How many Masters Shields will Rafael "the impossible" Nadal win?

[SoBad]

The masters should be about twice the slams, and if Nadal can handle 47 slams, then I think the masters count should be in the 90+ range. But Dimitrov and Nishikori might have a thing or two to say about that one...

[merlinpinpin]

Seriously, who cares? This category of tournaments will change names again and again and this "record" will likely disappear in a decade or two. Just ask Lendl...

(Plus, with MC as a glorified M500, the dice are kind of loaded now, anyway. Good thing Nadal is not relying on this one to add to his tally, no?)

[beast of mallorca]

I was looking for a thread about Rafa's Masters 1000 tournament, and came across this jewel. It's funny that there was a lot of talk here about *** but can not remember much of him.
Haha, now I remember !!

[forzamilan90]

Originally Posted by beast of mallorca

I was looking for a thread about Rafa's Masters 1000 tournament, and came across this jewel. It's funny that there was a lot of talk here about *** but can not remember much of him.
Haha, now I remember !!

I think ********* came before him..this however became the legendary annoying version of that account...********* I think was more prissy

[timnz]

Originally Posted by merlinpinpin

Seriously, who cares? This category of tournaments will change names again and again and this "record" will likely disappear in a decade or two. Just ask Lendl...

Tennis has a really bad habit of viewing all of tennis history only through the present criteria of achievement. For instance, at one stage to win the WCT finals was a huge thing for your Resume in terms of achievement. Those titles are forgotten now largely (McEnroe's 5 wins at this defacto Major are forgotten). Similarly with regard to Masters 1000 - those have only existed since 1990. So people view all the tournaments that Lendl or McEnroe or Connors won at that level are irrelevant.

Golf doesn't treat its history like this. For instance, the Grand Slam won by Bobby Jones is still treated as a Grand Slam even though not all of the tournaments he won at the time are part of the present Grand Slam tournaments. Tennis doesn't do that.....it measures historical players on the 4 present slams. Don't believe me? Imagine a world where the French Open is no longer regarded as a major in 20 or 30 years time. That means that Nadal's major list will shrink to 4 majors. Don't believe it will happen? Remember Tilden and the World Hard Court Championships? Why don't tennis writers include Tilden's win at the World Hard Court Championships as a Major win? I have seen so many places which just list his slam tournament wins (of the current 4 tournaments). The World Hard Court Championships was a major in every sense in the 1910's and early 1920's. It had official recognition as such by the ILTF. It goes on and on. Another example, I had a large amount of debating on these forums whether the 1932 and 1933 World Pro Championship in Berlin should be regarded as Majors. At the time there was not a single question that they were. The newspapers reporting it, the players who played it, universally considered it a major. But at a later date someone arbitarily said - no the Pro Majors are the French Pro, Wembley and the US Pro....so the World Pro got demoted. This is crazy stuff. It devalues the achievement of past players...and doesn't honour tennis history.

[Towser83]

Originally Posted by forzamilan90

I think ********* came before him..this however became the legendary annoying version of that account...********* I think was more prissy

(********* posted like this didn't he?)

everything in brackets for no reason

[smoledman]

A true ********* thread.

[forzamilan90]

Originally Posted by Towser83

(********* posted like this didn't he?)

everything in brackets for no reason

I like how each of his accounts has little subtleties yet all have one firm founding principle: troll hard!

[monfed]

How many does Nadal have now, 18 right?(Excluding his 4 non-mandatory MCs). That's not too bad for a 26 year old. I think he ends with 25.

[beast of mallorca]

So, is Monfed the counterpart of ********* in the Federer Brigade ?

[The_Order]

Originally Posted by monfed

How many does Nadal have now, 18 right?(Excluding his 4 non-mandatory MCs). That's not too bad for a 26 year old. I think he ends with 25.

Wimbledon was non mandatory in 2009 because nadal skipped it. Still, I think Federer has a chance to reach 17 majors...

[6-1 6-3 6-0]

3 Talk Tennis posters have already been proven wrong. Thanks for bumping this thread, I'd never seen it before.

[phnx90]

Originally Posted by nadal_slam_king

A record 20 masters shields so far. Only age 25, and at the peak of clay dominance. Still a contender at Miami and Indian Wells too.

Holy nutballs a *** prediction that actually came true!

[tennis_pro]

Originally Posted by The_Order

Wimbledon was non mandatory in 2009 because nadal skipped it. Still, I think Federer has a chance to reach 17 majors...

Citing "injury". Federer doesn't need any excuses to skip Monte Carlo, however.

[The_Order]

Originally Posted by tennis_pro

Citing "injury". Federer doesn't need any excuses to skip Monte Carlo, however.

OMG you actually took that seriously. LOL.