I can't believe it. Mikhail Youzhny beat Nadal. Nadal seemed to run out of gas in the 4th set but he got exposed again on hard court. I guess he'll be looking forward to clay court season again.
Raffa just looked baffled, and didnt really expect Youzhny to play that well. Youzhny isnt a scrub though, I think he's former top 15 or some sh*t like that, hes a decent player. Raffa just looked nervous, tense, and confused out there.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (yankshater213 @ Sep 6 2006, 11:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Raffa just looked baffled, and didnt really expect Youzhny to play that well. Youzhny isnt a scrub though, I think he's former top 15 or some sh*t like that, hes a decent player. Raffa just looked nervous, tense, and confused out there.</div>Yeah you're right. He beat Robredo 6-2 6-0 6-1 and Robredo is the 6th seed so I expected this to be a trouble match for Nadal. It looks like I was right. Nadal just doesn't have the confidence on hard court like he does clay and even grass. I can't really explain why but he just doesn't look comfortable on hard courts.
Actually, most of this year he did look pretty comfortable, I think he has 1 or 2 hard court titles this year. But anyways Youzhny is playing his ass off. He beat the 19 seed Hrbaty, Olympic Gold Medalist Massu, 11th seed Ferrer, 6th seed Robredo, 2nd Seed Nadal. Too bad Roddick's going to punk the sh*t outta him in the semis. Looking forward to the Blake/Federer match tonight.
