2021 - Nadal's season ending foot injury began at the French Open

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Rafael Nadal out of US Open, boosting Novak Djokovic's chance for calendar-year Grand Slam

With the US Open only days away, the 20-time major champion announces he will not play again in 2021, as he recovers from a troublesome issue with his left foot.
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"I wanted to inform you that unfortunately I have to end the 2021 season," Nadal tweeted on Friday.

The recurring injury flared up at the French Open, where he fell to eventual champion Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals.

"Honestly, I have been suffering much more than I should with my foot for a year and I need to take some time … to find a solution to this problem or at least improve it in order to continue to have options for the next few years," Nadal tweeted.

"I'm with the maximum enthusiasm and predisposition to do whatever it takes to recover the best possible shape to keep competing for the things that really motivate me.

"I'm convinced that with the recovery of the foot and obviously a very important daily effort … this can be achieved.

It is pertinent that Nadal had got the better of Djokovic at Rome to win his 10th title earlier.
 
And he went out and SLAYED In 2022, makes it all the more epic :D

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ND-13 said:
2021 - Nadal's season ending foot injury began at the French Open
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Rafa has had a tarsal bone anomaly in his left foot since he was born. It began to cause him pain when he was 19 years old. Pain related to the anomaly flares up from time to time and becomes unbearable sometimes. Doctors told him in 2005 that he might never be able to play tennis again. He started to wear a special insole (designed by doctors and modified when necessary) in his tennis shoe (and Nike has made his shoes wider and higher than normal shoes) to take the weight off the troublesome bone, but this has caused problems with muscles and tendons at the knee as the weight in his leg is subtly shifted, also problems in the back and thighs ... (Source: Rafa's autobiography titled "Rafa: My Story", 2011.)

After the 2022 FO, he started to use Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) to "numb" certain nerves in the left foot to get pain relief. RFA does not cure the condition, it only provides temporary pain relief. RFA "burns" the nerves and thus blocks the pain signals that the nerves send to the brain. Pain relief may last months, but the nerves regenerate themselves after the procedure and another procedure needs to be performed. The only permanent cure for his congenital left foot problem is surgery, but it would decrease mobility of the foot and thus end his career as a pro tennis player.
 
One does have to wonder though how scary Nadals career would have looked if he wasn’t so injury prone and didn’t come into tennis with a screwed up foot. I think he would have ran away with all the records a LONG time ago. Cause he missed far more slams due to injuries than Fed and djokovic did
 
TheGoldenEra1990’s said:
One does have to wonder though how scary Nadals career would have looked if he wasn’t so injury prone and didn’t come into tennis with a screwed up foot. I think he would have ran away with all the records a LONG time ago. Cause he missed far more slams due to injuries than Fed and djokovic did
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If we replace one of AO or USO with clay, It is not just Nadal adding numbers but we see Federer and Djokovic numbers go down drastically

This is the reason I keep saying it is foolish and childish to talk about individual GOAT
 
ND-13 said:
If we replace one of AO or USO with clay, It is not just Nadal adding numbers but we see Federer and Djokovic numbers go down drastically

This is the reason I keep saying it is foolish and childish to talk about individual GOAT
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If there was 2 grass then nadal would be 3rd too. At the end of the day Rafa’s numbers weren’t enough on hard courts and grass to end top of the tree.
 
ND-13 said:
Why would we add more grass ? It doesn’t even have a masters and is a dying surface and created by British for their pastime ?
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Because the highest quality legendary big three matches happened on grass

Federer v Nadal W 08
Nadal v Djokovic W 18
Djokovic v Federer W 19

Iconic moments in tennis
 
Hitman said:
Because the highest quality legendary big three matches happened on grass

Federer v Nadal W 08
Nadal v Djokovic W 18
Djokovic v Federer W 19

Iconic moments in tennis
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This is a very narrow perspective / tunnel vision to plan future of a sport based on 3 players ,3 matches, a surface that is expensive to maintain , can only be played specific times of the year.
 
ND-13 said:
This is a very narrow perspective / tunnel vision to plan future of a sport based on 3 players ,3 matches, a surface that is expensive to maintain , can only be played specific times of the year.
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Still produced the most iconic matches, which says it will continue to produce even more. Grass makes the elite shine the brightest.
 
ND-13 said:
Why would we add more grass ? It doesn’t even have a masters and is a dying surface and created by British for their pastime ?
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A better question is why would we need two Slams on clay? Tennis wants to attract new fans not bore them to tears. The USO was played on green clay in 1975-1977 and that was har-tru clay, which is much faster than the European clay Nadal dominated.
 
