Rafael Nadal Now Leads The 2014 ATP Points Race

I hope Andy has a good grasscourt season because he needs to get on this list!

May 12th, 2014 at 2:35 pm

Agree RZ!

May 12th, 2014 at 7:00 pm

Rafa leads in points race nice one,he wont get much credit for it,still so whats new?anyway hopefully Andy can put in a good showing in Rome to gather some points,would love to see him defend Wimbledon,come on Andy lets kick start your season?

May 13th, 2014 at 1:52 am

yeah, very true, completely agree with all the posts above….Andy needs to ‘up the ante’ and give his best shot from now….he has nothing to lose till the grass season starts, so he should take more risks and play aggresive, IMO.

Its really disheartening to see him struggling on court….I ll be devastated, if he slips out of top 10. :(

May 13th, 2014 at 2:53 am

well, also great to see rafa is back to business, leading atp points race. He gotta defend his RG title at all cost, if he has to retain his no.1 ranking, then he can gain a lot in the grass season.

May 13th, 2014 at 3:00 am

^^ also, can we expect another fedal sf or f at the wimby this year. I ll be on cloud 9….wow, a rematch of the ’08 classic :p

May 13th, 2014 at 3:05 am

Much of Rafa holding on to his World No.1 status hinges on his performance in Rome and Rolland Garros. But with Novak’s recovery being a big question mark, Rafa would heave a sigh of relief. I do not think there is any other player who can beat Rafa in a five setter in Rolland Garros other than Novak. He nearly accomplished that feat last year.

May 13th, 2014 at 3:07 am

Hahaha, how things has been turned up and down by Rafa and for Rafa. This is fantastic moved.
Come on King, you have bright days ahead.

May 13th, 2014 at 4:35 am

Rafa won’t be number one for very much longer in my view.
The writing is on the wall for that one I’m afraid.

May 13th, 2014 at 6:03 am

Okay he doesn’t have anything to defend at Wimbledon so all is far from lost but he is floundering right now, I don’t care what anybody says.

May 13th, 2014 at 6:07 am

Ah, poor floundering Rafa. Next you will be saying he should retire!
Vamos Rafa!

May 13th, 2014 at 7:05 am

In one of his worst seasons, Rafa Nadal still leads the Race to London. Very interesting.

May 13th, 2014 at 8:45 am

“Ah, poor floundering Rafa. Next you will be saying he should retire!
Vamos Rafa!”

No I won’t be saying that
calmdownplease
But this, oh everything’s just dandy from his tardy fans is hilarious
Clay! what does it matter? its only one surface!
hehehe

May 13th, 2014 at 9:53 am

CDP. You sound just like a poster that has been here before but now is no more, probably because he/she was banned from Tennis X. So come on, which moniker are hiding behind??? Promise I won’t tell! Hehehe

May 13th, 2014 at 10:03 am

Fail. Never been banned from here,
have been moderated out quite a lot however.

May 13th, 2014 at 10:17 am

CDP. Are you by any chance the Morris Dancer that was here last year upsetting all the posters? Come on clown, own up!!

May 13th, 2014 at 10:35 am

Then you are very easily upset.
You must go through kleenex like your cutting onions all day.
I’m not a morris dancer (!?) or whatever either.
Just because I said something a tad realistic about Rafa’s CC season I seem to have gotten a few peoples panties in a twist.
Oh dear, I really wasn’t being that controversial you know.
I even hoped for a mature discussion on the topic.
Anyway its really pointless for me to lower myself to your level to deal with you as I will only be moderated again.
Still, it is interesting nevertheless because last time I was reading this blog it was mostly filled with fed fans.
Times change eh?

May 13th, 2014 at 10:53 am

Calmdownpls,

Roger is now down, way down.

And who is floundering???

Just lost his first match!!!

To Chardy!!!

Touché

May 14th, 2014 at 11:01 am

Roger out?

Like i care!

May 15th, 2014 at 8:47 am

^Who is your favorite?^

May 15th, 2014 at 9:01 am

This loss for Roger is not so terrible. RG is a long shot for anyone not named Nadal or Djokovic.

Wimbledon is the obvious target for Federer and this hasn’t changed since the beginning of the year.

He can play himself into form in Halle.

Nadal? Winning ugly by narrower margins but he looks to be slowly shaking his post Australian Open funk.

Let’s hope both legendary players are in peak form to challenge for their favourite majors, Fed for his potential eighth Wimbledon and Nadal for possibly his ninth French title.

If however Djokovic, Murray or someone else is the winner, I would prefer it that they do it by going through Fedal at their respective best!

May 15th, 2014 at 9:46 am