Will Nadal have any rival to challenge him?

ChopShot

Semi-Pro
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

G.O.A.T.
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.
 

formula16

Rookie
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 ;)
 

andfor

Legend
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

Legend
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

Legend
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

Hall of Fame
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!!
 

A_Chong

New User
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..
 

dmt

Hall of Fame
ye nadal will be up there for at least 6 more weeks. Nad ****s 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? *******
 

x Southpaw x

Semi-Pro
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.
 

Tony Stark

New User
Of course Novaak Djokovic and Federer of course. but I would rather bet on Djokovic as he is way way way younger than any of those top 5 in the world...hah !!!
 

Djokolate

Professional
cilic djoko davydenko << get good davy lol you were amazing
and ofcourse delpo... and fed
OHH and soderling, berdych
 
BTW now rafa has won 9 slams and i think some juniors coming up have a very good chance when he is 30 and degrading like aggasi and sampras so ya there will be challenges for him
 

Bender

G.O.A.T.
Of course Novaak Djokovic and Federer of course. but I would rather bet on Djokovic as he is way way way younger than any of those top 5 in the world...hah !!!

Actually Djokovic is only a year younger than Rafa, and is the same age as Murray. Only Roger is much older.
 

alen_david

Rookie
Everyone on the ATP tour is a challenge to everyone else. Any tennis player on the tour has the chance to pull an upset against Nadal. Now, yes the chances of that happening might be fat or slim and such chances are so sensitive to external factors such as court conditions, weather, players' injuries... the list goes on. But yes it is easy to say that the top few (top 5) players in the ATP would most likely see each other in the latter parts of any tournament/major. But then again those upsets I were talking about might happen and shock everyone. For me, personally, I had low hopes for Del Potro during the '09 USO finals but he managed to pulled through and eventually beat 'the best ever.'
 
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TheMagicianOfPrecision

Guest
By the way he rips through his opponents with ease, I doubt will there be anyone who can atleast challenge Rafa in his entire career. Atleast, Sampras had Agassi, Rafter etc who won him quite a few times. As of now, no body (Federer included) seems to stand a chance against him. Nadal is only 19 and he can very well dominate the circuit for atleast 10 or may be even 15 more years. During this period, if he continues to annihilate his opponenets in the way he does right now which is likely the case and maintains the same form, he would end up winning atleast 35 - 40 grand slam titles. In fact he would win anything and everything that he enters. Don't be surprised but it's very well a possibility. I am not sarcastic but I am stating the obvious fact. No body has ever dominated the game with such an authority as this guy does. So tennis is heading towards a single man domination for the next 10-15 years with no real drama. That's what I feel. But it would be good if some youngster (Monfils, Gasquet or Young) rises up and at least throws him a challenge if not beat him though it would be highly unlikely. I don't like Nadal's dominance because of his brash, arrogant and ruthless personality and Nadal's fans can happily enjoy the game for the next 15-20 years where the game will have only a single winner in every tournament. Frankly, I can't think of anyone who can beat Rafa. He is beyond human. Federer fans and fans of other players can better stop watching tennis. Other players can only compete for runners up.

Get a clue, man.
 

George123

New User
This thread has to be an epic fail after the 2011 season! about 2 people mentioned djokovic, so lol at the rest of the predictions on this thread.
 

6-1 6-3 6-0

Banned
YEah. His only real opponent is history. And history is his only opponent.

Rod Laver's a total chump in the presence of Rafa.
Bjorn Borg's 6 Slams at Roland and 5 at the All England Club: nothing compared to Rafa.
Edberg, Mac, Sampras? One-trick ponies. Glorified Rafters and Stichs.
Boris? Undedicated. Not a fighter. Not worthy of the same paragraph as Rafa.
Agassi winning all four Slams: a blip on Rafa's screen.
Budge, Tilden, Kramer, Perry, Gonzales? They bow before Rafa's greatness.
Lendl, Borg, Vilas, Muster, Bruguera, Kuerten? After watching Rafa, they finally understand how to compete on clay!!
Yannick Noah and Jim Courier? Lacking in charisma compared to the wonderful Rafa Nadal.

;)

Okay joy, we appreciate and admire your enthusiasm. People like VamosRafa or Uncle Toni (Nadal)...or Rafa himself would love to read your words. But don't you think even THEY would consider them a little premature?

How times have changed. :D
 

Zarfot Z

Professional
You know what's so funny?

The fact that OP posted this in 2006, smack bang in the middle of King Roger Federer's golden reign. During which, by the way, he amassed 3 of the 4 Grand Slams and an incredible win rate of 92-5. Second best season of all time, behind Laver's Calendar Grand Slam year of 1969.

Hilarious.
 

RF20Lennon

Legend
You know what's so funny?

The fact that OP posted this in 2006, smack bang in the middle of King Roger Federer's golden reign. During which, by the way, he amassed 3 of the 4 Grand Slams and an incredible win rate of 92-5. Second best season of all time, behind Laver's Calendar Grand Slam year of 1969.

Hilarious.

GOSPEL^^^ LOL!!
 

Ary1923

New User
Im a big fan of Nadal too, but seeing his playing this Indian Wells, i dont think he will win this tournament, seems like his not on his best right now (still recovering)...
 

ThomasGB

Semi-Pro
I'm pretty sure Novak's going to win this tournament, Nadal still has back problems, and although he's been playing well so far, if he does face Novak in the finals, I expect he'll lose. 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.
 

Goosehead

Legend
this is the thread that keeps on giving..:) looks like op is defo on track with his "I see 35-40 slams for nadal" prediction.:neutral:

this thread will still be going in the year 2086 :twisted: it will be bumped to celebrate rafa winning his "40th slam" at the French open on his 100th burfdayy. :shock:
 
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SoBad

G.O.A.T.
The off-season is great -- gotta love all the excitement around the Astana/London/Shanghai exhibitions in the holiday season leading to the Australian Open!
 
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