Fedal fans: Would you trade Fed winning RG 10 for Nadal winning USO 10?

Would you trade Fed winning RG10 for Nadal winning USO 10?

  • Yes

    Votes: 27 39.7%
  • No

    Votes: 41 60.3%

  • Total voters
    68

kraggy

Banned
Lets say you had the power to trade Fed beating Nadal at RG 10 for Nadal beating Fed at USO 10. Would you take this this trade as a Nadal or Fed fan?

My 2 cents

From Fed's perspective:

Winning another FO will make his slam tally even more balanced and will establish him as one of the greatest clay courters around. I guess sometimes Fed does not get his due as a claycourter but I suspect that would change with this victory. Losing the USO I feel would not really affect Fed that much. He is already the greatest hardcourter around and given that his USO streak was broken last yr anyway, its not really bad to lose another USO.


From Nadal's perspective:

Winning a USO would be huge for Nadal in showing him to be an all-round champion. People have criticized his ability on fast hard courts and this victory would certainly help silence some of the criticism. On the other hand, Nadal may never have a chance to break the slam record, but he has an opportunity to go down as the greatest claycourter that ever lived. For that to happen he needs to win every FO that he can while he's playing great tennis. Right now he needs 3 more to beat Borgs record and I think Nadal may not be the clay force that he is 3 yrs from now.
 
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Pwned

Hall of Fame
Of course. That would add a ton of excitement to the game, especially if they were both epic finals.
 
this is such an irrelevant topic.
i dont care about trades.

as a rafa fan my perfect ending to rafas career is if he won 3 aussie opens, 3 wimbledons and 3 US opens and 7 french opens to beat borgs clay record and finish ranked year end number 1 three times and total slam tally of 16.

if he did that which will then enter him into the top tier of all time great players which include federer, sampras, laver, emerson and borg.

if he enters that top tier, then i will consider it an incredible achievement for rafa.
 

dmt

Hall of Fame
Borg only played at the ao once. AO was played on grass and since Borg won 5 wimbledon's, there's little doubt that he would have dominated aussie open.
 

inthemisosoup

Semi-Pro
i would rather see something in the next year or so like fed d rafa at FO & rafa d fed at USO, both in 5 set classics. that'd be fun. it won't happen, but it'd be fun.
 

Ambivalent

Hall of Fame
Federer would probably agree, but Nadal is so competitive that he would play to the death (of his knees) for both. Also he knows that he will have a chance at the USO when Fed is about 30 years old.
 

OKUSA

Hall of Fame
slams on all surfaces > Borg's record

Borg could never win USO, I'd like Nadal to win one.

i'd rather have 5 consecutive RG and wimbledon wins over 1 aussie 4 rg and 1 wimbledon to be honest.
 
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Radobg

Rookie
I agree!!I will be very happy for both of them if they can win those titles!!A little bit more happy for Rafa actually...
 

Chezbeeno

Professional
yes, if Federer beats Nadal at RG and loses to someone other than Rafa at the US, then the head-to-head crap will stop and Fed's victory last year will be proved as not a fluke
 

sh@de

Hall of Fame
I would I think... it'd be really really exciting I think.

Except I clicked the wrong poll option -_-" Sorry!
 

timnz

Legend
Borg Australian Open

Borg only played at the ao once. AO was played on grass and since Borg won 5 wimbledon's, there's little doubt that he would have dominated aussie open.

And the one time Borg did play - he was 16 years old (remember in 1973 Australian Open was in January - Borg didn't turn 17 until June that year). Hardly at his peak.
 

kishnabe

Talk Tennis Guru
Federer win over Nadal in RG 2010 will make people who thought it was a fluke in 09 to be wronged. Consider How Rafa manhandled the whole clay season pre-rg. Defintly a good trade if Nadal won the US open 2010 in 5 sets. Sad thing Federer had not losed to Delpo, Nadal would be the only man to give Federer his First Runner up trophies at each slam....That would awesome recored to have.
 
