Effective strategy for weeding out players with a one surface padded major record.

[Kobble]

Add up the amount of times the career slam has been completed.

Sampras - 0
Federer - 1
Nadal - 1
Laver - 2
Agassi - 1

There is your GOAT, Laver.

 

[The Green Mile]

Add up the amount of times the career slam has been completed.

Sampras - 0
Federer - 1
Nadal - 1
Laver - 2
Agassi - 1

There is your GOAT, Laver.

Thanks
10char

 

[SoBad]

Peder got lucky RG because of the Nadal 2009 off-year injured, just saying.

 

[timnz]

Peder got lucky RG because of the Nadal 2009 off-year injured, just saying.

It is swings and roundabouts. The year before Federer was lacking conditioning because of Mono a few months earlier. But Nadal was a competitor at the 2009 Roland Garros - so it isn't Federer's fault that Nadal wasn't in top shape. It is also worth remembering that Federer beat Nadal in straight sets on clay in Madrid just before Roland Garros 2009. Federer definitely deserved Roland Garros 2009.

 

[WhiskeyEE]

Peder got lucky RG because of the Nadal 2009 off-year injured, just saying.

I thought it was his parent's divorce?

Mental giant Nadal couldn't handle his parents separating. Something every other 8 year old goes through.

 

[SoBad]

It is swings and roundabouts. The year before Federer was lacking conditioning because of Mono a few months earlier. But Nadal was a competitor at the 2009 Roland Garros - so it isn't Federer's fault that Nadal wasn't in top shape. It is also worth remembering that Federer beat Nadal in straight sets on clay in Madrid just before Roland Garros 2009. Federer definitely deserved Roland Garros 2009.

Mononucleosis is a serious illness, potentially lethal or debilitating. The fact that Peder used it as a fake excuse speaks volumes about his lack of character or sensibility. It would have been more sensible to just wear an undershirt and declare a bad back (as he learned to do later on).

True, Nadal took 2009 off, as I recall, and you are probably right about the loss in Madrid to Peder. I don’t remember all the history there, but I think he may have also lost to the Hawaii 5.0 and dropped a set to the Shirtless 4.5 Pusher that season.

Hey, if you want to ignore the big Pink Elephant of an asterisk waltzing around, it’s a free country.

 

[Down_the_line]

I thought it was his parent's divorce?

Mental giant Nadal couldn't handle his parents separating. Something every other 8 year old goes through.

Sad but true. As great as Nadal is, he sure seems like a little boy. Completely managed by his Uncle, I think he still lives with his family etc.

 

[SoBad]

I thought it was his parent's divorce?

Mental giant Nadal couldn't handle his parents separating. Something every other 8 year old goes through.

I am sorry to hear about your environment. I am sure that you will find the strength, over time, to overcome the inevitable impact on your person and make great strides toward becoming a better human being and contributor to the forum.

 

[SoBad]

Sad but true. As great as Nadal is, he sure seems like a little boy. Completely managed by his Uncle, I think he still lives with his family etc.

I have heard that Nadal is now permitted to go out to the grocery store within the bounds of the curfew – can anyone confirm?

 

[WhiskeyEE]

I am sorry to hear about your environment. I am sure that you will find the strength, over time, to overcome the inevitable impact on your person and make great strides toward becoming a better human being and contributor to the forum.

So was it his parents divorce or not?

Or what it the fact that 2009 was the only year RG had independent drug testing?

 

[SoBad]

So was it his parents divorce or not?

Or what it the fact that 2009 was the only year RG had independent drug testing?

If memory serves, Nadal had a knee injury in 2009. As for the drug testing, I wish the authorities had done a better job over the years -- Nadal would have been up 16-15 in slams now at the very least.

 

[WhiskeyEE]

If memory serves, Nadal had a knee injury in 2009. As for the drug testing, I wish the authorities had done a better job over the years -- Nadal would have been up 16-15 in slams now at the very least.

If my memory serves, he lost the only year there was independent drug testing. That's quite a coincidence. He also said something about his parents' separation. But he probably threw in an injury excuse too, like he does for every loss.

 

[Russeljones]

Add up the amount of times the career slam has been completed.

Sampras - 0
Federer - 1
Nadal - 1
Laver - 2
Agassi - 1

There is your GOAT, Laver.

Let's remove all the pub players in draws of Slams won.

There is your GOAT, Federer.