What other tactic or strategy can Djokovic use to upset Nadal?

Question

Djokovic is hungry and other than that, he has no other advantage in his match against Nadal...If there are other ways to literally upset Rafa and destabilize him, what could that be?

Can Nole distract Rafa? In what ways?

Answer 1

as you say he is no match to nadal specially in this surface .. all he needs is divine intervention!

Answer 2

pray to god

Answer 3

He could ask his mother to cook him one of her

'Revenge' pizzas.

Answer 4

No. Rafa will be victorious as usual.

Answer 5

he should go for his shots . go for winners

Answer 6

Go for the kill

Attack Nadal's second serve

Hit winners

Make Nadal run from side to side( he should also be ready to do so)

Use a lot of topspin

Hot a lot of aces

And also those mind games he plays by bouncing the ball a number of times. U don't know it might be frustating Nadal.

Answer 7

Wow, if Novak really wants to beat Nadal, he's going to have to play the match of his life. Not only that, but he has to catch Rafa on one of his worst days.

All the tactics mentioned above like hitting winners and making him run..... well see the thing is it's VERY difficult to hit winners against Nadal because he tends to get every single ball back. Also, making him run from side to side might not be very effective since Rafa has the best footwork ont he tour and covers the court very well.

The only thing that Novak has to do is pray that Nadal has an off day and maybe mess with his bottles before the match begins. (Nadal's OCD might mess with his head.)

But, seriously, Nole has very very slim chances of beating Nadal. Nadal is getting better and better as the tournament progresses.

It should be a very interesting match....:)

Answer 8

Djokovic needs to play his natural game. Play strong from the baseline and make Rafa to sweat it out a bit.

Answer 9

i think djokovic will need to lure nadal up to the net and pass him a lot...nadals baseline game on clay is too strong

Answer 10

I cannot see Djok beating Nadal this time. Nadal to win in 4 sets.

Answer 11

I think in order for Djokovic to win, he have to hit a lot of winners & keep the unforced errors at minimal; attack on Nadal's serve especially on the 2nd serve & at least to take control of the 1st two sets, break Nadal's rythm...in other words, he have to play perfect tennis or giving 110% of his tennis...

Answer 12

maybe he can impersonate rafa's game.

or he can mock nadal's butt picking, that will make rafa angry, and lose concentration.