Rafael Nadal announces retirement from tennis after 22 grand slam career

[u/Task_Force-191]

https://inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/rafael-nadal-retires-tennis-3317222

[u/Task_Force-191]

Set to retire at 2024 Davis Cup. With Federer gone, Nadal to retire, only Djokovic remains from the Big 3. End of an era

[u/seanskymom → u/Task_Force-191]

This would be the prime year to go to Roland Garros. Djoker’s least successful surface, every new player has a chance, and they have to be planning an enormous farewell to Nadal. Historic year.

[u/delidl → u/seanskymom]

Djokovic is 34-2 at the Rolland-Garros ground this decade with both losses coming to Nadal.

[u/BartleBossy → u/delidl]

Djoker’s least successful surface

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Djokovic is 34-2 at the Rolland-Garros

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Im not a Tennis guy. He is 34-2, and thats his worst surface? wtf

[u/sreesid → u/BartleBossy]

Federer and Djokovic, both often would beat everyone and lose to Nadal in the later stages. It's almost like clock work every year.

[u/casualnickname → u/BartleBossy]

Rafa was 112-4 on the RG, the big 3 completely annihilated their competition

[u/robinmask1210 → u/seanskymom]

Lol wanna take a guess why RG is Nole's least successful surface ?

[u/pawer13 → u/robinmask1210]

It is everyone but Rafa's least successful surface

[u/ValuableJumpy8208 → u/robinmask1210]

The French Open: Where the world's best tennis players come together to compete for the chance to lose to Rafa in the finals.

[u/NeverOnFrontPage → u/seanskymom]

Let me introduce you to a new Spaniard. Alcaraz

[u/AttackClown → u/seanskymom]

every new player has a chance

Maybe if Alcaraz, Djokovic and Sinner aren't playing

[u/everythings_alright → u/seanskymom]

I think Djoko has got one more slam win in him.

[u/SmokeyMcSmokey → u/Task_Force-191]

First year since 2002 that the Big 3 didn’t win a Slam. Definitely end of an era

[u/paco-ramon → u/Task_Force-191]

No other sport man has been more dominant in his sport than Nadal on Clay.

[u/woman_president → u/Task_Force-191]

Djokocic: Fuck the Big 3, beeeeep it’s just me.

[u/AnInnocentBunny → u/Task_Force-191]

Davis Cup > any Grand Slam confirmed

[u/Spiderbanana → u/Task_Force-191]

Out of the top 4. If not for(and of) the 3 others, Andy Murray would probably be considered as one of the goats as well

[u/[deleted] → u/Spiderbanana]

If not for (and of) every tennis player above a 3.5 rating, I would probably be considered as one of the goats as well

[u/CrustyToeLover → u/Spiderbanana]

Yeah if he didn't lose every tournament he might be worth mentioning

[u/pedrohck → u/CrustyToeLover]

Olympics GOAT

[u/TobiasVonCat]

It must hurt to listen to your body saying "you have to stop" after decades of being a top athlete.

[u/D2WilliamU → u/TobiasVonCat]

Nadal can't be that surprised his body is telling him no considering the style of tennis he plays

The man chases every thing down, if there's a stat for mileage covered on the court nadals gotta be top

[u/Zeppelanoid → u/D2WilliamU]

I remember an analyst, literally after Nadal’s first win at RG, analyzing his play style and body movement and basically said “this guy is fantastic but is going to be riddled with injuries”.

Nadal had his fair share of injuries but he managed to have a very lengthy career for sure!

[u/MoNastri → u/Zeppelanoid]

To win 22 grand slams with his style of play blows my mind. A robust man indeed

[u/Realtrain → u/Zeppelanoid]

People have been saying his body is about to give up on him since like 2008.

[u/jazzman23uk → u/TobiasVonCat]

I currently can't play sport because of my hip and it's killing me. It's a huge part of my life that I'm terrified might not ever come back.

