abmk
Bionic Poster
Doing an age by age comparision of the Federer Nadal forehands.
2005 nadal > 2000 fed
2006 nadal > 2001 fed
2007 nadal > 2002 fed
2008 nadal > 2003 fed
2004 fed > 2009 nadal
2005 fed > 2010 nadal
2006 fed > 2011 nadal
2007 fed > 2012 nadal
2013 nadal > 2008 fed
2009 fed > 2014 nadal
2010 fed > 2015 nadal
2011 fed > 2016 nadal
2012 fed > 2017 nadal
2018 nadal > 2013 fed
2019 nadal > 2014 fed
2020 nadal > 2015 fed
2021 nadal vs 2016 fed - lets say same ballpark
2017 fed > 2022 nadal
I'm frankly a bit tired of hearing from some that nadal's longevity with FH is so much better than fed's. Its not true.
You can of course argue that nadal's longevity with it is a little better.
But to try to make it look like its so much better, ignoring fed's 17-early 18, and even good enough chunks of 19 (incl Wim 19 where he clearly outplayed Nadal with it) etc is just not backed up by what actually happened.
Of course fed's FH in 14-early 16 would've looked significantly better in the inflation era field of 2019+ (esp 2020+) with no peak Djokovic around.
2005 nadal > 2000 fed
2006 nadal > 2001 fed
2007 nadal > 2002 fed
2008 nadal > 2003 fed
2004 fed > 2009 nadal
2005 fed > 2010 nadal
2006 fed > 2011 nadal
2007 fed > 2012 nadal
2013 nadal > 2008 fed
2009 fed > 2014 nadal
2010 fed > 2015 nadal
2011 fed > 2016 nadal
2012 fed > 2017 nadal
2018 nadal > 2013 fed
2019 nadal > 2014 fed
2020 nadal > 2015 fed
2021 nadal vs 2016 fed - lets say same ballpark
2017 fed > 2022 nadal
I'm frankly a bit tired of hearing from some that nadal's longevity with FH is so much better than fed's. Its not true.
You can of course argue that nadal's longevity with it is a little better.
But to try to make it look like its so much better, ignoring fed's 17-early 18, and even good enough chunks of 19 (incl Wim 19 where he clearly outplayed Nadal with it) etc is just not backed up by what actually happened.
Of course fed's FH in 14-early 16 would've looked significantly better in the inflation era field of 2019+ (esp 2020+) with no peak Djokovic around.