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Let's do a quick hypotethical ahead of this year's YEC. Also one that Nadal fans always wanted to hear :) Who wins YEC since Big 3 first participation (2002) till now if it's on clay. Listing the whole field and bolding the potential winner/winners...

Rafael Nadal beat Gael Monfils 7-5, 5-7, 6-0 in the Monte Carlo final, 2016 on clay It was Nadal's 9th title at the event, the previous 8 having come in succession from 2005-2012, and first Masters title in 2 years. To date, this is the last of Monfil's 3 Masters finals and the only one...

Rafael Nadal beat Dominic Thiem 7-6(8), 6-4 in the Madrid final, 2017 on clay It was Nadal's 4th title at the clay version of the event and Thiem's first Masters final. Nadal had recently won his 10 titles in Monte Carlo and Barcelona and would go on shortly after to win his 10th French...

Rafael Nadal beat David Ferrer 6-4, 7-5 in the Monte Carlo final, 2011 on clay It was Nadal's 7th straight title at the event. Ferrer was seeded 4th and playing his second Masters final,having lost to Nadal in Rome final the previous year. Nadal won 81 points, Ferrer 72 Serve Stats...

Juan Martin del Potro beat Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-4 in the Shanghai semi-final, 2013 on hard court del Potro would go on to lose the final to Novak Djokovic. Nadal had recently won the US Open and 5 masters titles in the year (Indian Wells, Madrid, Rome, Canada and Cincinnati), beating...

Shoulda, woulda, coulda... won RG that year? Discuss. Pd: Also for any racquet experts lurking on this forum, this one other of my threads needs some urgent love... https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/wilson-blade-98l-v6-and-wilson-pro-staff-97l-v13.711442/

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Rafael Nadal beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2, 7-6(4) in the Canadian Open final, 2019 on hard court in Toronto It was Nadal's 4th title at the event. Tsitsipas was unseeded, turned 20 on day of the match and had beaten Dominic Thiem, Novak Djokovic, defending champion Alex Zverev and Kevin...

(from the hypothetical to the fantastic) If you could be any player in history for one match -- and experience his/her game and emotions firsthand, who would it be. Which specific match/venue? It could be current or past, a dominating performance or a very close match, your favorite player, or...

Nikolay Davydenko beat Rafael Nadal 7-6(3), 6-3 in the Shanghai final, 2009 on hard court It was the third and last of Davydenko's Masters titles and he would soon win his sole Year End Championship title shortly after. This was Nadal's first final in Shanghai. He's never won the...

I have mixed feelings on this shoe, as do many. I tried really hard to make it work for me but in the end, I just couldn't do it. I can't help but really appreciate some of the innovations of this shoe but in some ways, I also feel like it was somewhat of a failure. I think the last Cage was...

Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 in the Rome final, 2021 on clay This was Nadal's 10th title at the event. Djokovic was the defending champion and had been going for a 6th title in his personal best for a tournament 11th final. The two had previously met 8 times at the event -...

Rafael Nadal beat David Ferrer 7-5, 6-2 in the Rome final, 2010 on clay Nadal was the defending champion and this was his 5th title at the event. He'd win all the clay Masters (Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome) and the French Open in the season. This was Ferrer's only final at the event...