An unjust accusation against this player. Some players play out of their historic form once only, some have plateau learning to an extreme degree, they suddenly jump from one level to the next. Federer did not have much of a record but suddenly went up a level. This player certainly seems to have the temperament; anyone who is calm enough to serve 4 of the best serves to win the most important match of his career, in front of the biggest crowd, is positively Borg -like.

If he does it for two more matches, we'll have evidence of a new star in the making, and this victory will be no fluke.

[mickrog]

Well said FredP

[mickrog]

I have just seen Henman describe the victors tennis as....freak tennis......I now know where to shove my racquet that I no longer use.The sooner the BBC get rid of him the better.....

[Kiki-frog]

I am so pee'd off that I missed this last night. I've seen clips and the final few serves looked amzing

[commoner]

Nadal's face at the end was a picture...of total misery. Not very gracious in defeat IMO, not had enough practice at it....he'll learn eventually as he gets older and his game drops of....happens to the best of 'em!

[rowanwitch]

sometimes a new member of the team makes an amazing difference...a new fitness coach, changes to diet... or just working harder...

[murraymints]

Poor Rafa..come to Murraymints !!!..there there....this just MIGHT be a leg up for our boy Murray to make it to a final this year ????..great game was exhausted by the end of it....