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[absy]

Given the performance of Nadal in Monte Carlo, there is only 1 favorite to win another Roland Garros. I am curious to know what odds the bookies will give us 

Yeah I'm pretty certain that Nadal will win the French Open once again this year. I'm expecting the odds to be low as he is in fine form on clay heading into the French Open. I'm just glad to see him fit for the Open as it looked like a couple of months ago that he might miss this years French Open.

I hope he does , he deserves it . He has been injury prone but the dedication he has and he never fears that he might get injured again while playing the matches and how he fights for each and every point , he deserves all the trophies . I hope he has a great clay court season just like last year and still be at top spot after clay.

[Lionidas]

Given the performance of Nadal in Monte Carlo, there is only 1 favorite to win another Roland Garros. I am curious to know what odds the bookies will give us 

Yeah I'm pretty certain that Nadal will win the French Open once again this year. I'm expecting the odds to be low as he is in fine form on clay heading into the French Open. I'm just glad to see him fit for the Open as it looked like a couple of months ago that he might miss this years French Open.

I hope he does , he deserves it . He has been injury prone but the dedication he has and he never fears that he might get injured again while playing the matches and how he fights for each and every point , he deserves all the trophies . I hope he has a great clay court season just like last year and still be at top spot after clay.

He won his 11th title in Monte Carlo and is currently ranked #1 in ATP competitions.
He could very well win the French open but with all the other players coming back to play in better form since they all rested and didn't have to togh it out to get to a finals except for Alexander Zverev, they all have that on their side.

[Jating]

Given the performance of Nadal in Monte Carlo, there is only 1 favorite to win another Roland Garros. I am curious to know what odds the bookies will give us  

Yeah I'm pretty certain that Nadal will win the French Open once again this year. I'm expecting the odds to be low as he is in fine form on clay heading into the French Open. I'm just glad to see him fit for the Open as it looked like a couple of months ago that he might miss this years French Open.

I hope he does , he deserves it . He has been injury prone but the dedication he has and he never fears that he might get injured again while playing the matches and how he fights for each and every point , he deserves all the trophies . I hope he has a great clay court season just like last year and still be at top spot after clay.

He won his 11th title in Monte Carlo and is currently ranked #1 in ATP competitions.
He could very well win the French open but with all the other players coming back to play in better form since they all rested and didn't have to togh it out to get to a finals except for Alexander Zverev, they all have that on their side.

Sometimes it makes me wonder as to what year it was because you didn't expect that Rafa and Federer are playing high tennis up to this moment.  . Back in January or February, everyone was writing off Rafa because of injuries, but again he proved them all wrong and now he is the big favorite again to win the French Open, and it is said the Rafa owns this tournament and its hard to see him losing it.

Maybe there will be players giving him a good match, specially in the top 10 but I don't see them having a chance to stop him specially at this point.

[vella85]

Given the performance of Nadal in Monte Carlo, there is only 1 favorite to win another Roland Garros. I am curious to know what odds the bookies will give us  

Yeah I'm pretty certain that Nadal will win the French Open once again this year. I'm expecting the odds to be low as he is in fine form on clay heading into the French Open. I'm just glad to see him fit for the Open as it looked like a couple of months ago that he might miss this years French Open.

I hope he does , he deserves it . He has been injury prone but the dedication he has and he never fears that he might get injured again while playing the matches and how he fights for each and every point , he deserves all the trophies . I hope he has a great clay court season just like last year and still be at top spot after clay.

He won his 11th title in Monte Carlo and is currently ranked #1 in ATP competitions.
He could very well win the French open but with all the other players coming back to play in better form since they all rested and didn't have to togh it out to get to a finals except for Alexander Zverev, they all have that on their side.

Sometimes it makes me wonder as to what year it was because you didn't expect that Rafa and Federer are playing high tennis up to this moment.  . Back in January or February, everyone was writing off Rafa because of injuries, but again he proved them all wrong and now he is the big favorite again to win the French Open, and it is said the Rafa owns this tournament and its hard to see him losing it.

