Will Nadal have any rival to challenge him?

[gunnd5000]

Originally Posted by tennis24

RIDICULOUS!! nadal will have more GREAT wins out of him and i think he will be a contender for a long time. same with federer

ye nadal will be up there for at least 6 more weeks. Nad ***** need to realise that federer runs the show and that Hewitt safin roddick and nadal have been his toys for his tennis career

[ChopShot]

Agreed. The knee is obviously not going away - either he needs to get away from tennis entirely until his knee is sound again - or he can kiss his tennis career goodbye.

[ollinger]

It seems silly to be staring at one or two "Will Nadal have any rival..." threads every time I open this site. The guy is toast.

[malakas]

that's not silly.WHAT is silly is reviving a 3 year old thread only to quote yourself and brag about it.

[vincent_tennis]

his knees

[formula16]

Originally Posted by equinox

Nadal will spend more time out of the game injured than winning tournaments. He'll win a few french opens and maybe one hardcourt slam.
He'll hold number #1 ranking for a few weeks or month at a time.
Injuries from the tough demanding style of game he plays will cut his career short by serveral years.
That's my prediction.

spot on

[acintya]

if nadal would be a robot he would dominate until today and many years more!

[kingdaddy41788]

Good LORD this is the most ridiculous thread ever...

[andfor]

Originally Posted by acintya

if nadal would be a robot he would dominate until today and many years more!

Oh yea? We'll if Laver would have stopped aging from about 1964 on he would have all the records now. He'd easily have schooled, Sampras, Federer and Nadal all while using a wood racquet. So there.

[acintya]

no way. sport is more professional today. there is more $$$ in, better trainings, better condition and not JUST talent

this is like u would say that Pele was the best football player of all time. so wrong!

[andfor]

Originally Posted by acintya

no way. sport is more professional today. there is more $$$ in, better trainings, better condition and not JUST talent

this is like u would say that Pele was the best football player of all time. so wrong!

Wrong and wrong.

And Laver and Pele would not get to train the same as today's athletes? That's not fair. Make the equipment and trainning the same. I'm sure that I am right with out being able to prove it.

[tennis_balla]

Originally Posted by andfor

Oh yea? We'll if Laver would have stopped aging from about 1964 on he would have all the records now. He'd easily have schooled, Sampras, Federer and Nadal all while using a wood racquet. So there.

Whatever you're smoking give me some!!

[rudester]

the mind reels

[A_Chong]

This thread is just absurd, well in my opinion. Federer just dominates everyone in the tour. Plus, Nadal's knee is dragging him down and will stay with him..

[formula16]

well the answers pretty obvious isn't it?

nadal's biggest rival, and biggest threat, is his knee!

[dmt]

Originally Posted by gunnd5000

ye nadal will be up there for at least 6 more weeks. Nad ***** need to realise that federer runs the show and that Hewitt safin roddick and nadal have been his toys for his tennis career

if Nadal is federer's toy, how come federer struggles so much with him? *******

[Leelord337]

has anybody mentioned Davydenko or Soderling?

[x Southpaw x]

Will nadal have any rival to challenge him? Yeah, ME. I've already mastered the VAMOS and the underwear picking. I'm starting to get pretty good at hurting my knee too.

[BullDogTennis]

this thread cracks me up

[gunnd5000]

Originally Posted by dmt

if Nadal is federer's toy, how come federer struggles so much with him? *******

I'm pretty sure federer has strugelled with all of the players i mentioned at some point but in the end federer is number one, and tbh ive never liked federer, my favourite players have been moya hewwit JCF and roddick,

To say that nadal is on par or better than federer is delousional.

Look at the nadal hewwit record, nadal cant beat him on hard and hewwit cant win on clay, theyve both just been people that you hope might be the one to beat federer on there preffered surfaces,

Look at the federer hewitt record and tell me that hewitt hasnt been federers toy since 2004, from 2000-2003 hewitt challenged, this would be the current sitution with-in the rivalry nadal is in.

Roddick also went through a period of challenging federer although he didnt win many of the matches they were far closer than many of the other 6-0 sets,

Safin pushed federer nearly ever time they played despite never really caring too much about the sport,

And then finally you have david nalbandian who has possibly been federers toughest opponent with a 8-10 record, he could beat federer on any surface not just clay or hardcourt or grass like many of his other rivals,

Nadal will eventually hit the part of the rival at the end known as the lossing streak which all these players have entered when there decent record against federer is decimated.