When main-draw competition begins Sunday at Roland Garros, Thiem and every other player in the men’s bracket will be pursuing Nadal as the 34-year-old from Spain pursues history. So unfair. GettnHuge, May 16, 2010 in The Geek Club. And that’s it. “He always finds a way, every single year. I’m going to keep fighting to produce chances, and then when I finish my career, let’s see, no?” he said. Ask questions, get answers. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. 13 in Paris, https://www.registercitizen.com/sports/article/Nadal-can-tie-Federer-s-20-Slams-with-lucky-No-15596185.php, Hear the latest episode of our new podcast. He's too injury prone. Is grass a real surface? Edit: Nadal is 13-2 against Federer on clay, and is 10-8 against him on other surfaces, though Federer held an edge on other surfaces until recent years. I take in a number of factors, slams, level of competition, head-to-head, winning percentage and eyeball test. stepaside777 gave cincinnatikid513 1 SBR Point(s) for this post. Just not sure how you can say Nadal is better right now. “This dedication on the court and focus on court,” he said, “it’s something that, for sure, could be transferred to Simona.”. donation 20-9 head to head? You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. I don't hear anyone talking crap about sampras cause he won harf of em at wimslepon. Probably on clay, a little bit better than on the other surfaces,” Thiem said. He exited the Aussie Open early while Nadal got to the finals.
Opens, two Wimbledons, one Australian Open. Federer has to hit 70% 1st serves to have a chance. Federer, the oldest of the crew, is the closest to the end of his career. Wow. For the record: Nadal has won 93 of 95 matches in the French Open and his last 21 in a row.
Nadal has won 13 of their 15 encounters on clay courts, 9 of their 15 encounters on hard court, whereas Federer has won 2 out of their 3 meetings on grass courts. ; New to Wikipedia? On the wimmens side theres only 2 Martina and Steffi - in their primes both were basically un beatable but I had to choose Steffi was the best ever womens player . Asked recently about the possibility of catching the 39-year-old Federer, out for the rest of the season after a pair of operations on his right knee, Nadal expressed a sentiment he’s uttered before. I feel that if Nadal had made more US Open finals/hard court masters event finals during their peak rivalry years, then the number of Federer wins would likely be much higher on hard courts. Nadal will never be underdog. Rafael Nadal can pull even with Roger Federer for most Grand Slam singles titles won by a man by collecting No. That’s about it. 02/17/2020.
Nadal can tie Federer's 20 Slams with lucky No. It's not Federer's fault Nadal never made it far enough on Grass to play Feds. Nadal has some more Slams to win to be breathing Federer air. FILE - In this June 8, 2014, file photo, Spain's Rafael Nadal holds the trophy after winning the final of the French Open tennis tournament against Serbia's Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros stadium, in Paris. Longevity also plays a role when discussing 'best ever'. Sign up for a new account in our community.
If not, going to be impossible. ... like Nadal, gaining on Federer. Just my .02 cents. So while Federer is the best all around player ever, Nadal is the best clay player ever. By Ain't happening. They are calling it the biggest upset in tennis history. Nadal is 20-10 against federer. Gawd that hurt to say, but a credit to Nadal who's just crazy good in this Era. If I am playing well, I know I normally have my chances. ***I'll be playing on clay next weekend when I go visit my folks. 5 years younger and 5 majors to go. According to the opponent Nadal beat in the last two finals in Paris, anyway. Nadal got clowned at the Aussie by Joker though.
NCCC offers series of tax planning, preparation seminars. Surely now that Federer is on the downhill side of his career, Nadal must be #1 in the world, right? In this oddest of years, the Grand Slam season will drawing to a close in France; the clay-court major was postponed from May until now because of the coronavirus pandemic. Nadal just got knocked out of Wimbledon by the world's 100th ranked player. Take away that sh1t and it's pretty even.
I don't hear anyone talking crap about sampras cause he won harf of em at wimslepon. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Federer–Nadal rivalry article. Did Nedal get another major title? I wasn't up in time. Especially the final, Federer had won 13 Grand Slams, zero on clay by the time he was 25, Djokovic is 24 and has won 5 grand slams and none on clay.
The equipment, courts, training techniques and other variables are too different to make that claim for anyone. IMO, if you took the 8 or 16 best players ever, at their primes, Fed, would consistently make the semi's, but wouldn't be coming home with the trophy very often. $20
Nadal is the best ever, by a landslide on clay.
He can win 2 sets, but 3, he's not winning. In Rome, for example, two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep and one of her coaches, Artemon Apostu-Efremov, caught one of Nadal’s training sessions.
I'm here to pay my respects to RafafockingNadal. Since then I havent seen anything that makes it seems hes better. in 2004, 2006 and 2007 he won every major but the french. If Nadal had Federer's amazing luck with injuries, and Federer had Nadal's horrible luck with injuries, Nadal would have 25 slams and Federer would have 10 slams. That’s it.”. “Regardless of how he feels, I’m sure he’ll find a way,” said Stefanos Tsitsipas, a 2019 Australian Open semifinalist seeded No. Lionel Cironneau Facebook “You go into the match knowing that even your best tennis, even if you play it over three, four hours, might not be enough. If Nadal manages to claim a 13th French Open championship — extending his own record for the most singles trophies won by anyone at any major tennis tournament — he would, more significantly, also collect his 20th Grand Slam title overall, tying Roger Federer’s record for a man.