Nadal at 35

[TearTheRoofOff]

Must be all those injuries.

 

[aldeayeah]

He's slowed down by the sheer weight of his moral superiority.

 

[Deleted member 770948]

And Nadal has a bigger edge at Roland Garros now than ever before........he's dropped a total of 3 sets in the last 4 years........and his most lopsided RG victory ever over Djokovic was last year 60 62 75........it was even more lopsided than 2006 RG (Nadal won 64 64 Djokovic retired).

 

[Deleted member 770948]

In other eras, no. But in this lost era, not only does he have business winning majors, he's expected to win majors...at least one particular one.

In other eras there would be nobody better than Djokovic and Federer on clay.
Djokovic's athleticism is far superior to everyone in previous eras, and Federer's an even better claycourter than Djokovic.
Thiem would destroy the Roland Garros champions of previous eras.
Nadal is playing in by far the most difficult clay era of all-time, in terms of both physicality and skill.

 

[beast of mallorca]

Rafa has always received an ovation from the crowd.

Loved it !!!!

 

[BeatlesFan]

Yes...as a Tennis Fan it’s so comforting to know that Rafa and Fed families are friends...phew! What a legendary achievement

For some unfathomable reason, these scenes always trigger the most rabid members of VB. The petulance and vitriol is a knee jerk reaction it seems.

 

[Zebrev]

My worry is that father time has started to open his door on Rafa and tell him his time at RG is up

This is most likely the case.

 

[aman92]

Greatest sportsman of all time....one of my best decisions to start supporting and idolising him when he was just a teenager

 

[DSH]

Only two tennis players in the open era have won GS after 35: Rosewall and Federer.
Nadal seeks to be the third to do so but to be the first to win RG at that age, which would make him the longest-running tennis player to win the French Open in the Open era and in history since the French Internationals allowed participation. of foreign players (1925).

 

[DSH]

In other eras, no. But in this lost era, not only does he have business winning majors, he's expected to win majors...at least one particular one.

Your idol won 3 Majors past age 35 (and was literally one point from a fourth GS title at that age), you must have been sad and upset, right?