I remember back in 2009 when I heard that Nadal got beaten in Roland-Garros. I couldn't believe it. He already won 4 Roland-Garros titles back then where he beat Federer in 3 finals as well as beating Federer on his home court in Wimbledon 2008 and beating Federer in Australian Open 2009. That's also where I knew that Federer is finally going to win Roland-Garros.
Nadal always had the best outfits. I do like the sleeveless and long haired Nadal from 2005-2008 the most because of nostalgia and because he was iconic.
The arithmetic mean of the sum of the games of nadal's rivals is 41/7 < 6. Which means that on average if you sum the games of his rivals they don't event manage to win a single set lol
there would never be the greatest athlete of all time if they can't beat Nadal's record here! and no one can not Djokovic not Alcaraz not Sinner - no one ! for this court is the hardest court and he dominated it injured or not!
i must say this in all truthfulness - Djokovic was so cute and you can see he was stubborn already even when he was a youngster - and his son looks like him!
The way Nadal was hitting at 12, and I know some of you probably feel the same, I was like 'my 12 year old self could beat 12 year old Nadal'. Insane the amount he improved. Did you know also, that Federer at 16 many coaches and commentators thought was mich less of a prospect than Hewitt at 16?
The only sure thing we know about big 3 is that Nadal is far behind Nole and Roger, but far ahead of the rest of atp..so, he is very lonely on 3rd position..
When you see Carlitos nowadays you forget how fast Rafa was and how talented. This point is one of my favorites of the clip, but it is so full of wonderful highlights: 03:26.
На грунте Рафа превращается в какого то супергероя, без слабых мест, особенно на РГ! Джокович, Федерер тоже доминировали на харде, траве, но все таки такого превосходства как у Надаля на грунте у них не было!
Omg that coach with tiny Novak is the cutest thing I've ever seen!!! "Bravo Nole! Look what Nole's doing!" even when he hit it almost straight into the court. That man is a patron saint of little kid athletes in my eyes :)
Injections with magic cocktail..what else was in this substance of realising pain. I dont buy this. Its not posible to play 100% fizikly , no matter how many injections you get. This guy is a joke with asterix on a resime. 21*. The tougest slam, it didnt affect his game, you play with pain and have no mental down. You run like hell and dont look damaged at all, no real logic can buy this scam. Only case in history of sport. Rafa is unique with 20 years of injuries, that had no effect on his game and results. In real life not posible.
