Andre Agassi Reveals The GOAT Between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal

Phoenix1983

G.O.A.T.
there is one lendl record which even sampras couldnt surpass or tie, but all BIG 3 (fed, nadal djkovic) surpassed it

there is another lendl record which is still unbroken not even tied

Most slam finals?

And most consecutive US Open finals?
 

RelentlessAttack

Hall of Fame
You mean peak Fed who couldn't solve Rafa until early 2017? I know it's not Rafa's problem Roger's backhand disintegrated more often than not when they faced each other but the fact he did not have to do anything extra special apart from bringing in his bread and butter cross court forehand does take away some shine off of that "beating peak Fed" gloriole. Novak vs. Rafa is much more evenly balanced match-up.

I think Nole has had the hardest competition and I also think he will end up with most majors in the end. Unless he refuses the vaccine and calls it a career...

Nole had hard comp early on but by the time he peaked Fed dropped out of his. And then during his late peak 2014-16 Nadal declined. Nadal had one easy year during his prime, 2010 where neither of the other 2 was peak. The other 2 each had a bit more time. The matchup between Nole and Nadal isn’t really any more balanced than early Fedal was, off clay. It’s the same kind of repetitive pattern gameplay where the same matchup advantage is attacked on almost every point.
 

ND-13

Legend
Why is it most threads are about ‘player X says player Y is GOAT’ ? Seems very childish.

Both Nadal and Federer babe claim to be GOAT. Why do we need threads inciting fan base against each other . Serves no purpose than breeding hatred
 

TheGhostOfAgassi

Talk Tennis Guru
Why is it most threads are about ‘player X says player Y is GOAT’ ? Seems very childish.

Both Nadal and Federer babe claim to be GOAT. Why do we need threads inciting fan base against each other . Serves no purpose than breeding hatred
The hatred been there long before these kind of threads were created darling.
And also, after many years doing this, not sure if it’s real hatred from most of us. Just a fun banter.
 

mike danny

Bionic Poster
You mean peak Fed who couldn't solve Rafa until early 2017? I know it's not Rafa's problem Roger's backhand disintegrated more often than not when they faced each other but the fact he did not have to do anything extra special apart from bringing in his bread and butter cross court forehand does take away some shine off of that "beating peak Fed" gloriole. Novak vs. Rafa is much more evenly balanced match-up.

I think Nole has had the hardest competition and I also think he will end up with most majors in the end. Unless he refuses the vaccine and calls it a career...
Fed couldn't solve Rafa before 2017 because they did not play any Wimb or USO matches after AO 2009, where Fed could have beaten Nadal if in good form (so no 2010 for either slam LOL) on those faster surfaces.

Instead, they kept meeting in slams/surfaces/circumstances favoring Nadal:

1. RG 2011 - it's RG. Need I say more?

2. AO 2012 - slowest HC known to mankind.

3. AO 2014 - Fed not fully back after his horrible 2013, while Nadal was at the peak of his powers.

So no wonder Fed didn't overcome Nadal pre 2017. Nadal probably wouldn't have overcome Djokovic either if they hadn't met at RG after AO 2012.
 
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“I’d put Nadal number one, Federer number two. It’s just remarkable to me what he has done, and he has done it all during Federer’s prime. Nadal had to deal with Federer, Djokovic, Murray in the golden age of tennis. He has done what he has done, and he’s not done yet,” Agassi to Bild.



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Hahaha, Vamos Rafa !!!
 
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