Talk:Rafael Nadal/Archive 5

Playing style
Can this article be used as a reference to make the Playing Style section better? Yosef1987 (talk) 12:35, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Working on it... I noticed that Brad Gilbert article too and I liked it. (Alger82 (talk) 19:09, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

The entire Playing Style section is deplorable, and the last sentence is outlandishly manipulative and biased, beginning with fawning praise and ending with a vicious attack. In any case, it is certainly nothing that one would find in a real encyclopedia. Even the sentence about his "tendency" to bite trophies makes it sound like a dog gnawing on the couch leg. Ridiculous. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.31.120.26 (talk) 05:05, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Um, pointing out that "some" have criticized Nadal's playing style and longevity is a fact, and it's even cited. Nowhere in the statement does it say that those critics are correct in their assessment, it just says that the criticism is out there. Plus, criticisms levied against public figures are commonly found in Wikipedia entries, and a lot of them have ENTIRE ARTICLES devoted to documenting said criticisms, not just a single line. So yeah, that sentence on criticisms of Nadal's playing style is a vicious attack... If you live in Pansytown.—Alger82 (talk) 06:06, 2 February 2009 (UTC)


 * From this site, a very good reference I suppose, it says in part of the page "Perhaps the fastest man on tour and certainly the tour’s most feared defensive player. He owns a heavy, hooking left-handed forehand, a consistent and forceful two-handed backhand and some of the most hair-raising passing shots ever seen. He never feels like he’s out of the match and he’s been placing his first serves very well. Simply, the No. 1 is a super heavyweight fighter.", can this also be used? Yosef1987 (talk) 20:53, 2 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Definitely. Good find.—Alger82 (talk) 00:32, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

I dont think is the place to attack nadals playing style. Everyone has their own opinion and if we start quoting everything that has been said about nadals playing style, wikipedia would be a mess. many have said that nadal is physically way more stronger than other s and is now a completely different player.

Plus. Not only nadal, almost every player on the atp has complained about the schedule, so that means that it is not related to his style of any sort. How many times federer has played every tournament (compulsory ones) in his career? the fact is tennis is a physical sport and injuries do happen, there is no way to escape that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zohair9033 (talk • contribs) 14:01, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

new look
hes wearing shorts and half sleeve tshirts this year. i'm not sure if that should be put in the article - Madmaxxx (talk) 10:39, 8 January 2009 (UTC)


 * The "playing style" section needs rewriting as I have inquired couple of days ago here, plus this is not his first time in shorts, he did in Madrid in 2005, and he also won that tournament that year. Yosef1987 (talk) 16:36, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

I've revised the Equipment section to mention both Rafa's signature "pirata" look and the recent change to his attire. (Alger82 (talk) 11:31, 31 January 2009 (UTC))

2009 Australian Open Record
Errr... He hasn't beaten Fenando yet. Fenando won first set in tie break, 7-6. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.242.61.222 (talk) 10:33, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Plus in that game it wasnt the longest in the history of the tournoment. Its was only the longest Semi-Final in Australian Open history 124.182.100.242 (talk) 15:51, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

You are mistaken. The Nadal/Verdasco semifinal was the longest match in Australian Open history, period. Check the referencing citation.—Alger82 (talk) 17:57, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Winners of Slams on 3 Surfaces
A sentence in this link confuses me: "He [Nadal] joined an elite group of just 12 men who have managed to win three Grand Slam titles on three different surfaces since the Open Era began."

Is this assertion incorrect? I combed the info we had on men's singles players and can only single out Connors, Wilander, and Agassi as the other in the "three surface" club with Nadal. Halp??—Alger82 (talk) 18:43, 1 February 2009 (UTC)


 * After the help of Google, this page says "Nadal becomes the 14th man in the Open Era to win three or more of the four Grand Slam titles and just the fourth man in history to win Grand Slam titles on three different surfaces." Yosef1987 (talk) 21:37, 2 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Worth mentioning, could be added if found suitable, from here, Nadal is the 2nd fastest (After Borg) to win 6 Grand Slams. Yosef1987 (talk) 21:41, 2 February 2009 (UTC)


 * These are all great finds. Will try to incorporate within the week.—Alger82 (talk) 00:33, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

