Nadal.had a broken foot. How was he playing 2 days later? Nadal losing cost Tsitispas the title.
Lol, Nadal doesn't lose to Tsitsipas.
By your argument USO 2013 final is seismic. Nadal beat the huge favourite on his best surface.
USO13 does not determine GOAT status nor is it important for the slam race,nor does Novak have nearly the same status on USO as Nadal on RG. AO would be equivalent to RG
I think it's time to establish some realisim as painful as it will be for Novaks fans.
Nadal's fans need realism, something they have always lacked.
Djokovic won their indoor epic at Sw19 then utterly humiliated Rafa a few months later at AO 2019.
He didn't humiliate Nadal at the AO because Novak is the clear favorite at the AO. Nadal had no theoretical chance. But here we see the first problem, which you later try to transfer to RG22.... the media decides the narrative, so the narrative at that time was that Nadal would beat Novak at the AO, although it was clear to anyone with even the slightest knowledge that this could not happen even in their dreams. But the media had their say, Nadal is the favorite at the AO and that's the law.
They didn't face off again at Major for almost 2 years until the Covid FO in October 2020. Conditions suited Djokovic as it was cold and damp and nullified Rafas strengths. The final was indoors. Djokovic was a.massive favourite.
Novak was not the favorite at RG20, but again the media misled the fans. The only time Novak was the favorite against Nadal was RG15.
Nadal humiliated him even bigger than what he suffered at AO 2019.
Which tells you enough about who was the favorite and who wasn't.
Their rivalry was intense at this point as we saw when Djokovic at the 2021 FO beat Berretini and his infamous War Cry. He wanted revenge on Nadal. He got it, and we saw how much it meant when his wife was leaping around taunting Nadal.
What revenge? He beat the king of clay in his royal tournament. That's it, end of story about GOAT status.
Djokovic later intimates he didn't buy the fact Nadal had any issue with his foot. Roll on to AO 2022 and just beforehand when Rafa did that cheeky video of him on RLA when everyone assumed he wouldn't be playing. The Slam Race was tied at 20-20-20. Djokovic clearly got baited by that and we know what then happened. Nadal goes on to amazingly win in Melbourne, the Miracle in Melbourne. Djokovic and his handlers were quick to get the message out that it was an astersiked Slam win. That was noticed by Team Nadal.
As it is. Winning the AO solely because Novak was not at that tournament (and he was completely healthy and ready to destroy everyone on the way to the title, including Nadal)
So we get to RG 2022 QF with all that backdrop above. Slam race 21-20. Realistically it was likely to be , as both suggested in their pre match interviews, the last time they played at a slam both playing well at the same time. Nadal kept going on about his foot. Djokovic dismissed that by saying something like 'it's not first time we have seen Nadal looking injured but then running around like a gazelle' in his pre match presser. The atmosphere was toxic between both camps let alone the fans. Everything came to a head that night on June 7 2022. If you don't think that match was significant then you are in denial.
It has no significance. Nadal's wins at RG were expected. His losses were not expected (except RG15 and a potential RG11 that never happened)
Novak's win at RG21 was unexpected and therefore has much greater significance for tennis and the slam race.
For me taking Nadal to five in 2013 was 