Maybe there will be players giving him a good match, specially in the top 10 but I don't see them having a chance to stop him specially at this point.

I really think that the players now days are a lot more professional then back in the day. This is why we are seeing players continue to hold their top form late into their 30's. As long as injuries don't hold them back but as we have seen with Nadal he has come back from several injuries which might of ended many players careers.

I'm looking forward to the French Open even though there are some players in top form, I still can't see Nadal getting beat unless injury strikes him down mid way through the tournament which I hope doesn't happen. 

[Lionidas]

Novak Djokovic is having trouble with Martin Kliztan in his first match back with that injured elbow.
It doesn't look too good even starting out for Novak being down the first set and Kliztan just hit double serve to be up 4 to 3 games in the final set.
It Djokovic loses this early match in this tournament I would have to say he is no longer a reliable top seed to guarantee match wins to these players who are not in the top 100. Martin Kliztan being ATP ranked 140 before the match with Novak Djokovic.

Note: He just lost his serve match and is down 5 to 3. Looks like he is going to bow out early in this Barcelona tour.nament

[Jating]

Given the performance of Nadal in Monte Carlo, there is only 1 favorite to win another Roland Garros. I am curious to know what odds the bookies will give us  

Yeah I'm pretty certain that Nadal will win the French Open once again this year. I'm expecting the odds to be low as he is in fine form on clay heading into the French Open. I'm just glad to see him fit for the Open as it looked like a couple of months ago that he might miss this years French Open.

I hope he does , he deserves it . He has been injury prone but the dedication he has and he never fears that he might get injured again while playing the matches and how he fights for each and every point , he deserves all the trophies . I hope he has a great clay court season just like last year and still be at top spot after clay.

He won his 11th title in Monte Carlo and is currently ranked #1 in ATP competitions.
He could very well win the French open but with all the other players coming back to play in better form since they all rested and didn't have to togh it out to get to a finals except for Alexander Zverev, they all have that on their side.

Sometimes it makes me wonder as to what year it was because you didn't expect that Rafa and Federer are playing high tennis up to this moment.  . Back in January or February, everyone was writing off Rafa because of injuries, but again he proved them all wrong and now he is the big favorite again to win the French Open, and it is said the Rafa owns this tournament and its hard to see him losing it.

Maybe there will be players giving him a good match, specially in the top 10 but I don't see them having a chance to stop him specially at this point.

I really think that the players now days are a lot more professional then back in the day. This is why we are seeing players continue to hold their top form late into their 30's. As long as injuries don't hold them back but as we have seen with Nadal he has come back from several injuries which might of ended many players careers.

I'm looking forward to the French Open even though there are some players in top form, I still can't see Nadal getting beat unless injury strikes him down mid way through the tournament which I hope doesn't happen. 

In addition, maybe nutrition and sports therapist also improved a lot in the last decade or so that's why top players who hire good coaches and nutritionist/therapist to help them cope with the demands of high tennis that's why those veterans are still in the league and still playing a level of tennis unheard.

Worst comes to worst, its Nadal himself who will prevent him from raising another trophy this year. I really can't think of anyone matching him in French unless we got a freak injury mid day as you have pictured it.

[vella85]

Roger Federer will skip the clay court season again like he did last year so that he can be fit and ready for Wimbledon. Federer could return at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle or Stuttgart in June. I was hoping to see him at the French Open but I guess he feels his not up to playing on clay and challenging Nadal.

[absy]

Roger Federer will skip the clay court season again like he did last year so that he can be fit and ready for Wimbledon. Federer could return at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle or Stuttgart in June. I was hoping to see him at the French Open but I guess he feels his not up to playing on clay and challenging Nadal.

He is the best at this He knows that nobody can touch Nadal on clay right now , I see only a very few players namely Thiem , Djokovic ( if he is at his best ) who can defeat Nadal , apart from them I don't really think anybody else got a chance.

