Outbeyond
Legend
Exactly......
Nadal: "if somebody says I am better than Roger..."
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Exactly......
ViscaB
Hall of Fame
How can he? Nadal stinks too much to make it to USO finals. Fed makes FO finals, more consistently than Nadal
Unfortunately 2nd places don't count:shock:. Losing in the 1st round has the same importance as coming 2nd. Getting 2nd is worse even as it leads to grumpy wive syndrom.
That's not true. You get many more ranking points and MONEY for losing in the finals. It's actually the complete opposite of what you said.
ViscaB
Hall of Fame
Who cares about points calculated off some stupid algorithm. Points don't go into history. It's all about titles.
Why did you conveniently forget about mentioning the money? If anyone thinks it's about anything other than money, they must be pretty stupid.
J
Jchurch
Guest
I have gained a lot of respect for Nadal with this interview. I am now interested in seeing what the *******s saying about Nadal and his interpretation of the effect of clay on the H2H LOL
ViscaB
Hall of Fame
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viduka0101
Hall of Fame
oh yeah,George Costanza
almost forgot about you
so I should say ah,touché right?
I mean, would that make us even-steven?
Raiden
Hall of Fame
A true champion. His fans want him to be a whiny whingy windbag like compatriot Fernando Alonso - but Rafa refuses to lower himself.
Never sniveling about then unfairness of his opponents, never squealing about (French or otherwise) crowd treatment. So far in his career he's clearly been full of class. My only criticism of him is that boyish @$$ picking habit of his. If he quit that he'd be more popular than ever. I think he may stop doing it if particularly women told him to stop. Hopefully he bumps into some lass who educates him on public decency.
Never sniveling about then unfairness of his opponents, never squealing about (French or otherwise) crowd treatment. So far in his career he's clearly been full of class. My only criticism of him is that boyish @$$ picking habit of his. If he quit that he'd be more popular than ever. I think he may stop doing it if particularly women told him to stop. Hopefully he bumps into some lass who educates him on public decency.
I still don't know who George Costanza is.
And if you want it that way, then so be it.
hoodjem
G.O.A.T.
And he is correct.
lolitsanasian
Rookie
Either that or the interviewer is a ******.
Rafa just likes to draft behind Roger. He has always played his best tennis as a theoretical underdog. His worst stint professionally came after he took over #1. He never wants to be the favorite. He prefers for Roger to be "the man" and lurk in his shadow. It's all a game, and it works for him.
GP
GP
Absolutely.
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
Go on, troll, Federer has better hair ! :lol:federer is better but nadal wears a more expensive watch
Mick
Legend
Juges8932
Rookie
I really don't get how anybody can dislike either of these two guys. We are watching two of the best to ever play the game, yet, people still want to bash and hate on them. They won't be around for forever. Instead, watch and try to enjoy their tennis and the amazing things they do on the court, especially when they are such respectful and upstanding guys. I really like both of them, and just never understood why people dislike either. Unless it's something so petty as Nadal besting Federer in their h2h.
Juges8932
Rookie
Seinfeld. Come on now.
volleynets
Hall of Fame
Nadal's real and true fans wouldn't be offended at all. I would say he offended 100% of his **** base though haha.
JerrYMeeE
Rookie
humble hombre HAHAHAH
ViscaB
Hall of Fame
Trying to stay away from the obvious follow up joke here.
They should just skip these silly interviews. Some people are never happy what is being said.
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ViscaB
Hall of Fame
Nice take. He clearly inherited it from his father
.I just think it looked better with his pony tail which took away all the attention
.Nope. Still don't know. Don't live in the US sorry. I'll just google it.
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1970CRBase
Guest
Interviewer is an idiot trying to troll something out of Nadal, which Nadal didn't fall for and handled it with aplomb. As for what Nadal said, I don't think it's false modesty, he knows well the concept of match up. To be better than Fed (overall) he needs to have 20 slams.
ninman
Hall of Fame
I've said this before and I'll say it again, all the Federer Nadal head to head tells me is that Federer doesn't take his chances against Nadal. Federer has had plenty to chances to score multiple wins over Nadal, especially on clay, he doesn't take them, that's it, end of story. I really feel Federer should see a sports psychologist.
I'm not trying to diminish the fact that Nadal has defeated Federer 14 times (10 on clay), but I think it should be obvious to everyone that, especially recently, Federer has been failing to close out his advantages over Nadal when he's had them. Nadal on the other hand does, that's why he's beaten Federer 14 times. This isn't really an issue of bad match up or not, it's an issue of Federer's own personal mentality when he plays Nadal. Clearly he has a mental block, and he won't admit, probably not even to himself, and it allows Nadal to defeat him time and time again.
I'm not trying to diminish the fact that Nadal has defeated Federer 14 times (10 on clay), but I think it should be obvious to everyone that, especially recently, Federer has been failing to close out his advantages over Nadal when he's had them. Nadal on the other hand does, that's why he's beaten Federer 14 times. This isn't really an issue of bad match up or not, it's an issue of Federer's own personal mentality when he plays Nadal. Clearly he has a mental block, and he won't admit, probably not even to himself, and it allows Nadal to defeat him time and time again.
Dilettante
Hall of Fame
That's simply stupid. Federer is one of the very few players in the world that has beaten nadal ON CLAY since Nadal's explosion in 2005.
In fact, Federer is THE ONLY player that beat Nadal on clay twice since 2005's RG.
So if Federer has a mental block, what do the rest of players have, a lobotomy?
Mr_Shiver
Semi-Pro
Has anyone stopped to view this from the perspective of a pro tennis player? If I am Nadal I can give a damn about the h2h. What does the h2h get me? All I care about is the number of slams I can win. After that it is the number one ranking. I dont waste time thinking about if i am better than Roger. I'll leave that to the press and fans.
Points determine rankings. Records concerned with the number 1 ranking are some of the most important and prestigious records of the open era.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Interviews like that are why I like Rafa. So down to earth. Like others said though, he is only saying what we already know. Roger is better all around. Nothing wrong with being the second best of the current era though. The fact that he stood up to Fed from the start is what made me a fan.
ninman
Hall of Fame
Yes, but I said having opportunities, most of the time he doesn't take them. For example Rome 2006 had 2 mp's, made an unforced error on both. RG 2006, won the first set 6-1 then collapsed, RG 2007 made 1 out of 17 break point opportunities, Monte Carlo and Hamburg 2008.
So basically out of 12 matches against Nadal on clay he's had opportunities to defeat him at least 7 times, but only won 2 of those matches. That's just on clay, off of clay you can add Wimbledon 2008, AO 2009, possibly even Dubai 2006 (possibly).
So in total out of 21 matches Federer has had the opportunity to defeat Nadal 15 times but only won 7 of those matches. That's called not taking your chances.
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
This has now become a gay thread has it ??? :lol:
AlpineCadet
Hall of Fame
Fed this year again? I have 100 riding on it.
zagor
Bionic Poster
It was a joke(notice the smiley I put),lighten up and don't take things so seriously.Tennis is just a game and this is just an internet forum.
billnepill
Hall of Fame
LOLs
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