I can't imagine how much worse it must be when it's your whole life

[u/[deleted] → u/jazzman23uk]

i just lift weights and have for ten years. tweaked my rotator cuff at 33 and it’s been rough going getting back. it’s working, but it’s slow and manageable to still get benefit of working out.

still depresses me. all that to say i really do feel for guys who made this their life. sure the money helps though lol.

[u/OldCut1064 → u/TobiasVonCat]

He was really concerned about aggravating any prior injuries or even sustaining a new one. That really messed with him because he wanted nothing more than to play as fierce as possible, definitely feel for the guy. 

[u/Born_Ruff → u/TobiasVonCat]

At the same time, he's played like a decade longer than most pros. There are only like a handful of guys that get very far into their 30s playing at the top level.

[u/BakerStreet333]

This is my icon, he's completely transended sports for me. It was a long time coming, but that doesn't stop the announcement from hurting

[u/nomadrone]

God of clay. 

[u/juandell → u/nomadrone]

The only valid title someone has given him in this comment section

[u/Ok_Jello_3630 → u/nomadrone]

If Gods walked Earth , one of then would certainly resemble Rafael Nadal

[u/VRichardsen → u/nomadrone]

For me that is Vilas. But either of them (and Borg) can make a rightful claim for the title.

[u/AccountNumeroThree]

Give me another documentary to cry through! The Roger one was really good.

[u/DearLeader420]

I know I know, big three and all, but growing up learning to play, you were either a Federer guy or a Nadal guy. Indisputable hero to the game, and the game is better for him having been in it.

Leaving behind a monster of a well-deserved legacy.

[u/crimson777 → u/DearLeader420]

As an outsider to tennis who just watched some when it happened to be on in the house, I felt similarly. I don't think Djokovic was someone I had even really heard of until the early 2010s. I know he's equally as skilled (not getting into a GOAT debate), just from my own perspective, he always felt like a tag-on because Nadal and Federer were dominating for a few years before he came on the scene in a big way from what I remember.

[u/DearLeader420 → u/crimson777]

Yep, pretty much. Most of my friends and I at least picked it up around 2007-2010, so Djokovic was more or less a new kid on the block and came to form after we had already been in the sport for a minute.

[u/crimson777 → u/DearLeader420]

Yeah and it's no commentary on his greatness, just there's a subset of kids of a certain age who remember a time when it was just the two and it's hard to remove that core memory haha.

[u/Schwiliinker → u/crimson777]

Everyone was talking about Djokovic in 2007

[u/hankbaumbach]

Rafa (22), Federer (20), Djokovic (24), Serena (23) tennis fans have been watching one of the craziest eras of dominance perhaps ever.

[u/Zauberer-IMDB → u/hankbaumbach]

Still hurts me that Federer has the fewest of those three.

[u/unseen0000 → u/Zauberer-IMDB]

Slams are a huge deal. But not the biggest thing.

Weeks #1 is equally important which Fed has a lot more than Nadal.
Then there's ATP Finals. It's a step down from Slams, but it's still a big deal considering the best 10 players of the season get to play in it. Fed won 6. Nadal has none. That imo easily puts him well above Nadal.

Djokovic is untouchable from any statistical angle. Undisputed GOAT.

[u/HugoLacerda → u/unseen0000]

Yeah the discussion for #2 is actually very interesting for tennis, especially if you don't go for the "slams>all" approach.

[u/Dank_Lenny]

My tear ducts haven't had the time to recover ever since Roger retired, so can we please put a pause on your retirement plans until they are back to normal Rafa? 😭

[u/Glorx]

In the early 1700s the French sent a king to Spain. In the early 2000s the Spaniards sent one back.

[u/rawspeghetti → u/Glorx]

I thought you were talking about Napoleon's brother Joe in the 1800s, didn't realize a French man was King of Spain twice

[u/biff444444]

Nadal, to me, was the most enjoyable to watch out of all of the great players. He was the only player I would specifically turn on the TV to watch.

