True. Plain and simple, Nadal is currently the best player in the world now,his mental toughness is beyond everyone's comprehension. It's just not all about strokes but who can stand the match with will power. Congratulations Nadal, in the same way I have congratulated Murray, Djokovic and...
You maybe right, but this kind of discussion belongs to the what ifs and will only result to a futile argument because there is no such thing as player of whatever year vs. player of this year. It's all up in the air, we can only dream. I would have wanted the best Rafa in clay vs. the best Borg...
Because eventually people will only see Bang, Bang balls due to racket technology that's why court needs to be slowed down. Let's bring back wooden racket and faster court to balance the game all over again. Would you guys want to see one, two rally shots? Just my opinion.
This says it all. There's no better way to explain it. You won A HC slam then you're great, you bested the rest of the field. You won A HC Olympics gold then you're great, you bested the rest of the field. You won A number of HC Masters then you're great, you bested the rest of the field. That's...
This discussion will never end because Murray Mound thrives on your emeotional outburst of highlighting the realities of tennis. He'll never be full. C'mon guys you know more tennis than this guy.
Well this 2010, Nadal has so far the most consistent player on HCs, almost reaching every semis and finals of all hc tournaments. There are ups and downs every year in every players, but point-wise last year, Nadal was the most consistent, and trend is showing that he'll also be the most...
I just think that Murray doesn't have the "it factor" yet to win a slam final at this moment, he is such a passive player bordering on lazyness. He was always in God Mode during earlier rounds of a HC slam but totally collapses when reaching the final. There must be something wrong with this...
Nadal today has revealed something others don't have. it's his big heart. No matter how you outplayed rafa in all aspects of the game, in the end it's his heart that will deliver the goods. it is something that made him great all these years. No weakness was revealed today, only his big heart to...
Hey, you don't know tennis at all for sure, try playing 8 consecutive pro matches and let's see if you're body won't breakdown. It's not easy to do that, even Rafa complains of 5 consecutive singles matches at times. Let's have Dick Norman's achievement serves an inspiration to everyone...
I would say:
1. Djokovic 2,635 pts
2. Nadal 2,600 pts
3. Federer 1,980 pts
4. Murray 1,115 pts
These are points they accumulated from 2008 AO, IW, Miami, Canadian, Cinci, Olympics and UO. We can start from here...
None. He will be out by second round in the old grass. Roddick has benefitted as well from the so called "slowed down grass" version of WIMBLEDON, that's why he made the final twice. Well for all Roddick fans to be happy, let's give the guy, say 3? : )
None. He will be out by second round in the old grass. Roddick has benefitted as well from the so called "slowed down grass" version of WIMBLEDON, that's he made the final twice. Well for all Roddick fans to be happy, let's give the guy, say 3? : )
Have you noticed the size of Wimbledon trophy Nadal is carrying seemed a bit smaller this year or is it just me? I remember Becker, Sampras and Federer holding the trophy twice as big. Has anyone noticed this?
I still do believe that Wimbledon aside from Roland Garros as the most credible Grandslam to date, though there have been changes in the surface composition but reality wise it is still a grass surface. Did we ever complain before when Australian Open was being played in grass and transitioned...
Let's say it's a 100m dash competition, my top 8 would be, (based from their explosive capability to chase balls)
1. Rafael Nadal
2. Lleyton Hewitt
3. Michael Chang
4. Bjorn Borg
5. Patrick Rafter
6. Malivai Washington
7. Pat Cash
8. James Blake
Women:
1) Steffi Graf
2) Martina Navratilova
3) Chris Evert
4) Helen Wills Moody
5) Margaret Court
6) Suzanne Lenglen
7) Billie Jean King
8) Serena Williams
9) Monica Seles
10) Maureen Connoly
Men:
1) Rod Laver
2) Pete Sampras
3) Bjorn Borg
4) Bill Tilden
5) Andre Agassi
6)...
I remember one Filipino player named Felicisimo "Mighty Mite" Ampon who won Pan-Am Open Tennis Championship in the 50's. He is like 5ft2". Reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in the same era.
I totally agree. There is no way nadal can catch up. By the way do they declare the world no.1 every year after the whole calendar of events is finished or is this separate from yearend no.1 based from total no. of points accummulated.