Best shots and rallies as Dominic Thiem beats Rafael Nadal | Mutua Madrid Open 2018 Quarter-Final
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- Опубликовано: 10 май 2018
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Wow, I hate how fans there boo Thiem at the end. I mean, they aren't real fans, just enjoy tennis as a Sport and the great match. I'm from Spain and enjoyed this match, even though Nadal lost.
Julio Palomino están en España que esperas? Es el único país en el que se abuchea un partidazo de este calibre solo porque no gana el de casa
Come on guys, Rafa is playing great tennis these days. One of the best of last years. Dominic was simply better today. Faster shots, sharper angles, great anticipation. He beat Rafa in his game today. No excuses. I am huge Nadal's fan, but honestly the king today found his nemesis. There is a time to rest and get ready for the major part of the season - RG.
Trů Tela I'm a huge Rafa fan as well. I guess people don't like greatness... smh... well, he still has Rome to play then RG. I kinda would like to see him sit Rome out but he's too much if a competitor to do that. Hope he will be fresh enough to when RG.
Yes, Nadal at his best misses two smashes in one game and makes back to back double faults, sure. Nadal fan? Haha. I guess you are a Federer fanatic who didn't even watch the match.
He cant rest he has to play all tournaments or he will lose points...but he can take rest and prepare for RG it will be a good RG i believe with delpo sharpavalov Nadal theim and zverev
hopy51 Nadal didn't play bad in this match, what happened is that Thiem was too much for him + it's normal to see Nadal missing an overhead HAHAHAHA.
FEDERER IS THE GOAT.
END OF THE STORY.
Samuel Papp don't expect to a perfect player. Sometime Nadal will have to miss shots, not all his groundstrokes will be in, if Nadal failed at the key moments was because of bad luck or Thiem made him fail putting consistant pressure over Nadal.
Who thinks Thiem deserved this like
oana popescu please, has he Won a Grand Slam yet? Jajajaja
why would anyone think he didnt, what a DUMB childish comment
Of course he did. Not his fault that Nadal played some of the worst tennis of his career today. If Thiem didn't play well he would have lost even to this Nadal. But I don't trust Thiem to win the title. I'm pretty sure he will play like 10% of this level against Anderson.
That wasn't the question, moron.
hopy51 nadal didn't play bad but thiem played better!that's just how it is.it's not the first win of thiem against nadal on Clay.only 3 guys won against nadal on clay 3 times and one of them is thiem!
Thiem played out of his mind. Great job. And remember, there's no 'i' in Team but there is in Thiem.
Well done thiem no one expected that. That should make you a contender for Roland Garros
Haajir Yabre I thought the same last year when he beat Rafa at Rome, but it was quite a different story at Roland Garros🤣
The Prince of Clay strikes again! ...it's okay Rafa fans...the King's throne is RG...and he ain't relinquishing that anytime soon!
Nadal is so gracious in defeat. The streak had to end some day. Well played Thiem. Welcome back to No.1 Roger.
Mayank Sharma he is. And even though he knew he was playing terribly, he fought until the end and did not smash his racquet, like many players would. He's a great role model in tennis
Yeah amazing role model that has called MTO under heavy disadvantages in the past to gain advantages, taking thousands of extra time after each point and when an umpire calls him out on them (Bernardes), what does he do? He tells the ATP: ''I don't want him to be the umpire''. He is a great guy, but this ''perfect'' aura is not remotely close. Him not smashing racquets doesn't mean he doesn't have shady behavior sometimes.
Nobody is perfect, that is true. No need to put any of these guys up on a pedestal.
I am curious how many think Nadal is a bad sport and how many accept the guy suffers from pretty severe OCD. As somebody who has it myself, I can tell you it can be pretty crippling at times. Pace of play has always been pretty elastic in tennis, and in other sports too, depending on the competitors. But if they want to introduce a shot clock, like they're doing at the U.S. Open, they could do that too.
Really? He made excuses in press conference
What did he say? I'm not doubting you, I just am curious what he said. (I wish players wouldn't make excuses but in reality they all pretty much do after losses.) I know he definitely gave Thiem credit for being the best today.
Out of this world performance by Dom 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
finally this clay season is interesting Thiem,sascha,Shapovalov all three looking good... hopefully next week in Rome delpo can get back to his best level
Wahnsinn Domi!😎🇦🇹👍
BATTLE OF THE BUTTS
LOL, good observation, both have well rounded butts, made of steel :-D
0:47 wow tru
😁
A preview of what will happen in RG
What do u expect playing every tournament with no rest, hes no longer 20, needs to administer his schedule better like the goat does.
