What Rafa said about Fed's form today

[Ulysses]

"Score is true & he played too good for me, just accept that.
Congratulate him because he played really well"

"When he play like this, he is better than me. That's it. I didn't
have nothing to do today. He was too good for me"

"only Federer can play at this level; I accept normally the losses,
it's not the 1st time I lose a match like this, won't be last"

"I am perfect today. Ystrdy I didn't know if I'd be ready today, but
today I played w/out problems"

"when he plays that well, the only way is to serve at the best level;
not making enough free points on the serve cost me"

"If Roger plays like this on another surface, don't worry, he will
beat me too. That's the truth."

[John Doe]

What's her name should appreciate that, but she won't.

Except for the grunting, Rafael Nadal is a good sport. Some people
say he cheats, but I am a stickler about rules and the only thing
he does wrong rule-wise is the grunting, and obviously the tennis
Association does not consider that cheating.





--
And yeah, of course Nadal is not the greatest of all time.

[Ulysses]

What?? Are you joking? He habitually takes 35-45 seconds between every
single point when he serves. That is blatant cheating. Today I timed
him and it was the best I've ever seen him: the longest he took
between serves was 39 seconds. But he never ONCE took less than 20
seconds and that is the rule. The chair umpire just almost never
enforces it.

[SliceAndDice]

So Rafa is basically saying that Roger is "BOAT" - according to
Whispabob definitions? :)

[Court_1]

What is the big deal re Rafa saying this stuff about Federer? That is
Rafa's M.O. He always heavily praises his opponents. Didn't he say
Djokovic was the cat's meow and the best or greatest(can't remember
which) when Djokovic beat him senseless?

[only human]

Court_1 girl you are truly losing it. or your not the real Court_1

[SliceAndDice]

See the smiley :)

[Katya]

On 11/22/2011 10:43 PM, Ulysses wrote:
> "Score is true& he played too good for me, just accept that.

Translation: 'Everytime we play, on every surface, the match sits on
Roger's racquet'

Frustrating year for Rafatards:
Ferrer nixes the RafaSlam at AO. Rafa 3.0 prompts erection of shrine in
Monte Carlo.
Djok beats Nadal left and right -but loses to Rog-to illuminate why
matchups matter.
Now Fed trashes Rafa again at YEC with the tombstone of the 'surface
skews the H2H' argument.

The rest should be silence.

[John Doe]

Ulysses <ulysses mscomm.com> wrote:

> What??

If you have a bad memory, you should try quoting the text you
are referring to.

> Are you joking?

No, I'm serious.

> He habitually takes 35-45 seconds between every single point
> when he serves. That is blatant cheating.

The real umpires disagree.

> Today I timed him and it was the best I've ever seen him: the
> longest he took between serves was 39 seconds. But he never ONCE
> took less than 20 seconds and that is the rule. The chair umpire
> just almost never enforces it.

In other words... Your post had nothing to do with the fact that
Rafael Nadal was being a good humble sport in what he said.

You mean nothing to any of them. Lighten up, and enjoy your
thread, if that's possible.
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[Superdave]

On 23 Nov 2011 05:14:37 GMT, John Doe <jd...@usenetlove.invalid> wrote:

>Ulysses <ulysses mscomm.com> wrote:
>
>> What??
>
>If you have a bad memory, you should try quoting the text you
>are referring to.
>
>> Are you joking?
>
>No, I'm serious.
>
>> He habitually takes 35-45 seconds between every single point
>> when he serves. That is blatant cheating.
>
>The real umpires disagree.
>
>> Today I timed him and it was the best I've ever seen him: the
>> longest he took between serves was 39 seconds. But he never ONCE
>> took less than 20 seconds and that is the rule. The chair umpire
>> just almost never enforces it.
>
>In other words... Your post had nothing to do with the fact that
>Rafael Nadal was being a good humble sport in what he said.
>
>You mean nothing to any of them. Lighten up, and enjoy your
>thread, if that's possible.

