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Sassy Colombian said:
Congrats to Nadal, one of the greatest, if not the greatest tennis champion of all time!
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He gets my vote.

It’s hard to put Rafael in perspective. Only two players have won more total slams than he has Roland Garros championships. Only 5 others have more total slams than he has away from Roland Garros, and of course nobody has more total slams than he does.

Just an amazing sportsman.

Roger had the most beautiful game I’d ever seen.

Novak has the most technically perfect game I’ve ever seen (seriously, he is what any coach would point young players to be - you can’t teach Federer or Nadal).

Rafael is the best competitor I’ve seen and his game is just something different. He’s just brutal and relentless. He’s also breathtakingly fast and for all his power also has exquisite hands.
 

Have you noticed in the media since Roger"Potato-nosed Royalist"Federer has lost any chance of claiming the greatest number of GS wins that G.O.A.T. is hardly talked of now?

Funny that.
 
Hogwild said:
He gets my vote.

It’s hard to put Rafael in perspective. Only two players have won more total slams than he has Roland Garros championships. Only 5 others have more total slams than he has away from Roland Garros, and of course nobody has more total slams than he does.

Just an amazing sportsman.

Roger had the most beautiful game I’d ever seen.

Novak has the most technically perfect game I’ve ever seen (seriously, he is what any coach would point young players to be - you can’t teach Federer or Nadal).

Rafael is the best competitor I’ve seen and his game is just something different. He’s just brutal and relentless. He’s also breathtakingly fast and for all his power also has exquisite hands.
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He gets my vote too, Nadal is indeed the best competitor. He is so passionate, so committed to his game, such a hard working tennis player, and most importantly he is a good and compassionate human being. I absolutely love him!
 

meh...overrated, dull to watch and bit of a douche. Take away his clay slams and he's on par with the likes of Lendl, McEnroe, Agassi, Wilander, Connors.

Greatest Clay player ever, i grant you. But not in the top 5 overall greatest tennis players.
 
dholliday said:
meh...overrated, dull to watch and bit of a douche. Take away his clay slams and he's on par with the likes of Lendl, McEnroe, Agassi, Wilander, Connors.

Greatest Clay player ever, i grant you. But not in the top 5 overall greatest tennis players.
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Such a strange argument, take away Federer and Djokovic‘s hard court slams and they are left with 9 and 8 respectfully. I don’t see the distinction.

Equally, one could argue Nadal is unfortunate there is just the one clay slam.

Regardless he is far from a one trick pony having won them all at least 2x.

Ive been playing and watching the game for a long, long time. To me, he is the best. Saying that doesn’t diminish the greatness of Federer and Djokovic - they are undeniably all time greats - I just believe Nadal is a bit better.

It is a golden age as I think they probably are the three best to ever play.
 
Hogwild said:
Such a strange argument, take away Federer and Djokovic‘s hard court slams and they are left with 9 and 8 respectfully. I don’t see the distinction.

Equally, one could argue Nadal is unfortunate there is just the one clay slam.

Regardless he is far from a one trick pony having won them all at least 2x.

Ive been playing and watching the game for a long, long time. To me, he is the best. Saying that doesn’t diminish the greatness of Federer and Djokovic - they are undeniably all time greats - I just believe Nadal is a bit better.

It is a golden age as I think they probably are the three best to ever play.
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Solid reply that, fair enough.

I used to play a bit, been watching on/off since Becker won Wimbledon as a young lad. Thought no one would get close to Sampras's dominance then as you say three players come along at the same time to significantly overtake him.

Objectively, these three have to be top 3 of all time, granted. But i'd still rank the other two above Nadal due to an easier-on-the-eye style.

1. Fed...beautiful game.
2. Djoko...a more artful relentlessness than Nadal's monotone force, and more shot-variety.
3. Nadal...yeah he'd have to rank above Sampras, but that Clay Slam is very dominant and skews his stats, plus his style is monotone to me.
 

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