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Rafa Nadal retirement Stats & Thread - lovebabes56 - 20-11-2024 09:42
As Spain were knocked out of the Davis Cup, we witnessed the curtain fall on one of the greatest players of all time:- Rafa Nadal.
22 Careeer Grand Slam titles, 36 ATP 1000 titles. At the age of 24 he was the youngest to win a Career Grand slam and is the first man to win a Grand Slam title on different surface within a calendar year.
2 Olympic golds Singles in Beijing & Doubles in Rio.
He also holds the record for the longest winning streak on clay - 81 games unbeaten between April 2005 and May 2007 couple that with 14 French Open titles.
Most astonishing of all Nadal won four Grand Slam titles without dropping a set, surpassing Bjorn Borg (2008, 2010, 2017 & 2020 French Open)
He is the 6th player to be ranked at No.1 for more than 200 weeks & qualified 16 times consecutively for the ATP Finals.(2005-2020)
How we will miss him and how diffferent men's tennis in 2025 will be without him.
Thank you Rafa and happy retirement.
RE: Rafa Nadal retirement Stats & Thread - Geriisgreat - 20-11-2024 22:13
His record at the french open was just frightening noone will EVER get close to that
His battles with Novak roger and Andy I always enjoyed despite how much it caused a lot of pain for both of them wouldn't surprise me if they come out for charity events
RE: Rafa Nadal retirement Stats & Thread - Doddle - 20-11-2024 22:24
He was part of a golden generation, probably the greatest bunch of male tennis players there has ever been, with Federer, Djokovic and sometimes Murray and maybe 1 or 2 others. As time and pain have caught almost all of them up, we can be grateful we were able to enjoy these momentous years of triumph and great matches.
RE: Rafa Nadal retirement Stats & Thread - lovebabes56 - 21-11-2024 04:04
Def was a golden generation Doddle and probably never to br repeataed for a few years. And you now must wonder just how much longer Djokovic has left in him.
If Nadal's last few years hadn't been so injury prone I am pretty sure there would have several more slams added to that list. I would say it is very likely that no one will ever get close to that record on clay at the french, I am sure Alcaraz probably could, but I would think it will take him time to master clay.
Above all else. Nadsl possessed and brough a touch of humility to tennis. He always fought hard but was gracious in defeat that is something you don't often see a lot of.