Wimbeldon Appreciation Thread

[Miggs]

Nadal hasn't won just the French though.. why do you repeat that especially when he beat Fed at Wimbledon?

You say he spread it around when he only won the French once and didn't even face Nadal for it.

Yes but his wins are even amongst the other majors in the 6-8 region..Nadals looks like 1-2-1-8

 

[Carlos Huerta]

Yes but his wins are even amongst the other majors in the 6-8 region..Nadals looks like 1-2-1-8

without his one win at the FO in '09, would you be making an argument for him being so great "on all surfaces"?

 

[Miggs]

without his one win at the FO in '09, would you be making an argument for him being so great "on all surfaces"?

YES

 

[Carlos Huerta]

YES

of course you would

 

[GetSomeMoney]

Federer's peak was 2003-2006, Nadal didn't start coming on till 2008 (outside of the French)

 

[merklman]

i remember sampras running sh!t at wimbledon years ago when i first started watching tennis, then fed took over - prime for prime, who we picking?

 

[FaTaL]

i remember sampras running sh!t at wimbledon years ago when i first started watching tennis, then fed took over - prime for prime, who we picking?

on grass?

gotta be sampras with that serve

 

[Lakerman0834]

on grass?

gotta be sampras with that serve

Sampras the Rolling Hills Legend is the GOAT brah

 

[malbaker86]

i remember sampras running sh!t at wimbledon years ago when i first started watching tennis, then fed took over - prime for prime, who we picking?

Fed.

Can beat you from the baseline and still serve and volley if need be.

 

[merklman]

Fed.

Can beat you from the baseline and still serve and volley if need be.

and he got that unplayable cross-court backhand on lock

 

[malbaker86]

and he got that unplayable cross-court backhand on lock

2006 Fed vs prime Sampras woulda been

Curremt Djokovic vs prime Agassi at the Australian Open

Any Nadal vs any clay great at the French

 

[SubZeroDegrees]

Nadal lost

 

[nomoreneveragain]

Sampras the GOAT brehs made Agassi go Bald because he couldn't beat Petros from the Baseline.

This is against Tommy Haas the only player who has the best shot to beat Djokovic before the finals. This was when he was larry holmes status

 

[Regular_P]

When someone approaches this stretch of dominance, then you can put them in the same sentence as Federer, until then, stop it:

- 10 straight appearances in Grand Slam Finals
- 18 of 19 appearances in Grand Slam Finals
- Reached 23 straight Grand Slam semifinals (from Wimbledon '04 to Austrailian Open '10)
- Has appeared in 24 Grand Slam Finals, winning 17
- Ranked #1 for a record 237 consecutive weeks (next closest is 160)
- Ranked #1 for a record 302 weeks total
- Comparing to Rafa: If you take out his 7 Wimbledons, he still has 10 Majors; take out Rafa's 8 French Opens and he has 4.