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Greedy fucker Forget at it again, making excuses for his favourite player.

Wonder if he calls Nadal again next year what he can do to improve his chances, like he did last year. It's sickening.

Peak Nadal got owned 100% by King Djokovic on his home turf. It's as simple as that, everybody could see it. Djokovic made any leftover claims that Nadal is the GOAT look like a sick joke and ended the Spaniards career.

Listen Nadaltards: Instead of come up with sick lies to justify the Nadal loss, just accept that you got OWNED. We Fedtard were in ruins too when Djokovic ended the carrer of Federer, but we would never sink that low to play the injury card.
You have reached truly extreme levels of delusion if you really think Rafa peaked in his semifinal match vs Djokovic. Any unbiased observer of the match would've noticed Rafa played sub-par tennis for most of the match, even during the 1st set. At no point after the end of the first set did he look like the player who was going to win the match. It's crazy that you compare it with the Federer match at Wimbledon because there's no similarity at all.
 
You have reached truly extreme levels of delusion if you really think Rafa peaked in his semifinal match vs Djokovic. Any unbiased observer of the match would've noticed Rafa played sub-par tennis for most of the match, even during the 1st set. At no point after the end of the first set did he look like the player who was going to win the match. It's crazy that you compare it with the Federer match at Wimbledon because there's no similarity at all.
Obviously the term "peak Nadal" was just used in jest there.
Though it just wanted to establish that it was still a dangerous Nadal, who could have beaten anybody else from the active players that evening.
 
why the hell is the Rg2020 is the most significant match of all time not just for Djokovic-Nadal even for Federer ? Your comments on this forum after Djokovic won Roland garros really make me laugh and I wonder what you come up with when Djokovic pass both Fedal in slams. ??
Well lets work it through lol. 20-20-19. Nadal v Djokovic at FO 2020. Had Djokovic won that match he would have been considered ahead of Federer. Right now he is not. I assume i dont have to explain the significance between Nadal and Djokovic!
 
You have reached truly extreme levels of delusion if you really think Rafa peaked in his semifinal match vs Djokovic. Any unbiased observer of the match would've noticed Rafa played sub-par tennis for most of the match, even during the 1st set. At no point after the end of the first set did he look like the player who was going to win the match. It's crazy that you compare it with the Federer match at Wimbledon because there's no similarity at all.
Had Nadal won he would have lost to Tsitsipas as he clearly was injured, and probably would not have played the final or finished the match.
 
I said he never catch Federer and now even Djokovic passed him. So he was second and now he is third. I expect he will win something in the future and move back to second place behind Nole, who will be undisputed GOAT by that time. So yes, Rafa was second behind Roger, now he is third, and on the end he will reclaim his second spot behind Novak. Laver was the GOAT, Roger is the GOAT now and Djokovic will be the GOAT with all probability by the end of the year. There is no one second in tennis history when Nadal was considered greatest of all time by anyone else, exept maybe few diehard fans like you.
Nadal is ahead of Federer and Djokovic. Djokovic not even in the equation as he is 3rd on Major list but Nadal is ahead of Federer due to more M1000's better h2h at Majors and OG. It is not a debate. It is a fact.
 
Haha. All experts agree. As I said maybe in your dreams. Writing something up for hundred times doesnt make it true. If majority of so called experts and former players agreed on one player called best of all time till now it was Federer, but Djokovic is now very close to surpass him. Nadal was never in the conversation. Even Laver was mentioned more often than Nadal in this discussion and rightfully so. Nadal has so many holes in his resume that he was never considered best of all time.
Mcenroe, williams, sharapova, Murray, Courier , borg, agassi, graf, evert, Gilbert all have Nadal as GOAT at the moment as all have said so on Fox Sports in the last week!
They all agree if Djokovic wins W, Federer will be 3rd.
 
Mcenroe, williams, sharapova, Murray, Courier , borg, agassi, graf, evert, Gilbert all have Nadal as GOAT at the moment as all have said so on Fox Sports in the last week!
They all agree if Djokovic wins W, Federer will be 3rd.
Or course. Suprisingly I didnt find any reference about that online. Maybe you can send us the link of this fox sports show. I will be very interested to see all this great former and current players saying Nadal is curentlly gratest of all time.
 
This is true, he was dropping more sets against Tsitsipas than against Nadal, LOL

Djokovic was just mentally superior in every way. And Nadal got completely OWNED by him in after losing that tiebreak, it was absolutely brutal. Virtual bagel at the end.

