Who is more likely to complete the career slam?

[jamesblakefan#1]

Nadal got beaten by prime Roddick at USO at the tender age of 18 years old.
Federer was much worse, he got beaten in straights at the age of 20 by 31 year old Agassi and managed to get only 3 games out of the first 2 sets!
At the age of 21, Federer went from bad to worse by being straight setted in the 4th round by Max Mirnyi.
Federer sucks so much that at 18 years old he wasn't even capable of playing the USO!
Although Sampras would fare considerably better than Federer in his early USO years, at 18 he still got straight setted by Jay Berger who had the privilege to hand poor Pete a breadstick as well (4th round).
So I don't see anything shocking in Nadal's result at all...

No, I was laughing at him saying that now is a weak era, and 2 yrs ago was the strongest era in the past 50 yrs.

 

[veroniquem]

No, I was laughing at him saying that now is a weak era, and 2 yrs ago was the strongest era in the past 50 yrs.

I know, I'm sorry, I meant it as a reply to his post but I did something wrong and ended up quoting your post instead.

 

[deltox]

Roddick is actually a very bad matchup for nadal on USO courts. I doubt seriously nadal wants to see him in his quarter at the open this year. Him or Tsnoga honestly

 

[veroniquem]

Roddick is actually a very bad matchup for nadal on USO courts. I doubt seriously nadal wants to see him in his quarter at the open this year. Him or Tsnoga honestly

USO 2007, Nadal-Tsonga, Nadal won: 7-6, 6-2, 6-1.

 

[gj011]

LOL, how is this even a question. Nadal of course.

Federer has no chance to complete career GS.

 

[dh003i]

Must be option two. Although Fed only has two obstacles at RG, Djoker and Nadal, the latter of the two is... unbreakable. At RG anyway, I think. I suppose Nadal is harder to defeat at RG than Fed is at the US Open.

Seeing as how Federer's won the USO 5 times in a row, evidence doesn't support that theory.

And the field at he USO is a lot stronger than that at he FO, as all kinds of players are good or can be very dangerous on those fast hard-courts.

In today's game, the USO is the most difficult major to win, although Wimbledon is the most prestigious.

Also, while Nadal has improved greatly on hard-courts, there are still quite a few number of players who can take them out.

I still think Federer has a shot at the FO, this year and for a couple more years.

As for Nadal at the USO, that's a difficult time of the year for him, he seems to be worn down by then. But he'll definitely have his chances. He's certainly good enough on HC to win the USO, something I wouldn't have thought about him a few years ago. But there are of course a number of players who are extremely dangerous to him there and can and have taken him out.

 

[clayman2000]

USO 2007, Nadal-Tsonga, Nadal won: 7-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Ya what was Tsonga in 07, a lazy Muhammad Ali look alike. Today it would be a different story


Look if Roddick played Nadal at the USO, Nadal is easily the favourite. But, if Roddick uses his head the whole match, he has a fighting chance. Remember, the 08 Roddick is a completely different player. IF you saw Roddick v Federer both at IW and Madrid you would see he is hitting way more agressivly

 

[veroniquem]

Ya what was Tsonga in 07, a lazy Muhammad Ali look alike. Today it would be a different story


Look if Roddick played Nadal at the USO, Nadal is easily the favourite. But, if Roddick uses his head the whole match, he has a fighting chance. Remember, the 08 Roddick is a completely different player. IF you saw Roddick v Federer both at IW and Madrid you would see he is hitting way more agressivly

I saw Nadal-Roddick at IW...