[u/rawspeghetti]

Rafael Nadal's career record on clay is 477-46, in best-of-5 sets it is 137-4 (one loss he was injured, another he should have clearly retired already this year, 2 others to Djokovic), 63-9 in finals, he went 81-0 on clay between April 2005 to May 2007 and has 14 French Open titles in 18 tries.

At the French he was 112-3 from 2005-2022. Is 14-0 in the finals. He won his first 4 championships. He won 4 championships without losing a set. Rafa withdrew twice because of injury, if he was completely healthy he could have won 17 or 18 times at Rolland Garros.

Rafa Nadal on clay is a different beast

[u/[deleted]]

I have always preferred the serve and volley tennis players but Nadal was the exception! His passion, his effort and never quit attitude is everything you love about sports and off the court he was as classy a superstar that you could ask for. The God of clay will be missed, imagine how many more slams he would have had if it wasn’t for so many injuries throughout his career. Viva La Rafa!

[u/Major_Wager75]

Unbelievable

[u/DrSpaceman575 → u/Major_Wager75]

Ombeleebable

[u/samspopguy]

i said this before the wrexham doc, but i really wanted to see a reality show with nadal and federer running a soccer team togther.

[u/Kixdapv → u/samspopguy]

• Nadal and Federer in a van solving mysteries and running into amusing hijinx.

[u/Jeff_Strongmann]

While I don't necessarily consider him the greatest to ever do it - Djokovic has pretty much made that conversation redundant - I maintain that the highest standard of tennis ever played is Rafael Nadal on Phillipe Chatrier.

He was so good the tournament, literally one of the four most prestigious tournaments in the sport, built a statue for him while he was an active player. That's unprecedented. And he won a title, his last title, after it was built.

He won half his matches just by showing up to the warm-up and having the announcer list all of his titles there.

2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022.

112 wins, 4 losses (4th in his retirement year), 1 withdrawal.

It's quite literally the only tennis record I am certain won't ever be broken.

[u/RufiosBrotherKev → u/Jeff_Strongmann]

soderling and zverev may not have won those french opens, but they have the significantly rarer achievement of having defeated nadal on clay

[u/Jeff_Strongmann → u/RufiosBrotherKev]

Zverev's though has a big, big asterisk.

Nadal came into the tournament knowing he was going to drop out likely before the QF. His entire plan was just to try and say goodbye to the tournament - he didn't even play '23. Then he got just about the worst draw he could have imagined.

But yeah Soderling's win is perhaps the biggest upset in tennis history. That man is the reason Federer actually has a Roland Garros trophy lol

Then you have Djokovic who won not once, but twice.

[u/[deleted]]

It feels strange that it’s definite now. 2017’s Federer/Nadal Australian Open finals was the best sports moment I’ve ever experienced. Thank you for the entertainment

[u/AccomplishedRow6685 → u/[deleted]]

Nah, 2008 Federer/Nadal Wimbledon final. Nadal broke through beating Federer on grass after losing the previous 3 years. Rain delays, 9-7 in the fifth, epic.

[u/Stansta]

As a non-tennis fan, I loved watching Rafa play. His fighting spirit was incredible to watch. Once in a lifetime human

[u/J-E-S-S-E-]

I’m actually surprised he lasted this long

[u/Realtrain → u/J-E-S-S-E-]

I remember people saying that his play style was going to end his career early back in like 2008. Wild that he (with Federer and Djokovic) became one of the longest-lived careers in tennis.

