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[oti]

Remember: Novak hired Boris Becker to help improve Novak's mental aspect of the game.

It was the German NATÜRLICH!

 

[raven777]

Rafa Nadal @RafaelNadal · 10m
#DREAMIN9

 

[killer_clank]

It wouldn't shock me to see Nadal go out early at Wimbledon again this year.

 

[MIMIC]

As far as I'm concerned, Gulbis won this. He would not have been so scared to play Nadal like Novak was. I still can't understand how he lost the SF.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

It wouldn't shock me to see Nadal go out early at Wimbledon again this year.

Depends on his cycle

 

[Squalor]

Why don't they just have Nadal hand the trophy to himself at this point?

 

[darkwing]

Novak doesn't have heart

 

[inm8num2]

Wimbledon's going to be fun. Can't wait!

 

[Squalor]

Haha, the chair umpire just tapped Djokovic on the knee, and Djokovic's look was hilarious.

 

[Magicgamer101]

Nadal my man. Letting that emotion out.

 

[DemurOnion]

Depends on his cycle

LOL. You know it does too.

 

[Machine Messiah]

Congrats to Nadal, but the French Open crowd is the worst in professional tennis

 

[darkwing]

Dat Djoker stare into space

 

[zero_suit]

Wimbledon's going to be fun. Can't wait!

Murray gonna get his 2nd.

 

[MIMIC]

Crowd trying to make Novak cry.

Dammit, cover your heard so the Internet can't get screen grabs, lol

 

[Magicgamer101]

Murray gonna get his 2nd.

God forbid. I can't stand that guy. No emotion.

 

[Squalor]

And the Career Slam continues to elude Djokovic.

Murray gonna get his 2nd.

Not sure if serious . . .

Crowd trying to make Novak cry.

Dammit, cover your heard so the Internet can't get screen grabs, lol

Yeah, Internet creeps always trying to get pictures of your cows.

 

[oti]

Shame I can't watch Wimbledon the way I watched RG. Premium channel Sky owns the rights for Wimbledon in Germany. no way I'll get a Sky subscription.

 

[Deku Tree]

Djoko 35-1 when winning the first set in a final.
Statistics are made to be broken.

 

[Niraj]

Congrats to Nadal, but the French Open crowd is the worst in professional tennis

Yup

Murray gonna get his 2nd.

Nah. We'll see how he plays the next few weeks, but doesn't really seem like he's gotten it all together yet, and even then I'd doubt it.

 

[MIMIC]

Oh yeah, didn't DF in the 2012 final, too? smh

Seriously, the only one that can stop Nadal from surpassing Federer is some random in the earlier rounds.

 

[Peru]

Waiting for Rafa's eiffel tower shot now

 

[oti]

What did uncle Tony whisper in Rafa's ear?

 

[Draconian]

Why don't they just have Nadal hand the trophy to himself at this point?

When Nadal starts handing out the trophies, they're going to spend 15 minutes on the highlight reel for all of his titles.

 

[Magicgamer101]

Hopefully Nadal can adjust quickly to the grass court season and pick up another Wimbledon this year!

 

[Squalor]

Waiting for Rafa's eiffel tower shot now

I hope he wears something similar.

 

[skynidas]

Waiting for Rafa's eiffel tower shot now

 

[Faith]

Well, it's hard...but what can you say. Nadal ist the greatest tennis player that ever existed, it's just so hard beating him @GS tournaments.

Maybe next year, but maybe never.

 

[darkwing]

Oh boy, the day when Nadal surpasses Fed

 

[Squalor]

Damn, Djokovic's French is really good.

Tennis players (foreign tennis players) are always so great at learning languages.

When Nadal starts handing out the trophies, they're going to spend 15 minutes on the highlight reel for all of his titles.

After Nadal retires, any player who wins the final, after beating the winner of the other side of the draw, the only way to win the French Open will be to play an in-his-prime clone of Nadal.

 

[Peru]

Well, it's hard...but what can you say. Nadal ist the greatest tennis player that ever existed, it's just so hard beating him @GS tournaments.

