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Old 09-27-2011, 05:54 AM   #182
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Originally Posted by veroniquem View Post
Between the age of 18 and 22, Nadal would have been head and shoulders ahead of Fed. So you're right, there wouldn't have been any 5 setters because Rafa would have swept Fed off the court in straights. After that Fed would have got better but he would have lacked confidence against Rafa, that's why I think at best Fed would have managed a 5th set (Rafa has enough talent and stamina not to go away easily vs Fed) and in a 5th the stats say Fed would have lost more often than not.
Federer would lack confidence? What a joke. Remember Federer being once 2-7 in the h2h against Hewitt or 0-5 against Nalbandian? Or 1-6 against Henman? Or....?
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