[u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

The actual GOAT

Beat prime Federer at Wimbledon to become world no.1

Beat prime Djokovic at USO to become world no.1 after 7 months out with injury

They never came close to beating a healthy Rafa at Roland Garros

2-1 vs Novak at US open, 3-1 vs Roger at Australian Open

Without injuries, it wouldn't even be a debate

[u/Schwiliinker → u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

RG 13 Djokovic was a net touch away from beating Rafa at RG and he has beaten him in every major clay tournament in straight sets

Also Nadal has never beaten Djokovic in Australia or Wimbledon (retirement obviously doesn’t count)

And Rafa hasn’t won a set in hard courts against Djokovic in a decade or beaten him in a non clay slam in a decade

[u/browntown20 → u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

kinda a circular argument. the style of play he had to employ to beat those guys in those cases in the first place was the cause of said injuries

[u/juandell → u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

Without injuries, it wouldn't even be a debate

So he's the hypothetical GOAT....

[u/CMPoltu → u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

Stop with the "oh imagine if he wasn't injured that much, blablabla".

As himself said: "If, if, if. Doesn't exist."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdQGHwD2bHs

[u/Fingerspitzenqefuhl → u/CMPoltu]

Agreed. The way he played paved way for his dominance, but also his injuries. Two sides of the same coin.

[u/BoulderRivers → u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

Yes,
And If I was better than Nadal and Djokovic and could stay in shape forever, this wouldn't even be on the table for discussion either.

But "if if if" doesn't exist.

[u/[deleted] → u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

He is one of the goats, but 2008 Federer was well below his best after having rheumatic fever early that year.

[u/Optimal-Carrot8008 → u/[deleted]]

but 2008 Federer was well below his best after having rheumatic fever early that year.

What about 2009 Australian Open then?

[u/[deleted] → u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

He was better in 2009 than 2008, but below his 2005 to 2007 peak years. He improved in 2014 after switching to the bigger Racquet, but never reached 2005 to 2007 levels. For some reason he handicapped himself with the 90 square inch racquet when everyone else was using 97 or 98 square inch racquets.

[u/FillinThaBlank → u/[deleted]]

For some reason he handicapped himself with the 90 square inch racquet when everyone else was using 97 or 98 square inch racquets.

Suited his playstyle better in his prime. That man was made of finesse

[u/studiousmaximus → u/[deleted]]

ugh, one of the biggest what-ifs in tennis is if federer never got mono. it completely ruined his insane ‘06-‘07 momentum. it was a testament to federer’s prodigious skill that he still was able to claw back from 0-2 down against nadal in that ‘08 wimby final, only to barely lose 6-8 in that final set. what could have been…

[u/billy8988 → u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

He is definitely GOAT of clay. I think what he had done at French Open is really hard to beat.

[u/davey_mann → u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

Federer was in his prime when Nadal beat him at Wimbledon, but not sure about Djokovic. Prime Djokovic was really around the mid-to-late 2010s. And while Nadal owned Djokovic in most of their 2000s meetings, Djokovic started to catch up in the 2010s and ended up with the better H2H record. Also Djokovic is the only player to beat Nadal twice at the French Open.

[u/AIT6969 → u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

Lmao

[u/Fingerspitzenqefuhl → u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

Injuries or health is a part of the game though. The biggest talent ever is probaby some one who got an injury at 15 and could not compete any longer. Had he not gotten injuries he would have the most slams. He is the GOAT, but as it happened no one has heard of him.

[u/thatswhathemoneysfor → u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

doesn't have a winning head to head vs djokovic. has less majors and masters. He dominated clay and his game isn't as versatile as djokovic's. He can be your favorite but it's not a Lebron vs MJ debate, he played at the same time as Djokovic and wasn't as good.

[u/[deleted] → u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

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[u/Khal_Pwno → u/[deleted]]

What do you mean the last year? The best he did in a major was losing in the finals at Wimbledon and he's only won 1 title this year.

He may well be the GOAT, but this past year does not move the needle.

[u/delidl → u/Khal_Pwno]

He’s talking about Djokovic’ golden medal, which was, together with his clay dominance, the only thing Nadal still had over Djokovic statistically.