¨Nadal can come up with any excuses he want, deep down we all know he is in ruins and his confidence at an all time low.

Nadal will soon lose the joy in tennis, because for him, it's all about winning, and if he does not win, the fire will be gone fast. Almost happened two years ago, but then he somehow found the turnaround exactly at the right time. Not this time.

But why listen to me? The upcoming results of Nadal will tell a clear story. I can't wait till he is back on the court, although I suspect we will not see the Spaniard 2021 again.
Agree with everything up until the bolded underlined part at the end.

I just don't ever see Nadal skipping back to back slams at this stage of his career ESPECIALLY when it gives Djokovic a massive leg up to rack up Number 20 & 21 respectively.Why on earth (if Djokovic wins Wimbledon) would he ever step aside and let his rival have an easier path on winning the coveted Grand Slam.That would totally make him head and shoulders above Nadal for the test of time if that happened regardless of how many dirt slop French Open titles he might rack up in the future.
It kills him seeing Novak drawing closer and putting him at Number 3 in regards to the Big 3's overall tennis resume.

For that to happen he would've had to have torn ego tendons & ligaments that would take many months to heal.
 
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Agree with everything up until the bolded underlined part at the end.

I just don't ever see Nadal skipping back to back slams at this stage of his career ESPECIALLY when it gives Djokovic a massive leg up to rack up Number 20 & 21 respectively.Why on earth (if Djokovic wins Wimbledon) would he ever step aside and let his rival have an easier path on winning the coveted Grand Slam.That would totally make him head and shoulders above Nadal for the test of time if that happened regardless of how many dirt slop French Open titles he might rack up in the future.
It kills him seeing Novak drawing closer and putting him at Number 3 in regards to the Big 3's overall tennis resume.

For that to happen he would've had to have torn ego tendons & ligaments that would take many months to heal.
Have you been around past 8 years? Nadal is less of threat to Novak on a HC than some random top 100 player
 
Have you been around past 8 years? Nadal is less of threat to Novak on a HC than some random top 100 player
I don't have full 100% faith due to Novak's bad luck at the US OPEN over the years and their previous encounters.Yeah... he'd probably crush him this time around as he's won the last 19 hardcourt sets against him but Rafa has risen to the occasion there.. Better to just not have him around.... which is exactly my point.. I don't think Nadal will accomodate that... especially if he's going for the Grand Slam and on reputation alone no player really wants to play against Rafa if they're going for that kind of achievement.
 
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I don't have full 100% faith due to Novak's bad luck at the US OPEN over the years and their previous encounters.Yeah... he'd probably crush him this time around as he's won the last 19 hardcourt sets against him but Rafa has risen to the occasion there.. Better to just not have him around.... which is exactly my point.. I don't think Nadal will accomodate that... especially if he's going for the Grand Slam and on reputation alone no player really wants to play against Rafa if they're going for that kind of achievement.
Nadal looked defeatist at RG to me...probably why he didn't show up to Wimbledon

Him and others need to pray that Novak is drained or it'll be curtains
 
Agree with everything up until the bolded underlined part at the end.

I just don't ever see Nadal skipping back to back slams at this stage of his career ESPECIALLY when it gives Djokovic a massive leg up to rack up Number 20 & 21 respectively.Why on earth (if Djokovic wins Wimbledon) would he ever step aside and let his rival have an easier path on winning the coveted Grand Slam.That would totally make him head and shoulders above Nadal for the test of time if that happened regardless of how many dirt slop French Open titles he might rack up in the future.
It kills him seeing Novak drawing closer and putting him at Number 3 in regards to the Big 3's overall tennis resume.

For that to happen he would've had to have torn ego tendons & ligaments that would take many months to heal.
Nadal is no fool. He knows his bullshit game only works when he can bully his opponents on the court and destroy them mentally. Which means he wants to play against the big players only on the surfaces that suit him, to keep the mental edge. First he lost it against Federer, now against Djokovic. It's brutal.

With his serve gone, his movement snail like and his inability to play longer matches, he knows he is toast on every surface but clay.

Nadal will redefine the word chickening out 2021, trust me on this. I knew he would never attend Wimbledon, LOL at the people who thought otherwise.

The truth is, I actually think it's the best strategy for him. Just put all eggs on the clay season 2022. It's the only chance he has left. All other tournaments are gone.
 
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