Clay tennis player. Clay.

 

[Faith]

Clay tennis player. Clay.

14 GS titles and 28 years old. Do the math. Also 23-10 against Federer, 9-2 at GS tournaments.

 

[John Dunbar]

all this match established is that nadal is the greatest clay court player ever. federer still superior.

 

[Peru]

14 GS titles and 28 years old. Do the math. Also 23-10 against Federer.

The math is he's still behind in total number of slams. More importantly: Nine of them on clay. So he's outplayed soundly on other surfaces.

 

[Niraj]

14 GS titles and 28 years old. Do the math. Also 23-10 against Federer, 9-2 at GS tournaments.

17>14.

K.

 

[Confrontation]

17 GS? Dude's gonna get 17 RGs.

 

[Squalor]

Fucking back injury at the Australian Open, he would have fifteen right now.

Goddamn, that $2.25-million purse.

 

[raven777]

Once Nadal equals Fed's 17 GS record then many ppl will consider him the GOAT since he destroys Fed in H2H. But until then ppl will still consider Fed GOAT.

 

[Draconian]

The math is he's still behind in total number of slams. More importantly: Nine of them on clay. So he's outplayed soundly on other surfaces.

He's been toe to toe with Fed on Fed's best surface and beaten him. The opposite has not happened, so why are we making a big deal out of this?

 

[Niraj]

Fucking back injury at the Australian Open, he would have fifteen right now.

Don't do this please. The "what if" game is just so pointless and tiring in tennis arguments.

 

[theprodigy]

Damn, Djokovic's French is really good.

Tennis players (foreign tennis players) are always so great at learning languages.

After Nadal retires, any player who wins the final, after beating the winner of the other side of the draw, the only way to win the French Open will be to play an in-his-prime clone of Nadal.

Nobody to win the French for the next 50 years then /s

 

[raven777]

Man if Nadal wins next year, it will be 10 RG titles....10!
Fucking double digit in a single GS tournament...

 

[MIMIC]

17 GS? Dude's gonna get 17 RGs.

LOL!

 

[Peru]

He's been toe to toe with Fed on Fed's best surface and beaten him. The opposite has not happened, so why are we making a big deal out of this?

First off h2h does not decide a player's legacy in the hall of fame. Match-ups are a thing and you're judged by your wins, tournament wins, overall stats, not some nemesis narrative. Secondly you can't even compare their h2h properly considering five year age difference and playing at their peak at different times.

 

[Squalor]

Don't do this please. The "what if" game is just so pointless and tiring in tennis arguments.

What are you talking about?

I haven't jumped in this stupid greatest-of-all-time discussion you're in.

I couldn't care less who people think is the greatest.

I am simply saying that Nadal would definitely have fifteen now had he been healthy in Australia.

 

[Deku Tree]

Fed was almost done winning GS tournaments @ 28. Mostly it was because he could beat everyone except Nadal though.

 

[Speevy]

Nadal at 50

 

[Faith]

Guys please...Nadal destroyed everyone. Djokovic was the only player that stood a chance against him, even on clay.

 

[John Dunbar]

What are you talking about?

I haven't jumped in this stupid greatest-of-all-time discussion you're in.

I couldn't care less who people think is the greatest.

I am simply saying that Nadal would definitely have fifteen now had he been healthy in Australia.

wawrinka was playing some lights out tennis in that match. saying anyone would have definitely beaten him is bullshit.

 

[Niraj]

What are you talking about?

I haven't jumped in this stupid greatest-of-all-time discussion you're in.

I couldn't care less who people think is the greatest.

I am simply saying that Nadal would definitely have fifteen now had he been healthy in Australia.

Whoa, no need to be so antagonistic sorry I said anything, but it's a point that gets belabored for all players.

Guys please...Nadal destroyed everyone. Djokovic was the only player that stood a chance against him, even on clay.

I would agree that Djokovic was the only one who had a chance to beat him in this tournament.