Roger's name is still the most mentioned by fans even though he "faded" since 2021,
This makes sense to me....Rafa is viewed very positively....then Fed, then Djoko. Novak has too many self inflicted wounds.
According to my observation over the past 20 years the difference between Federer and Nadal was at least just as big (if not bigger) than between Nadal and Djokovic. But maybe that's partly because I'm from Germany and Federer speaks German.
That doesnt prove anything tbh,Fed is both more famous and loved than both despite having less than nadal
Well fed isnt
This is best observation.
There are many more Spanish speaking nations and citizens in Spain than in Switzerland and Serbia. I think many, especially in the US, who do not realize how vast the Spanish empire was, and Spain's influence in the world before `1900.
Djokovic is definetly not even close to be as loved as nadal,But I feel his name became more popular and his fanbase on social media is extending(Cant say that about real life tho)
Absolutely spot on,People always seem to put nadal along with federer when it comes to popularity but its not true,
I was at usopen 2019 with day passes and Djokovic and Federer both were going to play.
I think its what djokovic did last few years and dominating the tour,becoming stats goat
have you ever been to sony ericsson open?People say nadal is more loved than anyone there(pretty ironic)
That is Miami. Miami has huge Spanish population. .
How about indian wells?who used to get the most support?
Haven't watched iw in person. But I would guess fed easily. He is very popular in California.
He's getting more attention nowadays so cant really call them delusional.
The numbers don't lie.
Asking people in streets also wont lie,Nadal is nowhere near fed in that category
Of course, people in Spain speak Spanish, it's the official language country-wide. (There are also co-official languages on a few territories. For example, in Mallorca.)
Nadal isnt liked in all spain tho,I think he's pretty much isnt liked in catalonia
1) I'm sure you don't do this.
I'm sure I dont need to when most of friends are roger fans and when anyone film a video asking people who's the goat roger gets the most shouts and nadal barely get any shouts,1) I'm sure you don't do this.
2) You created this thread to try to convince readers that Rafa isn't popular. I wonder when he started causing you pain. In March 2004?
I wonder what's the connection between my post you quoted and your reply to it.
Secondly, I wonder why you create imaginary stories about Rafa.
It isnt imaginary stories,Nadal's a big opposition for the catalonia independence and that wasnt liked by the catalans.I wonder what's the connection between my post you quoted and your reply to it.
1) Catalans who watch tennis have shown their love for Rafa during the Barcelona Open.
With Lendl, I think it was wholly different. He was representing Czechoslovakia during the height of Cold War media battles in the US. Many fans saw him as the tennis version of Ivan Drago from the Rocky IV movie--cold, emotionless, robotic. He represented the Iron Curtain for most US fans at the time, which led to his unpopularity (unfairly so IMO). Plus his personality was the exact opposite of guys like Connors, Mac, Becker, etc. Lendl never did the antics that Djoko has done to become unpopular
All of what you wrote is just what I said,proof that he was always madrid fan and than catalans are barcelona fans,exactly what I said,1) Catalans who watch tennis have shown their love for Rafa during the Barcelona Open.
2) This is not news that Rafa is an ardent Real Madrid fan, it's a well known fact. He is an honorary member of the RM club since 2011. He has been a Real Madrid fan since he was a kid because his father is a RM fan. The grey haired man next to Rafa in the video (filmed this month) is his father:
3) This is not surpise that Catalans are FC Barcelona fans. Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia.
Some members of the extended Nadal family are also FC Barcelona fans. Rafa's unle Miguel Angel Nadal played for it and Toni Nadal is a fan.
4) I wonder why you are trying sooo hard to convince readers that Rafa is hated.
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Very good point,His fanbase back in the day used to push him anywhere even when he's not related.
So you think you revealed a secret when saying that Rafa is a Real Madrid fan.
Rafa hasn't voted upon anything, because he lives in the autonomous community of the Baleraric Islands, not in Catalonia.
Toxic social media posts (written by fans of his opponents, as a rule) have no impact on me
Nah I revealed a secret when I said he isnt liked by People in catalonia,Dah.So you think you revealed a secret when saying that Rafa is a Real Madrid fan.
... based on toxic comments of trolls (obviously foreigners) on the videos you cited.
You just assume they're "obviously foreginers"
The irony is that Lendl was more right-wing, in his own words, than Rush Limbaugh, and based himself in Greenwich, Connecticut (which in the 1980s was the ultimate rich men's area east of the Mississippi River) when he moved to the USA. McEnroe and Connors are certainly both to Lendl's left politically, McEnroe in a big New York City Democrat way, and Connors in a more streetwise "Middle America" Southern Illinois way. The McEnroe vs. Connors rivalry is also rooted, in a big way, in that cultural difference.
LMAO....true, but Lendl did absolutely nothing to help himself. His "humor" did not go over well, among other things like killer dogs and a child bride. Lendl did not have any real antics like Mac or Jimmy, I agree. He just did little to endear himself, as has Djoko. Djoko has done more to alienate the tennis watching public, sadly. I don't know what happened to him, because when he started out he was very different....fun and likeable. Then he took this hard turn into a Dracula like character, plus all the whacky beliefs layered on top of it all. Which he should have kept to himself. And taken the vax as well, IMHO.
Why do you think djo's personality changed that much?
Y'know, he got a lot of criticism for his jokiness, his player impressions and what not. I felt it was a little unfair, as it was all in good fun. Then he got a lot of criticism for matches where he phsyically fizzled out/ran out of gas...was he choking? Giving up? Not giving his all? Not all that different from the criticism Lendl faced early in his career. So did this harden Djoko? Make him a little bitter? I'm not sure. Or did he just change his whole attitude around, change his diet, approach to training etc, start kicking Fed's #ss and never look back?? Again, not dissimilar to Ivan. But, I really did enjoy him early on....a breath of fresh air. Well before he became an anti-vaxer with some kooky beliefs.
Lmao. Nadal and Federer are long retired and absolutely dwarf Djokovic in followers and Djokovic is still playing.
I think he'll be regarded as the GOAT but he'll never have the popularity of the other two, which is too bad, given his immense talent and drive to win.
By time I think He can very possibly surpass nadal,
Wouldnt the new gen look back at his stats and records and become his fans?
This is just your wishful thinking, Fed devotee & Rafa basher.
