Im really nervous about this match. Plzzzzzz pull through Rafa.

Exclusively for Rafael Nadal Fans!!!



What Rafael Nadal Must Do To Win US Open: Listen to BIRDMAN





So you're not a great actor. Who cares? You're much more than that. You tower over these other theater douchebags. You're a

movie star, man! You're a global force! Don't you get it?

That's Birdman, laying it out for his alter ego, Riggan

Thompson. Any chance the foul-mouthed movie

superhero knows about tennis? Doesn't matter. Rafael Nadal could use some of Birdman's motivational chatter

these days.

Champions exude confidence. They talk the talk, and then they go out and walk the walk. Nadal has always been a little different. He's never believed he has the

same level of God-given tennis talent as his chief rivals.

He publicly marvels at what Roger Federer can do with a tennis ball, how the Swiss great glides around the court.

His doubts have driven him. He's always been

determined to outwork everyone else, to suffer more --and enjoy the suffering, if that's what it takes.

The 29-year-old Spaniard sells himself short, of course, but it's worked for him. He's won 14 major

championships. He's taken home a Grand Slam trophy

every year since 2005.

But he hasn't won one in 2015. And he's not one of the favorites at the upcoming U.S. Open, the last major of the season. Three times he's finished the year as the top-

ranked player in the world, but now he's down to eighth and treading water. "I don't know if I will be back to the level of 2008 or 2010 or 2007 or 2006 or '11," he said after losing at Wimbledon in July.

"I am a good loser," he added when asked if the second- round defeat was hard to take. "When I am not that good, I always accept."

Sports Illustrated's Jon Wertheim, a clear-eyed analyst of the game, believes this "swoon" is a terminal one for the

oft-injured Nadal. "He clearly doesn't fully trust his

body," Wertheim wrote earlier this month. "So he is

tentative both in micro (running around the backhand, serving passively, stationing himself in another zip code

from the baseline) and in macro (talking openly about his absence of confidence)."

That's a fancy way of saying Rafa just doesn't have what it takes anymore -- the endurance, the focus, the passion, the fight. Or, perhaps worse, that Rafa doesn't believe he has what it takes anymore. That he's now just a good tennis player, one of the crowd.

You spent your life building a bank account and a reputation -- and

you blew 'em both. Good for you. We'll make a comeback.

They're waiting for something huge. Well, give it to them. Shave off

that pathetic goatee. Get some surgery! Sixty's the new thirty, You're the original. You paved the way for these other

clowns.

Birdman again, with comments that could apply directly

to Rafa. Nadal's going on 30, not 60, but he is the

original. Everyone today hits that bolo-punch forehand with the racquet ending up wrapped around the head like a scarf. Or everyone tries to, anyway. Rafa was the first and still the best. Remember what Andre Agassi said to himself when he saw that forehand for the first time, in the Canada Masters final in 2005? "Well, this is

different." The veteran American knew right then and there that the game had passed him by forever.

That wasn't all. Rafa brought a martial spirit to his matches that went far beyond the desire to win you saw in earlier champions like Pete Sampras and John

McEnroe and Pancho Gonzales. Nadal didn't want to kill his opponent, but he was fully willing to kill himself to achieve victory. That forehand, and that desire to use it until the planet stopped spinning, set him apart and earned him millions of fans. He was the only man who

even had a shot at pulling the in-his-prime Federer off

the mountaintop, and he did it. He was a global force!

Listen to Birdman, Rafa:

Give the people what they want: old-fashioned apocalyptic porn.

'Birdman: The Phoenix Rises.' Pimple-faced gamers creaming in

their pants. A billion worldwide, guaranteed. You are larger than life, man. You save people from their boring, miserable lives. You

make them jump, laugh, sh-- their pants. All you have to do is...

Hit that bolo-punch forehand. Then do it again. And again. And again. Thirty is the new 22, Rafa. Just ask Federer. Ask Stan Wawrinka. Novak Djokovic is the World No 1? Nole? You used to own that guy, and you can own him again. Time for the comeback. Time to

make the Flushing Meadows crowd jump, laugh and

smell up their pants again. You are larger than life, man.

Don't you get it?

Chardy is in good form made semis in montreal will be a good test for rafa

hope Rafa digs deep into this tournament

vamos!!!

Vamos Rafa! You can do this.

Thanks for that Terry. I do get it and I BELIEVE. :-)



VAMOS RAFA, CAMPEON!!!

Rafa has said that 'my wrist dosent look good, if my wrist dosent get better by the time of the match then I have nothing else to do then pull out, we will have to wait and see'- no RAFA! Don't give up! Fight through the pain!

Not bad Terry but im still worried about this match.



What's going on with his wrist?

That's a long and interesting piece Terry.

well, I hope and pray Rafa doesn't own Nole ever again. Like the love and passion you have for Nadal though. Same goes for me with Novak, so I do get it too...:)

Terry......that was inspirational. Thanks.

Goochy no comments

Rafa's gotta use this match to get back to his brilliant best and ready for the US open!!

Vamos Rafa!! Are you ever gonna stop touching your bum and nose??

This will be hard for rafa I think , Chardy is on form

Rafa will has to win this one and next all the way to final, hopefully

Well He Got Till 8:30 Tonight Hopefully He Rest His Wrist Or Get Some Physical Theopy & Play Great Today As Well

Goochy not heard anything yet about his wrist even I am bit worried:-(

Veronica:-)

Seriously somebody plzz tell me what's happened to Rafa's wrist

Vamos rafa easy match you can do it

I don't think it would be a cake walk for RAFA...Chardy is a good player... He played a great match against Isner in Montreal recently.... So i think Rafa should be at his top or he may have troubles...and once he starts having troubles it would be difficult coz he doesn't recover from a bad match as he used a few years ago.... Lets hope he does well in Cincinnati... VAMOS RAFA...!!

VAMOS RAFA

Nothing wrong with wrist

Hopefully as soon as Murray wins this set they swap over to this mattch

Quite Plzzzz........

Spanish = Chingao, Pinche Madre

IItalian = Va fanculo

Yes

Good hands

A match with federer is probably what nadal needs the most!

I'm anticipating a Fedal QF match.

Nooo Rafa. Focus!!

He raised the heat from Montreal

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