With all these stats, should there be a separate section for Rafa's misc. Tennis records/accomplishments?—Alger82 (talk) 00:36, 3 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I suppose so, other players has it, also I don't like in the intro "On October 18, 2008, Nadal clinched the year-end World No. 1 ranking for 2008.[13] The same year, he was given the prestigious Prince of Asturias Award for his achievements in sports.[14]" because this is a double mention for the date he reached no. 1, that award should go somewhere else or right after the 1st time the date is mentioned, agree? Yosef1987 (talk) 11:39, 3 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, I agree 100%. I hate that section you pointed out.—Alger82 (talk) 23:52, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Factual error about previous Spaniard Wimbledon winners
This page on Rafael Nadal says he is the "second Spaniard" to win at Wimbledon. Actually he is the second male player from Spain to do so (the other being Manuel Santana in 1966) but Nadal is the third person since Conchita Martinez,a female player, also won the Championships in 1994. 83.173.160.38 (talk) 13:19, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Okay, fixed now.—Alger82 (talk) 18:09, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Things change
Things change, I suggest only mentioning what matters, Nadal changed his shoes too, we cannot keep track of all the changes and every thing he wears, I suggest only mentioning Nike, and the pirate look thing he had before, and those other things that only matters, not the socks and the strings pressure etc, anyone agrees? Yosef1987 (talk) 18:55, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Asteroid named after Rafael Nadal
An asteroid was named after Rafael Nadal; perhaps that should be mentioned in the article? See Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca &mdash; LinguistAtLarge • Talk  18:57, 5 March 2009 (UTC)


 * There's a link to 128036 Rafaelnadal in the "See also" section. --AdamSommerton (talk) 15:49, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Key Biscayne
Key Biscayne in the Singles performance timeline??? Yosef1987 (talk) 22:14, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Not just Nadal's article, what's going on? Please some one fill me in. Yosef1987 (talk) 21:38, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Detailed information pages
This article is growing in length thanks to detailed descriptions of all the events and tournaments. I thought it was a better idea to move this info to a new page so that interested readers can visit this page. Also helps shorten this main article a bit. See: Rafael Nadal in 2009

Abhijit Sathe (talk) 20:00, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * See discussion over here. Leave  Sleaves  23:17, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Records error
The "records" section claims that Nadal's 8 calendar year ATP clay titles is a record.

Thomas Muster holds this record with 11 in 1995. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.129.187.231 (talk) 00:46, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Nicknames?
Where did Rafael pick-up all of these nicknames? If these are in fact his nicknames they should have at least two sources mentioning them to put them on wikipedia. I did the same for Federer, which should be done here! Tennis Authority  02:00, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * WP:BE BOLD. I think you have enough experience from the Federer page to do it (of course, some of the sources for Rafa's article will probably be in Spanish). I'd do it, but my internet is very slow.   on  camera (t)  02:48, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * You can only back up two of those nicknames with sources, and those are: The King of Clay and Rafa, but really Rafa is just an acroynism for Rafael, and it is really not a nickname it is like James to Jimmy. Tennis Authority  05:27, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

records/ record attained
why is there both an in depth "records" section, and a very small and ill-detailed "open-era records attained" section? one of them should leave, probably the "open-era records" since it doesn't have anything that "records" doesn't have . —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.30.95.77 (talk) 12:56, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Removed "open era" section with details already present in other section. Plus an "open era records" section makes no sense for the player who has played only in open era. Leave  Sleaves  13:07, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

At the time of writing it is saying Nadal had won the career grand slam with the US Open 2009 in the list of records. I can't see how to delete this, can someone do that please. - comment from Jamie, user without account, Sep 12th 2009.

Navboxes
Similar in line with my comment on Talk:Roger Federer, I think the navbox compactions "Rafael Nadal in the slam's" and "Rafael Nadal career statistics" should be removed. Leave  Sleaves  21:21, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Overall grand slam win/loss results mistaken
Hello. Nadal's overall grand slam win/loss result is 95/16, not 90/16 : just add the figures from every year and you will see. I cannot correct the mistake myself apparently as I'm not an "autoconfirmed user" Duong70 (talk) 08:14, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Current ATP Ranking of Nadal is 2 and not 3 as mentioned on this page
editsemiprotected Ranking 2 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gm.mathur (talk • contribs) 11:57, 9 November 2009

Already done Celestra (talk) 18:54, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

2009?
Is it me, or is the 2009 section ridiculously lengthy? I think some of those tournaments mentions could stand to be deleted or summarized far better. Although, there are quite a few tennis articles that suffer from every tournament they play in just needing to be mentioned in the paragraphed-years.  on camera (t)  04:37, 26 November 2009 (UTC)