Nadal out of the Open

Originally Posted by Gander

Lost to some Russian kid. He looked very flat today. Now its all Federer.

Good match tonight between Hewitt and ahole Roddick. Hope Hewitt rushes him.

Nadal does not have that big serve that can pull it out on faster courts. Some matches when you are flat you just need some easy points off that first serve. Nadal does not get those as often as Federer. Nadal's ground strokes have improved on fast surfaces though. He is going flatter and not hitting the huge loopers that work so well on clay but kill you on grass or hard faster surfaces. I will give him that. I dont see any reason why he cant improve his serve. He has the height and strength. He is still young. He can improve. The guy really does hate to lose. Thats what I like about him.

But that can also be the mental undoing of some. It was for McEnroe imo. McEnroe had the best touch on the ball I have ever seen. But his inability to control himself hurt him badly in the long run. Despite what he says in his book. I saw him lose some matches because he could not get over a bad call sets earlier.