Nadal. The GOAT
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Rafa THE UNDISPUTED GOAT
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Credit to Nadal, hopefully Zverev can dust him off
How can one be the undisputed goat when one is only the best on clay?
Federer and Djokovic piss all over Nadal on hard and grass 
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And Nadal pisses over them on clay.
Hence heâs the goat on clay.
Saying heâs the goat of tennis is like saying Peter Crouch is the goat of strikers because he scores the most headers (assuming he does - Idk).
But then you canât say the other two are the GOATs either
Logic doesnât work on some.
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Yeah I blame whoever started the idea of playing tennis on different surfaces.
Also a goat should look aesthetically pleasing for me. See Messi vs Ronaldo for example. Nadal is too muscular and all that, let alone the butt picking 
Says you mentioning some sick fuck reference when you wanted to get your point across last time.
Yeah, of course thatâs what all the tennis fans are thinking tonight.
âWhat a great game, but Rafa doesnât quite look like a tennis playerâŚâ
Huge result for Nadal, didnât see the game but it looks stat wise the difference was he was much better at winning points on his 2nd serve.
Taking out Djokovic and Alcaraz losing also I canât see him not winning this title now.
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Sure there is an argument that Federer and Djokovic are better all rounders. But I wouldnât say they piss on Nadal. Nadal has won every grand slam at least twice.
Not to mention, youâll be hard pressed to find anyone in any sport as dominant in their field as Nadal is on clay courts. Even when written off he smashes it out of the park. Absolutely superb athlete.
And come Sunday the books will read:
Nadal: 22 grand slams
Djokovic: 20 grand slams
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Yeah itâll be a 2 slam lead which is advantage Nadal. Ultimately the GOAT will be remembered by who has the most slams as opposed to weeks at No 1 and year end no 1s etc.
I donât think this discussion is over though as I think Djokovic still has a few more slams in him, although so could Nadal. Federer is the one who is dead in the convo.
Tbh in 15 years time it wonât shock me if weâre talking about a 34 year old Alcaraz having eclipsed all 3, I honestly think he is that good. His competition of Zverev, Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Sinner, Felix, Shap and Rune is decent but it ainât Nadal, Djokovic & Fed type competition.
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@Darkseid i think Wimbledon is a MUST win for Nole to close it back to 1, he will likely start a reasonable favourite on the Grass.
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I think thatâs too short from the bookies, but yeah Iâd have him as favourite.
Iâm intrigued to see what Alcaraz does on the grass. Iâm still annoyed they donât have 1 masters series event on grass either Queens or Halle.
I struggle to think of an era in any sport where 3 individuals have been so dominant for as long as the trio of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic have been over the last 15 or so years. Itâs absolutely crazy the consistent and longevity both guys showed
Federer will always be my 
but ultimately itâs just a joy have been able to witness 3 all time great athletes in the same era doing battle.
The one result I wish I could change would have been Federer loss to Djokovic at Wimbledon finals a few years back. I think that was the closest Federer will get to a Slam again. But still was amazing to see him have a later career resurgence between 2017-2019
I do wonder if weâll ever see him at a Slam again
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I think weâve had only 1 slam in the last 73 that havenât featured at least 1 of Nadal, Djokovic snd Federer in the SF.
That 2019 final you talk about Federer should have won, was impeccable on serve all match and had 2 match points at 40-15 in the decider.
Crazy day of sport that in London, you had the Wimbledon final and Cricket World Cup final between England and NZ running simultaneously.
Couldnât agree more that all 3 should be treasured, what competition at such a high standard theyâve all produced over such a lengthy period of time.
Greatness and theyâll all be missed when the time comes.
Spare a thought for Andy Murray who might have had 7-10 slams in a different era.
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Yeah I donât think Murray gets enough credit. He was the most competitive of any of the players outside of those 3. I donât have the figures at hand but canât imagine there are too many players who went to 11 finals during that period like he did. I think heâs only got 3 slams off head but 11 finals shows he had the quality.
How many other players have been to so many finals with as low a win rate? Didnât Murray go to the Australian Open finals about 5 times or something without ever winning because of Djokovic domination
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