[Trofo]

Roger Federer will skip the clay court season again like he did last year so that he can be fit and ready for Wimbledon. Federer could return at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle or Stuttgart in June. I was hoping to see him at the French Open but I guess he feels his not up to playing on clay and challenging Nadal.

He is the best at this He knows that nobody can touch Nadal on clay right now , I see only a very few players namely Thiem , Djokovic ( if he is at his best ) who can defeat Nadal , apart from them I don't really think anybody else got a chance.

I would add Wawrinka to that list but it seems he is struggling with his injury. He is one of my favorite players to bet on. He starts tournaments slowly and often has problems against low ranked players and then in the later stages of big tournaments he is playing great tennis and makes top players look ordinary. Very good player for handicaps. 

[absy]

Roger Federer will skip the clay court season again like he did last year so that he can be fit and ready for Wimbledon. Federer could return at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle or Stuttgart in June. I was hoping to see him at the French Open but I guess he feels his not up to playing on clay and challenging Nadal.

He is the best at this He knows that nobody can touch Nadal on clay right now , I see only a very few players namely Thiem , Djokovic ( if he is at his best ) who can defeat Nadal , apart from them I don't really think anybody else got a chance.

I would add Wawrinka to that list but it seems he is struggling with his injury. He is one of my favorite players to bet on. He starts tournaments slowly and often has problems against low ranked players and then in the later stages of big tournaments he is playing great tennis and makes top players look ordinary. Very good player for handicaps. 

I would have added Stan The Man too but not right now , not till he makes a great comeback . I love him on clay but well now he isn't able to play well for 5 sets if needed . I would actually like to add Carreno Busta to the list because if he is at his best , he can do some real damage to any top player.

[Trofo]

Roger Federer will skip the clay court season again like he did last year so that he can be fit and ready for Wimbledon. Federer could return at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle or Stuttgart in June. I was hoping to see him at the French Open but I guess he feels his not up to playing on clay and challenging Nadal.

He is the best at this He knows that nobody can touch Nadal on clay right now , I see only a very few players namely Thiem , Djokovic ( if he is at his best ) who can defeat Nadal , apart from them I don't really think anybody else got a chance.

I would add Wawrinka to that list but it seems he is struggling with his injury. He is one of my favorite players to bet on. He starts tournaments slowly and often has problems against low ranked players and then in the later stages of big tournaments he is playing great tennis and makes top players look ordinary. Very good player for handicaps. 

I would have added Stan The Man too but not right now , not till he makes a great comeback . I love him on clay but well now he isn't able to play well for 5 sets if needed . I would actually like to add Carreno Busta to the list because if he is at his best , he can do some real damage to any top player.

I have Busta mentally categorized under choker. Meaning he has big problems with finishing already won matches unless his opponent gift's some points (which Dimitov just did). I agree he can do big damage to players like Dimitrov, Cilic, Wawrinka and similar players with big game but prone to unforced errors. I can't see him wining vs. Nadal or in form Djokovic/Murray.

[Baofeng]

Roger Federer will skip the clay court season again like he did last year so that he can be fit and ready for Wimbledon. Federer could return at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle or Stuttgart in June. I was hoping to see him at the French Open but I guess he feels his not up to playing on clay and challenging Nadal.

This is one factor one Roger was still in tip top shape and in form because he chooses to enter tournaments that he has a chance to win. Not entering clay is a good move. And yes, maybe he is preparing something big like the Wimbledon. Nadal was really unstoppable in clay so it doesn't make sense for Roger to even enter the tournament when Nadal will clearly take the trophy.

[vella85]

Roger Federer will skip the clay court season again like he did last year so that he can be fit and ready for Wimbledon. Federer could return at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle or Stuttgart in June. I was hoping to see him at the French Open but I guess he feels his not up to playing on clay and challenging Nadal.

