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I think Nadal's youth and inexperience on Grass is why I don't see Wimbledon 2007 as a missed opportunity, despite what you say being factually correct. It was the performance of a young player who was nearly there, but not quite ready to dethrone the king, which he did the following year...

Nadal has left a few Australian Open Titles on the table, but his biggest missed chances were against the two greatest hardcourt players ever who got him in the end, which is some consolation. But realistically he maybe could/should have won Australian Open 2012 and 2017 considering he was up a...

People have been denigrating some of his recent US Open wins as "cakewalks". The "Berretini Open", where he best Danil Medvedev in the final was dismissed as an easy title, despite Medvedev being the clear form hardcourt player of that year. . Yet Medvedev destroyed Djokovic, the "hardcourt...

I lose interest when Rafa isn't playing. I congratulated Novak when he beat Rafa at the French and congratulated him for winning Wimbledon again yesterday (search for my post. It's there). Otherwise if Rafa ain't playing, I got no need to hang on this board. Or did you want me...

Djokovic is the GOAT right now as far as I'm concerned....it can change, but it would require Nadal to step up in a huge way, and I'm not sure he has enough left in him to do it. But it ain't over. As great a year as Djokovic is having at slams, if Nadal has a surge and finishes ahead of...

It was a good call at the time. Novak hadn't beaten Rafa on clay since Obama was president. Good for Novak, but it's hardly the end of the world for Rafa, who never needs to win another match at Roland Garros to have unprecedented dominance at a single slam. And Novak needs to beat Tsitsipas in...

Congrats to Novak! I'll be rooting for Tsitsipas in the final though.LOL! Rafa was pretty inconsistent in this match. And getting to prone to inexplicable mental collapses.The story of his clay season to be honest. He needs to regain that consistency, at least for the slams. But I won't write...

They are already using an excuse in anticipation of Novak losing. "Clay Skew" Same old false idol GOAT excuses the Federinas used.

I know this is a jinx thread. But.... ....Diego woke up God Mode Rafa by winning that set. The last 6-0 Bagel set by Nadal was virtually flawless. If he goes into the semi-finals with the form and mood of today's final set, it will be an ugly outcome for whomever his opponent is. I want...

You sure it's not just a lot of Strongrule posts that make it seem like more than it is? LOL!

Ummm....way to generalise OP. I'm a Rafa fan, and I don't panic or lose any sleep over him losing a set to a historically tough match- up for him in Diego (who snapped Rafa's last consecutive sets won streak at RG). I fully believe Nadal is winning his 21st slam on Sunday, and no one can stop him

It's why old arguments about Federer having the most talent and Nadal just being a less talented workhorse never made any sense to me. To be doing what Nadal did at such a young age requires incredible talent.

Honestly, I think there should be an escalating punishment for skipping a certain amount of press conferences. A 15K fine each time obviously means nothing to someone as wealthy as Osaka. But getting a tournament ban for skipping say 3 to 5 press conferences consecutively might make Osaka...

You could say the same thing about several female players in the last decade though, not just Muguruza. Sloane Stephens could probably have been even bigger than Osaka if she had any consistency. Osaka has the star quality and consistency. Winning 4 slams will do that. There were a bunch of...

If Swiatek defends the French Open title and starts to get results at other slams, I can easily see her rivaling or surpassing Osaka as the new face of female tennis. She has that likability and rooting factor that makes a star. Unfortunately, the likes of Ashleigh Barty don't have that...

"Don't give him no statue...give 'im guts!!"

Bingo. It's almost comical how Djokovic fans ignore this crucial reality and act as if all hardcourts are the same. Nadal's best hardcourts are in the North American Summer hardcourt swing. Djokovic often fails to meet Nadal in that part of the hardcourt season, where Nadal's game would have a...

This post is utterly delusional. Nadal looked even far more shakier last year (and in other years pre-RG). He didn't win a single clay warm-up. Then he won RG without dropping a set This year, he's won 2 clay tournaments, and beat every single potential threat to him (aside from Thiem) along...

With more US Open titles than Djokovic...the so-called "hardcourt GOAT"!?! (and a better H2H at that slam as well). We should all be so one-dimensional.lol!

Maybe. I suppose seeing Djokovic's wife put out an Instagram post trying to insert Novak into a journalist tweet about Rafa being great just kind of put me in mind of your post. I'm sure you didn't mean it to take away from Rafa's win, but when even Novak's wife is doing that kind of thing...

He lost the match. This this kind of shameless propaganda isn't neccesary to prop Novak up. Allow Rafa his moment. We all know Djokovic is a great player. Wait for him to win a title or score a great win against Nadal again to do this sort of thing. Trust me, it'll happen.

If you know how to watch a tennis match with your eyes, the insight isn't all that impressive. Just obvious. Both played a very high level first set. Nadal's level dropped massively in the second set, while Novak' s didn't. Novak's level continued to stay consistent for most of the third set...

Djokovic himself said he felt fresh as a daisy and could have played for a few more hours. Stahp it!

Yeah, so why did he say he felt he only lost to Rafa in the Rome 2019 final because he was tired because of the scheduling? The amount of mental gymnastics many (particularly Novak fans) are doing to try and dismiss what he said is downright hilarious

What are you talking about? First set was incredibly tight. Could have gone either way, but Rafa snatched it. Rafa went on a mental walkabout for the entirety of the second set, which Novak steamrolled. Novak was solid for most of the third set, but Rafa picked up his level to win. Novak...

Stop it. Djokovic said he was tired immediately after Nadal beat him in the 2019 Rome final. He blamed the scheduling then. He didn't this time because he wasn't tired. Maybe both times, he was simply giving a honest assessment of how he felt. So calm down with the mental gymnastics. Djokovic...

Where was the graciousness in 2019 when Rafa beat him in Rome and he said he was tired? There is nothing notable about Novak's graciousness in defeat. Sometimes he'll say "well done, the better player won" and other times, he'll have an excuse for why he lost. So basically, he is no different...

That was a general statement given in a general interview. Djokovic gave a specific statement about his physical condition during a specific match, immediately after the match. Federer's statement was wishful thinking because he was an ageing player. Djokovic has zero reason to lie about feeling...

Straight from the man himself. So the fans can stop making excuses. Rafa beat him fair and square once again, because he is simply the better player on the surface. Novak played as well as he possibly could on clay at this stage of his career (while Rafa did not reach his best level on clay)...

Nadal skipped the entire North American Summer hardcourt swing (his best performing hardcourts) last year because of Covid-19, so we simply don't know. You can only know how good Nadal's current hardcourt level is when he plays on his best hardcourts. So you are kinda gloating over nothing...