good point dion.legge .... i agree with u...lets wait­ for 7-8 more years :-)

@25 ritesh s and @16 anthony, I think you are having­ this discussion prematurely. You should both get­ together when are both retired, have a cigar and brandy­ and then compare the stats. No sense doing it now, too­ much tennis left for both of them.

However, I agree­ with ritesh in that Nadal can be compared with Federer­ because he is the only person to challenge and beat him­ consistently.

Initially, I wasn't a fan of Rafa,­ but he has grown on me. Would be nice to see the both­ of them in the US open final.

Cheers all,

Anthony's comments are only based one sided. Why­ don't you also mention:
1.R Nadal was the only man­ who beat RF 6 times in Grand Slams
2. Nadal was the­ only man who won 5 of his 6 career slams by beating RF­ in the finals.
3. The only man who has achieved 6 slams­ and a gold medal at an age of 22.
4. FYI nadal dint­ just win a couple of matches against RF (stats are­ 13/7. so better check ur records)
and I also can put­ no. of points here. Now ur argument wud be RF won 15­ and nadal 6.
He is just 23 and plenty of tennis is left­ for him. I've openly admitted several times and­ wudn't hesitate to say again that RF is the best­ tennis player ever till now but when u say nadal­ can't be compared with him is absolute senseless.­ Ofcourse and without any doubt he can be compared with­ RF.

RF, true, has won endless Slams but not a Grand slam­ which means winning all 4 in 1 year. I think the last­ persons to do so were Rod Laver and Steffi­ Graff.I'm not sure about Navratilova.
Today, in my­ mind the 2 best players playing are DelPo and Andy­ Murray not RF or Rafa.
Isn't it interesting how we­ have a change of guard in the girlies? Ivanovic,­ Jankovic
and Safina are gone.Now we have Serena, Kim­ and Flavia.

no wayne delayed mind, i am sniffing ur mums pantties

Robert have you been sniffing your mum's panties­ again?

Nadal and fed are both class players and true champs.­ They have different playing styles anthony so its not­ easy to compare and nadal has won more than a couple of­ games against roger.

Rafa 4 the title!!!

Who are these people that kept comparing Federer and­ nadal? It makes me sick. Becos Nadal won a cpuple of­ games aginst Federer which in most case he plated with­ all his life and that is wot he's sufering­ today.Mind you Nadal gave Federer the 2006 & 2007­ wembledon maybe you people seem to forget but lets­ checkout this records of Federer:
* Is the only man to­ win five consecutive titles at two different Grand­ Slams - Wimbledon and US Open.
* Is the first man to­ win Wimbledon-US Open double four years in a row.
* Is­ the only man in the professional era to win three­ consecutive majors twice in his career when he captured­ the 2007 Australian Open title.
* Has a professional­ era record of 65 consecutive wins on grass, which was­ finally snapped by Nadal in the 2008 Wimbledon­ final.
*Holds a record run of 24 consecutive final­ victories, which was snapped when he loses 2005 Masters­ Cup final to David Nalbandian. Finished the season with­ an 81-4 win-loss record
*the only man to the keep the­ ATP top ranking for a record 237 consecutive weeks ie­ 4yrs
And finally:
Federer has appeared in an­ unprecedented 20 career Grand Slam finals, and as of­ July 2009, has reached the semi-finals or better of the­ last 21 Grand Slam tournaments, a streak spanning over­ five years and more than doubling the previous­ record.[12] Federer also holds the record of reaching­ 10 consecutive Grand Slam finals and has appeared in 16­ of the last 17. As a result of his successes in tennis,­ Federer was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the­ Year for four consecutive years (2005–2008).[13.
I mean­ how can you start to compare Federer and nadal. Nadal­ as i see it can never win 5 consecutive wembledon/US­ Open in his life.His is a good player though but not in­ Federers classs

Keep on Swinging and.....Winning Rafa. Congrats!
Good­ luck to your next game against Monfils!
Vamos EL­ MATADOR!

To No 7 A Sh it G dumb moron who thinks that nadal­­ faked his injury:
Nadal revealed his injury after RG­­ and before the start of Wimby. What u say if it's­­ true even then he cud have participated at wimby 09­ and­ wud have continued with his excuses had he been­ beaten­ there just like you people said before the­ start of the­ tournament. But he didn't, cause he­ was low in his­ confidence due to his injury and dint­ want to­ jeopardize his career. As simple as that...but­ i know­ it's a rocket science for u...(copy pasted­ my post from the other thread like u­ did).....rafa's biggest mistake was that he played­ 5 master series between jan oz 09 and may FO. He cud­ have played only one (Rome or Barcelona) to make sure­ he's in touch with clay court tennis and shud have­ taken care of his knees for the rest of the months. And­ what a f*cking liar when he says "I HAVE A LOT OF­ RESPECT FOR NADAL"

Hey Ashit,
Its really sad that people like you give­ sports a bad name. I dont know why people attack Nadal­ or any other player of his calibre with useless­ remarks. Commn guys treat him with respect. I dont­ think there are many players who has won 6 or more GS.­ Injuries is a part of every player, I got to see the­ same kind of remarks when Roger federer was down with­ back injury. These player really love to play tennins­ and i am sure every single player would love to. Coming­ ut of injury Nadal has reached QF of every single­ tournament and I think its a big achievement in itself­ as Roger and Murray said in their statement. Remember­ what Murray said :its player like Nadal who raised the­ standard of this game". After playing Nadal he­ went to Florida and did intense training to come to the­ level of Nadal and he is not ashamed of saying that.­ Great players never take back seat. Nadal played with­ pain in his knees for more than a year,if you follw­ tennis you would know it well. He is still 5 years­ younger than Federer and trust me there is a lot more­ to come from this Spaniard. Federer doesent have­ Olympic gold and Nadal does not have US open and I am­ sure both these players would get it anyway though it­ will be a little tough for Federer as he has to wait­ for more years. None of the players want to make an­ excuse, not a players like Nadal who has the best stats­ against any player (eg Nadal Vs Federer 13/7).

I wish­ all the best to all the players. Hope to see some great­ tennis in future

Keep going Nadal, you will win x

No.7 Ashit G seeing as you have cut and pasted your­ post from another thread I will repeat my reply to it­ more or less word for word (can't be bothered to­ look for it)...I believe Rogers mysterious­ 'mono' was only brought up after his defeat to­ Djokovic in the Oz Open last year and not before the­ match or indeed any of the matches he played in that­ tournament. Strange that isnt it? So to say the same­ about Nadal is slightly hypocritical is it not?

Nadal looked a shadow of himself from the start. I­ don't know if the injury was hampering him before­ the game...In any case, he doesn't have a chance­ whatsoever of winning in this condition. It's not­ being pessimistic, it's being realistic...

Rafa you are still a star! There an awful lot of­ pessimists on this planet,but you will prevail!

i thought it was a brilliant match!! i was kinda­ suprised when i saw Nadal on the floor, having his­ abdominal checked. but i bet the audience who were the­ closest loved every minute of it when he took his shirt­ off!!