Federer could never win an Olympic singles gold, despite the events always being on his supposedly strong surfaces. He will never have a career golden slam, unlike true GOAT Rafa.
nadal is the goat and the argument for that has been settled for some time. you lot only love federer so much because of his cardigan and boot licking the royals at wimbledon.
peace out.
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How so
Federer and Djokovic arenāt as dominant on other surfaces as Nadal is on clay for starters. He just slapped a player that is up there for GOAT contention 6-0/6-2/7-5. Did the same to Federer a while back in Paris too.
Nadal will probably end up winning more grand slams than Federer and Djokovic. Literally could just turn up at Roland Garros and they might as well give him the trophy, and I reckon he can do it for another 5 years.
Still has two Wimbledon titles on his weakest surface. Federer has one French open.
Won the olympics.
People really overstate his athleticism when it comes to appraising his career. Whilst he is a freak of nature, I think his entire game as a package is better and more entertaining than Djokovic and Federer.
13 French Opens man.
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Nadal has been the most likeable of the Big Three for a while now
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Would definitely rather go for a pint with Nadal than Fed or Djokovic.
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Olympic gold medals in tennis arenāt anywhere near the same level of importance as Grand Slams.
And Federer is still the king
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Roland Garros,
The charity shield of the grand slam world
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nahhh, its like the second most āprestigiousā tournament on the calendar. especially in europe.
australian is the most pointless.
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Both hard court slams are shit in their own way, they should do away with one and come up with a new location and surface.
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Iām
Just being a dick.
Big fan of Nadal and the French open is class.
But Fedās the greatest.
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those two opens are preferred by many players because theyāre grass and clay too - hard isā¦hard on the body.
wanna see carpet introduced at a grand slam open.
They should bring back this gras/clay bad boy for a slam.
Also Nadal won this, further prooof he is Good Over All Terrain.
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Know this is mainly for pro tennis but been roped in for a league game on Saturday. Play enough doubles to probably not embarrass myself completely but are there any weird league tennis conventions/rules worth knowing. Probably canāt turn up in an old sufjan t shirt
Iāve played in a couple of tennis leagues and Iād say before you start the match itās worth clarifying what scoring format youāre using, e.g. best of 3 sets, best of 3 short sets, best of 3 sets but the final set is a first to 10 tiebreak, etc. Scoring formats tend to differ from league to league in my experience. Other than that, just general tennis etiquette really. I donāt think people care too much about what you wear as long as youāve got proper tennis shoes or similar
Yeah itās this. 2 rubbers back to back. And thanks. Will report back after my complete drubbing on the weekend
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I really want to play more tennis.
since playing a few times recently and realising my previously broken wrists donāt inhibit me at all, and making some good shots, getting a bit better every time I play, itās made me more excited about watching tennis too.
fun and good game.
Iād really recommend you or anyone else interested in playing more recreational competitive tennis check out the Local Tennis Leagues website and sign up for a league in your area. Matches are played on public courts so you donāt need to be a member of a club to play. I signed up a few months ago and have had some great matches out of it. When you first sign up they ask you to complete a questionnaire to measure your ability and put you into a group accordingly so there shouldnāt be a complete mismatch between you and your opponant. I think the ability goes from experienced club players in the top groups right down to people who have only recently taken up tennis. Leagues are mixed gender as well which is cool
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Considering how much I love watching it, itās hilarious how bad I am at playing it. I reckon probably a half-decent seven year old could wipe the floor with me.
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thanks for the tip!! Iāll let my friends know too. that is cool 
@colinfilth see, I got bored of it a while back, but knowing I have some potential for doing Nice Tennis Shots has me intrigued again.
watching courtside slo-mo footage on Youtube of serves and slice backhands and etc
I have a decent if uncultured whip of a topspin forehand already - Iāve surprised my friends with a bunch of crosscourt winners Ć la Andy Murray! - and I have pulled a bunch of unreturnable serves out of the bag on occasionsā¦
buuuut mostly, I badly need to work on that serve, and also on my backhands and shots near the net.
also when the ball comes at me high.
most things, hahaha.
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