Tennis Forever

[ajithfederer]

raagadevan, jealousy and hypocrisy much??. Have some gelusil please and go cry in a corner over Nadal's steady decline.

[raagadevan]

raagadevan, jealousy and hypocrisy much??. Have some gelusil please and go cry in a corner over Nadal's steady decline.

Is that the best that you (the Federer apologist) could come up with? Really? What a pity!

[ajithfederer]

The pity is you have used absolutely no tennis knowledge or commonsensein your post. Federer is at 33 entering Q/Fs and S/Fs consistently in majors and still holds the world number 2 rank. if you had forgotten he has 17 majors and 300 weeks at Number 1. That is the standard everyone strives to achieve including Nadal. That is GOAT. No one else has that numbers, baby.

In the not so curious and blatantly obvious case of Nadal, who has been consistently on the decline for the last 18 months (thanks to himself and his uncle) people forget he is still only 29 and supposed to be in his prime. At 28-29 Roger was winning slams and already a holder to an insane number of streaks and records which will stand the test of time. GOAT Material AGAIN.

In addition to the embarassment of losing to 100+ ranked players, three years in a row be prepared to get your ass handed again when you are seeded 10th or whatever this year in Wimbledon again. Nadal loses the GOAT candidacy right here for this.

[ajithfederer]

Asking umpires to be removed from officiating his games as the referee called bullshit on his time wasting, unsportsmanlike conducts is what is the absolute pity of all.

[raagadevan]

No one else has that numbers, baby.

"baby"? You silly whatever you are! Everyone other than the Federer fanatics like you knows how the draws were fixed and the statistics have been manipulated over the years by ATP, Nike and other "criminal" elements who were betting on tennis matches to portray Federer as the GOAT. If you fell for that, that is your problem! You, like some of my other friends, are beyond redemption! I give up! I will not be responding to any more of the chilidish postings about Federer being the goat! Good luck to you and your hero!

[ajithfederer]

How convenient of you. I argued with facts. You resort to conspiracy theories. What else can anyone expect?

If anybody needs luck it is you and your injury ridden star. One can at-least feel sad for nadal but not for fan boys like you. Don't bother replying.

[JamesDap]

Clutching at straws now that no. 17 is beginning to look distant and out of reach. I still think he has a decent shot at it if he gets back in shape, but that's a big if. Now even weak era argument is gone, just draw manipulation theory. Yeah, like how Fed manipulated the draw to play Djoko and Murray in back to back matches to win his last slam to date. Oh wait, he also manipulated the English weather too to generate rain and get the centre court roof closed.

[Arvind Srinivasan]

Even with what many called a “cake walk” draw, Roger Federer could not go beyond the quarterfinal round. Stan made “goat”-curry out of Roger! By the way, many folks consider Roger to be the “GOAT”! Even though Roger lost his quarterfinal match, he maintained his #2 ATP ranking for the week!

The next contender for the “GOAT” title Rafa Nadal showed that he is in what appears to be an irreversible decline in playing skills and mental toughness. He also lost in the quarterfinal like Roger, but his ATP ranking for the week slid down to #10 from #7!

Questioning this would definitely question the way the rankings are done for the past many years (of which Nadal is also a beneficiary). The rankings primarily take into account the players performance over the past 12 years. One of the reasons why Nadal lost his footing in the last 8-10 months right from the time he won Roland Garros last year was his sub par performances in the North American hard court swing (He won 2 masters and the US open in 2013). And the biggest of them all- failing to defend his RG title. Now if Federer loses early at Wimbledon and fails to match up to his 2014 post RG performance this season, you could be rest assured that he will be ranked outside the top four.

And one should never judge the difficulty of a draw by looking at just the seedings. Federer lost to the eventual champion while Nadal lost to one of the finalists. To think of Wawrinka as a pushover compared to a broken down has been of a champion would be greatly belittling the former who played lights out tennis.

[JamesDap]

Fed actually improved upon last time's RG performance by reaching the QFs. So he not only maintained his ranking, he would have gained points from RG. That is how the system works and it works that way for everyone, including Nadal. Nadal was already ranked no.7 when he got to RG. As the defending champ, he would have gained no points even if he had won. By losing in the QFs, he lost a lot of points. Er and how does Fed happen to be sitting on so many points? Simple, by vastly improving upon his performance at Rome and participating and winning a new tournament in Istanbul. He lost points at Aussie Open but gained some by winning Brisbane. He's been in more finals (5, out of which he won 3) this year than any other player barring, of course, Djokovic. Nadal has only been in two finals and won only one. To rub it in a little more, Fed actually beat Djoko in one of those finals while Nadal beat Juan Monaco. Nadal has met and not won against Murray, Djoko and Wawrinka this year. Fed has beaten the last two once each this year, though lost on other occasions. I doubt a 'better' ranking system would actually rank Nadal higher than Fed in 2015, irrespective of their past achievements.

[omega]

This is exactly why Rafa was asking for a 2 year ranking system. Fed as a chairman of
Player council along with other players didn't approve the idea. Probably that's what Nadtards are sore about. However Iam not sure even a 2 year would help his cause.