Rafael Nadal: I’m Not Happy About Today, I’m Not Happy With How I Played

Bad day at the office.
Good luck in Barcelona.
Vamos Champ!

April 18th, 2014 at 10:59 am

Did this really happen? I still don’t believe it – bad luck to RN, but he’ll probably come back well at his next tournament

April 18th, 2014 at 11:14 am

Clay court tennis requires aggressive gameplan with variety which was missing with Rafa today.
Ferrer outplayed Rafa.
Onto Barca.

April 18th, 2014 at 11:19 am

wow!!!!! This is incredible. What a win for ferrer. Even more so cos let’s face it no one thought he would win. Nice stuff.

April 18th, 2014 at 11:36 am

Bad sign.

April 18th, 2014 at 11:45 am

metan. What’s a bad sign? What do you mean?

April 18th, 2014 at 11:48 am

Rafas not happy with the way he played,well good the day he says otherwise is the day hes actually stopped caring IMO,and i dont want him to be happy about losing,show me a good loser and ill show you a loser as the saying goes….

April 18th, 2014 at 12:04 pm

@Giles, may be he won”t be able to defend RG this year. I hope he can coz I am going to RG after Rome.
Vamos, Rafa, must keep RG!!

April 18th, 2014 at 12:10 pm

Starting almost every sentence with the word “I” is straight out of the Serena Williams “I lost it; my opponent didn’t win it” press conference protocol.

Hippy chic – there is nothing demeaning in being gracious in losing but as No one is invincible.

Even on clay.

April 18th, 2014 at 12:21 pm

Not sure what went wrong, but watching the match looked like Rafa is playing with lot of stress. His free movement on clay is missing, specially on the FH side.

Credit to Ferrer too, but i did not see him do anything special which he did not do in his previous matches where he lost to Nadal.

It was on Rafa’s racquet and today it faltered. I would consider things are bit alarming, if he does not win any masters leading up to FO. I doubt it would happen.

April 18th, 2014 at 12:23 pm

metan. No need to be pessimistic. This is the first tourney of the CC season.

April 18th, 2014 at 12:23 pm

Hey Gordon. What is your problem man? This loss was all about Nadal losing. He can say “I” a million times if he wants to. Pfft!
Vamos Rafa!

April 18th, 2014 at 12:28 pm

Gordon no one is invincible even on clay, that is exactly what i have been saying for weeks….

April 18th, 2014 at 12:39 pm

Probably Rafa needs to loss few more for people to really understand what he has been doing in clay courts for past 8-9 years. Though there is a consensus that Rafa is the greatest clay courter, the magnitude of his success is something unreal. He had been good almost in every match played on Clay for past 8 years.

April 18th, 2014 at 1:12 pm

hippy, it is just a bad day for your guy. No one saw this coming. No one. Not even rafa.

April 18th, 2014 at 1:15 pm

Madmax actually i did,im sick of the sound of my own virtual voice lol,but as i keep saying the law of averages catches up with all players eventually,no disgace but it was to be expected sooner or later….

April 18th, 2014 at 1:19 pm

The “law of averages” preacher strikes again. Give it a rest please!!

April 18th, 2014 at 1:25 pm

^Nah just giving my honest opinion is all^….

April 18th, 2014 at 1:38 pm

madmax. Your man did well today coming from a set down. I have a sneaky feeling he might just win his first MC.

April 18th, 2014 at 1:40 pm

Giles – I don’t have a problem, “man.” I just find it amusing that, realizing the “I had an injury or I would have won, no?” excuse can only be used so many times, he resorts to being a jerk. When you are not the better player on the day it doesn’t matter if you are the better player overall; you lost! Show a little humility and go take an ice bath and play some online poker.

April 18th, 2014 at 1:43 pm

We have an honest preacher in our midst. Geez!!

April 18th, 2014 at 1:43 pm

Gordon. The last thing Rafa needs is advice from the likes of you. Hand it out to people who care!
#JealousMuch

April 18th, 2014 at 1:47 pm

Giles – who am I jealous of? Have you been drinking or is your normal demeanour in here?

Social media is a tool without any conscience of its own. Yet it has become, in the hands of the embittered, a malignancy.

Give the bile a rest, “man”.

April 18th, 2014 at 2:08 pm

Off topic and i dont quite know which thread to put this on,but Laura Robson will miss the FO and Wimbledon through injury :((….

April 18th, 2014 at 2:37 pm

Just getting older and slower perhaps?

April 18th, 2014 at 3:34 pm

Frankie well yeah but the same thing happens to all players eventually,lets see what happens in the rest of the year yet,though before we start writing the obituries….

April 18th, 2014 at 3:45 pm

David broke a 17 match losing streak…..yeah that was bound to happen……another preacher on the subject of the law of average……what can I say…it’s the true, no??

April 18th, 2014 at 4:14 pm

I love Rafa. The key to his game is depth of shot. He is unbeatable if hitting deep. Vs. Ferrer, lots of mid-ct balls. Same as at Indian Wells vs. the Joker. This might be his back bothering him, not hitting all out.

