Despite this, Federer has a superior h2h against Nadal off clay... and Federer is now in his 30s. The reason he lost the other day was he was severely injured with his back. He had no prayer.
There are only 3 grass tournaments a year on tour.. and tons of clay. Is it any wonder Nadal has a superior h2h... and Fed's peak is now past. Nadal was not good enough to beat Federer where it counted 2004-7, and he will not beat Federer's arsenal of records.
Nadal is a baseline pusher who has been blessed with modern day slow court conditions.
Daniel, I take it you are on the WUM?
Everything you have written is total nonsense!
I always felt that Djoko's trouble was more related to his mental resilience rather than physical stamina. For me, his rise to the top was always going to be a question of him managing to overcome that issue, as he clearly had the tennis for it. I wouldn't underestimate the effect of the psyche on physical comdition.
As for Rafa beating Fed the other night, I was very surprised, didn't expect it to happen so soon after his return, but Fed being injured would explain a lot.
Dan, what are you on about? Indoor's the only chapter Fed's been clearly superior in. They're 6-6 on hard courts, with Nadal 6-2 on outdoor hard. What's grass got to do with it? Fed's got a 2-1 edge on grass, the first of those wins coming with Fed in his pomp vs a 19/20-year-old Rafa.
You also say Nadal was not good enough to beat Federer where it counted 2004-7, seemingly oblivious to the fact that Nadal was 18-21 years old in that period. Fed didn't win his first GS title until barely a month before turning 22.
Everything you have written is total nonsense!
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Everything? Ok, so Nadal is gonna beat all Fed's records? There are tons of grass tournaments a year? And this had nothing to do with the H2H?
LOL
Federer is a superior player to Nadal. he also didn't get beat by rank 100s in slams in his prime.
Place Nadal in Borg's era and he would never have won Wimbledon. Ever.
love the fact that you main retort is about the number of grass courts in a season! That's the only thing you did get right
I thought itsonlyagame had pretty much explained why your post was null and void, didn't think you needed it repeated twice!
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posted on 16/3/13
Despite this, Federer has a superior h2h against Nadal off clay... and Federer is now in his 30s. The reason he lost the other day was he was severely injured with his back. He had no prayer.
There are only 3 grass tournaments a year on tour.. and tons of clay. Is it any wonder Nadal has a superior h2h... and Fed's peak is now past. Nadal was not good enough to beat Federer where it counted 2004-7, and he will not beat Federer's arsenal of records.
Nadal is a baseline pusher who has been blessed with modern day slow court conditions.
posted on 16/3/13
Daniel, I take it you are on the WUM?
Everything you have written is total nonsense!
posted on 16/3/13
I always felt that Djoko's trouble was more related to his mental resilience rather than physical stamina. For me, his rise to the top was always going to be a question of him managing to overcome that issue, as he clearly had the tennis for it. I wouldn't underestimate the effect of the psyche on physical comdition.
As for Rafa beating Fed the other night, I was very surprised, didn't expect it to happen so soon after his return, but Fed being injured would explain a lot.
Dan, what are you on about? Indoor's the only chapter Fed's been clearly superior in. They're 6-6 on hard courts, with Nadal 6-2 on outdoor hard. What's grass got to do with it? Fed's got a 2-1 edge on grass, the first of those wins coming with Fed in his pomp vs a 19/20-year-old Rafa.
You also say Nadal was not good enough to beat Federer where it counted 2004-7, seemingly oblivious to the fact that Nadal was 18-21 years old in that period. Fed didn't win his first GS title until barely a month before turning 22.
posted on 19/3/13
Everything you have written is total nonsense!
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Everything? Ok, so Nadal is gonna beat all Fed's records? There are tons of grass tournaments a year? And this had nothing to do with the H2H?
LOL
posted on 19/3/13
Federer is a superior player to Nadal. he also didn't get beat by rank 100s in slams in his prime.
Place Nadal in Borg's era and he would never have won Wimbledon. Ever.
posted on 19/3/13
Prove it.
posted on 19/3/13
love the fact that you main retort is about the number of grass courts in a season! That's the only thing you did get right
I thought itsonlyagame had pretty much explained why your post was null and void, didn't think you needed it repeated twice!
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