MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
So much we didn't see coming or know coming into this match. Not only was it epic af, but this was the real start of Nadal being Nadal. Just over a week later he would start his RIDICULOUS run of being undefeated on clay that would last until 2007. After their first meeting being a year before and Federer losing the first match, I'm sure he did not expect a tough 5-setter and was probably looking to smash Nadal like a wasp, but ended up in a dogfight and almost losing again. Rafa would go on to win their next 5 matches, in which time Federer became the king of grass and Nadal became the king of clay. Federer would win every slam from here out, only losing to Nadal until the 2008 AO semi against Novak. That match would kick us into the big 3 era. We will never have anything like this in our lifetimes again. We had best ever player on grass, best ever on clay, and best ever on HC all at the same time. And you could say it all started here