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Deleted member 3771

Guest
Fed would trade 3 or 4 of his US Opens for the London 2012 singles Olympic Gold. Fed will become a true legend if he can win that elusive singles Gold.
 

Sentinel

Bionic Poster
Fed would trade 3 or 4 of his US Opens for the London 2012 singles Olympic Gold. Fed will become a true legend if he can win that elusive singles Gold.
Sorry !!!! Tennis at the Olympics is no big deal. This is not athletics for example where people dream of an Olympic gold from childhood.

And in any case, when was tennis introduced into the O's ? 1988 - I see.
 
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Deleted member 3771

Guest
Sorry !!!! Tennis at the Olympics is no big deal. This is not athletics for example where people dream of an Olympic gold from childhood.

And in any case, when was tennis introduced into the O's ? 1988 - I see.

Don't kid yourself, its a huge deal, and Fed himself helped to make it a huge deal by trying his heart out at 3 Olympics so far. Fed would kill to win the singles Olympic Gold at London on the Wimbledon grass courts!Maybe it will be 4th time lucky!
 

RCizzle65

Hall of Fame
Don't kid yourself, its a huge deal, and Fed himself helped to make it a huge deal by trying his heart out at 3 Olympics so far. Fed would kill to win the singles Olympic Gold at London on the Wimbledon grass courts!Maybe it will be 4th time lucky!

He may want it, yes, but it's not big enough to trade a slam for, let alone 3 or 4
 
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Deleted member 21996

Guest
this is such an irrelevant topic.
i dont care about trades.

as a rafa fan my perfect ending to rafas career is if he won 3 aussie opens, 3 wimbledons and 3 US opens and 7 french opens to beat borgs clay record and finish ranked year end number 1 three times and total slam tally of 16.

if he did that which will then enter him into the top tier of all time great players which include federer, sampras, laver, emerson and borg.

if he enters that top tier, then i will consider it an incredible achievement for rafa.

i would only be satisfied if he would also win the eurosong festivel twice and find the cure for Malaria, while achieving world peace thru atomic weaponry dismantling...
 

P_Agony

Banned
Fed would trade 3 or 4 of his US Opens for the London 2012 singles Olympic Gold. Fed will become a true legend if he can win that elusive singles Gold.

Not a chance, I don't think he'd trade even one slam for that. Slams are greater than the Olympic gold.
 

davey25

Banned
I am a fan of neither player (Nadal I am neutral on and Federer I plain dont like) and neither one will happen.
 

TheLoneWolf

Banned
I know this answer might seem weird, but stick with me for a while.

I honestly don't care too much about any wins that Rafa is going to achieve in the future. Of course, I would be extremely happy if he achieved much more. By "not caring too much" I mean that even if he doesn't win a Slam again, it won't be a tragedy. Rafa has already proven tenfold that he is a champion with an unmatched fighting spirit (amongst his contemporaries anyway,) and a humble character. His spectacular game, his almost utter domination of 2008, his H2H against someone people often call "the GOAT," are also very admirable feats.

I guess my point is that even if Rafa's knees blow up tomorrow and he doesn't ever win any Slam again, his achievements are undeniable, and he will always be in my mind the true champion. Anything that he achieves from this point on is gravy on top. :)

By the way, I'd give my left hand to avoid Rafa's knees blowing up tomorrow. What I mean by "not caring," again, is that he doesn't have anything left to prove to me.
 

THUNDERVOLLEY

G.O.A.T.
I would nor trade; I want the results to fall where they will, and at present, Federer's chances of winning the FO are slim if he faces Nadal (his most likely opponent in the final), so why dream of another outcome?
 

Rippy

Hall of Fame
Don't kid yourself, its a huge deal, and Fed himself helped to make it a huge deal by trying his heart out at 3 Olympics so far. Fed would kill to win the singles Olympic Gold at London on the Wimbledon grass courts!Maybe it will be 4th time lucky!

