Vilas clay court record should be 70

[BERDI4]

Vilas lost his streak against a banned string (spagetti). Therefore Vilas record should be about 70 clay court matches in a row as he won many more tournaments in a row after loosing against Nastase.

[nn]

yes it will be if they remove his match against Nastase from record or call it non-offical match because of banned racquet or string used in that match..but why now when someone broke his record..it should be done way back..

Thats gotta be painful for him. But I think he will feel better if Nadal breaks 70. That way he knows that no matter what, Nadal has the longer streak.

[RiosTheGenius]

so the idea is to find every possible way we can bash Nadal's record.

[mentalgameofmarat]

Originally Posted by RiosTheGenius

so the idea is to find every possible way we can bash Nadal's record.

Basically...

[slice bh compliment]

No Nadal bashing. Seriously. All of this streak business is just another in a long line of European conspiracies against Argentina. You see, back in the 1970's, the powers that be were not thrilled with an Argy threatening Borg's place in the pantheon of clay court kings.

This was planned before Nadal's parents were even introduced. Long ago, the Priory of the Red Dirt was founded, and two leading European prophets (members of the Priory) foretold the young Spaniard's dominance. They wanted to make sure the stage was set for Rafa. Along with a realistic and attainable goal.

Nastase (a European) was just a pawn in all of this. He was instructed to keep the great Argentino to just 53 wins. This went all the way from the Caesars to Constantine, the Hapsburg dynasty, to Charlemagne... all the way down to Ceaucescu. Nastase (who did not even like Italian food) was playing with the spaghetti pattern against his own will. He did it for his freedom.

Now, in accordance with the prophecy, Nadal has finally overtaken Vilas. Who knows? Maybe he will get to 70 or 75 matches and surpass even the prophets' expectations. Well, probably not. Nostradamus and Orwell knew exactly what they were doing.

[malakas]

LOL!!!

[Skppr05]

they only banned that type of string AFTER he lost....that sucks

[slice bh compliment]

Originally Posted by Skppr05

they only banned that type of string AFTER he lost....that sucks

Yes, and it is all part of the conspiracy.

[slice bh compliment]

Originally Posted by Skppr05

they only banned that type of string AFTER he lost....that sucks

Can you imagine how deadly Vilas would have been if he had used one later on?

[D-Bomb]

correct me if I'm wrong, but they made the spaghetti string illegal AFTER Vilas lost to Nastase. It was very soon after that they banned it.

[Skppr05]

conspiracy to nadal's 54?

[superman1]

Also, it took Nadal 2 years to get the streak. It took Vilas less than 2 months.

But the fact that Nadal beat Federer 3 times in the streak, saving 2 match points in one match, makes it all equal.

[Gilgamesh]

I knew someone would bring this up today...

[slice bh compliment]

Originally Posted by superman1

Also, it took Nadal 2 years to get the streak. It took Vilas less than 2 months....

Good point. But I believe it was more like a whole season. Anyway, during that two months, Vilas was dating my aunt. He'd beat her 2 and love in practice all the time and would report it to the ATP. Evidently, they weren't as organized back then.

[FedererUberAlles]

Nope, that's not how it works. That would be totally ex-post-facto if it worked like that.

[ma2t]

On ESPN2 today, Vilas was interviewed and said that the "spaghetti stringing" was banned before his match with Nastase but that the ban didn't take effect immediately and so Nastase was allowed to use it one more time. Also, he said he completed his streak in about 1.5 months compared to Nadal's approximately two years. They asked him if he (Vilas) could beat Nadal if they had played each other when both were at their prime and he evaded the question.

[jackson vile]

Originally Posted by RiosTheGenius

so the idea is to find every possible way we can bash Nadal's record.

It is just stupid peoples egos, he is old and out of tennis but still wants to be the man. Perhaps Nadal can win 71, but then I am sure he or someone else will come up with another excuse ie The rackets are better, players easier, food, training ect more advanced.


You see a loser will always find and excuse.

[HollerOne5]

For one thing, its impossible to win that many matches in a row on clay in 2 months....I mean, thats like playing everyday, and assuming you entered a clay tournament every week, you'd have to play 7 matches a tournament (which is only in grand slams). Now, I don't know how it was back then, but that would be impossible today.

Plus, doesn't anyone else think its more impressive to have a streak that lasts 2 years vs. 2 months, so I don't know what Vilas is talking about. Maintaining an unbeatable level on clay over the course of time (which involves play on all diff surfaces, an off season, and even a serious injury for Nadal) and to come back and still be dominant, I'm sorry but that is more impressive than a hot streak one guy had during a summer. Not included the tennis now is much more strenuous and there is much more depth on the ATP.

[lucky leprechaun]

Yeah I agree nadal's longer stretch for the streak is more impressive considering you have lots of time to get hot and cool down, but you have to keep winning. Vilas did get screwed by the spaghetti racquet though mainly because someone got away with using it against him before the fact.