Rafa is on a streak of 28 wins against Non top-10 players!

[mehdimike]

The last time he lost to a non top10 player was back in Roma 2020 where he lost to Diego.
Since then I think he ONLY lost to top ten players.
He lost to :
Paris 20 Zverev
WTF 20 Thiem
WTF 20 Medvedev
AO 21 Tsitsipass
MC 21 Rublev
Madrid 21 Zverev
RG 21 Djokovic

During the same period he beat these top10 Players :
RG 20 Djokovic
WTF 20 Rublev
WTF 20 Tsitsipass
Barcelona 21 Tsitsipass
Roma 21 Zverev
Roma 21 Djokovic
RG 21 Diego

He is 7-7 versus top 10 players.
He was up at least a set in 3 of these 7 losses
WTF 2020 Medvedev : Was serving for the match!
AO 2021 Tsitsipass : Was 2 sets to love up
RG 2021 Djokovic : Won the first set and then lost the next 3.

I think with a soft draw Rafa could still win any tournament he enters!

Discuss

 

[Rafa4LifeEver]

Ok

 

[MichaelNadal]

His serve and fitness lately however

 

[SonnyT]

Good work, mehdim! Nadal's style is very energy intensive, especially for a veteran in his mid 30's. So now he's in danger zone if he has to play a long physical match.

His supporters claim back pain. But that's an occupational hazard for tennis veterans. Federer's had it for a long time now. Didn't Dimitrov have to retire from a Slam match because of it?