| Who is the real World No.2, Nadal or Djokovic? | |
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| Mar 22, 2008 01:32 |   |
 | After defeating Blake, the World No.2 Nadal will meet Djokovic at Pacificlife Open in Indian Wells. Many people regard this battle as Fight of Real No.2. Judging from the current performances of Nadal, he is at his peak now. So far, he has revenged on Tsonga and Blake. On the other hand, Djokovic is not an easy rival for Nadal since he claimed the champion of Australian Open at the beginning of this year. Looking at their previous records, you will find that Nadal has an obvious lead on Djokovic, 6 to 2. However, they are on a tie at hart court 2 to 2. For both of them, this match is very important because the winner might face Federer in next round. Who do you think will be the winner, Nadal or Djokovic? BTW, the battle between Nadal and Djokovic is regarded as the battle of ball bouncers by Peter Bodo because these two guys usually bounce the ball many times before serving. Djokovic has approached the magic 30-bounce barrier. Nadal is similar with Djokovic. His rival Tsonga complained in an interview that he was bothered by ball bounces of Nadal. Thus, some people suggest that there should be time limit for serving balls on the tennis court. What do you think of this idea? Is it necessary?  |
| Mar 24, 2008 18:12 | #1 |
| >>BTW, the battle between Nadal and Djokovic is regarded as the battle of ball bouncers by Peter Bodo because these two guys usually bounce the ball many times before serving. Djokovic has approached the magic 30-bounce barrier. Nadal is similar with Djokovic. His rival Tsonga complained in an interview that he was bothered by ball bounces of Nadal. Thus, some people suggest that there should be time limit for serving balls on the tennis court. What do you think of this idea? Is it necessary?<< There is a time-limit for serving in ATP tennis. I don't remember off-hand what it is. Lengthy ball-bouncing falls into two categories. First if the ball-bouncing is excessive, then a player can go over their allotted time between points, as a server. If they do so, point penalties can be levied. Secondly, excessive ball-bouncing is also unsportsmanlike conduct. Penalties can be levied for this as well. It's unsportsmanlike because the opponent who is returning serve never knows when to expect the serve. Will it be after 6 bounces or 16 bounces or 26 bounces? It can really really wear on an opponents nerves after a while. The best 'medicine' to give to people who bounce the ball excessively on their serve is to back off when they have bounced the ball too many times. That is, step back, put your hand up to motion that you are not ready to receive serve. If you keep doing that every time your opponent bounces the ball too many times they will get the message very quickly. They are not allowed to serve the ball until you are ready to receive it. . |
| Mar 24, 2008 20:12 | #2 |
| "The best 'medicine' to give to people who bounce the ball excessively on their serve is to back off when they have bounced the ball too many times. That is, step back, put your hand up to motion that you are not ready to receive serve. If you keep doing that every time your opponent bounces the ball too many times they will get the message very quickly. They are not allowed to serve the ball until you are ready to receive it." CANADAGUY, is this medicine effective? In sports arena, such artifices are used widely by players. Take football for example, if a player on your side makes a foul and your opponents are awarded a free kick, they will make this free kick immediately. Why? Because you haven't prepared for this. Talking about the game between Nadal and Djokovic, I just heard that Djokovic beat Nadal (actually I missed that game) and finally won the champion. To our surprise, Federer lost his match again. Before, he said that he was in condition. However, he gave us a surprise finally. Some people even say that his period has been over. Djokovic will replace him very soon. Judging from his recent performances, I also doubt if he can win a champion this year let alone tie Sampras' records. CANADAGUY, what do you think of Federer's recent performances? I wonder if you have watched Indian Wells Tennis Masters Open. If so, do you have anything to say about Nadal, Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic？  |
| Mar 27, 2008 20:37 | #3 |
| >>CANADAGUY, is this medicine effective? << Well truthfully, very few players use this tactic to counter excessive ball-bouncers. But if used, it would be very effective medicine. One reason why it probably isn't used too often is that it would create a further delay in the game, and most players are eager to get on with the game rather than delay it more. >> CANADAGUY, what do you think of Federer's recent performances? I wonder if you have watched Indian Wells Tennis Masters Open. If so, do you have anything to say about Nadal, Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic？<< Yes Kevin, I did watch a few matches from the Indian Wells Masters. First congratulations must go out to the two Serbs (Djokovic and Ivanovic) for their well-earned victories. Nadal has always had a difficult time winning on hard-court surfaces and this tournament was no exception. It will be interesting to see if he can win the French Open again in May. Everyone is talking about Federer and his recent performances. There is no question that something is wrong with his overall play, but only he knows for sure what the problem is. It could be mental, physical or both. It's informative to look back at Sampras' career 10 years ago when he was Federer's age. At age 26, Sampras had 10 slams to his credit. Federer is currently ahead of Sampras for age 26, (12 slams). It took Sampras 5 more years to win 4 more slams. We will just have to wait and see how many more slams Fed can win. Pete never won more than one slam a year in those last five years. Despite what his detractors were saying at the time, his career wasn't over. In one of those last five years Pete didn't win any slams. Pete won just two ATP Masters Series tournaments in his last five years! In his last five years of pro playing he lost 28 times to other players at ATP Masters Series events. Nine (9) of those 28 losses occured in the 2nd round or earlier. Despite these 28 losses Sampras persevered. Sampras only reached the 3rd round of Indian Wells when he was 26 (Federer reached the semis). So, as poor as it seems Roger is playing at the moment, Sampras had even greater setbacks when he was Roger's age. We will just have to be patient and see how Roger can do in the next year or two. |
| Mar 27, 2008 21:43 | #4 |
| "Nadal has always had a difficult time winning on hard-court surfaces and this tournament was no exception. It will be interesting to see if he can win the French Open again in May." At least, he revenged on Tsonga who humiliated him during Australian Cup. For Nadal, it is a bid disadvantage that he can't conquer the hard cour surfaces. Pity for him! CANADAGUY, your comparison between Pete and Roger is interesting. Althought he performs better than Pete in his 26, he couldn't deny the truth that he plays worse compared with 2007. I don't want to see what has happened on Pete falls on Roger again. |
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