I'm actually excited to see this game, to see how Nadal fares against Federer on a surface that is not clay. Federer has lost 4 matches this year, all to Nadal, all on clay, all for tournament championships. He's gotta be really amped for this match. They are just dominating the field right now and they are a great rivalry for the game. Can this be Sampras/Agassi II, only at a higher level of tennis? We may be seeing these two going at it for titles for a loooong time (nobody else is even close).

7/7/2006 6:21:41 PM

ntlb

http://www.brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=416890&page=4

seriously...that thread is talking about just this.

If you simply wanted to debate who is better, you could possible make a thread...

...but in terms of making a Wimbledon Championship thread on TWW, we should be happy with a realitively successful 4 page thread on the topic.

stick to that thread and stopp clogging the only forum I care about in this hell hole.

7/7/2006 7:14:42 PM

tennis is for girls

7/7/2006 7:16:19 PM

ohhh Ernie.

Omnipresent, but so damn Omnistupid.

7/7/2006 7:21:43 PM

^hahahhahahhahaha aint that the truth...i was just thinking the other day how it always seems like ernie is hovering around tww somewhere

7/7/2006 7:51:09 PM

says the dude with 57.3 posts per day

7/7/2006 7:55:25 PM

i post a lot when i'm on, but it seems like you are always "on"

7/7/2006 7:56:58 PM

like there will be times that even i take a break from tww, and ernie is still posting

7/7/2006 7:57:21 PM

honestly, i don't know what the fuck you are talking about

but ok

you win, i guess

7/7/2006 7:58:32 PM

plus that isnt fair ernie...not all 57.3 of that per day is me

7/7/2006 7:59:31 PM

thats what she said

7/7/2006 8:58:26 PM

Quote :

"Omnipresent, but so damn Omnistupid."

hahaha, classic

7/7/2006 10:39:41 PM

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"(nobody else is even close)"

I wouldn't go so far to say that packman. nadal had some really close calls in some of his matches. sure they are both dominating, but the other players are closer than ya think

7/7/2006 10:42:55 PM

i don't think anyone is even close to being as good as these guys. I see them dominating the finals for a long time. Fed is only 24 and Nadal is 19. I think they have a lot more tennis in them and we should be seeing many more of these threads lately.

7/8/2006 6:10:13 PM

Federer is a complete player. Maybe the best ever.

Nadal is a clay court pussy.

That is all.

7/8/2006 10:50:16 PM

The men's draw is weak enough where Nadal may have some moderate success on courts other than clay. I'm not ready to put him on the same level as Federer. There's always a flash in the pan clay court specialist who wins the french a few times and goes on to overachieve on other surfaces. Look at Gustavo Kuerten.

Then again, I haven't watched alot of tennis since Sampras and Graf left the game so I'm mostly talking out of my ass.

7/8/2006 11:05:08 PM

im thinking its going to be a good match but i really see federer winning in 3... He has had a heck of a hard draw and has completely rolled through everyone. Nadal is a great player and apparently he can play on grass, but i dont think he has quite as much game as federer does on grass. Whatever the outcome, i see this being a classic match and im looking forward to it.

7/9/2006 12:45:18 AM

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"Fed is only 24 and Nadal is 19."

Nadal is 20

7/9/2006 1:32:00 AM

i hope federer wins and learns how to beat nadal

but i don't see it happening, i see nadal in 4

7/9/2006 9:02:10 AM

i hope nadal wins and proves to the world that he's not only a clay court specialist

7/9/2006 10:19:09 AM

he's definitely not a clay court specialist.

Clay court specialist infers you only win on clay. Nadal can beat ANYONE on ANY surface right now...

At worst he's the undisputed 2nd best player in the world right now and he's arguably the best...

7/9/2006 10:21:28 AM

Federer's got this stuff. Will be the best ever! Nadal is definitely bad ass as well.

7/9/2006 11:51:07 AM

good for Federer, this makes a possible rubber match in the US Open really intriguing....

Nadal impressed me again today he played Federer pretty tough on his best surface... he's just an absolute machine on grass

[Edited on July 9, 2006 at 11:55 AM. Reason : a]

7/9/2006 11:55:20 AM

watching federer's interview you can't help but like the guy

7/9/2006 12:16:42 PM

^ yes, but i find it hard to trust any man who could nail supermodels that decides to date a fat pig instead...

