Well it's always my fall back "read" if people get too full of themselves talking about how great Nadal's been! Compared to Fedovic, Rafa's had some pretty awful losses at Wimbledon; even with the homogenization of the grass courts which got him 2 titles! It's a wonder
"the field" has allowed him to make SF attempts the last 2 seasons! To me nothing's more obscene than Rafa taking grass titles! To me that just tells me the rest of the field is gutless to even allow him to make finals! Thank goodness for Fedovic saving us of late! :whistle:
I don’t disagree they were bad losses, my point is they don’t define Rafa’s overall Grasscourt record.
2008 isn’t even my main argument: 2007 W is.
The fact that playing in what seemed like 9 straight days in that crazy rain drenched 2007 Wimbledon Rafa still stretched Federer our to 5 sets ( it seemed Federer had like 6 days of rest in contrast between Qtrs and SF’s and finals LOL) in the final was to me the best testament to Rafa and grass. Doubt 2007 Federer was Methuselah yet.
As to “slower” grasscourts, since when do playing conditions have to remain the same and unchanging just to placate one player? I thought the whole point of competitive sports is to adapt to whatever the battle field is that day.
If Wimbledon grass had been slowed down earlier, Jimmy Connors would have ended up with 8 or 9 Wimbledon titles, and Lendl with a handful, but that’s neither here nor there...
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