Nadal's right knee is increasingly fragile

[thrust]

What a Nadal hater.

In the last 1.5 years, Nadal reached the 2019 AO final (Federer lost in the 4 R), won 2018 Toronto, reached the 2018 USO SF (Federer hasn't done that since 2015) and won the 2017 US Open (Federer hasn't done that since 2008). So it is far from true that "the only one he's finished in the last 1.5 years or so is the AO 2019".

Fact is though, Roger has defeated Rafa the 5 last times they have played, on hard courts. Raf's career has been great enough so that he need not win any more HC slams or other HC tournaments to be considered an ATG.

 

[Tennis_Hands]

A recent photo (February):

Is that picture supposed to be flattering for the Nadal?

 

[JasonG2019]

Rafa would’ve won today

 

[VaporDude95]

Rafa would’ve won today

Lmao

 

[Keystoner]

Sorry I don't keep track of Nadal's every move. Nadal News 2.0 is good for it though.

Then maybe you shouldn't make a de facto statement, which was wrong, about something you don't keep track of. Then way to be snarky when you get called out on it.

 

[Tennis_Hands]

Lmao

Never in doubt. Moral winner.

Deal with it.

 

[Steve0904]

Then maybe you shouldn't make a de facto statement, which was wrong, about something you don't keep track of. Then way to be snarky when you get called out on it.

Jesus, I didn't realize you were the internet police.

Ok, so I missed him finishing Acapulco and the AO (losing both), and winning Canada in 2018. Apart from that, Nadal has either withdrawn or retired from every other HC tournament since Shanghai 2017. That's my point. Which was clear to everyone except a raging Nadal fanatic whose first response was to call me a Nadal hater. And whose second paragraph missed my point entirely. All @Sport did was prattle on about the results Nadal had in the last year or so on HC (and threw in a few digs at Federer for good measure) while missing the forest from the trees regarding the point I was making.

 

[Zardoz7/12]

Is there a time frame for Nadal's recovery?

 

[Tennis_Hands]

Is there a time frame for Nadal's recovery?

"Time for recovery" in the Manacorian system is defined as "any time between announcing an injury and the beginning of the clay court season".

 

[Keystoner]

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[Djokovic2011]

He'll be right as rain as soon as April comes round.

 

[JasonG2019]

Lmao

Did Federer win against THIEM