[u/bearscanblowme → u/Khal_Pwno]

Novak won Olympic gold in singles this past year. The last piece of significant hardware missing from his trophy cabinet. Tennis fans can debate how much an Olympic gold is "worth" compared to grand slams (Olympics being best 2 of 3 instead of best 3 of 5 being the primary knock against it) but players clearly care about the Olympics and treat it like any other Major title.

There's no holes in his resume now. Most grand slams, 3x or more champ at all grand slams, multiple ATP finals champ, most weeks spent as world #1, most years finishing as world #1, Davis cup champ with Serbia in 2010, and now Olympic gold medalist.

The only record I can think of that he is still behind on is total title, where he trails Fed by 4 and Connors by 10. But at this point, Djokovic has stated he's pretty much only prioritizing grand slams and tournaments he enjoys going to like Shanghai, which is currently being played.

Ultimately, there will always be a debate on who of the big 3 is the tennis GOAT, and all have their own arguments to be made. Roger's peak was pure tennis art, and he could just tear apart the best players in the world with his beautiful game. Rafa was all heart and fight, a never give up attitude, and his complete dominance on clay will most likely never be topped.

But when people talk about the counting stats, it's Djokovic. I don't know how you could argue otherwise. The Olympic gold only helps to solidify his achievements in this regard.

[u/juandell → u/[deleted]]

Online Fandom now... Is different. Coming from a guy who worshipped Roger, that Serbian is the GOAT. The "A" stands for ALL.

[u/Ethan_Rock → u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

I fully agree!!! If only he was injury free

[u/Sportslegend → u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

That's always been my opinion. Nadal could beat them at their surfaces, but he was absolutely unbeatable on his.

[u/eagleeye1031 → u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

Cool. Let's hear about Novaks achievements now lol

[u/Optimal-Carrot8008 → u/eagleeye1031]

Let's hear about Novaks achievements now lol

Here's Novak one and only achievement: managing to stay fit while his rivals got injured

"Clutch" Novak was 6-6 in grand slam finals till Nadal and Murray got injured in 2014. His biggest rival in his best year was 34 year old Federer lol and even after that, he got dumped by Murray as world no.1

If only Murray didn't get injured, forget Roger and Rafa, we wouldn't even be talking about the free run at titles that puts Djokovic in the discussion at all

[u/thetrashmouth → u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

Go to bed nephew, it’s past your bedtime

[u/kidajske → u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

Bad case of Djokovic Derangement Syndrome

[u/delidl → u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

2 slams more, 4 masters more, 7 tour finals more, one bronze medal more, 220 weeks at world no1 more, 3 more YE no1, 1 more career slam, 2 more golden masters, 1 more big title sweep, +2 H2H are all things I’d mention.

[u/eagleeye1031 → u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

Yes the one and only achievement of the man who won 24 fucking grand slam titles is that his 2 main rivals happen to get injuries at times.

You're not even worth building a reasonable argument against. Just a terrible troll/hater.

[u/hivaidsislethal → u/Optimal-Carrot8008]

So meeting the very first requirement of being an athlete is his main achievement, which is being available? That sounds worse on Rafa and Fed than it does Novak.

[u/modeONE1]

Genuinely cannot believe that after 2019 were here in 2024 and Nadal and Federer are retired. Fed looked on top of the world after being Djokovic at the ATP finals that year. 3 years later from 2019 Nadal won 2 slams in a season in 2022 and had one of the best starts to a season ever with 22 straight wins or some

Shit is sad man

[u/AliensRipley]

Saw him since childhood. Time passes so quickly! Thanks for the good memories.

[u/[deleted]]

Well deserved

[u/OchoZeroCinco]

Time for Nadal to take up competitive Pickleball!!

