Can Nadal beat Mikhail Youzhny?

Question

Youzhny's first tournament of 2008 was Chennai in India. He reached the final, where he demolished World No. 2 Rafael Nadal, the top seed, 6–0, 6–1 in under an hour.

Answer 1

Nadal is one of the worlds best tennis players.

He has a great left hand.

GO Nadal!

Answer 2

You make a good point, but I think Nadal looks much better than Youzhny right now. I am rooting for Nadal to be honest, but we'll see what happens. I think it will be an interesting match.

Answer 3

I really think he can;

:D

Answer 4

You either forgot to mention the circumstances of how Nadal got to lose that match or u intentionally left it out to make a point, which is rather biased.

Nadal was outright exhausted.I'm not trying to deny Youzhny the credit of winning that match but Nadal was hardly moving out there..

Youzhny is sure gonna give Nadal a tough match, but c'mon..u certainly aint gonna bet ur money on him winning, are ya?

Answer 5

Youzhny has already played two five set matches, whereas Nadal is not having much trouble in his rounds.  Rafa will win because he will have more energy and he is the better player, especially on grass. In Chennai, Nadal played a four hour match against Moya the day before - he was completely wasted for the final. Look what he's done since then. What has Youzhny accomplished, besides bashing his head with his racquet! LOL.  It took him 5 sets to beat some unknown Italian player ranked 201 in the world - ha ha ha

Answer 6

nadal is different on clay and grass, that match was also a fluke match... nadal will kill him at a big event...

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

I reckon he can. Y`know last year Rafa came back from being 2-0 down against Mikhail !!! Yikes !!! He was playing absolute RUBBISH though, so i think he can win it in straight sets this year he`s a much more improved player and if he keeps up the level he`s playing i say watch out Roger ;):P haha

Yeah Nadal got demolished by Mikhail it was embarrassing, so congrats to Youzhny, however everyone in their right mind knows that Rafa played an awful match it was just ****, hitting the ball out most of the time, loadsa unforced errors. Non Nadal fans, admit it though Rafa played just terrible in that final which he shoulda won, it wasnt the ``real`` rafa sooo to speak on that court that day it happens to all athletes. Even if he was gonna lose the final he would never have lost it 6-0 6-1 lmao!  I suppose fed fans will just take it Nadal is a **** player blah blah haha

I agree with RafaRocks. That win Youzhny got really counts for nothing, i hope nadal proves all u haters wrong and im sure he will just like he did at the french which shut yous up haha

Answer 9

Judging from their form, i think Rafa has the edge this time against Mikhail...Nadal is so match sharp while Youhzny is still recovering from a tough match...Nadal will surely win this one...

Answer 10

wel it depends if rafa keeps his consistency through out the match coz, youzni is dangerous player though chances r 80% for rafa and 20 % for youzni, rafa should not choke, at last i think rafa wil pull the victory

Answer 11

Nadal is different on clay and grass than he is on hard courts.