clayqueen
Talk Tennis Guru
Well Nole took a long time to get going. He won his 2nd slam in 2011, 3 years after winning his first one in 2008 and considering Nole has never missed a slam and Rafa has missed quite a few due to injury, Rafa is still 2 slams ahead of him. Djoker was a one slam wonder for 3 years and was slamless for his first 4 years after turning pro.Bollocks. It's easy to say that for Djokovic who is in his prime. But for Nadal? How many GS finals did he reach since the 2014 FO?
By the way, Rafa is only one year older than Djoker and Rafa and Roger define this era. When Rafa was winning slams for fun, Djoker could only look on in awe.
Every reasonable person acknowledges that Rafa has been plagued with injury and illness since 2012 and has been sidelined for more than 15 months in that period. He still came back in 2013 after being out for 7 months in 2012 and won two out of the 3 slams he played that year overtaking Djoker in the rankings ending the year as #1.
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