Edited by gaby, 22 April 2011 - 09:35.
Rafael Nadal
#2056
Posted 22 April 2011 - 09:32
#2059
Posted 24 April 2011 - 13:46
Nadal Records 500th Win To Reach Final
Barcelona, Spain
by ATP Staff | 23.04.2011
World No. 1 Rafael Nadal recorded his 500th tour-level victory on Saturday as he reached the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Croatian Ivan Dodig.
The 24-year-old Nadal is the second youngest player ever to achieve the milestone of 500 career match wins after Bjorn Borg, who was 23 years, 7 months old. The Spaniard was later presented with a celebratory cake after his press conference.
Nadal will look to win his sixth title at the ATP World Tour 500 clay-court tournament in Barcelona when he faces countryman David Ferrer in Sunday’s final. Nadal takes a 12-4 career lead into the clash, including victory over Ferrer in the 2008 and 2009 Barcelona finals and in last week’s title match at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters.
The top seed Nadal, who won five successive titles at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona 1899 between 2005-2009, did not have it all his own way against the No. 56-ranked Dodig. The Croat, who had beaten Robin Soderling, Milos Raonic and Feliciano Lopez to reach the semi-finals, consistently proved to be a thorn in Nadal’s side before succumbing in 87 minutes.
Nadal won the opening eight points of the semi-final, before Dodig settled into the occasion and reeled off three straight games for a 3-2 lead. Nadal soon restored his authority, though, as he broke serve twice more to seal the opening set. The second set was a similar story. Nadal let slip an early break advantage, but won four of the last five games to claim the milestone victory.
“Maybe I didn’t play my best tennis today but I’m very happy to be through to another final here in Barcelona,” said Nadal. “I expect a very difficult match tomorrow. David will play aggressively, with high intensity as always. He makes you play every point and I will have to play great tennis to win.”
Nadal is riding a 33-match winning streak on clay, with his last defeat coming to Robin Soderling in the Roland Garros fourth round in 2009. Since then he has won 73 of 76 sets on the clay. The left-hander is chasing his 31st tour-level clay-court title.
http://www.atpworldt...-500th-Win.aspx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBxb3kPPqyM&feature=feedu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC492s9bG4k&feature=feedu
#2060
Posted 24 April 2011 - 22:12
Ne stigoh ni juce protiv Dodiga a ni danas protiv Ferera da pogledam makar gem (pa ne mogu kritikovati ) ali osvojena titula i to je vazno.
Doduse danas sam ispratio rezultat preko mobilnog i morao je i tako da me nervira (od 2:0 do 2:4 ) ali kao sto sam se nadao samoubio se David.
Sve u svemu, sledi sedam dana takmicarske pauze pa onda Madrid, mozda i najvazniji turnir u godini iz mentalnog ugla, gde ako Rafa izdominira (bez izgubljenog seta) ostali ce polako dizati ruke od ovogodisnjih sljakastih turnira i ulaziti u mec sa slabijim uckurom sto moze dosta olaksati posao u nastavku sezone...
Edited by steva8lfc, 24 April 2011 - 22:12.
#2061
Posted 24 April 2011 - 22:20
Ali naprijed Rafa u Madrid....You will never walk alone..
Edited by gaby, 24 April 2011 - 22:26.
#2062
Posted 24 April 2011 - 22:26
Samo mi se ne svidja sto cesto poslije brejka pretrpi ribrejk. Cak ga je i Dodig brejknuo.
To stoji ali se ne nerviram toliko jer je ipak sljaka i svakom moze bar 3 puta u setu da uzme servis... tako da bih ja odmah potpisao da u svakom mecu pad koncentracije bude kaznjen sa samo jednim pretrpljenim brejkom
#2063
Posted 24 April 2011 - 22:28
Sad je valjda i treći na večnoj listi po broju osvojenih turnira na ovoj podlozi.
Btw, podseti me steva, komentator je stvarno smorio sa Mr. Aprilom
A kako ti ovo nije smetalo da prevališ preko tastature?You will never walk alone..
#2064
Posted 24 April 2011 - 22:36
Razmišljam se da li da ostavim unapred Rafi čestitke i za ostale turnire na šljaci, mrzi me svaki put da isto pišem kad osvoji titulu.
A kako ti ovo nije smetalo da prevališ preko tastature?
Kad Rafa pobjedjuje cak mi je i Liverpul drag.
Edited by gaby, 24 April 2011 - 22:36.
#2065
Posted 24 April 2011 - 22:36
Razmišljam se da li da ostavim unapred Rafi čestitke i za ostale turnire na šljaci
M hakovala alcestin profil 100%
Edited by steva8lfc, 24 April 2011 - 22:41.
#2066
Posted 24 April 2011 - 22:39
#2067
Posted 24 April 2011 - 22:42
#2068
Posted 24 April 2011 - 23:09
#2069
Posted 24 April 2011 - 23:28
elem, čestitke Rafi, kad sam već ovde .