Not taking anything away from thiem, he played amazing.
He should rest up if he wants to win Roland Garros.
Juan RodriguezLlado fully agree.. Rafa should simply rest up to RG.. Rafa had enough match play..the more he plays before RG..the chance of upset is more..if he rest till RG ..HE HAS BEST CHANCE to win.. he is nomore 20.. he was already tired in Monfils Match..
Totally agree. Is anyone in Nadal corner actually reading anything ?. He needs to rest for the love of God !.
Rafa is good though at playing long matches. He played 2 Long five setters at the Australian open before the final and was perfectly fine
continus a travailler dure et tu seras number one Dominic
good video greetings from ecuador
Thiem was sensational today.
Ohohoho. Stadium was set on fire.
miss you roger
He never let Nadal settle, hit power and top spin shots consistently right at the baseline pushing Nadal back and then finished with superior angles and power.
Nadal’swhole game is defence with top spin but Thiem continued to just pressure him. Never settled
I think this could be the turn of the tides now every time they play
I am sure Rafael would be saying to himself, what else could I have done! Great game by both
Thiem is future king of clay
enzo chiaro of course don't worry RG hasn't started yet.
enzo chiaro Yep, btw, please check Nadal vs Thiem in Montecarlo 18
Totally agreed. He will dominate clay season in the future.
enzo chiaro The future ????
How old is Thiem???
Cesar Rodriguez 24-year-old. And do you know how old Rafa is?
He better win the tournament now, no pressure
Absolutely deserved Dom😎
Also nole getting back to form will be great but can't see that happening now
Weeks at world #1 in ATP era since 1972: Federer 309, Sampras 286, Lendl 270, Connors 268, Djokovic 223, Nadal 173, McEnroe 170.
Nadal Human After All
I want to see them at Wimbledon.
It looks to me like Them has changed his forehand a bit during the last few months. The backward loop is not so high and huge anymore.
Thiem is like Wawrinka, when he is in the zone and firing he is very difficult to stop. Unfortunately he can be very inconsistent as well just like Stan.
Thoroughly enjoyed the Match. Unfortunately, it was the day when some special tennis from Dominic along with an extra bit of luck proved to be too much 4 the King. Anyways Rafa knows that it's time 2 lick his wounds n gear up 4 the next tournament.
Thiem's best performance ever ? 🤔
An absolute masterclass ..
Best match from him by far was us open 2018
He destroyed the ball!
ティームのフォアは、良いな。
Wow...
Dominic THIEM will be the New KING of CLAY!!! Mark my word. ❤️🎾👑
Wow!
What he is saying in commentary after 'Domi Thiem lighting up the
Shocked to see a one hander beat Rafa when he was playing at such a high caliber. Congrats to Thiem, but RG is still Rafas for the taking
Nadal wasn't playing at such high caliber though, he was spraying errors all over, very uncharacteristic.
Gherbi Hicham 50 sets in a row isn’t high caliber?
Rafa is so gracious in defeat, I admire this man he truly is a great sportsman btw anyone seen BANANA SHOT?
He hasn't produced bananas since 2015, as he has flattened his shots :(
Vaow what a match it was.. Thiem was better than Nadal today, he played like a great champion. The most important thing for Thiem is to continue this performance..
Thiem will win french open in the future.he can do it for sure!
preferably this year
Topspin revs higher than nadal's!!! Now dats impressive.
Nadal played an average game. Thiem played maybe the best game of his life. Nadal is still the best on Clay until consistently beaten....
After his victory against Schwartzman, I predicted a tight game against Thiem. Thiem deserved to win, he played really good and Rafa didn't deserve the win. Too much enforced errors, less power in his forehand. I think he is tired since yesterday. He won 50 streaks wins, it's a lot of tennis.
Federer is back #1 next monday, but if Rafa wins Rome next week he will be back numero uno.
Vamos Rafa!
He's won 50 straight sets on Clay. That's completely different from winning 50 straight matches. The sets streak comes back from the clay season last year, so it doesn't really affect his physical conditions. But still, he has won Monte-Carlo, Barcelona and reached the Quarter Finals at Madrid so there might be a little chance that he is actually tired.
Adson Henrique '' The sets streak comes back from the clay season last year''
The only sets streak who comeback from last year are from Roland-Garros, that's it...
