Nadal is a clay_court_bully.. he proves it once again by winning on clay. Take out his 8 French open titles, he will be left with only 5 GS title, which will be lesser than the Djoko's 6 GS titles. This proves Djokovic is a better player than Nadal on all surfaces except on clay. Nadal's dominance is only on clay courts, which shows why he is yet to win a single ATP World tour final title.
Re: Simple comparison
by Ashok Kumar on Feb 24, 2014 02:51 PM
Mr. Guest, This comparison in the first place itself is unnecessary as today we do not a "Complete" player who could win in all surfaces consistently. Men's tennis always lacked that kind of champion. Possibly the closest could be Fedex who had success everywhere but for clay (He has won few but not so consistently). Today's sports is so demanding, it has become difficult for even top 4 players to be winning on all the surfaces. It is a fact that both Fedex and Joko have only one title on clay and Nadal has only 2 on grass etc etc. The most important point is the top 10 players are able to give us very competitive matches, slam after slam. Let us be happy with that. The story is the same with Women's tennis too. The days of Steffi Graf are gone. Serena could come close, but she also has her problems on clay.
Re: Re: Simple comparison
by Guest on Feb 24, 2014 12:37 PM
Djoko hasn't won any FO title so he can be an incomplete player, but thats not the point of my discussion. Djoko has 5 hard court GS titles (4 AO, 1 USO), whereas Nadal has only 3 GS titles on hard court (2 USO, 1 AO). Djoko has 3 world tour finals titles to Nadal's nil. He is more complete player than Nadal on hard-court surfaces. Time will tell that he is better on grass courts also.
Re: Re: Re: Simple comparison
by Ravi Iyer on Feb 25, 2014 09:08 PM
Guest, how can Djoker be a better player than Rafa on Grass? Rafa has 2 Wimbledons as comapared to Djoker's 1. It's unfair to call a player clay court bully....he's won 5 more majors other than French and he holds the WR in French. How many players have won 5 Majors in their entire careers leave alone non-clay? The answer is very few and those who did are recognized as greats / legends. For example, McEnroe, Becker and Edberg all have 6 and considered Greats.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Simple comparison
by Anuraug Rathor on Feb 24, 2014 03:13 PM
Last but not the least.. the World Tour Finals is just another Masters tourney. It's importance is the same as Monte Carlo or Cincinnati or Montreal Masters and it is not a Slam . So if you wanna discuss WTF lets discuss the other ATP masters too. Bring it on. Or lets discuss Davis Cup and Olympics too. What say?
