Boy, I bet folks around here are pretty excited it's almost time for the tennis to start up again, so they can watch some sport besides you and me poking at each other endlessly. :lulz2: I think you can say "vastly superior" if you're comparing only the 3, which is perhaps what you intended, but didn't qualify. If you mean against the field, then, no.
The last time Federer fans made fun of Nadal's injuries, Federer hurt his back. Be careful, karma is a b.
LOL look who is talking, one more Federer tard fanatic. Listen, I'm tired of people so pathetic like you and others, ridiculous, classless and trolls Federer's fans, they are too many so I hope the Swiss is not that kind of person though I have my doubts about it because the rocker likes the rock, the marijuana smoker likes the marijuana, the drunk likes the alcohol and etc etc, do you know what I mean??? that is exactly what I think!
Fairly straight-forward statement. Surprising that it needs so much editorializing from you.
While this is the Nadal fans thread, I've long been curious about this notion that Roger didn't prepare at all for Montreal, and that's why his back went. Did he actually say that he didn't train? I ask honestly. I've always found it rather hard to believe that a professional like Roger would go from complete vacation to a MS1000. Especially a guy who has been so famous for managing his schedule well. I'm not saying I doubt it, I'm just looking for the confirmation.
That's not exactly how it went down. Attomole asked what the criteria were. El Dude and I offered options. Attomole offered one, and actually suggested s/he'd come back with more counter-arguments. So far that hasn't happened. Atommole hasn't even countered with who they think should be the surface GOAT, if not Rafa. El Dude didn't lose the argument. I'd say his was prodding for more follow-up, as was promised, and I'd like to hear it, as well.
Here's a thing I meant to add, and it has to do with comparison with the field. The reason that Roger and Novak have done so poorly on clay is that Nadal is so dominating on it. Likewise for Rafa off-clay. He's better enough than most to have won more without Roger and Novak to deal with. Surely at the YEC and the AO. They've all had to deal with playing in the same era v. 2 other all-time greats. Thus, they have divided up the spoils. Clay is only 1/3 of the calendar. Having to deal with 2 guys who dominate on HCs, esp. indoor, and one particularly on grass has made Nadal look lesser on them, but in any era when each had it to themselves, they'd have cleaned up.
Both streaks are impressive. We already know the answer to why Roger has lost more on grass than Rafa on clay. On grass you can lose easily if the opponent is serving well. Sometimes you lose before you are even aware of it!! That makes Roger's streak of 65 truly astonishing. On clay you can easily fight for every point, which Nadal does better than anyone else. The serve is almost irrelevant on clay, while on grass, you may not have the chance to fight for points when the server is having a field day.
The other one is the way the surfaces play. You know what happens on grass when you encounter a good server who is firing on all cylinders. In a situation like that, you have little or no chance to fight for the points. You can only hope for a drop in the opponent's serve.
