Nadal's biggest records, speak volumes of his domination.
Nadal is the only man in world history to have won slams on clay, grass and hardcourt in a calendar year.
Nadal is the only man in world history to have won slams for 9 years in a row (and counting).
Nadal is the only outright leader of a slam event - Roland Garros 8 (2 ahead of Borg, and counting).
Nadal is the only man in world history to have won 26 masters shields (and counting, at a furious pace, 5 so far in 2013).
And Nadal is only 27, and is now having his 2nd best year ever, and his best hardcourt year. So much for early retirement :lolz:
And another Australian Open title would mean Nadal has the Double Career Grand Slam. The hits just keep on coming :clap
The fact that 2 of the slam events each year are played on hardcourt (Nadal's weakest surface, until recently), always worked against Nadal. Now, in his hardcourt prime, Nadal is about to cash-in.
Also keep an eye on year-ending #1s. Federer finished year-ending #1 FIVE times (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009). Nadal is about to achieve it for a THIRD time (2008, 2010, 2013). Looking at the major points Nadal can gain at the Australian Open and Wimbledon 2014 (and the hefty points Djokovic must defend at all of the slams in 2014) there is a great chance of Nadal making it FOUR year-ending #1s at least.