NoleFam said:
A better question is why would we need two Slams on clay? Tennis wants to attract new fans not bore them to tears. The USO was played on green clay in 1975-1977 and that was har-tru clay, which is much faster than the European clay Nadal dominated.
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Would have left you alone till you said this (n)
 
Hitman said:
Still produced the most iconic matches, which says it will continue to produce even more. Grass makes the elite shine the brightest.
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There is no future for grass . The players who are going to win Wimbledon in the next decade are players who wouldn’t make it past round 3 in prior decades
 
NoleFam said:
A better question is why would we need two Slams on clay? Tennis wants to attract new fans not bore them to tears. The USO was played on green clay in 1975-1977 and that was har-tru clay, which is much faster than the European clay Nadal dominated.
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Then we just need 1 major on HC or alternatively make a HC major title as 0.5 count
 
would be more fair if each surface havin one slam for itself, but of course between rg or wimby would be better to have two grass slams
 
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There is no future for grass . The players who are going to win Wimbledon in the next decade are players who wouldn’t make it past round 3 in prior decades
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Alcaraz and Sinner will do just fine carrying the mantle. Might as well get rid of clay then, as no one would be winning if Nadal was still playing.
 
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Then we just need 1 major on HC or alternatively make a HC major title as 0.5 count
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When the AO moved to hardcourt in 1988, Nadal was a year and a half years old. Djokovic probably couldn't even walk yet. The design of the tour has been 2 hardcourt Slams, 1 clay Slam and 1 grass Slam for 36 years. I don't see why it needs to change now.
 
NoleFam said:
When the AO moved to hardcourt in 1988, Nadal was a year and a half years old. Djokovic probably couldn't even walk yet. The design of the tour has been 2 hardcourt Slams, 1 clay Slam and 1 grass Slam for 36 years. I don't see why it needs to change now.
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The design of the tour is lopsided and hence comparisons need to account for the same .
 
BTW, without injuries , with or without a second clay major , we see this is what happens with a healthy Nadal :

Nadal vs Djokovic [Win % in Grand Slams]:
Based on every year for last 21 years:
Nadal 14-7 Djokovic
 
ND-13 said:
The design of the tour is lopsided and hence comparisons need to account for the same .
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Hardcourt is the easiest surface to maintain and they can manipulate different types of hardcourt to play completely different than the next type of hardcourt surface. Winning on decoturf is not the same as greenset or laykold. You word it like they all play the same. Hardcout isn't going anywhere and that's just the way it is. Before Djokovic and Nadal picked up a racket, their coaches knew what surfaces were being played.
 
ND-13 said:
BTW, without injuries , with or without a second clay major , we see this is what happens with a healthy Nadal :

Nadal vs Djokovic [Win % in Grand Slams]:
Based on every year for last 21 years:
Nadal 14-7 Djokovic
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How does that change Djokovic being 3-0 against Federer in Wimbledon finals though?
 
Hitman said:
Shall we just end the sport anyways, as it will never be as good as the big 3, Djokovic retires with the records. ;-)
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Sinner and Alcaraz are good on clay and hard. Even the next rung of players are pretty good. But the grass surface strength is challenger level. So, adding a second major there makes no sense .

Australian open has limited history . They don’t have any masters . Maybe we can change AO to a masters , that way we have one clay, one HC and one grass or alternatively make IW a 5th major on clay ??
 
TheGoldenEra1990’s said:
One does have to wonder though how scary Nadals career would have looked if he wasn’t so injury prone and didn’t come into tennis with a screwed up foot. I think he would have ran away with all the records a LONG time ago. Cause he missed far more slams due to injuries than Fed and djokovic did
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From 1 to 10, how many points would you give to Nadal's serve in his tennis career?
:notworthy:
 
Hitman said:
Do you think Federer wins 8 Wimbledon titles on fast grass facing peak Sampras who also never lost a Wimbledon final?
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I am not sure how that relates to have equal surface distribution or adjusting for major count based on surface distribution
 
TheGoldenEra1990’s said:
One does have to wonder though how scary Nadals career would have looked if he wasn’t so injury prone and didn’t come into tennis with a screwed up foot. I think he would have ran away with all the records a LONG time ago. Cause he missed far more slams due to injuries than Fed and djokovic did
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He mainly missed slams outside of RG and his record there indicates that maybe he could have won 1-2 extra slams. But if we are playing the “if,if,if” game that applies to the other players as well. And Novak could have easily won a few more from mid 2016 to mid 2018 had he not been injured.

Ultimately physical conditioning is part of what a Pro player needs to have ready for match play, no different than having a good back hand or a strong serve
 
ND-13 said:
I am not sure how that relates to have equal surface distribution or adjusting for major count based on surface distribution
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I want to know your thoughts. Interested to know what a Fed fan thinks of such a hypothetical.
 
Hitman said:
I want to know your thoughts. Interested to know what a Fed fan thinks of such a hypothetical.
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It will be a mouth savoring contest. Pretty sure the counts will not be the same. But the Wimbledon courts of the last decade is not the same what Sampras played .

In pure fast grass , Sampras and Federer will win just based on their serve and the first shot after that
 
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