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Nadal has yet to lose a set on clay this season. I know he's won the french without dropping a set before, has he ever gone the entire clay court season without losing one?

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05-11-2018 , 06:20 AM

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Last set lost was against Thiem in Rome final last year,

He has won 50 straight sets so far he just beat McEnroe 49 sets in a row on Carpet

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05-11-2018 , 08:03 AM

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He'd got Thiem today. Although I'm not optimistic about Thiem doing anything.

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05-11-2018 , 09:41 AM

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From the sports illustrated tennis mailbag column:

"In the spirit of continuing to bring out further incredulity over Nadal's clay court record, there is one metric that I don't see get much mention: For his career, Nadal has won 55 clay court tournaments against just 35 match losses. That puts his *TOURNAMENT* winning percentage at 61.1%. From what I can tell, no one else in the open era on any surface is over 50% (the closest ones I could find were Federer on grass and Borg on clay—both a bit above 40%). If you then take Nadal's most dominant decade (2005-2014, so 10 full seasons of tennis), he has a clay record of 42 tournament wins to just 14 losses, a tournament winning percentage of 75%. Nadal wins clay court tournaments at a similar rate that most other elite players win clay court matches. Add that to the Nadal clay court statistic comedy routine!"
—Giri Rao, Frisco, Texas

Incredible and likely to never be bettered I imagine.

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05-11-2018 , 12:30 PM

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He'd got Thiem today. Although I'm not optimistic about Thiem doing anything.

Thiem did it again

That means he's the clear 2nd GOAT on clay

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05-11-2018 , 12:45 PM

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CHOICE OF A NEW GENERATION

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05-11-2018 , 01:07 PM

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Thiem breaks!

Serving now, up 4-3 in the 2nd.

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05-11-2018 , 01:23 PM

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gg. 7-5, 6-3.

Behold your new clay court master, Dominic Thiem.

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05-11-2018 , 01:43 PM

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Nadal sandbagging to stay fresh for the French.

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05-11-2018 , 02:48 PM

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Uhoh Clayvincible no more?

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05-11-2018 , 03:24 PM

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Federer regains number 1 in style

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05-11-2018 , 04:08 PM

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gg. 7-5, 6-3.

Behold your new clay court master, Dominic Thiem.

That'll be everyone back to saying he's amazing.

Rafa will smash him at the FO. If he survives that long.

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05-11-2018 , 04:41 PM

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whoops

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05-11-2018 , 05:11 PM

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That'll be everyone back to saying he's amazing.

Rafa will smash him at the FO. If he survives that long.

Calm down we all know beating him best of 5 is a bit different

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05-12-2018 , 07:32 AM

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elShapo takes out Edmund to become the youngest Madrid semi-finalist ever. Plays Zverev today. Other semi is K.Anderson vs Thiem. Rafa overwhelmed by beating Johnny Mac record obv.

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05-12-2018 , 03:42 PM

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Thiem easily dispatches US Open runner-up, Kevin Anderson for the first finals spot.

The match we all want to see though, is set to commence in around thirty minutes.

El Shapo vs A. Zverev, aka Zverev the Younger, aka Zverev the Fraud, aka the Great False Hope.

Can The Kid take out the other The Kid? Will the winner be old enough to buy the loser a beer in Madrid?

TUNE IN TO FIND OUT

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05-12-2018 , 04:52 PM

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Zverev with the break at 4-4, then serves it out for the 6-4 first set.

In that final game, though, Zverev was up 40-0, only to have Shapovalov force deuce points.

Also, I hate Tennis Channel stat graphics. I can't figure out what they're trying to say until they're about to take it off the screen.

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05-12-2018 , 04:57 PM

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Shapo made the wrong choice of serve on break point imo

This early break in the second should see Sasha home.

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05-12-2018 , 05:00 PM

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Yeah, second set starts with a break and a hold at love for Zverev, you'd think that's gonna be the match.

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05-12-2018 , 05:01 PM

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Yeh, his level has dropped. Just hope it isn’t w 6-0

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05-12-2018 , 05:03 PM

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Yikes. Shapo broke at love the next game, meaning he got broke to start the set, and then lost 8 straight points to go down 0-3.

Zverev about to serve again now.

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05-12-2018 , 05:06 PM

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I don’t even think that he’s went up a gear.

Shapo head has gone he’s just not doing anything now.

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As I say that, playing better now.

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05-12-2018 , 07:02 PM

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Def thought Zverev up his level at the end of the 1st set, he started reading elShapo's serve much better and started making much cleaner aggressive strikes. This lead to crisis of confidence for elShapo and he just couldn't recover. Fatigue was probably a factor. 5 clay matches in a row will take a ton out of you especially if you don't have a lot of experience on the surface. Zverev's range is very impressive and reminds me of peak Novak and can really neutralize even the best shotmakers. Should be a great match tomorrow.

+1 to hating TC graphics, just gross and hard to read. Their attempt at pie charts is horribly executed.

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05-12-2018 , 08:16 PM

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I'm sorry, did you just say Zverev today reminded you of peak Novak !?

(peak Novak is in the GOAT discussion, although I'm a Fed guy in that debate).

How are we supposed to take you seriously when you just said Zverev, with a sample size of 2 sets, reminded you of a guy that put together a run that warrants a GOAT discussion?

Maybe tone down the hyperbole? You're right that Zverev looked good, but he was handling a teenager in a best of three sets that didn't know what to do. Not exactly noteworthy in the big picture.

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05-12-2018 , 09:01 PM

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I said he reminded me of peak Novak, not that he was better and yeah they play a very similar style so get over it. Also I couldn't give a **** whether you take me seriously or not.

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