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Quote from: masterclass on January 20, 2014, 08:58:48 am

Thanks for the stats General.  Nishikori played a fine match and deserved at least a set, but Rafa was too tough in the clutch and Kei not tough enough when he really needed it in a point here or there.  Nadal played too far back again at times.  I think Kei was successful on the drop shot at least 7 out of 8 or 9 chances and hit many angled winners.  But Rafa did enough to win and is through to play Grigor Dimitrov in the QF.

Federer dismantled a fair-good Tsonga in the evening match in a masterclass performance - check the net stats.  He'll meet Andrew Murray, OBE, in the QF.

Here are the stats.

Respectfully,
masterclass

i found nadal to be slow and sluggish in this match. he returned relatively poorly and he pushed way too many balls back. he did much better when he chose to hit the balls back off both wings.

its not a biting, stinging slice. he has to realize that all these guys can go after those chipped balls that just sit up waiting and begging to be killed.


i saw a picture of his blood blister on his hand. i will post it here if i can find it again. it has to be painful. he said it was not hurting but i am not buying it.


as for the playing too far back, i think put himself in that position by pushing so man balls back and also hitting so short.

on the average, i did not see much depth in his shots. even a few of his approach shots would land short which led nishikori to produce stinging passing shots.


i am rating nadal's performance as quite poor last night. i give him a C.


it is not going to get any easier for him so he has to try to find a better form ASAP. it is the business end of the tournament.

All true.  Pretty bad performance. He's lucky Kei didn't usher him out of the facilities.

I hope the blisters gets better, but it is what it is. Hopefully he can continue on in the tournament.