Talk:Rafael Nadal

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[edit] Nadal's overall record

is record at 239-60. Anyone care to check this out? EDIT: Okay, I just saw the "includes Davis Cup statistics etc," so I assume that's where the discrepancy comes from? And if so, would it be helpful to list his records in the bitch same area as the other tournaments? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.218.84.248 (Talk) (talk • contribs) 02:53, 12 August 2007

Some times there are discrepancies within a bio as some editors update in an inconsistent manner. Ideally, there should only be updates after a tournament, but some keep raising win numbers for every win during a tournament in the infobox, in the performance timeline, both places, or randomly. This is done mostly in good faith, but is very annoying for editors who then have to make time-consuming consistency checks after tournaments. In the current case, Nadal was, according to the ATP 239-59 going into the 2007 Canada Masters. This is what I have reverted things to in the infobox, as his earnings will not be updated on the ATP site before Monday August 13 ("239-60" makes no sense). Hence, it makes no sense to update the infobox to 242-60 yet. In the singles performance timeline, however, it is stated correctly that it is updated up to and including Canada Masters, making his total record 242-60 (three wins and a loss added). So as of this instance the article is consistent given the information provided. But I sure would hope that people would leave the numbers alone during tournaments. --HJensen, talk 11:39, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
OK, gotcha. Thanks for the clarification.--GregCujo 07:43, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Popular culture

My only wish is to get this link into the article somehow, even it is't just one of the external links below. I'm not sure how to introduce the satire link without runing the encyclopedic tone. Any thoughts? --Evilbred (talk) 17:15, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeah. It is quite funny, but has no place in the article at all. As you have noticed, it is a satirical piece.--HJensen, talk 21
46, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cortex???

How do we know that he use aero pro drive without Cortex????????????????????????????Kraufte 20:30, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bias

This article has so much bias and opinions. Someone should really keep this article in check because week after week random viewers keep "adding their own thoughts" which are not encyclopediac, or ruining the article structure. For example, someone totally screwed up the "Playing Style" section; and the Wimbledon 2006 final about Nadal is very opinionated saying things such as "Nadal played well in the final after a sluggish start." There are many other areas with opinionated sections.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.209.145.113 (talk) 02:44, April 20, 2008

I agree. Anyway, I reverted the Playing Style section back to a previous version because the version being replaced was very POV. oncamera(t) 20:16, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
I was noticing this statement in the playing style section "He uses an extreme western grip forehand, which allows him to hit heavy, powerful topspin forehands giving him a smaller margin of error because of the height in which he clears the net and the speed of which the ball drops because of the topspin that is employed on the ball." Doesn't that allow a LARGER, not SMALLER, margin of error? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.231.88.4 (talk) 12:26, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
To be honest, I haven't a clue, but if it's wrong then change it so it makes sense. oncamera(t) 19:03, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] there are errors in this article

The blurb about the movie ghost and el florero is obviously made up..it needs to be removed. Also, lleyton hewitt has never won the australian open, but this article states that he was the eventual winner in 2005 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.217.2.181 (talk) 21:47, 31 May 2008 (UTC)