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- Top five: MOST painful loss @ Slam final.
- So Nadal has won as many Slams as Becker and Edberg (6) - AFTER age 30? One more and you have McEnroe and Wilander. Two more......
- Will 'Slams won past age 30' forcibly insert itself into the criteria for determining GOAT status?
10/28/2020
Top five: MOST painful loss @ Slam final.
5. Djokovic's loss to Nadal @ FO - with a bagel.
4. Nadal's loss to Djokovic @ AO. That 10 hour match.
3. Nadal's loss to Federer @ AO - after being up a break in the fifth set.
2. Federer's loss to Nadal @ Wimbledon.
1. Federer's 40-15 @ Wimbledon.
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So Nadal has won as many Slams as Becker and Edberg (6) - AFTER age 30? One more and you have McEnroe and Wilander. Two more......
| Titles | # | |
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| 1. |  Roger Federer |
20 |
 Rafael Nadal |
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| 3. |  Novak Djokovic |
17 |
| 4. |  Pete Sampras |
14 |
| 5. |  Björn Borg |
11 |
| 6. | Jimmy Connors |
8 |
 / Ivan Lendl |
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| Andre Agassi |
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| 9. | John McEnroe |
7 |
| Mats Wilander |
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Will 'Slams won past age 30' forcibly insert itself into the criteria for determining GOAT status?
If Nadal wins say three more, he will be @ 9 compared to 4 for Federer. Think that could matter? It's possible.
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Federer fans feel betrayed?
Considering how lavishly and generously Federer fans poured out their unconditional love, blind loyalty and unprecedented support, least they expected from Federer was to take his job seriously - as measure of reciprocation.
I mean, there is a point on the fan adulation time line where your priorities flip to where you begin to want to win MORE for the fans than for yourself - just for the SOLE joy of seeing your fans go ecstatic - MANY times over your own elation.
Don’t believe it? Try this:
Would you agree that part (whole) of the reason Federer was able to solve Nadal with bigger racket or whatever was his realization that Nadal passing him is a fairly realistic possibility?
Point:
Federer HAD it in him to beat Nadal but fan adulation and extreme loyalty wouldn't move the needle for him - 'danger' to his 'own' skin DID.
When the deer is being chased by the cheetah, he is able to produce maneuvers that even he thought were impossible or that his body was even capable of contorting that way.
Point?
Fan support wasn't even close to 'cheetah', GOAT status was.
Federer took the undying loyalty and support for granted and indulged in complacency, extravagance, ‘gluttony’, pursuit of trivial and superficial ‘game’ - to the direct detriment of his performance on the court.
When you are this chronically invested in a player (athlete) soundly backed by irrefutable data, eye test, unanimous consensus of experts, unmistakable talent, track record etc. it is immensely hurtful to watch the player not fulfill his full potential - specially when it’s at the expense of meaningless and trivial pursuits.
If that wasn’t bad enough on it’s own, you watch his arch rival ‘pay the price’ for his far inferior talent AND eventually overtake a clearly superior player in many respects.
Nadal paid the price by being ballistically focused despite overcoming many many more hurdles than Federer. He never wavered - just like the Tortoise didn't.
Bottom line:
Federer fans must be in extreme pain LARGELY because unprecedented support and loyalty they abundantly released wasn't enough for Federer to change course. Worse - something 'fleeting and tangible' - was.
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10/27/2020
How many Slams had Nadal won when Federer won his 20th? How about Djokovic?
Federer: 20 (2018 AO).
Nadal: 16.
Djokovic: 12.
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Why current-era TENNIS fans are far luckier than their GOLF-fan counterparts. From Gary Moser. Thanks.
GARY MOSER
So, if you want a cram-course on why current-era TENNIS fans are far luckier than their GOLF-fan counterparts:
Consider the rivalries of Roger/Rafa...and Roger/Novak...and Rafa/Novak ----- versus Tiger/Phil.
SOURCE: Click here.
If I'm interpreting correctly here, over a 25 [ TWENTY-FIVE! ] year period of H2H competition,
Tiger/Phil have been in a Sunday-final pairing a mere 10 times.
And...only ONE of those "mere TEN times" was in a Major [ 2001 Masters ].
And...
Going into the final round of that one Major Final, Tiger had already won FIVE of the suckers,
whereas the 5-years-older Phil had won NONE of the 5 Majors that he currently holds.
So, not exactly a cataclysmic-upset-of-expectations for
The Big Cat to stretch his lead from 1-stroke to 3-strokes over the last 18 holes...right?
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10/24/2020
If they do this in public, what are they then doing in private?????????????????????
Spain's Rafael Nadal (L) kisses his wife Maria Francisca Perello after winning against Serbia's Novak Djokovic during the men's final tennis match at the Philippe Chatrier court on Day 15 of The Roland Garros 2020 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on October 11, 2020. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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