Rafael Nadal won the 2010 Wimbledon today, a month after his 2010 French Open championship. Nadal is certainly back, regaining top form after injuries derailed much of his 2009. He now has 8 Grand Slam championships, surpassing John McEnroe and tying him with Ivan Lendl and Jimmy Connors in career grand slams. And all of [...]
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A Renewed look at Nadal’s future case for Greatest of all Time (GOAT)
Posted in Sports, Tennis, tagged Federer as Best Ever, Federer as GOAT, Most Grand Slams, Nadal as Best Ever, Nadal as GOAT, Nadal Grand Slams, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Tennis Grand Slams by Age on July 4, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Could Nadal ever become Greatest of all time (GOAT)?
Posted in Sports, Tennis, tagged Best of all time, GOAT, Pete Sampras, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Tennis Record by Age Group, Wimbledon 2009 on June 23, 2009 | 8 Comments »
After Roger Federer won the 2009 French Open, I laid out the case in this posting why he should definitively be declared the greatest player of all time (GOAT). I also stated that I felt that Rafael Nadal would eventually end up being the GOAT after his career was all said and done. That naturally [...]
Federer- the best tennis player ever?
Posted in Sports, Tennis, tagged Best of all time, Borg, Federer, French Open, GOAT, Lendl, Nadal, Roger Federer, Sampras, Tennis on June 8, 2009 | 26 Comments »
Roger Federer won his first French Open yesterday, dispatching of Robin Soderling in straight sets, 6-1, 7-6 (1), 6-4. With his now 14th Grand Slam title, Federer has tied Pete Sampras’ record for the number of all time grand slam victories and the clamor anointing Federer as the best tennis player ever is growing louder [...]
The Best Rivalry in Sports- Federer vs Nadal?
Posted in Sports, Tennis, tagged Borg vs McEnroe, Federer, Federer vs Nadal, French Open, McEnroe, Nadal, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Sports Rivalries, Tennis on May 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Roger Federer just defeated Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-4, to win the Madrid Open. Perhaps, even more noteworthy was that the victory was on clay where Nadal has historically been at his best. After the instant classic finals at Wimbledon in 2008 and the Australian Open in 2009 where Nadal pulled out dramatic 5 [...]
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