Nadal GOAT links

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chandu612

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Lets just make a thread with links that says Nadal is/or potential GOAT.
I will update the post with all the links from the comments.

McEnroe: 2013 after Wimbledon
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/tenni...ael-nadal-best-ever-even-first-164644632.html

Djokovic: 2011 "He is the best ever"
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...t-ever-and-novak-djokovic-one-of-the-greatest

Agassi: 2013 talks h2h
http://nesn.com/2013/09/andre-agass...rafael-nadal-can-challenge-for-greatest-ever/

Says"I don't think has to win more to prove that he can be argued as the best of all time"
http://www1.skysports.com/tennis/ne...urpass-roger-federers-tally-of-17-grand-slams

Sampras: 2013
http://www.thetennisspace.com/sampra...-the-greatest/

Murray: 2011
http://metro.co.uk/2011/09/11/andy-murray-loses-to-greatest-ever-rafael-nadal-at-us-open-152015/

Analysts/Experts/Pros:
2013: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertai...ael-nadal-might-just-be-the-best-ever/279505/
http://www.latinospost.com/articles...news-update-rafa-numbers-prove-s-greatest.htm
http://espn.go.com/new-york/story/_...ls-greatest-men-tennis-player-ever-discussion
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-nadal-in-the-greatest-of-all-time-discussion
http://www.rrstar.com/blogs/matttro...-as-greatest-tennis-player-ever#ixzz2g9BlYOtp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/24028499

Latest: "In all likelihood, Rafael Nadal will be considered the greatest player of all time"

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/tennis/rafa-nadal-comeback-spaniard-completed-2459492
 
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Nathaniel_Near

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It would appear that a lot of people have already made up their minds, which at least adds some much needed sunshine to my day here in this very early morning.
 
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Agassi says that Rafa could already be the greatest ever:

Agassi : "But this guy I don't think has to win more to prove that he can be argued as the best of all time."
 
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The list of people saying Rafa is the greatest or may be the greatest now include Laver, joko, Murray, Mcenroe, Sampras, Agassi.
 
TheTruth

TheTruth

G.O.A.T.
Rafael Nadal Might Just Be the Best Ever

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertai...ael-nadal-might-just-be-the-best-ever/279505/

And while that leaves him four behind Roger Federer and one behind Pete Sampras in major championships—the recognized metric of greatness—it’s become increasingly clear that Nadal is making a deadly serious case for Greatest of All Time. And given his head-to-head success against Federer, the presumptive G.O.A.T., he just may already be there.
 
RF20Lennon

RF20Lennon

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Sampras said- "To me Roger has clearly been the greatest ever". He merely said Nadal has a case and can be GOAT in the future
 
swizzy

swizzy

Hall of Fame
if nadal retired today roger could never be considered the greatest since he was pretty ineffective against rafa. trophies are nice. but nadal owns him.
 
TheTruth

TheTruth

G.O.A.T.
http://www.latinospost.com/articles...news-update-rafa-numbers-prove-s-greatest.htm

Even more, many tennis followers and analysts are already beginning to consider Nadal as the greatest ever, given his list of accomplishments (26 Masters, 14 ATP World Tour 500 and a Career Golden Slam) as well as his Grand Slam wins and his impeccable head-to-head record against Federer (21-10), Murray (13-5) and Djokovic (22-15).
"There are already some who name him as the best ever, and if he claims four more Grand Slam titles, reaching the current milestone of Federer's 17, it won't even be a debate anymore," said Gardner in his article.
 
TheTruth

TheTruth

G.O.A.T.
http://espn.go.com/new-york/story/_...ls-greatest-men-tennis-player-ever-discussion

If 17-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer isn't feeling his grip on Best Ever slipping after this, and Pete Sampras, who resides just one Grand Slam title ahead of Nadal's new total of 13, isn't feeling the Spaniard's breath on his neck like a hot draft from hell, the two of them should.

By any measure -- head-to-head career statistics, the anecdotal evidence, or just the eyeball test -- it's Djokovic, not the more celebrated Federer, who has been Nadal's most consistently dangerous opponent.
 
TheTruth

TheTruth

G.O.A.T.
US Open Tennis 2013: Is Rafael Nadal in the Greatest of All Time Discussion?
By Lindsay Gibbs September 10, 2013

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-nadal-in-the-greatest-of-all-time-discussion


Since Nadal is 27 years old and finishing up one of the best years of his already illustrious career, it seems like it's time to start talking about him in the all-time greats category of this sport.
Nadal has always been a part of the conversation, since his head-to-head over Federer is so lopsided (21-10) in his favor, but Federer's 17 trophies and Nadal's hard-to-overcome reputation as a clay-court specialist have always muted the discussion.
 
TheTruth

TheTruth

G.O.A.T.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/24028499

Former British number one John Lloyd believes Nadal's recovery from injury and subsequent form makes his year the greatest in the history of tennis for any player.

Former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash agreed that Nadal was now a serious threat to Federer at the top of the Grand Slam standings.
"Nadal could surpass Federer's total of 17," the Australian said.
"That debate over who is the greatest is fun but pointless, but you can't argue with eight French Opens and maybe more to come.
"He has got a style of game that nobody has seen before. He's got an intensity and speed that nobody has seen before. He's very much a modern-day player. He's created this new style of play.
 
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marc45

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TheNatural said:
Agassi says that Rafa could already be the greatest ever:

Agassi : "But this guy I don't think has to win more to prove that he can be argued as the best of all time."
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Natural, if you don't mind, how do you get the link to work that way, using Sampras instead of the page?...sorry, don't know how to do that
 
marc45

marc45

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topher said:
There's a button under advanced replies, the one with the Earth/chainlink. When you click it you type your link into the dialog box and get: "text_stuff[/URL" Where you now type your text in place of the link where "text_stuff" is. Try it out and click preview post.
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great, thanks...I need, and like, to dig a little deeper....wished I had grown up with all this stuff :)

edit: tried it Topher, I get the box but don't seem to be able to utilize it, can't get to the "text stuff" part..couldn't seem to paste it in...do you literally have to type it out letter for letter?...more work there obviously

edit2: got it, cool, thanks man

[URL="http://www.**************.org/Pete-Sampras-says-Rafael-Nadal-has-challenged-Roger-Federers-GOAT-status-articolo13224.html"]Sampras
 
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topher

topher

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marc45 said:
great, thanks...I need, and like, to dig a little deeper....wished I had grown up with all this stuff :)
Click to expand...

For future reference, when you click QUOTE to quote a post, you can see all of the text of that post as well as the native HTML tags. You can often use that to find out how a poster did what.

The forum's FAQ covers several things as well, but assumes you know some things that are basic to all forums (like linking). You can figure that out by Googling it case by case.
 
marc45

marc45

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topher said:
For future reference, when you click QUOTE to quote a post, you can see all of the text of that post as well as the native HTML tags. You can often use that to find out how a poster did what.

The forum's FAQ covers several things as well, but assumes you know some things that are basic to all forums (like linking). You can figure that out by Googling it case by case.
Click to expand...

got it above, thanks again (that adds a personal touch to a link, doesn't it?)....and yeah, was reading faq's but need general knowledge, have been working hard this summer, can do a lot more than before :)
 
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