Who will be Nadal's main rival at Roland Garros over next 5 years?

[coloskier]

His knees.

 

[fednad]

After this Sunday, folks on TT will be asking:
Who will be Djoker's main rival at Roland Garros over next 5 years?

 

[The-Champ]

Nobody in sight if it wouldn't be Djokovic. Djokovic is not having a great claycourt season, but if he can somehow refind 2011 form, he's your man.

Nadal will always have a matchup issue with Djokovic like Fed has with Nadal. However, whilst Federer and Nadal are close to each other in consistency, Nadal is just been more consistent over the course of his career than Djokovic. I think the matchup still favours Djokovic a ton though. If Fed and Nadal and Djokovic play equally well (measured against the field for instance), Nadal will always beat Federer, Federer will always beat Novak, Novak will always beat Rafa.

I don't believe in the matchup thing between the three of them, we can throw in Murray in the mix as well. Even though Federer has more variation in his game, theoretically they are all baseliners. It's about mental fortitude and who plays better on that given day when it comes to players of their caliber, IMO.

Matchup issue for me is two constrasting styles where one player utterly dominates the other on any surface i.e (Edberg vs Muster).

 

[TheF1Bob]

NSK and his comical threads. :lol:

 

[ivan_the_terrible]

Nadal had platelet treatment in early 2010 and then became the first and only man in world history to win slams on clay, grass and hardcourt in a calendar year. Oh yeah, won't ever be 100%.... Nadal actually describes his knees as 100% after the treatment. Same treatment he had before Monte Carlo this year, and this is the first year he hasn't dropped a set at Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Rome.

ok, this post truly exposes you as a ******* trying to insinuate that Nadal is doping via the PRP.

You blew it right there dude, you should've continued on with your previous childish posts, no one would've suspected your real allegiance. They really convinced the Fed fanboys that you were a ********, but now it's game over.

 

[nadal_slam_king]

ok, this post truly exposes you as a ******* trying to insinuate that Nadal is doping via the PRP.

You blew it right there dude, you should've continued on with your previous childish posts, no one would've suspected your real allegiance. They really convinced the Fed fanboys that you were a ********, but now it's game over.

You don't understand platelet treatment, do you? It's supposed to temporarily eliminate any effects of tendinitis. It is not a permanent fix, but Nadal describes his knees as feeling 100% once he's resumed training and is back in the groove. He had the treatment twice in 2010. Once in the early stages of clay season, and again just after Wimbledon. You really need to do some research before you talk about all this french crap.

 

[NadalAgassi]

His biggest rival will be the opponent called Mr. Age.

 

[primetennis]

If Federer had focused on his fitness as much as Nadal does, maybe Federer wouldn't be in year 3 of a slam drought. No chance of that happening to 30-year-old Nadal. Of course it helps that Nadal is more dominant on clay than Federer ever was on any other surface. It's going to be a lot of fun watching Federer retire with a 5, 6 or 7 year slam drought

he is not in year 3..he won a slam in 2010..only in 2011 he wasn't able to win..know the facts and then post..he has a shot at winning 1 of wimby and USO this time though..

 

[TheFifthSet]

If Federer had focused on his fitness as much as Nadal does, maybe Federer wouldn't be in year 3 of a slam drought. No chance of that happening to 30-year-old Nadal. Of course it helps that Nadal is more dominant on clay than Federer ever was on any other surface. It's going to be a lot of fun watching Federer retire with a 5, 6 or 7 year slam drought

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.