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Rafael Nadal beat John Isner 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-7(2), 6-2, 6-4 in the French Open first round, 2011 on clay Nadal was the defending champion and would go onto win a record equaling 6th title at the event, beating Roger Federer in the final. This would be the first of Nadal’s 2 five set matches at...

Juan Carlos Ferrero beat Rafael Nadal 7-5, 6-1 in the Rome second round, 2008 on clay Ferrero, the 2001 champion, would go onto lose in the next round to eventual runner-up Stan Wawrinka. Nadal, who had a bye in the first round, was the triple defending champion and would win the next 2...

This is sorta like a reboot or second iteration of a classic movie , Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal dominated the tour exactly like Alcaraz and Sinner are doing it right now. Alcaraz and Sinner are different to Roger and Rafa even in their dominance and rivalry dynamic, but as a duo they're...

One of the greatest clay-court battles in tennis history. Rafael Nadal vs Novak Djokovic in the epic 2009 Madrid Masters semifinal — a match that lasted over 4 hours and pushed both players to their absolute limits. It also stands as the longest best-of-three-set match in Masters 1000 history...

Who will win Indian Wells this year?

Great tribute video of several peaks in games we’ve seen in the “modern era” (more like late OE - XXIth cent) basically focusing on Big 3, Sincaraz and contemporaries. It takes both, beatings and tight matches accompanied by some basic stats. There’s some missing because it’s quite short, just...

Nalbandian probably by the far the best player to never win a Slam, he was a genius on the court. Throwback to when he faced Nadal in Indian Wells back in 2012, in 4K, a sight of nostalgia for tennis fans

For all the nostalgics who have time to kill... A compilation of the most stunning points from the Big 3! One hour each of Nadal, Djokovic and Federer.

Hey everyone - quick question for tennis fans I’m working with a few pro tennis players on a new way for fans to engage with their favourite athletes (beyond just following on social). Before we go further, I’m running a short anonymous survey to get honest fan input. If you have 2–3 minutes...

Correction: Grand Slam finals A moment of appreciation for the legends of the game as unexpectedly after today they are still without company in this regard. :p

Novak has obviously been the most consistent of the Big3 across the three surfaces, winning 54.2% of total points over his long career on the 'weakest' surface clay. 54.3% on grass and 54.7% on HC complete the mix. Federer achieved 53.5% on it, while getting 54.3% on HC and 54.6% on grass...

About 6 minutes in for him talking about coaching Djokovic. About 39 minutes in for when he starts talking about playing the big 3, with some interesting tactical details about playing Federer and what Federer changed as he got older, Djokovic's slice, and the difference in Nadal's serve on...

This is just a rough, relative overview on how much they were winning over what rally length, courtesy of Tennis Abstract. Sample sizes and quality differs a bit, with Nadal having surprisingly few fully charted matches, which might work against him. See the low absolute number of points...

Gilles Simon beat Rafael Nadal 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(6) in the Madrid semi-final, 2008 on indoor hard court The unseeded Simon would go onto lose the final to Andy Murray. Nadal was the top seed and world #1 Simon won 123 points, Nadal 126 Serve Stats Simon... - 1st serve percentage (90/147) 61% -...

Given that hardcourt was Rafa's weakest surface and Carlos had so much early success, it's just matter of little time to see some air between both. Jannik has overtaken the Mallorcan quite some time ago. The return numbers of Carlitos are superb while is serve plus game is still improving...

obviously, Djokovic could still win a 25th, but realistically, it isn't likely, do you think that if Wimbledon was not cancelled for the pandemic In 2020, that Djokovic could have gotten to 25 slams?

As a newer tennis fan, just getting into tennis, I am wondering how you guys think Alcaraz and Sinner would fair against some of these single or few times slam winners who were outshined by Murray and the big 3.

I guess most of you guys here were around to watch the Djokovic vs Nadal final in Rome 2011. It was an epic battle even though it was a straight sets victory for Djokovic and the level was ridiculous. But how does it compare to the 2025 Rome finalists Alcaraz's and Sinner's level? Obviously the...

I've seen many Djokovic enjoyers, and some neutrals who appear to have bought it, praise 2015 for its stronk cumpetishen, certain debaters even going as far as to claim it's one of the most competitive seasons in modern memory. Meanwhile, 2006 gets typically marked as a relatively weak season...

I got Nadal in a close 4, Alcaraz in 5 on grass and hard court

Carlos Alcaraz has won the French Open, U.S. Open, and Wimbledon, multiple times, but always seems to struggle aty the Austrailian Open. For reference, Nadal was 24 when he completed the Career grand slam at the 2010 US Open. Carlos Alcaraz would need to win one of the next two Austrailian...

When will somebody serve 175 mph, for reference the fastest ever is 163 mph at a challenger match, the fastest ATP serve ever is 157 by John Isner and Giovanni Mpteshi Perricard hit one 153 mph at Wimbledon this year. I think its never happening.

Who will it be

I got both of em reaching 20

The thing is, Nadal does have 4 titles but lacks top level runs besides that (other than getting wrecked by Shoulderovic in 2011 F) and of course his two old age titles flattered to deceive thanks to mug opponents, so there's a very poignant argument that other 3-4-time titlists such as Lendl...

My vote goes to Nadal based on that Djokovic got a lot more winning points off his serve and return than Nadal and in a neutral rally I'd go with Nadal on modern surfaces. On faster surfaces probably Federer is the best. Who do you guys have as number 1? Here's a video with my top 10 list:

Current players like Alcaraz and De Minaur certainly deserve a mention but I'd say Monfils is the fastest ever. Do we have any official data on this?

Rafael Nadal beat David Nalbandian 6-2, 6-3 in the Sao Paulo final, 2013 on indoor clay It was top seed Nadal’s first title of the season and he’d missed the latter half of the previous season. This would be Nalbandian’s last final and he would play just 4 more tournaments in his career Nadal...

Rafael Nadal beat Carlos Alcaraz 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in the Indian Wells semi-final, 2022 on hard court Nadal would go onto lose the final to Taylor Fritz. Alcaraz would shortly after win his maiden masters title in Miami. Nadal had recently won the Australian Open. Alcaraz would go onto win his...

Andy Murray beat Rafael Nadal 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 in the Tokyo final, 2011 on hard court Murray would immediately after win Shanghai masters. Nadal was the defending champion and had recently been runner-up at the US Open Murray won 84 points, Nadal 57 Serve Stats Murray... - 1st serve percentage...