April 18th, 2014 at 4:25 pm

Gordon, when you hit 44 errors over 2 sets, then I think it’s okay to say “I lost”.

April 18th, 2014 at 4:29 pm

Oh BTW fed received a warning for ball abuse!
#Naughty

April 18th, 2014 at 4:58 pm

@Ben @4:29

I couldn’t think of a comeback for that remark and by jove you nailed it! Maybe he should have said “me lost”…….lol Yeah, Rafa was off, but David played awesome, and that’s the bottom line! David’s good play was probably responsible for those errors. Better luck next time for my guy!

April 18th, 2014 at 5:20 pm

His English is not that bad for him to say “me lost”!!! Lol
Actually his English is improving all the time.

April 18th, 2014 at 5:28 pm

“Rafael Nadal: I’m Not Happy About Today, I’m Not Happy With How I Played”

Awww c’mon Rafa. Not happy?
You need some Pharrel;
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM
I’m happy!

April 18th, 2014 at 6:12 pm

To me Rafael seemed more worried about the way Novak is playing. I don’t think he was ready to take another loos to Novak after Miami. IMO I think that played mentally on Rafa coz if not he would have easily come back to win it . Also Stan May have also played a mental dent in Rafa. I wish him GL but Novak is going to win RG this year, way overdue for his talent n shot making

April 18th, 2014 at 7:07 pm

Nadal lost “the power inside” … not that the others played better.
———
Carole Bouchard @carole_bouchard
Nadal said that after Melbourne he lost “the power inside” of him. Had to work harder to find it back.
———-

April 18th, 2014 at 8:34 pm

Federer has a 14-0 h2h over ferrer. Nadal is 21-5 over ferrer.

April 19th, 2014 at 12:29 am

Rafa, I know how you feel…..I’m not happy either!
Get the kinks worked out, work on the timing of your serve, try to save seconds by changing your routine…your losing focus worrying about getting a warning. Figure out a way to speed things up!

VAMOS RAFA!!

April 19th, 2014 at 12:45 am

@Giles

What did Fed do to a poor little innocent fuzzy ball? I didn’t get to see all of the match.

Do you know what’s wrong with Joker’s wrist? Didn’t get to see that match either. Just curious.

April 19th, 2014 at 12:49 am

How many Skeezer alter egos do we have on TX? LOL
Will the real Skeezer make another profound statement predicting the winner of a particular match……..OK?? Lol

April 19th, 2014 at 12:53 am

@Okiegal
Watch and listen to;
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYt
Trust me, you’ll feel better, maybe Rafa should watch it too. After all, he says repeatedly he is not Happy.
;)

April 19th, 2014 at 1:01 am

Kishore why would Rafa be worried about Novak when hes playing David Ferrer?

April 19th, 2014 at 1:55 am

No shame in losing to David Ferrer who is a clay court specialist. But, the victory was set up by Rafa himself for Ferrer who was making far too many UEs than usual thereby gifting the match. I am not sure what was troubling Rafa on court, but what was evident is that he was not at his usual self. This loss would deal a psychological blow for Rafa going into the clay season. However, the silver lining for Rafa is that the season has just begun and Rafa has more opportunities to keep himself counted. May be the loss instead of acting as a dampner might propel Rafa with more vigour in the remaining tourneys.

April 19th, 2014 at 4:01 am

Hello everyone, Rafa lost yesterday, it was just a minor things, not a big deal. He still comes back with a bang. VAMOS., RAFA.

April 19th, 2014 at 6:23 am

Rafa doesn’t need pharrel, he needs Julio Iglesia, eh.

April 19th, 2014 at 6:25 am

metan. Too right. :)

April 19th, 2014 at 7:52 am

@Skeezer

I clicked on your posted link and it said video not available. I will try to find it another way….you’ve got me curious. Well, how do you think Fed will do against Novak today? I like his chances, especially if the wrist is troubling Novak…..not that I don’t think Roger could beat Novak if his wrist was perfect. Roger is playing really well. Good luck to him. I cant wait for the match…..as the Brits say, I think it will be a cracker!

April 19th, 2014 at 8:44 am

Could we say that nadal played in a .’weak clay era’…just like fed played in a ‘weak era’!??

April 19th, 2014 at 12:12 pm

One more very important record was broken-
This was the first time a healthy nadal lost !!

April 19th, 2014 at 12:14 pm

I think Rafa’s analysis was accurate. He did concede control of the points and he was landing his strokes very short. He didn’t mention all the unforced errors but that was also significant. He normally doesn’t make that many errors in 2-3 matches let alone one!

To be honest, although he did play very well, I don’t think Ferrer’s level was extraordinary, nor did he do anything different than he normally does. In the end I think he would admit that this was down mostly to Rafa’s low level. Unlike Australia and Miami where his opponents really played exceptionally well.

April 19th, 2014 at 2:13 pm