Tennis is a sport where your mental strength is as important as your physical fitness.Over the last two decades i have seen some of the physical phenomenons in tennis namely Courier,Agassi and so on.In the current generation including Federer we have some of the guys who have redefined the word endurance.
Djokovic and Nadal.
There is no match for Nadal's and Djokovic mental strength but even then ,when they were pushed to the ropes they tend to suffer.. Nadal couldn't really get on top of djokovic since 2011, He has beaten Djokovic but all had something else. Djokovic could have crushed Nadal in the last year USOPEN hadn't he made those errors in the 3rd set. If you watch the 3rd set of 2013 US open final, you will know what i am talking about. Nadal was made to run like a marathon man and scrambling for the balls,but he had the fighting spirit to come out. Djokovic beat Nadal 3 times in a row after that and quite convincingly.
Nadal would have been beaten by Dmitrov in the 2014 Aussie open quarters but he managed to pull through,lost to Dolgopolov ,Djokovic in the Masters in US(Indian wells and Miami).Those things would not have on the panic button in Nadal's camp but now with defeats in clay Nadal will be really struggling for confidence,But we all know Nadal who is known to come from adversaries but this time it will be too much,
He is not getting younger anymore, muscles tend to give up early and when they to start to crack and you are mentally done, Its the other way around as well.
Now Nadal is losing in the territory where no can could literally touch him for the last years and i believe the time has come.
Federer could play top tennis for a long ,long time just only becuase his game was built around his various arsenal's in the Tenns Armoury. He is still phenomenally fit and can challenge these guys at this age of 32.
Nadal could have run/spent more time than Federer in the court if we compare their stats. The same goes with Djokovic but its slightly built around an aggressive game than Nadal.
With Madrid and Rome coming in May , Nadal needs confidence another defeat would send alarming signals in his camp and mind . A defeat by Djockic in French Open would literally melt Nadal.
Out of his 60 plus singles titel 40 odd came from Clay, Clay gives him confidence for the rest of year and any defeat further would mean Nadal is on the Verge of Decline. He can still comeback but dont expect miracles. He may win 1 or 2 more grandslams but anything more than that would mean something special if he is not special now.
Djokovic and Nadal.
There is no match for Nadal's and Djokovic mental strength but even then ,when they were pushed to the ropes they tend to suffer.. Nadal couldn't really get on top of djokovic since 2011, He has beaten Djokovic but all had something else. Djokovic could have crushed Nadal in the last year USOPEN hadn't he made those errors in the 3rd set. If you watch the 3rd set of 2013 US open final, you will know what i am talking about. Nadal was made to run like a marathon man and scrambling for the balls,but he had the fighting spirit to come out. Djokovic beat Nadal 3 times in a row after that and quite convincingly.
Nadal would have been beaten by Dmitrov in the 2014 Aussie open quarters but he managed to pull through,lost to Dolgopolov ,Djokovic in the Masters in US(Indian wells and Miami).Those things would not have on the panic button in Nadal's camp but now with defeats in clay Nadal will be really struggling for confidence,But we all know Nadal who is known to come from adversaries but this time it will be too much,
He is not getting younger anymore, muscles tend to give up early and when they to start to crack and you are mentally done, Its the other way around as well.
Now Nadal is losing in the territory where no can could literally touch him for the last years and i believe the time has come.
Federer could play top tennis for a long ,long time just only becuase his game was built around his various arsenal's in the Tenns Armoury. He is still phenomenally fit and can challenge these guys at this age of 32.
Nadal could have run/spent more time than Federer in the court if we compare their stats. The same goes with Djokovic but its slightly built around an aggressive game than Nadal.
With Madrid and Rome coming in May , Nadal needs confidence another defeat would send alarming signals in his camp and mind . A defeat by Djockic in French Open would literally melt Nadal.
Out of his 60 plus singles titel 40 odd came from Clay, Clay gives him confidence for the rest of year and any defeat further would mean Nadal is on the Verge of Decline. He can still comeback but dont expect miracles. He may win 1 or 2 more grandslams but anything more than that would mean something special if he is not special now.
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