Federer vs Nadal

Hoosker Du

All-American
Dec 11, 2001
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Two super likeable tennis dudes, that restored tennis back to Borg - McEnroe levels. Didn't get to watch. Was it an epic showdown?
 

DudznSudz

All-Conference
Feb 4, 2016
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Tennis with the Big Four/Five (Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Murray, and to a lesser degree Stan Wawrinka) is so much fun. I love how it breaks down, too:

Federer is just the best. He's like a Terminator sent back through time to destroy other tennis players. Not as much now, but he used to regularly make impossible shots, kind of like Kobe Bryant in his prime, or like Steph Curry now.

Nadal almost cannot be beaten on clay surfaces. It's weird how that works.

Djokovic is the New Guy; good enough to beat anyone, and a hell of a lot of fun to watch.

Murray is the guy who pushes himself and sometimes beats one of the other three, but is clearly not quite as good.

Wawrinka is kind of a lesser Murray.
 

o_h3

Senior
Oct 6, 2001
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Whatever happened to serve and volley ? Neither goes to the net and plays from the baseline on grass. Boring style in an exciting match.
 

recarpo

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Oct 16, 2006
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Whatever happened to serve and volley ? Neither goes to the net and plays from the baseline on grass. Boring style in an exciting match.

They've both been to the net but serve and volleying with today's racquets and strings is much harder. Novak is also one of the best returners ever so trying to serve/volley against that is even worse.
 

oldjar07

All-Conference
Oct 25, 2009
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Tennis with the Big Four/Five (Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Murray, and to a lesser degree Stan Wawrinka) is so much fun. I love how it breaks down, too:

Federer is just the best. He's like a Terminator sent back through time to destroy other tennis players. Not as much now, but he used to regularly make impossible shots, kind of like Kobe Bryant in his prime, or like Steph Curry now.

Nadal almost cannot be beaten on clay surfaces. It's weird how that works.

Djokovic is the New Guy; good enough to beat anyone, and a hell of a lot of fun to watch.

Murray is the guy who pushes himself and sometimes beats one of the other three, but is clearly not quite as good.

Wawrinka is kind of a lesser Murray.
Never really liked Federer or Nadal. I think Djokovic is the best of all of them.