He has won 30 streak sets this season, of course that matter when clay is the toughest surface for the body.
finally someone to contest rafa
Nadal doesn't like playing in Madrid for two reasons. 1. The clay doesn't sit well in Madrid like in the rest of tournaments. 2. The ball behaves differently and it flies much more than normal. Both things because of the altitude. I am from Madrid and this is facts.
Nadal never wanted Madrid to became a clay tournament, years ago he even said that it was not a good preparation for RG because of this issues. He tries not to say this too much publicly because he is obviously involved with Spanish tennis, Santana, all the sponsors and he has a lot of pressure to play there and make the tournament look good. The only time he went really mad was when they put the blue clay and many other players complained the court had no grip at all.
Despite all these factors, Thiem did a great job!
Well with all that being said, he did win Madrid 5 times (4 times played on clay) and was runner up three more times, Nadal cares a lot about the masters tournament but I don't think he's going to lose any sleep over this, Rome and Monte Carlo are much better suited clay courts for Nadal's game and better preparations for Roland Garros.
The "clay doesn't sit well in Madrid" view is a thing of the past. This is what Nadal said this year: "The tournament has evolved every year. In general, it's improved so much. As is the case with all new events, things needed improving after the first event. In Madrid, a lot of the time it was hard to get the clay to settle well and for it to play like your usual clay court. The first few years it was slippery, but the courts have been perfect for the past four or five years. Since 2013, when all the courts were refurbished, the tournament has been a huge event."
Rebeca Linares you are right and that's why he is not playing RG for the last two years and only won it once without facing Rafa.
Rebeca Linares that's not entirely true, Fed is a natural clay court player always been, he always loved playing RG maybe not now when he's lot older but he definitely did love playing there otherwise he could've just focused more on the other GSs like Sampras and many others did.
Nadal doesn't favor Fast conditions.
Rafa don't worry Get some Rest I know you will Win and make a 17th Grand slam title at Roland Garros. Wait for the Bigger Court's to come.
Wow Thiem beat a doper. Impressive
Nadal's grunting, ROLMFOA!!!
This is the thiem that can win the French this year
we shall see
He lost to Zverev and will need to raise his game whereas both he and Zverev have underperformed in slams.
Pity he doesn't have a clay master's 1000
Thiem was really aggressive....more power in his shots. Rafa looked lost....especially less power in his shots...less winners.
He's just younger
Winning Rafa is more rewarding than wining the Open.
this is why draws can suck sometimes. lbr zverev is no way on the level of thiem and rafa and they should have met in the semis or in the final
Esistono giocatori anche più forti di Nadal sulla terra , il nome è Dominic Thiem
Rafa wasn't half of himself today.. The shots with 0 spin and strenght like he smoke some weed before
Nikola Lutovac wtf had u smoke while viewing the match?
Nadal is extremely competitive but he doesn't like playing in Madrid
You only play as good as your opponent let you. Thiem is really a talented and smart player, he can achieve a lot in tennis, imo. He's already won against the best, showing confidence, finesse, wisdom. I think it's just a matter of time when he wins a grand slam tournament. He's only 24. OK, Nadal at his age won all majors as the youngest player but Nadal's kind of phenomenon, he had his moment and took perfect advantage of it. I think Thiem'll surprise us soon. Same as Zverev.
Thiem needs to keep this haircut. Case closed. Moving on...
The funniest thing, and the truest indication of Nadal's dominance, is that if he loses at the French Open people will act like it's a huge deal, and if he wins people will act like it's no big deal. Do they ever do that for Federer at Wimbledon? No, it's always oh the great king has returned, bow down before him, we are not worthy, etc...
The fact is, both men are remarkable. And every time they win at this stage of their careers it's incredible. The same people complaining that Nadal has no competition and clay is boring when he wins are the ones laughing and rejoicing when someone plays a great match and beats him.
Thiem and Zverev are real threats right now. Any three of them could win the French Open.
J Ton before 2017 ppl were talking a lot of trash about federer career "hes done, retire soon blabla" and make a huge deal after his loss with stakhovsky and raonic in wimby, same with rafa, a loss is a loss, but with these guys better be prepared for them strike back like last year
Nobody should have told him to retire, that was arrogant and dumb. But if had been almost five years since he had won a slam before 2017. So it wasn't crazy to think that, 35 at the time, his slam winning career was over. He definitely proved critics wrong, though. For me, I think both of them have earned the right to play what they want, when they want, for as long as they want. But yes, the youth generation could indeed step up. I think it is only a matter of time before Zverev is number one. I don't expect him to be Federer, Nadal, or Djokovic, but he definitely is on the track for being number one in a year or two.
