I mean tennis had players before the big 3 came along. As someone who grew up a Double A fan that thought Petros was sinfully boring I still just find it remarkable that anybody much liked the guy while he was actually playing (in hindsight obviously he is easy to appreciate). No big deal, not that serious
Nadal is the 4th player with most US Open titles in the Open Era history, and the best US Open player of the 2010s decade with 4 titles. Nadal has won more US Open titles than Djokovic and even leads the H2H over Djokovic at the US Open, so your idea that Djokovic is the dominator of the US Open and Nadal a player who needs luck to win the US Open is not based on objective facts. Nadal defeated Medvedev in the USO final, the man who defeated Djokovic in Cincinnati. Medvedev also destroyed Wawrinka (Djokovic's kryptonita) in 3 sets this USO. So no, it does not look like Nadal "has to wait for an opportunity to win the US Open", nor does it look like "Federer has the upper hand over Nadal at the US Open", especially when Federer has not won the US Open since 2008. It is a fact that Nadal is substantially better at the USO than the AO or WB, and you are suggesting Nadal's situation in all Slams outside clay is equal, which is not the case.
I said that in combination of power and precision Federer is the best. Of course there were people who could hit the ball harder or just took more risks than him.
What ? I am tired with that narrative.From 2004 AO till 2010 AO Fed played in all but 4 slam finals, winning 16 slams.Fed's results and consistency fell after the AO 2010, but he is not a robot no ?
Come on, if you call Federer’s era weak and at the same time want to glorify Sampras’ opposition, then a real debate is over.
Especially when Sampras had years like 1997&1998.
I would rather say 1996. Because 1997 really was a great year with 2 Slams, 2 Masters and 2 Year-End-Championships (WTF and Grand Slam Cup). However, after 1997 (with only 26 years) it was all downhill.
Some of the "great" names you mentioned won less than Hewitt, Safin and Roddick despite not facing peak Federer. And now imagine what all of those so-called "weak era guys" would have won without Federer, except maybe Philippoussis and Rusedski (who were rather part of the Sampras era anyway).
I mean tennis had players before the big 3 came along. As someone who grew up a Double A fan that thought Petros was sinfully boring I still just find it remarkable that anybody much liked the guy while he was actually playing (in hindsight obviously he is easy to appreciate). No big deal, not that serious
Yeah, exactly. If Federer allegedly cannot be GOAT because of some small details, then another one has to be it instead, which means that one needs to bring arguments in favour of this other player. And then good luck finding someone without these "holes".
Corretja a claycourt specialist?
I mean, it was his best surface, but he was no slouch on the blue/teal stuff.
mono
pretty backhand
Brilliant; incompetent doctors.
It's funny how you criticize the mono thing, just like many others, but then you talk about that Rafa had a knee injury.For Fed there is no room for excuses or injuries or whatever, but for his rivals always is plenty of room for that.
Real slams, back to back REAL CYGS in 2014 and 2015, pretty strokes, arrogant quotes, a lot to remember.
Yeah a 6'1" guy who could hit howitzer serves up the ass of an insect sure was boring. One of the best pure athletes to ever play was boring. Extreme risk taking was boring. Yeah, sure. Just admit you love baseline tennis instead of taking digs at the guy who didn't have to resort to 15 stroke trench warfare to win.
LOL, such nice cherry picking. Sampras has 1 more AO and 1 more USO title. Nadal on the other hand has 12 more RG titles than Sampras (the greatest ever player on a specific surface against a player who was totally irrelevant on clay), but you are trying to put that differences as equal? The only category where Sampras is really much better is WTF titles. Doesn't make up for 5 extra slams by any means. If we ask whose career would each person prefer to have then I'm pretty sure you are the only one who would say Sampras.
'greed
Maybe you should leave the forum for a while.
Probably the most handsome slam winner ever. A beautiful serve. That’s it.
And he was well on his way to beat Djokovic this year in the Wimbledon final, in a LONG fifth set. Look, I never count moral or hypothetical wins but if you want to play that game, we can too. Just STFU and stop whining.
Nah you have no clue how we feel since you know PETE ended as top of his time while Fed will end up bronze medalist in his. You've got it in even tougher. Condolences
No, we're not the same person because I don't know anyone by the name Anita (except for an actress in the porn industry who I don't know personally)
If someone needs a proof that some people just need to vent and have no intention to actually lead a normal conversation this is it. How else would one explain the hilarity of "talking" to an account that has already been deleted, and with attitude no less. Weak Era Circus!
