King Rafa

[Total Power]

Rafa IS defensive. When faced with Murray who employed the same tactics at NY he was flummoxed. Totally impotent when asked to win the game rather than wait for his opponent to lose it.

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another classic .U should open ur own blooper show lol

 

[red+black]

Nadal stat. He now joins Roy Emerson and Rod Laver as the only men to have won the French and Wimbledon at least twice each.

 

[tigers71]

Nadal stat. He now joins Roy Emerson and Rod Laver as the only men to have won the French and Wimbledon at least twice each.

King Rafa will do the double a few more times in hes career Also he has to win the US Open a few times as well to make me Happy I reckon he could pull off the Grand Slam Its a tough gig but I have great faith in him!!!

 

[Total Power]

King Rafa will do the double a few more times in hes career Also he has to win the US Open a few times as well to make me Happy I reckon he could pull off the Grand Slam Its a tough gig but I have great faith in him!!!

win the US open and he will make history..with the olympic gold he will join Agassis exclusive club , also dont forget he will break agassis masters series title record soon

 

[drink]

Nadal stat. He now joins Roy Emerson and Rod Laver as the only men to have won the French and Wimbledon at least twice each.

Borg - 5 of each.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Great performance. Would have liked Murray to win it as I like his variety more. But give me Nadal over Federer any day of the week. At least Nadal doesn't blam a damn "sore back". How about you take it as a man and just say the better bloke won for once. Federer has got the Serena disease, whenever they lose it is NEVER the opposition playing well.

Hope Rafa wins in New York.

 

[bombermick]

I prefer Federer's more graceful style, but you have to admire Nadal's deadly forehand and mental strength. The spin he manages to create is superhuman. I don't think Nadal can stay at the top for as long as Fed has because his game is so taxing on his body, but he has to be some sort of show to go past Sampras in terms of Grand Slams.

 

[Hodgepodge]

Federer is ahead on neutral surfaces, Rafa is only ahead on clay.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Not for long, Rafa will beat his Wimbledon record before he retires imo.

 

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

Not for long, Rafa will beat his Wimbledon record before he retires imo.

Are you mental? You have him down for another 8 French Opens and now 5 more at Wimbledon? So you have penciled him in for at least 21 slams? I assume you think he'll win a few more on hard courts as well? 25? Seriously, come on...

The guy can't even last to the end of each calendar season. Why do you think he has never done well at the year end championships? Hell, he hasn't even been able to last until the US Open if we listen to him and his coach. He seems to be injured and/or tired every time he's played there. But yeah, he will be blitzing the rest of the tour in his late 20s and well into his 30s

 

[LukeParkerno1]

He only has to win 3 more Wimbledon's to EQUAL Federer. He'll do that comfortably. You can add another 4-5 French Opens easily, and who is to say he won't win a US Open or another Australian Open somewhere along the line. Nadal is a better grass court player than a hard court player.

 

[Hodgepodge]

Not for long, Rafa will beat his Wimbledon record before he retires imo.

I'm talking about their head to head record.

Federer is ahead on the head to head, except on clay.

 

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

He only has to win 3 more Wimbledon's to EQUAL Federer. He'll do that comfortably.

He needs 4 more to equal and 5 to overtake him. That's also assuming Fed never wins another Wimbledon, which I wouldn't be counting on.

 

[Total Power]

i think people are overreacting a bit here.I dont think he will beat federers record cause of his chronic knee trouble..however if he was as lucky as fed injurywise, i could have confidently said he would have done better.I think he can finish with 12-14 slam which would be fantastic..and lets hope he can add a few more fed scalps under his belt which will make quality > quantity and he can be the GOAT.

 

[Total Power]

If Nadal is tired it's his own fault (and cannot be used as an excuse), the style of game he plays is taxing and if he wants to have a little more gas in the tank he needs to either change up his game (e.g. adding more finesse/elegance/skill) or simply play fewer tournaments.

It was great to see the people’s champion back to doing what he does best – winning grand slams. I look forward to the great man overtaking Sampras in the near future.

LOL classic.He still plays the same...but wins everything owned again

 

[Dipper]

Borg - 5 of each.

Actually Borg has 6 French Opens to go with his 5 Wimbledons.

I think that's the most French that anyone has won so Nadal is a good bet to go past that.

Sampras has the most Wimbledon with 7.

I think the records for most US and Aussie are 7 too (not entirely sure though).

 

[Dipper]

Federer is ahead on neutral surfaces, Rafa is only ahead on clay.

This is a bit misleading.

Also it sonehow makes out that clay isn't important or something.

Nadal leads 10-2 on clay.

And on these 'neutral' surfaces of which you talk Federer leads 5-4.

Broken down more he leads to 2-1 on grass and they're equal on other surfaces (and how grasss is more neutral than clay I do not know).

But if you look at Federer's wins 6 of the 7 happened in 2007 and before.Nadal was 21 in 2007 so still a kid whilst Federer was in his pomp.

Nadal was clearly learning to play on grass, battled well in 2006 and 2007 Wimbledon finals as a 20/21 year old before beating the master in 2008 as a 22 year old.Surely would have beaten him in 2009 except for the all the injuries and then dominated Wimbledon in 2010 but Federer couldn't make the final.

So let's not try to make out that Federer is somehow dominating him on every other surface.

 

[Total Power]

This is a bit misleading.

Also it sonehow makes out that clay isn't important or something.

Nadal leads 10-2 on clay.

And on these 'neutral' surfaces of which you talk Federer leads 5-4.

Broken down more he leads to 2-1 on grass and they're equal on other surfaces (and how grasss is more neutral than clay I do not know).

But if you look at Federer's wins 6 of the 7 happened in 2007 and before.Nadal was 21 in 2007 so still a kid whilst Federer was in his pomp.

Nadal was clearly learning to play on grass, battled well in 2006 and 2007 Wimbledon finals as a 20/21 year old before beating the master in 2008 as a 22 year old.Surely would have beaten him in 2009 except for the all the injuries and then dominated Wimbledon in 2010 but Federer couldn't make the final.

So let's not try to make out that Federer is somehow dominating him on every other surface.

finally someone with common sense