Of course he wants to win it, but he wouldn't trade 3 US Opens for it - that's just ridiculous!
 

davey25

Banned
Not a chance, I don't think he'd trade even one slam for that. Slams are greater than the Olympic gold.

Masters events are bigger than the Olympic Gold. The Olympic Golds value in tennis is right on par with the ATP ranking points awarded. Beneath a Masters and above a 500 event. Nicolas Massu is a 2 time Olympic Champion.
 

Augustus

Hall of Fame
Masters events are bigger than the Olympic Gold. The Olympic Golds value in tennis is right on par with the ATP ranking points awarded. Beneath a Masters and above a 500 event. Nicolas Massu is a 2 time Olympic Champion.

I disagree. While a slam certainly means more than the Olympic Gold in tennis, I think to most players a medal from the most prestigious sports event is more special than a MS title. The fact that more top players are taking the Olympics seriously nowadays adds to that as well.
 

JoshDragon

Hall of Fame
Federer win over Nadal in RG 2010 will make people who thought it was a fluke in 09 to be wronged. Consider How Rafa manhandled the whole clay season pre-rg. Defintly a good trade if Nadal won the US open 2010 in 5 sets. Sad thing Federer had not losed to Delpo, Nadal would be the only man to give Federer his First Runner up trophies at each slam....That would awesome recored to have.

No, there would be some excuse, like Rafa was too tired from Madrid to win Roland Garros and that Federer couldn't beat him at his best on clay.
 

veroniquem

Bionic Poster
What excuse? In 2009, Madrid/Hamburg's final was the 4th final in 5 weeks for Rafa. That's not an excuse that's a fact (check the calendar if you have any doubts). Comparatively, Madrid final this year was only the 3rd for Fed in the whole of 2010.
 

sh@de

Hall of Fame
Fed would trade 3 or 4 of his US Opens for the London 2012 singles Olympic Gold. Fed will become a true legend if he can win that elusive singles Gold.

LOL THREE OR FOUR US OPENS?

HAHAHAHAHAHHAAH

I have... literally, nothing at all, to say to that.
 

AJK1

Hall of Fame
Lets say you had the power to trade Fed beating Nadal at RG 10 for Nadal beating Fed at USO 10. Would you take this this trade as a Nadal or Fed fan?

My 2 cents

From Fed's perspective:

Winning another FO will make his slam tally even more balanced and will establish him as one of the greatest clay courters around. I guess sometimes Fed does not get his due as a claycourter but I suspect that would change with this victory. Losing the USO I feel would not really affect Fed that much. He is already the greatest hardcourter around and given that his USO streak was broken last yr anyway, its not really bad to lose another USO.


From Nadal's perspective:

Winning a USO would be huge for Nadal in showing him to be an all-round champion. People have criticized his ability on fast hard courts and this victory would certainly help silence some of the criticism. On the other hand, Nadal may never have a chance to break the slam record, but he has an opportunity to go down as the greatest claycourter that ever lived. For that to happen he needs to win every FO that he can while he's playing great tennis. Right now he needs 3 more to beat Borgs record and I think Nadal may not be the clay force that he is 3 yrs from now.

Huh???????
 

ruerooo

Legend
First, thank you for making a thread for FEDAL fans! :-D

Second, after some thought, I think I would trade, if I could be sure Rafa would win the USO.
Roger could defend his title --which I think matters more to him than some people think -- and Rafa could have his Career Golden Slam.
 
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Jchurch

Guest
Fed would trade 3 or 4 of his US Opens for the London 2012 singles Olympic Gold. Fed will become a true legend if he can win that elusive singles Gold.

Pete would trade 3 or 4 of his Wimbledons for a FO final
 

zagor

Bionic Poster
Not really,I'd rather see Fed win USO again,I like fast HC a lot more than clay and Fed did win FO last year which is enough for me.
 
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