CAMELOT FANTASIES

Quote from: Clay Death on December 15, 2013, 07:54:55 am

Quote from: Backspin on December 14, 2013, 02:41:52 pm

Quote from: Clay Death on December 05, 2013, 06:17:23 pm

Quote from: Backspin on December 05, 2013, 12:44:13 am

I hope Rafa wins this and gets the double career slam. He will need to serve well and return as well as he did in Montreal.

affirmative.

that is absolutely key on the hard courts:


you have to take care of your serve and you have to be able to return well enough to secure your break points.




nadal is my pick for the title at the Australian open.


 

I've noticed that whenever Rafa serves well, he ends up winning the tournament more times than not. In his victories over Novak in 2013, I think he was returning better than Novak.

here is a question for you general backspin:

if Rafa could have only one of these, which one would you suggest that he take?


1. a great serve

or

2. a great return of serve



by the way nole has both which is why he is so tough to deal with on hard courts.

For Nadal, I'd go with a. A great serve. He already has a good ROS, just not a great one like Djokovic's.
I agree Djokovic has good serve and an amazing RoS. However, he tends to struggle against good servers on a good day. And right now, Nadal's biggest obstacle to winning more slams is Novak Djokovic.

If Nadal has a great serve, his ground game is so good, I think he'd be the favorite or co-favorite in all the slams.