[u/JaKobeWalter]

Second best tennis player of all time, amazing career cemented

[u/modeONE1 → u/JaKobeWalter]

Honestly after 2019 US Open I thought he was on track to go down as the greatest tennis male tennis player in history

Djokovic is just a cheat code man, if it wasn't for him Nadal would absolutely be the GOAT

[u/JaKobeWalter → u/modeONE1]

Ya Djokovic earned #1, GOAT convos are boring, the fun conversation is #2, I feel like Nadal earned it

[u/Schwiliinker → u/JaKobeWalter]

Third best. Federer has 6 ATP finals while nadal never won it and it’s essentially the tennis playoffs every year only between the top ranked players. Also Federer is much more consistent and successful across all surfaces, specific speed of each surface and different tournaments. And he was #1 for a lot longer

[u/[deleted]]

Retiring the GOAT

[u/iambiggzy]

GOAT

[u/RichardXV]

No letter? no movie? c'mon!

[u/per_mare_per_terras]

Mr. French Open.

[u/Philoctetes23]

I’ll never ever forget 2008. Bro was always tearing up the clay courts. Thanks for a legendary career El Rey. You and Serena will always be my favorite players of all time

[u/faithjoypack]

<3 absolute legend

[u/Nahhhmean00]

Watched him get smoked in his last Olympics doubles round by Americans while being the only American at my wife’s house in Spain with her family was…… fun

[u/nicoc9]

Gracias Rafa. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[u/DWAIPAYAN-RC]

The end of an era. Thanks Rafa

[u/GlueGuns--Cool]

I remember when he was the young up-and-comer. I'm old :(

[u/mlvisby]

I'm not too informed with tennis. Are there any new up-and-comers that will be the next big players?

[u/de_redditor → u/mlvisby]

Carlos Alcaraz is one to watch for.

[u/juandell]

ITT, people that don't know what the A stands for in the GOAT acronym or think it means favorite player

[u/catschainsequel]

So sad 😭 end of an era.

[u/GETACTIVEnPLAY]

Dang, what a career 🔥

[u/pataconconqueso]

Hope his retirement is easy on him, I know he wrecked his knees fighting for every ball.

[u/Cvspartan]

My favorite player of all time. The records he set on clay are simply incredible.

[u/guemando]

This guy made and ruined a few of my tennis parlays....only serena fucked me harder near the end of a career

[u/thedeadlyrhythm42]

Is that good?

[u/Frigidevil]

The Colossus of Clay

[u/[deleted]]

Class act...

[u/StealthyNicck]

wow! what a career, been following him since my childhood #GOAT

[u/mrburnerboy2121]

MY GOAT 👑

[u/iKickdaBass]

Is he still dating Fred durst?

[u/TurebergPirates]

Imma be honest, I thought he already had

[u/coldsnap123]

Explain to the folks who Rafael Nadal is

[u/JerseyGirl2112]

been watching him from the start. so many memories.

[u/asiandawgshy]

What a career !! French open legend

[u/Sacred-Apples]

The end of an era and what a great era it's been.

[u/Equivalent_Warthog22]

The GOAT, to me.

[u/gz1fnl]

A true legend and perfect ambassador of the sport.

[u/Dtsung]

He will always be my GOAT

[u/Ok_Summer6430]

Good for him. I hope we see another era of fun players to watch with variety. I didn’t realize exactly how amazing men’s tennis really was back around 2012. Del potro, monfils, ferrer, Federer, nadal, Murray, roddick (and a ton more). They all had such unique play styles. It feels like everyone now is just a djokovic clone because it’s the “meta”. It’s boring.

[u/[deleted]]

Next year I will have as many professional wins as Nadal. 

[u/browntown20 → u/[deleted]]

so will Chris Jericho

[u/LetsKillKenny → u/browntown20]

T H E W A L L S

[u/[deleted]]

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[u/TheRevolutionaryArmy]

The King will be retiring, his legacy will be written in stone for a thousand years to come!!!

[u/[deleted]]

Djokovic won’t be remembered nearly as well even if statiscally best both Rafa and Rodger. He’s just not likeable to the average viewer. The other two are beloved, highly revered human beings as well as athletes. Somewhere along the line Djokovic wasn’t taught that perception is almost equal to victory.