J Ton I'd be much much more confident with Sascha and Thiem if they had wins like this much more often. Too many times I see them best themselves in a match. Stuff like this is a start but I want to see them hold it together and follow up big wins.
Yeah I think Zverev is the only young gun to be confident in-- in the sense that I think him being at the top of the rankings and winning at least a slam is pretty much inevitable. The jury is still out on everybody else, in my opinion. Thiem has it in him to win the French Open, though.
Nadal's career has depended too much on clay- time after time he has taken "injury" months off to prepare for his clay season but he has only won 3 tournaments indoors and since 2011 has not got past the 4th round of Wimbledon and only once managed 4 consecutive grass wins. Since 1972 5 players have spent a lot more time at world #1. With the difficulty of breaking serve on grass it's harder to keep winning on the surface- there are more likely to be tie breaks and risks even if one player is superior. Zverev and Thiem are threats but they haven't shown they can produce their top form in slams.
Time for Nadal to rest till RG .. It would be best strategy not to play any more till RG.. HE HAD ENOUGH MATCH PLAY FOR RG.. The more he plays before RG .. the more tired he will be..
Listening at 30 seconds in and Nadal's grunts last far too long almost to the point of Thiem hitting the ball...
Now that's the way you beat Rafa Nadal you keep him in that back hand corner and then shoot him into the forehand side he folds some time but you have to do it.
Great to say nadal lose
Go , Rafa is also human lol
これも！ナグル！
Roland Garros?
Nadal still the favourite, that setting suits him better than Madrid, and Thiem and Zverev have underperformed in slams.
Thiem will win grandslam faster than Zverev
There is may be a king of clay
But tennis king is one and only
Roger Federer
WTA grunting smh.. Just play tennis
Nadal é fraco é só saber jogar com ele
Nadal was tired like a bitch. I woudn't read too much into this defeat. If anything Nadal need to rest and come back to the fight in RG. Thiem proved he can beat the beast and that's good but one thing is to beat in in Madrid and another one is to beat him in Paris, in five sets.
The king is dead, long live the king.
with one loss?lol
Saying this after Nadal beats a 34 year old straight set McEnroe record is kind of stupid, don't you think?
the king never died
Thiem - the savior of tennis. Silenced all Nadal buttlickers.
You ever notice how many times people who don't like Nadal bring up his butt?
Things that make you go hmmm....
I love his butt
Daniel R. Hmm, interesting comment considering the pic you have as profile...
only temporarily
+J ton
Facts are Nad-lovers are into hardsports, enough said!!!!!
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I think it’s time that Nadal should give up his throne. Thiem you are now the new GOAT of clay.
optus optus if thiem can make it in rg we can start talking (and defeat rafa in rg is wayy another league)
What are you saying?
Nadal will always be the goat.
optus optus Wtf
Nadal lost to Thiem last year before destroying everyone, including Thiem with ease at RG, he also destroyed him just a few weeks back in MC, don't get ahead of yourself, Nadal rarely goes undefeated and entire clay season but wins RG anyway, if Nadal turns up, Thiem loses simple as that.
Lot of Drugs and lot of PEDs will not win you match, if the drug effect decreases
pity you
Chau tu nadal.. bien ganado por thiem
Federer didn't even play and still took #1 from Nadal. LOL. Truly the GOAT.
You mean like literally happened the opposite way a few weeks ago? I'll take understanding how the ranking system works for 200, Alex.
It's delicious seeing all the tears from the Rafatards!
:D
I saw the match with spanish commentators and it was so funny.
Federer: 309 weeks as world n. 1
FEDERER IS THE GOAT.
END OF THE STORY.
why do u bring Federer in this?
Nope
Donkey Kong Federer sucks So do you mean that Nadal is a weak player?? Because Federer starts his dominance since 2004 and Nadal was inside the ATP in that year. You've been exposed and humiliated.
Isaac Rosales > donkey dumb
FEDERER IS THE GOAT.
END OF THE STORY.
Isaac Rosales come on...you just made this comment to get a donkey Kong reply.. Admit it XD
Donkey Kong Federer sucks like Federer 6-3 6-0 over Nadal or Federer 6-1 6-4 over Djokovic?? HAHAHAHAHA exposed again.
Isaac Rosales > donkey dumb
FEDERER IS THE GOAT.
END OF THE STORY.
He better win the tournament now, no pressure
He better win the tournament now, no pressure