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Did you know that during almost the entirety of Nadal's career he was considered as his era's number 2, with Federer as the best? It was only when he won his 21st major in 2021 that he was considered superior!

Now that the extended highlights are out, I've realized it was a comedy.

It's over. When Nadal wins this US Open and the upcoming french open, plus any one more major, Federer will be dethroned. After each one of Australian Open 2017 and Wimbledon 2017 and Australian Open 2018, I thought Federer was definitively out in front but Nadal keeps coming back. Djokovic is...

With federer likely to stay on 20 GSs now that Djokovic is fit and he can't switch on the magic like in 2017, Nadal is likely to surpass him as the GOAT. This us open has all the signs of an inevitable Nadal non-clay GS win: the scares in previous rounds by Khachanov and Thiem. It seems a...

Nadal will inevitably be known as the GOAT and win the most slams. He has stopped the "haha Rojer is the best, no" overly modest statements and just says stuff like, "we jas doan knoa who is da best player ever, no?" Nadal knows he can realistically be the GOAT. It feels really strange. Federer...

Djokovic is not going to be a contender. Nadal isnt good on grass any more. It is literally all on Federers racket.

It is clear that without Murray all these ball basher players like A Zverev, Thiem, Chung and so on are getting too much hype. We need Murray to come back and start winning ugly in his trademark way and temper expectations We need his trademark zero winner forehand and his refusal to hit any...

- By the start of the second set you slowly realise that Nadal has started to get every return in play and Anderson barely gets any free points on serve - Anderson breaks for the first time in set 3, when he is two sets and a break down, but immediately loses all remaining games - Nadal hits...

Before 2017, the appeal of Federer was that his success came despite his awful backhand that was bullied and could usually barely hit top spin shots (and was pretty damn awful at it when he tried). He represented the sacrifice for aesthetics among utilitarian modern efficiency (two handers). And...

Will you even bother watching? Nadal vs Wawrinka: Wawrinka crushes every ball but Nadal comfortably stays in the rallies until Wawrinka makes errors. Nadal hits the occasional great winner and the commentators pretend he's as good as he was 8 years ago even though he's a shadow (but deserving)...

I don't think Murray gets enough respect on this board. He has the same level of genius as the big 3 yet he gets talked about as if he's in the same league as Wawrinka and Roddick. It's clear that Murray is just as talented as the big 3. I say that he's the heir to Federer because Federer no...

Federer has done it! His 18th major! And even if he slides in to irrelevance after this tournament and becomes a pigeon for Thiem and Zverev, we never thought we'd see Nadal dodging matches against Roger in order to preserve the head to head!

He has pretty much won the remaining slams this year and that will be the Grand Slam and 6 in a row. Will this board accept his Goathood?

...Djokovic messes up at any stage. Even if you ignore Djokovic we probably see an embarrassing dominance of Federer over the rest of the tour right now. I just looked at the US Open 2015 draw and saw Federer get to the final without losing a single set.

Raonic wins - Tall, big serving, brainless ball bashers are the future of tennis Djokovic wins - Generic baseline grinders are the future of tennis Federer wins - There is no future for tennis! Murray wins - Thoughtful point construction, slices, perfect backhand technique, talented athletes...

Trick question: Nobody realistically can.

It's over!

Can we agree that he let Wawrinka beat himself, (like Nadal did to Soderling in the 2010 French Open final)? Can we agree that Federer showed no fire power (strong ground strokes)? Where was his forehand?

Picture sums it up. Federer will save his legacy by destroying a diminished Nadal year round... probably while winning no slams! Who could've seen this coming?

Federer vs Nadal at the Australian Open - 2012 and 2014 Nadal vs Berdych at the Australian Open - 2012 and 2015 OK, I'm only judging on the youtube highlights (along with other results) but who can watch these and come to any conclusion other than "Federer and Nadal are utterly finished"?

1. Federer is currently this era's Karlovic. People aren't noticing because his serve isn't 150 mph, but it's completely true. 2. Tomic is the saviour of tennis. He's 6'5" but refuses to hit aces. He slices and hits a goofy looking forehand all for our entertainment. If you don't want him to do...

How can you guys like it so much when every point is over in less than 2 shots? How is this good? I'm sure 40 years ago when tennis didn't involve 6'6" men blasting the ball at each other, and there were a variety of slices used by players, grass courts were great. How can you say the same thing...

Uniqlo is a japanese company The commentators said that Nishikori makes the most from endorsements out of anyone other than the big 4 - the people who like him like throwing money about Djokovic is somehow playing poorly against a Japanese player... Ok, if we get 50 million Nadal...

Nadal got 7 minutes for his injury time out when at most it should've been 4.5 minutes (3 minutes for time out, plus 1.5 for change over). Do you think this taints Nadal's achievement of managing to get a set against the best player in the world? Do we need to put an asterisk on it?

Federer - Old man, 8 years past peak Murray - Injury prone and inconsistent Djokovic - Plays badly everytime the wind changes direction Wawrinka - A massively less successful Davydenko until before this week ?Rafa should find this easy, no? Do people seriously believe this week era stuff?

Daily reminder that the match was on Wawrinka's racket 100 % of the time.

I know it's a bit dumb to put it all down to one match, but I really think it's very significant now that Djokovic is a gigantic threat on any surface whenever when he's near top form. Murray 2.0 is untested against Nadal in slams but I think he can beat him on hardcourts. I don't think even...

mfw Federer hits an approach shot