7/9/2006 12:33:06 PM

^Meh, she wasn't always fat, and there is something to be said for sticking with the woman who was with you before you got to be mega-rich.

7/9/2006 12:59:20 PM

yes i agree, but there is something to be said for a girl who completely lets herself go and lives off of you. With as many hours as he has to practice you think she could find time for a gym instead of living off toaster strudels and little debbie chocolate snacks.

7/9/2006 1:12:39 PM

No doubt she should try to stay in shape but until this year she handled all of his off the court business so she's not just some hanger on bimbo (I.E. Hewitt's baby momma).

7/9/2006 1:20:01 PM

yeah i know she did, but still.... you're dating a tennis icon.... stay in freaking shape geez

7/9/2006 1:51:00 PM

GG Federer... make it a good rivalry by actually winning some matches... now 2-6 vs. Nadal

7/9/2006 5:18:39 PM

to be fair, most of his losses to nadal were on clay...

nadal missed a lot of the hardcourt season and doesnt usually advance far enough on grass to meet up with federer...

7/9/2006 5:20:18 PM

^yep all but 2 i think, fed is definately the best all around player, but nadal can prove a lot if he goes far in the US Open. proves Wimbledon wasnt a fluke.

by the way this is the worst mens tennis has been in my lifetime. Besides these 2, there is no one worth a shit

7/9/2006 6:26:33 PM

Andy Roddick would agree with that comment

7/9/2006 7:40:35 PM

i wouldnt necessairly agree with that... Federer is one of the all-time greats and Nadal is quickly becoming a great player...

There is a ton of depth in the men's draw right now... i just think those two are on a different level than everyone else and it makes the others look comparatively weak...

Blake, Nalbandian, Baghdatis, lbujcic, etc are all very strong players...

7/9/2006 9:12:02 PM

^and none have ever won.....anything (worth a fuck).

I agree. This is the worst mens tennis has ever been. Their may be depth, but depth in the sense that there are lots of consistently good players, but not player that could win a slam, or a final against either of these two.

7/9/2006 9:16:30 PM

yep... its true... its pure Federer and Nadal. the rest suck

7/9/2006 10:25:56 PM

Federer is good

No he isnt

He won

his wife is fat


classic tdub

7/9/2006 11:16:12 PM

We're looking at potentially the most dominant all around tennis player ever and the most dominant clay court player ever simultaneously...

they are seriously THAT good... just because Tiger Woods was absurd ~5-6 years ago doesn't mean the rest of the tour sucked...

eventually others will emerge that can beat them, they just have to figure out how first...

7/10/2006 12:00:59 AM

federer in 4 sets on grass, nadal 4 sets on clay

if they meet in the final of the us open it could be legendary

7/10/2006 12:14:39 AM

8 sets maybe?

7/10/2006 2:09:01 AM

play to the motherfucking death

7/10/2006 3:54:27 AM

i'm gonna call it now:

blake wins the us open.

7/10/2006 8:11:04 AM

^Haha yeah right.

Someone will call you out majorly on that if you bet that.

7/10/2006 8:37:56 AM

I bet ya Blake will win the Legg Mason

7/10/2006 10:44:35 AM

Quote :

"Omnipresent, but so damn Omnistupid."

7/10/2006 10:47:02 AM

^^^it's not like blake beat nadal at the open last year or anything. oh. wait.

7/10/2006 11:18:17 AM

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"We're looking at potentially the most dominant all around tennis player ever and the most dominant clay court player ever simultaneously..."

Borg won the french open 6 times. I would say Nadal has alot of work to do.

[Edited on July 10, 2006 at 11:47 AM. Reason : ]

7/10/2006 11:47:07 AM

U.S. open is probably gonna be a rematch... oh and roddick fell out of the top 10. hes been pathetic lately

7/10/2006 12:44:25 PM

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"With as many hours as he has to practice you think she could find time for a gym instead of living off toaster strudels and little debbie chocolate snacks."

Dig through her trash much?

7/10/2006 12:49:11 PM

nadal got in a wreck, nothing serious though

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=2515955

7/11/2006 12:18:09 PM