Posted Saturday September 25, 2010, About: Rafa Nadal - Unfair advantage and why no one has guts to speak up

i completely agree w/ you. coaching from the sideline, at this time, is a form of cheating. however, tapping your fingers has no advantage when playing. one thing i would like to address is nadal's advantage using a lighter, 10 oz and 100 sq in. racquet. some of the women on tour uses a smaller and heavier rqcquet than nadal. wouldn't it be interesting know if nadal can accomplish what he has accomplished using the same racquet head size and weight that sampras and federer used to accomplished their records? a while back, john mc mentioned this advantage but no one else...

Posted Saturday September 25, 2010, About: Rafa Nadal - Unfair advantage and why no one has guts to speak up

If coaching is illegal, I completely agree w/ you that is is a form of cheating. As for wearing tape on his fingers doesn't give him an advantage. One comment I have not heard from anyone including tennis analysts, except John Mc, when comparing Nadal to Federer is the racquet he's using. He uses a racquet that is lighter and bigger than some of the women's player. Wonder what he can accomplish if he is using a 90 sq in and 12.5 oz racquet - would be interesting to find out!!!