CHEATING is STILL CHEATING even if the umpire does not call it.

If the umpire is deliberately NOT enforcing the rules than that is CORRUPTION.

[kaennorsing]

Nice! :-)

[TT]

23.11.2011 5:43, Ulysses kirjoitti:
> "Score is true& he played too good for me, just accept that.

He was being generous.

The thing is, Roger can't play like this against him on another surface.

[Iceberg]

yes, you'd never get this kind of praise for somebody else, ever, from
Fed. Even after the 2008 FO the arrogant git still reckoned he
could've won.

[TT]

Rafa is a class-act. And so are we, his fans! :)

[Iceberg]

lol, surface matters, Nadal being seriously ill/injured has nothing to
do with it.

[Iceberg]

Djoker whooped Fed again at the USO, match-ups have nothing to do with
it, Djoker choked cos the World number #1 spot was up for grabs, as he
had done in the past.

[Jesper Lauridsen]

So peak Fed > ped Nad, no?

[TT]

23.11.2011 6:42, Katya kirjoitti:
> Translation: 'Everytime we play, on every surface, the match sits on
> Roger's racquet'
>

That's not what he said. Correct translation: This surface favours
Federer, all credit to him for winning a rr match against me.

> Frustrating year for Rafatards:
> Ferrer nixes the RafaSlam at AO. Rafa 3.0 prompts erection of shrine in
> Monte Carlo.

Still MC, RG and possibly DC. The essential Rafa.

> Djok beats Nadal left and right -but loses to Rog-to illuminate why
> matchups matter.

Fed won only one match against Djoker this year and lost more, proves
very little of matchups.

Indeed, even though Djokovic being a poor matchup for Rafa...Rafa still
leads their h2h - same can't be said of Fed-Rafa, in fact never could.

> Now Fed trashes Rafa again at YEC with the tombstone of the 'surface
> skews the H2H' argument.

That's very stupid comment: In fact this Fed's win takes credibility
from fedfans argument that h2h is skewed - it is now in fact skewed in
favour of single tournament, on an irrelevant surface/conditions.

[TT]

23.11.2011 12:36, Jesper Lauridsen kirjoitti:
> On 23 Nov., 04:43, Ulysses<ulys...@mscomm.com> wrote:

>> "Score is true& he played too good for me, just accept that.

Apparently only results say otherwise. :)

[Jesper Lauridsen]

Whooped? 2-0 in sets, match-points, remember? I wouldn't call that
whooped.

[Superdave]

You made a typo !

Rafa is an ass-act. And so are we, his fans! :)

[Superdave]

says he after roger has now bagled him on a third surface.

[Joe Ramirez]

More nonsense from RST's hyperproductive delusion factory.
SliceandDice happens to have posted a link to the complete Federer
interview after Roland Garros 2008, in the "Heaven a little closer
tonight..." thread. Fed acknowledged that he'd been hammered and that
Nadal was "supreme" on the day.

[Habib]

On Nov 22, 9:14 pm, John Doe <j...@usenetlove.invalid> wrote:
> The real umpires disagree.

It's not so much that they disagree, as that they're too afraid to
call him on it.

[TT]

Didn't Fed say afterwards that their matches are all about him, not Rafa.

[Superdave]

Fed just RAPED Rafa. TT wants him arrested.

[Patrick Kehoe]

I'd like to hear Rafa say that clay favours him vs. Federer,
sometime... will we ever hear that?

:))

P

[felangey]

>I'd like to hear Rafa say that clay favours him vs. Federer,
sometime... will we ever hear that?

I'm pretty sure he has said this already...when being questioned about the
h2h with Fed. He felt that the reason it was so skewed was because the
majority of their meetings had been on clay, which favoured him. There is a
video of the presser/interview on yootoob somewhere.

[Patrick Kehoe]

So he's admitted it once? :))))

I NEED TO SEE THIS VIDEO... :))))))))))

P