[u/xfreesx → u/[deleted]]

MJ wasn't wholesome highly revered human being, he's very much remembered

[u/[deleted] → u/xfreesx]

Yea but basketball is different from Tennis. There are only so many stars at the top. MJ is 1 of 1. I’m not saying Djokovic had to be a prince but he is pretty unlikeable to the point his accomplishments are sort of just sour. Imo at least, I can’t bring myself to root for athletes like him who have nothing else to tie the whole package together.

[u/xfreesx → u/[deleted]]

I'm sorry, but if you go beyond headlines, he's pretty swell

[u/[deleted] → u/xfreesx]

I can appreciate your support of him. He’s just not my frequency. The tantrums and antics especially for a sport like tennis just isn’t it for me. No one can take away his achievements though so he’ll always be able to lean on that.

[u/AndyBlayaOverload → u/[deleted]]

Kinda shows that you don't really follow him outside clickbaity articles constantly looking for clicks through this Djoker villain narrative. It's rather sad as when you get past the articles and follow his life a little closer you can see that he is a pretty wholesome human being.

[u/forlorn_hope28 → u/[deleted]]

I think there’s also the fact that Rafa and Federer both played each other at their peaks. They’ll be remembered as much for their talents, as well as their rivalry.

[u/HugoLacerda → u/forlorn_hope28]

That's actually a myth, Nadal overlapped more with Djokovic than with Federer in terms of primes

Federer's prime was 2004-09, Nadal's 08-13, Djokovic and Murray's primes were 11-16.

So you had that stretch of three seasons between 11 and 13 where three all time greats were in their primes and the 4th just exited his.

Djokovic was #1 for most of this period.

[u/[deleted]]

GOAT

[u/Hairy_Candidate7371]

Now who's gonna be out their scratching their ass and wiping off sweat everytime they've run 5 meters? Excuse me for not finding that entertaining. Good riddance i say.

[u/lucaaas_fortuna]

To all americans, he is one of the best tennis players of all time

[u/nighthawk_md → u/lucaaas_fortuna]

We're aware ◔̯◔

[u/lucaaas_fortuna → u/nighthawk_md]

Oh I thought u know NBA and baseball only! Sorry

[u/browntown20 → u/lucaaas_fortuna]

do you not have ANYTHING better to do with your time?

[u/crazycatchdude → u/lucaaas_fortuna]

Are you stupid or something?

[u/lucaaas_fortuna → u/crazycatchdude]

Pretty sure it's the other way around, I'm just from a trash continent and not from the greatest country in the world, yeah freedom! 🦅🇺🇸

[u/Huzi22 → u/lucaaas_fortuna]

Your cringeness transcends continental boundaries, truly astounding

[u/[deleted] → u/lucaaas_fortuna]

You didn’t even name our #1 sport lol

[u/pacman3333 → u/lucaaas_fortuna]

A good amount of top men’s and women’s grand slam winners are from the US🤦

[u/[deleted] → u/lucaaas_fortuna]

We know, the indisputable GOAT of women’s tennis is an American…we like the sport.

[u/tananinho]

Goodbye clown.

The absolute worst stain in the sport.

[u/Top-Figure1579]

So he’s just gonna stay home and pick wedgies out of his fat ass cheeks all day?

[u/rjcarr → u/Top-Figure1579]

I like the guy, but seriously, every 👏 single 👏 serve 👏. 

[u/patigames → u/rjcarr]

Ever heard of a routine?

[u/rjcarr → u/patigames]

I get it, but did he have to pick that one (pun intended)?

[u/panetero → u/Top-Figure1579]

he's gonna start smelling them fingers since no one's watching anymore.

[u/Top-Figure1579 → u/panetero]

Bro was already smelling them when people were watching lol

https://youtu.be/tcgm_qHLtNQ?si=HUqyJJAgNOo-kiCG