He is the best at this He knows that nobody can touch Nadal on clay right now , I see only a very few players namely Thiem , Djokovic ( if he is at his best ) who can defeat Nadal , apart from them I don't really think anybody else got a chance.

Yeah he is as we saw last year, it worked out perfectly for Federer picking the right tournaments to enter and winning 2 Grand Slams in the process which he could do once again this year and maybe even go one step better and win 3 Grand Slams. I agree with you on Thiem being Nadal's main danger and Djokovic if he is 100% fit and ready to go. Apart from that I think we'll see Nadal French Open Champion once again.

[Juggy777]

Federerr skipping clay court makes absolute sense, Nadal is in absolute form of his life and he knows he faces a certain defeat, but when it comes on grass he's the king and a fitter body will help him. That's a smart move to preserve yourself for the long term. The joker has really lost his form I doubt he'll create any trouble.

[megynacuna]

Federerr skipping clay court makes absolute sense, Nadal is in absolute form of his life and he knows he faces a certain defeat, but when it comes on grass he's the king and a fitter body will help him. That's a smart move to preserve yourself for the long term. The joker has really lost his form I doubt he'll create any trouble.

Exactly, a champion like Federer should always know how to pick his moments and it makes every sense now that age isn't on his side either to get enough rest before the US open just like Cristiano Ronaldo is doing and escaping league games for the champions league and it seems to be working for him.

[Vasilije69]

Damn, this Nadal is outstanding. He hasn't lost any set since his return. Amazing!
He is playing Barcelona final today against Tsitsipas. I think he will resume his amazing streak.

[Trofo]

Damn, this Nadal is outstanding. He hasn't lost any set since his return. Amazing!
He is playing Barcelona final today against Tsitsipas. I think he will resume his amazing streak.

I have been watching Tsitsipas in few matches in Barcelona and I must say he impressed me with the level of play he managed throughout this tournament. This is first time I have seen him play and he has strong game, good serve with solid ground strokes.

Nadal will win this one for sure but I am hoping we will have a match. i played contra handicap on Tsitsipas (+7,5) @1.65. 

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[Vasilije69]

Damn, this Nadal is outstanding. He hasn't lost any set since his return. Amazing!
He is playing Barcelona final today against Tsitsipas. I think he will resume his amazing streak.

I have been watching Tsitsipas in few matches in Barcelona and I must say he impressed me with the level of play he managed throughout this tournament. This is first time I have seen him play and he has strong game, good serve with solid ground strokes.

Nadal will win this one for sure but I am hoping we will have a match. i played contra handicap on Tsitsipas (+7,5) @1.65. 

Nadal won first set easily and he is going great in second as well, leading 3:0. It seems he will it prety easily.
However, Tsitsipas' time is yet to come. I am sure we will be seeing him at the end of tournaments much in upcoming years.

[Baofeng]

Damn, this Nadal is outstanding. He hasn't lost any set since his return. Amazing!
He is playing Barcelona final today against Tsitsipas. I think he will resume his amazing streak.

I have been watching Tsitsipas in few matches in Barcelona and I must say he impressed me with the level of play he managed throughout this tournament. This is first time I have seen him play and he has strong game, good serve with solid ground strokes.

Nadal will win this one for sure but I am hoping we will have a match. i played contra handicap on Tsitsipas (+7,5) @1.65.  

Nadal won first set easily and he is going great in second as well, leading 3:0. It seems he will it prety easily.
However, Tsitsipas' time is yet to come. I am sure we will be seeing him at the end of tournaments much in upcoming years.

Well he demolished the youngster  and sending the message. Damn it was Nadal's 11th in Barcelona Open and he is really unstoppable now. As for Tsitsipas, well he has a lot to learn but I'm sure meeting Nadal in the finals is already a "win" for him. I think this kid will win a trophy in the future, he is really talented but he needs more experience. Give him 2-5 years and I'm sure that he can stand with the big boys.