nadal respect
yes ...I don't know why there is some anti-nadal sentiment on here either.
a) begrudgingly admitting he's great while making PED innuendo
b) claiming he's boring (******) when Murray takes that trophy easily. Murray's game almost entirely relies on opponents errors. last year Open final had an even worse error/winner ratio and the wimby final was pathetic....but of course no outrage about how boring the game is, in July.
c) he must be gay because his girlfriend "isn't hot"(but fed is loyal)
d) as most of his slams come from clay...they shouldn't count.
e) He wins because most of the tour has been slowed down in his favor
eg (blue clay). While this is actually true, what this also doesn't acknowledge is that generally the top players of each era have benefitted slightly from conditions that favour their game. all the top players from borg to mac to pete to fed will admit this. eg Macenroe wins heaps while wood racquets are still dominant. Did we hear people say "Peak McEnroe wins 0 slams in the 90's...he benefitted from the conditions of the time). Sampras benefitted in fast 90's conditions and with 3 slams on grass, Laver's shotmaking ("no way in hell I'm playing percentage tennis") benfitted.
f) Racquet?string technology....see e)
g) he can't win indoors......so what? murray can't win on clay..djoko has trouble on grass....Yes Fed has a great resume in this respect. But the main reason he hasn't won indoors yet is he's concentrated on surfaces he's more likely to win and peak on them.(you can't blame him for that)... I would assume he'll make a big effort now...his knees are ok.
h) his english is poor (so what?...he gets the main ideas across, no?)
i) he fakes injuries (come on, we all djoko was king in that department(better now)..and let's not get started on murray..who winces in pain one moment then hit's around the post winners next point). This gamesmanship is commonplace across the WHOLE tour...fed to a lesser extent. if you don't like
Overall...Nadal's achievements are unbelievable when you consider the competition he's had.
Remember....when fed won his first slam, the 2003 wimby, the last 8 had
exactly 0 slam titles between them (schalken, bjorkman, arod, scud, fed, grosjean, popp, mayer)
THIS IS THE WASTELAND from which FED emerged. with the likes of VERKERK and SCHUETTLER. making slam finals LOL.
By contrast...to emerge..nadal had to deal with fed...and for a lot of his career PEAK DJOKOVIC and PEAK MURRAY>
His winning percentage is crazy when you take out the slams he's won.
here is the last 9 slams nadal has played>
FRENCH: 7 WINS
WIMBY: 6/1
US2011: 6/1
AUSTRALIA 6/1
FRENCH12: 7 wins
WINBY12: 1 /1
FRENCH: 7 wins
WIMBY: 0/1
US2013: 7 wins
That's 47 wins, 5 losses.
