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I mean, isn't this a no-brainer. People here claiming he has the greatest return of serve. Yet, how can you qualify when your return isn't being tested and challenged in the most challenging conditions against the most challenging opposition? How good would Djokovic's return really be if he had...

And letting all his opponents serve whilst he only plays 100% return games? I mean, that's the level of dominance a tennis player requires for any tennis player to be considered one of the greatest athletes of any sport. I see that maybe outside of Nadal, even the so called 'greatest' players...

Only a god could accurately predict the time and conditions at which someone like Nadal, the greatest player ever in a single grand-slam tournament would be dethroned. So hats off to Strong Rule! He/she predicted Roland Garros will become the new 'Djokovic Open' and it may very well be the case...

I say that as someone who isn't even a fan of Novak Djokovic. Not only because he will be the only player to have won every single grand-slam at least twice, but because of his OVERALL balanced dominance and unique feats throughout every grand-slam tournament. In comparison, Nadal has only...

Taking nothing away from Novak Djokovic after his astonishing win against Rafael Nadal and even more so if he goes on to win Roland Garros 2021, but as many here have alluded that this year's tournament plays more like hard-court than clay compared to some of the previous years. How much truth...

Djokovic yet again, massively exposed Rafael Nadal's stiff and robotic style of play. It may not seem like much, but at the highest level between two of the very greatest, it makes a massive difference, especially in vital moments. I've been saying this for a very long-time but I don't recall...

Is this feat a human-impossibility? It seems like it! Roger Federer won the Wimbledon and the US Open 5 consecutive times and Nadal, the greatest player ever in a single major event who won a single grand-slam more than anybody else in history, is unable to surpass this feat. If even Nadal can't...

Is there really anything Nadal could have done differently. Could he have played like he did last year, and would that have change the outcome of their 2021 Roland Garros match. Or is it just the case of Djokovic having Nadal's number now by having answers to whatever Nadal could hope to throw...

The most commonly held belief is that majority of the major sports, if not all of them are evolving and improving. But to me, it seems the opposite. Tennis alone is a good example of this. Whenever an all-time great reaches an old age, a young new future star with all-time great potential has...

I mean, the proof is in the pudding, and we also have a fairly large sample size of that proof, proving that there is definitely a substantial difference between the two hardcourts in those two grand-slam events. Question is, just how substantial is that difference? Is the difference as big as...

This particular attribute gets overlooked in his rivalry against Fedal, more so against Nadal than Federer, because Federer is very loose and nimble, like a ballerina which aids his longevity due to such an ability causing less damage on the body overtime than if one was less nimble and less...

Federer had to face Nadal at his peak in pretty much every Roland Garros final, bar one (which he won). And Nadal is indisputably the greatest player ever at Roland Garros. The same also applies to Djokovic bar the 2015 Roland Garros final when he faced Wawrinka and was blasted off the court...

Reflexes and reaction times rule! Especially when it comes to reacting to fast shots with the least time to react. Who is the highest-level Jedi?

I mean, after the third set, when Tsitsipas was no longer making any errors in his serve, Nadal seemed to have absolutely no answers on how to go about breaking serve proactively without depending on errors from Tsitsipas. Is that Nadal in a nutshell, or at least currently speaking, where he is...

This was a masterclass on how to totally tame and domesticate an overly aggressive bully in Nadal. Tsitsipas the greek philosopher just did that. He did what Andy Murray specializes in, taking away an aggressive opponent's biggest strengths and throwing it out of the arena, disarming the...

For example, Federer has a record breaking 8 Wimbledon titles (more than anybody else). Has a record breaking 11 hard court grand slam titles (more than anybody else). Has a record breaking 5 or more grand slam title in at least 3 grand slam events and so forth so on..... With Nadal, he has a...

Now I'm not at all suggesting Wawrinka is a better player overall than Djokovic. Merely, that at his peak, his style of play and strength matches up the best against Djokovic than any other current tennis player's style and strength does. So much so, that you could argue peak Wawrinka is a...

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Are there any particular things which Andy Murray excels at (tennis wise) better than the other 'big 4' members? What are they? Discuss!

Rafael Nadal has one of the most brutal forehands in history, that produces the highest top spin. Roger Federer has one of the most versatile forehands in history. Heck, even Andy Murray seems to have a more powerful backhand than Novak Djokovic. Most, if not all of the other all time greats...

They're basically near identical. Similar strengths. Similar weaknesses. Similar styles. Similar personalities / attitude and etc. In the end, like Tsonga, Kyrgios might also just retire without a single grand slam title.

This song perfectly suits Rafael Nadal's playing style and demeanor in my opinion: What do you lot think?

This tactic is said to be a solution to Rafael Nadal's top spin forehands. It helps neutralize this tactic of Nadal. Especially on the backhand side and even more specifically against one handed backhands. Players like Davydenko and Djokovic have shown to be able to neutralize this tactic of...

This is a rather speculative question. This is in noway intended to negatively disrespect, diminish, take a dig at or have a go at any player. Just wanted to know what you lot think.

I'm referring to Andy Murray's prime / peak years. Was he ever absolutely bagelled in lopsided fashion like how Rafael Nadal got beaten by Del Potro at US Open 2009 and by Tsonga in Australian Open 2008. Close 4 set or 3 set matches don't count. I'm referring to an absolute bagelling where...

How would that effect Novak Djokovic's hard court status as an ATG in that surface? Considering the fact that Rafael Nadal isn't an ATG hard court player and he will have more titles at a specific hard court slam, would Novak Djokovic still qualify as a hard court ATG? The way I see it, an ATG...

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If Rafael Nadal were to win at least 2 grand slams in every grand slam tournament vs Roger Federer winning at least 5 slams on 3 different grand slam tournaments?

All the players taller than 6 foot 3 happen to be relatively poor returners compared to the shorter players in average. Juan Martin Del Potro happens to be an exception to this rule.

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