dont need to debate a lot on who is better see the records against each other Nadal leads their head-to-head 14–7.[58] ,17 of their matches have been in tournament finals, including an all-time record 7 Grand Slam finals.[59] From 2006 to 2008 they played in every French Open and Wimbledon final, and then they met in the 2009 Australian Open final. Nadal won five of the seven, losing the first two Wimbledons. Three of these matches were five set-matches (2007 and 2008 Wimbledon, 2009 Australian Open) now who is best surely the nadal only thing people can do is crying read the fact sheet
Mr.Vasudevan called Nadal only as "King of Clay" but from Now on He is the "King of Tennis". Hail the champion "Rafael Nadal".who deservingly kicked federer out.Now surely federer will call it a day soon than he expected as he is sure he can't return to his glory days against a rampaging "King Nadal" .
Wimbledon is the most coveted Tennis Tournament. It had produced great Champions like Navrathilova, Steffi, Sampras, Becker, Edberg, Federer and the likes.
Unfortunately, now, Wimbledon is gradually losing is prestige, gleem and shine as players like Nadal, who knew nothing about elegance, serve-and-volley, charm and class, started putting their hands on the coveted trophy.
Its a really sad period for such a great Tournament.
Re: Wimbledon at present
by Anuraug Rathor on Jul 05, 2010 12:12 PM
Look who's talkinga bout class and charm!!Lets hear your claim to fame,boy.You're nothing but a bitter,frustrated,sad lil Fedex fan bemoaning the fact that your has-been was knocked out, and at present Nadal towers above the rest.You run down a great champion and a greater human being like Nadal with hollow arguments like 'elegance','serve and volley'...LOL!tennis doesn't mandate serve and volley,nor does it put a cap on power or spin.Get over your powertrip and deal with it.....RAFA ROCKS,AND RAFA IS THE WIMBLEDON CHAMPION!!!Your more like someone newly initiated into tennis and you must have overheard some arguments or read some half baked stuff on an internet portal.Get real!!
Re: Wimbledon at present
by Joebert SagayaRaj on Jul 05, 2010 05:24 PM
Mr. Akula get yourself traeted for metal depression.. your going through such madness, by posting such comments...RAFA ROCKS...
Re: Wimbledon at present
by ROBY STEPHEN on Jul 05, 2010 03:02 PM
Boy, this mail is out of desperation of a Federer fan and you are pardoned:)Let us move with changing times and start accepting certian truths and facts. Nadal is defenitely a more complete player than Federer and is younger and fitter. Federer is ageing and is on the slope down. Like Nadal, he too had a climb to the peak which he had reached in imperious style in his days and now it is the turn of Nadal. He will also climb down and someone else will come in his place in future. federer has made a great place in tennis history and so not to worry about it. Now let us enjoy the game of Nadal who does equally well in all surfaces which for a long time we have not seen in Tennis
Re: Wimbledon at present
by as on Jul 05, 2010 12:15 PM
talent is important...but talent with hardwork and determination is of no use..and now days the same is called fedrer...no one class ..blah,blah,,,the sheer joy seeing the determination of rafa..is much more than emotionless play of fedrer...
Re: Wimbledon at present
by selvi rajan on Jul 05, 2010 02:42 PM
akula is a fool to make such a comment.What a great sport person Nadal is. Watch his interviews after every victory. he is humility personified. he is THE GREATEST TENNIS PLAYER now. Everybody will accept that and he is very worthy of the trophy.
by VASUDEVAN V on Jul 05, 2010 05:19 AM | Hide replies
Congratulations to Rafael Nadal and his fans. His trimph at Wimbledon was truly unexpected, because he remains only a Clay Court Specialist. Right now though, Nadal is playing at a level which is far too high for other players to attain. I was surprised how he was able to pick Berdych's serve from the very beginning, whereas Federer and Djokovic could not read his serve till the very end of the match. Perhaps this was the reason for Berdych not being able to maintain an intimidating percentage of first serves in. Now, I will give a few statistics which are known only to Topmost Experts on Tennis. Federer has won 16 Grand Slams and has been to 25 straight GS Quarter Finals. With Nadal at his peak, only Federer can give him a run for his money, provided of course he too, is at his peak fitness.
Re: Pseudo expert analysis!
by Motawalla on Jul 05, 2010 04:30 PM
I tend to agree with Vasudevan, that only Federer can put up some fight against Nadal at present. And it wouldn't be much of a fight. Regarding the stats given by Grandfather Vasudevan, those were really of high value. I am not sure why he chose to divulge this critical information.
Re: Pseudo expert analysis!
by Devarajan SV on Jul 05, 2010 12:52 PM
I think Nadal did not allow berdych to play his lethal forehand, throughout the match if you notice, if they played say 400 points, nearly 70% was nadal's lethal forehand vs berdych weak backhand, and that frustrated berdych and he did not play the key points well, against federer he just killed fedrere with his lethal forehand and surprisingly federer allowed berdych to keep on hitting those forehands throught the match, nadal was very clever and his serve also makes a lot of differencce though his serve is not very fast it is very effective with a lot of spin he hits the line and makes the opponent slice a weak return which he murders by his forehand ground stroke, other players need to work out a way to break nadal serve else he is going to reign supreme for the next 2-3 years
Re: Screw FIFA world cup India has the most beautiful woman in th
by Motawalla on Jul 05, 2010 04:23 PM
If you have the most beatiful woman on earth, why screw FIFA World Cup? Go, screw her!
Re: Screw FIFA world cup India has the most beautiful woman in th
by Anuraug Rathor on Jul 05, 2010 11:55 AM
SAMEER....YOU NEED URGENT MEDICAL ATTENTION.
Tennis topmost expert since 1962,VASDEFERENS VASUDEVAN,has just made a great disclosure on Rediff,by giving us stats known only to some of the 'topmost experts in tennis'.And guess what those stats are??Federer has won 16GS and made it to 25 continuous quarterfinals.WOW!Did anybody kn Rediff know that?What would we do without VASDEFERENS VASUDEVAN bringing us the knowledge from tennis archives available only to a select few?Guys,please salute Rediff's most preeminent tennis guru,VASDEFERENS VASUDEVAN.He is unparallelled in tennis history.
Re: great
by VASUDEVAN V on Jul 05, 2010 10:41 AM
Sure he is, but not greater than Federer, who has won 16 Grand Slams and has been to 25 straight Quarter Finals in Grand Slams.
Re: Re: great
by Aneez A on Jul 05, 2010 10:52 AM
please stop chirping again about Federer. He's failed this time. And it is only the present which counts. Nadal is the champion!!!
Re: Re: great
by King Kobra on Jul 05, 2010 11:38 AM
8th Title.....matching. Vasudevan, Both Nadal and Federer have won their 8th Title- " The Championship" Nadal -2010, Federer - 2006. Federer is 45/16 at G.S Nadal 25/8 at G.S. Federer is Slightly better.
Re: Re: Re: great
by Arijit Guha on Jul 05, 2010 11:50 AM
When you compare two players, compare directly by their performance while playing against each other. Out of 25 mathches between the two so far, Nadal has won 15 and Fed has won 10. In grand slam, Nadal has won 5 times against Fed., whereas Fed. has won only twice. So who is better?
Re: Re: Re: Re: great
by Ejaz Ali on Jul 05, 2010 12:01 PM
Mr.Guha, Tennis Career is NOT against each other.( Since Figure mention here are 25/8 and 45/16) IT IS always Over all. Federer with 45/16 has little bit edge over Nadal 25/8 at Grand Slam. And 4 Tennis Masters Cup, which Nadal is Yet to win.
