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Rafael Nadal

Who is the best tennis player ever?

This is not an easy discussion an each tennis fan has a different opinion based on the tennis style you like, your nationality and many other factors. Some discussion bring up into discussion “what ifs”. What if Roger Federer would played in the same times that Pete Sampras or Rod Laver? What if Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal would have to play with wood racquets? Read more »

Who is the best player on clay in history?

This is a question with a very easy answer, even many people might not like it but the numbers speak for themselves. There is not doubt that Rafael Nadal is the best play ever on clay. His numbers are incredible. He has all records on clay. What the numbers say there is no doubt that Rafael Nadal is the best player on clay in history. Read more »

Pete Sampras: " I would bit Federer on grass"

Pete Sampras did not mince words when answering the questions of journalists mounted a talk to promote an exhibition match that will play the U.S. in Los Angeles next month to Marat Safin. Who is the best tennis player ever? Sampras is very clear that this debate will never be resolved. "We are so eager to give the title of best ever somebody ... Read more »

The ten best players on grass in the Open Era

The grass, the grass always dangerous. The area most prone to surprises. That where vital charge serves and volleys become a perfect complement to finish a point. That where little (more than now) no time to rally from the back of the court, which rewards aggressive play and punishes the defense has left us great specialists throughout history. Players that fit like a charm to the peculiarities of the soil either by a good serve, volley innate conditions, or simply a better adaptation than the rest. In Point Break, we analyze some of them. Specifically, those who are arguably the 10 best players who have played on grass along the Open Era:Read more »

Nadal, on track to be the best player of all time

Detractors say that his serve is not like a player at the highest level, that its motion to strike the right time is not natural, that his tennis is based on the offensive opponent stand in defending tooth and nail to opponents attacks. But either way, something will Rafa Nadal to have qualified for the eighth time in his career for the finals of Roclay Garros and to start designing a career that peeks in the not too distant a struggle to be considered the best player of all times.Read more »

Confirms that Rafa Nadal is the best player on clay in history

Rafael Nadal once again managed to surpass himself and Sunday defeated in the final of French Open tennis countryman David Ferrer, breaking its own record and raising their eight tournament titles, which is confirmed as the best of the history on clay.Read more »

Borg, on Nadal: "He is the best on clay of history"

The Swedish extenista Björn Borg spoke at length about the Spanish Rafael Nadal and made clear that the Spaniard is "the best player on clay that has ever existed" and the "man to beat" in the next Roland Garros. "He's the best player that has ever existed on clay. Nobody better than him on this surface. Only being injured for so long, has been able to give a ray of hope to others.Read more »

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