malbaker86
Gators
He has 5 grand slams outside of clay and has made it to 3 AO finals, 5 Wimbledon finals, and 3 US Open finals. How many male tennis players in the Open Era can say that?
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He has 5 grand slams outside of clay and has made it to 3 AO finals, 5 Wimbledon finals, and 3 US Open finals. How many male tennis players in the Open Era can say that?
Carlos Huerta
Just keep my rep red
Why Sampras? He only won 1 French and Rafa already has as many titles as he does.
Not many. I never said he wasn't an all-time great, but when you're discussing players of that stature, you start splitting hairs. Everyone's opinion is gonna be different, but there's no way I can put him ahead of Federer at the moment.
malbaker86
Gators
Cosign. I have Nadal as my GOAT but I said earlier, I can see how and why Fed is still regarded as the GOAT. It's just a shame how quickly we forget how dominant he was
Are you serious ?
Never heard of grass courts specialists ? You just grasping for straws at this point. A whole cast of players (let's call them "serve & volley players") feasted on that surface because it fitted their game (same as heavy lifters feasting on clay because it fits). Sampras WAS a grass specialist (same as Roddikk, Henman, Edberg, Becker or Ivanisevic for example) because of his top notch serve and volley game. Anybody who saw the '99 Wimby final against Agassi would told you that this type of game wouldn't have been possible in other surfaces than grass because that was the epitome of grass tennis.
LOL at you dudes "well clay is so special, we shouldn't count the victories on that surface". Clay is NOT a special surface, it's just another surface with its characteristics (high rebound, slow, lift-prone), the same as grass with its characteristics (low rebound, ball having the tendency to burst forth) of same as indoor, same as hard-court, same as carpet... And on every surfaces, you have a different way to move (slightly or not), you skid easier on clay, but you can also on hardcourt. Grass is slippery (remember Wimby '13) so you got to watch your steps and be low to hit the ball. Grass tennis (and indoor / carpet) is (theoretically) fast with short rallies and flatter strokes. Clay tennis is (theoretically) slower with long rallies and you need to give more spin to your balls for it to be more efficient as the rebound "slows" the ball. Tactics are different too as you need different tools to overcome your opponent because the characteristics are different. Hard-court is in the middle somewhere. But no clay is too special so we need to scratch that surface.
It's not clay that is too much present, it's grass that is not enough because of the amount of hard-courts everywhere. And also because of the higher cost for grass and clay courts maintenance.
Tony D'Amato
It's all about the inches
This woman has some sexy azz legs
Carlos Huerta
Just keep my rep red
This woman has some sexy azz legs
muzikfrk75
#4080
muzikfrk75
#4080
Ernie is about that life
@ real tennis starting this week with Queens and Halle
Watched earlier, Stan's opponent retired, Murray had easy work also
I guess it's #YOLO.
nomoreneveragain
Superstar
Nadal even got the rules changed, he gets an extra week between Wimbledon and the FO now.
All the Courts play around the same speed now. Thats why I don't prop up Nadal's accomplishments outside Roland Garros
All the Courts play around the same speed now. Thats why I don't prop up Nadal's accomplishments outside Roland Garros
