If Federer can win 3 matches at Rg at 39 with basically only 1 match as warmup, Rafa Nadal surely can win 7!!

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Roger Federer won 3 matches at 39(2021)with basically only 1 match as practice. Also with zero play on the surface in almost 2 years before that. In that case a 37 year old Rafa can surely win 7 matches considering this a 14 time Roland Garros champion!!!
 
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Loved that Nadal vs Fed RG 19 match. Nadal was just crushing the ball like the hurricane like condtions were not there.
 
To be fair 2019 Roger was actually fit, or at least had played tennis (even winning Miami) that year

Nadal hasn’t played a match since the McDonald debacle over 4 months ago.
2021 Fed hadn't played for over a year before tuning in for clay
 
Someone put a statistic for Big 3 playing hours in his career and I think Nadal was very close to catching up with Federer in that regard.
It is not surprising then that this 2023 version of the Spanish player is very close to that of the 2021 Swiss.
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One thing you are not accounting for is the form they have in before the their injury layoff. Federer before his injury was in good form, Nadal before his injury was in bad form, experiencing one of the worst losing streaks of his career including players he should no lose to on any surface (Paul, Norrie, Deminaur). So even if we assume Nadal comes back in the same form he was before the injury (most likely will be in worse form), he is going to be more vulnerable.
 
One thing you are not accounting for is the form they have in before the their injury layoff. Federer before his injury was in good form, Nadal before his injury was in bad form, experiencing one of the worst losing streaks of his career including players he should no lose to on any surface (Paul, Norrie, Deminaur). So even if we assume Nadal comes back in the same form he was before the injury (most likely will be in worse form), he is going to be more vulnerable.
If the guy can no longer move as before his serious injury, he will be Finnish.
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Rafa bet Roger last September that he could cut off one foot, not play a single clay point and still win the French Open
 
Sure… He just has to avoid Alc, Rune, Sinner, Djo, Rub, Med and a few orhers in his draw. Then he might have a slim chance.
 
Similar to what happened in 2020, Diego destroyed Rafa at Rome, and then Rafa won RG without dropping a set :-D
 
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