paulorenzo
Hall of Fame
The only way Serena is getting the Grand Slam is by going to Dennys.
i have won multiple calendar grandslams. a few in the same calendar year.
The only way Serena is getting the Grand Slam is by going to Dennys.
i have won multiple calendar grandslams. a few in the same calendar year.![]()
I think last years AO (bar the 5th set) was better than those two as well. Incredible tennis.
And of course - 2005 TMC Nalby vs Federer.
Fair enough. I do think the 2007 and 2008 Wim finals were the best Fed will ever play vs Nadal outside of indoors or a very fast hard courts (where the conditions are such he can dominate Nadal which is when he looks most great vs players). Nadal is just such a bad matchup for him and doesnt allow the best of Federer, so the 2007 and 2008 Wimbledon finals are really the best tennis he can do vs Nadal on a surface Nadal is comfortable on.No way man!
What about rome '06 or hamburg '07? And Fed has random patches of play all over the place where he absolutely dominates Nadal (first set hamburg '08, wimby '06, dubai '06, FO '06), he just never keeps it up. The match up issue makes it tough for federer to beat nadal in general, but there's been so many times when he is just coming off a single set performance that really indicates that his best tennis is enough to overcome the matchup issue and all of a sudden he has a mental blowout.
Anyway, there weren't any sets in the '07 '08 wimby finals where fed played as well as he has in many other non-fastcourt sets against nadal. And he's had better overall matches on slow courts against nadal anyway.
lmao, Federer played virtually the same match that he played against Agassi and embarrassed Agassi on his BEST surface. He nearly beat Safin, but it just wasn't enough. Federer was playing extremely well, virtually close to his best.
Much of those same people would also say that:
-Fed is GOAT
-Fed is better than Pete
So if we don't take those things for granted just because people say it(and I know you don't) than we shouldn't also take for granted that 2007 and 2008 Wimbledon finals are better than 2005 AO SF.
I personally think that 2005 AO SF was better than both 2007 and 2008 Wimbledon finals,for me personally it is by far the best match I've ever seen quality wise.
Fair enough. I do think the 2007 and 2008 Wim finals were the best Fed will ever play vs Nadal outside of indoors or a very fast hard courts (where the conditions are such he can dominate Nadal which is when he looks most great vs players). Nadal is just such a bad matchup for him and doesnt allow the best of Federer, so the 2007 and 2008 Wimbledon finals are really the best tennis he can do vs Nadal on a surface Nadal is comfortable on.
Fair enough. I do think the 2007 and 2008 Wim finals were the best Fed will ever play vs Nadal outside of indoors or a very fast hard courts (where the conditions are such he can dominate Nadal which is when he looks most great vs players). Nadal is just such a bad matchup for him and doesnt allow the best of Federer, so the 2007 and 2008 Wimbledon finals are really the best tennis he can do vs Nadal on a surface Nadal is comfortable on.
You're welcome to your opinion, but it is ridiculous. Nadal fans consistently want to maintain that Federer and Nadal both played their best in the '08 Wimbledon final. The reality, Nadal peaked on grass in a down-year for Federer, and when Federer's return of serve had started to decline. That was the very best level Nadal ever produced on grass, and he just barely managed to eek out a win vs. Federer not returning well by career standards. Likewise, Nadal's very best level ever on HC in the AO '09 still needed 5 sets against Federer serving absolutely awfully (no, this had nothing to do with Nadal, Federer has served much better vs. Nadal in other slam finals).
Or Mark Philoppousis, for the one match that he thrashed Sampras like he was an Under 10 girl.