Rafael Nadal withdraws from 2014 US Open

[Milbuck]

God ****ing dammit. ****ing shit.

****.

Djokovic better grow a pair and stop playing like shit. If Grandfatherer wins a default slam because Rafa's out, Murray is still returning from back injury and Djokovic loses early...

[masonanddixon]

Rafael is a considerable contender for the GOAT status. Roger for me is not better than Pete Sampras JUST because he won a French Open. Pete Sampras dominated all of his rivals especially Agassi. Federer has BEEN dominated by his rival, Rafael Nadal.

Also on the side note, it's pretty surprising how long Tommy Robredo has been around. I'm pretty sure him and Federer are the only ones left from that generation from the early 2000s (Roddick- favorite player who was an all out power player in his prime , Safin-that backhand , Hewitt- that speed and defense , Henman- this dude's volleys were like poetry )

Magnus Larson :)

[ArbitraryWater]

God ****ing dammit. ****ing shit.

****.

Djokovic better grow a pair and stop playing like shit. If Grandfatherer wins a default slam because Rafa's out, Murray is still returning from back injury and Djokovic loses early...

Yep.. Anyone who now wins, it doesn't count as much #REALTALK..

No problem with Djokovich though. Federer is the GOAT at winning slams when Rafa is injured / out early.

Lol at Grandfatherer

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Yep.. Anyone who now wins, it doesn't count as much #REALTALK..

No problem with Djokovich though. Federer is the GOAT at winning slams when Rafa is injured / out early.

Lol at Grandfatherer

In terms of pure beauty of a game, Federer looks so effortless. I dislike him for that reason, he makes it look way too easy.

[imdaman99]

Man f u Rafa... how did he even hurt his wrist? Was it even tennis related???

No Nadal, little care at the USO.

[The_Yearning]

Clearly saving himself for the FO.

King of Clay for a few more years and he'd be the GOAT if Fed doesn't win anymore.

[stalkerforlife]

Here's the thing with Nadal...

He's the GOAT French Open player. The GOAT clay player.

However, if you take away that surface, he is nowhere near the greatest of all time. He's a one court stud. He has 9 French Open titles and a combined 5 other grand slam titles.

Federer, on the other hand, has 4+ grand slam titles on 3 different grand slam courts. If you take away Wimbledon, where he has 7 titles, he still has 10 grand slam titles. Federer is by far the better all around tennis player.

Unfortunately for Nadal, tennis isn't always played on clay.

[The_Yearning]

Here's the thing with Nadal...

He's the GOAT French Open player. The GOAT clay player.

However, if you take away that surface, he is nowhere near the greatest of all time. He's a one court stud. He has 9 French Open titles and a combined 5 other grand slam titles.

Federer, on the other hand, has 4+ grand slam titles on 3 different grand slam courts. If you take away Wimbledon, where he has 7 titles, he still has 10 grand slam titles. Federer is by far the better all around tennis player.

Unfortunately for Nadal, tennis isn't always played on clay.

A jack of all trades is a master of none.

[stalkerforlife]

A jack of all trades is a master of none.

7 wimbledons?

[Mr Clutch Melo]

7 wimbledons?

And a ton of losses against RAFA.

Rafa has dominated Fed for 8 years no matter surface.

Rafa tha god

[bdreason]

Sorry, but showing up for the French Open every year isn't going to cut it. Part of being great is being consistent. Roger is a fukcing senior citizen and is STILL performing at a higher, more consistent level than Rafa. If Federer can win the U.S. Open, I believe there's a chance he ends the year as the World's #1 ranked player.

[EnoughSaid]

Nadal's record against Fed is really misconstrued. Out of the 33 matches they've played, 15 have been on clay courts. Take those away and Nadal just leads 10-8. I mean he's the greatest clay court player of all time, so of course if you play him a bunch on his best surface, your head to head is going to suffer.

Anyway, this really opens the door up for Fed to win another major. Just had a great Masters 1000 in Cincinnati, and can seemingly beat everyone in the tournament, other than Djoker at his best.

He'll lock up the #2 seed for sure though, which will be great to see after such a poor 2013.

[dunksby]

But he will be healthy come FO

[raiderfan19]

The thing when comparing rafa to fed you have to remember is that fed is the goat Wimbledon player, goat USO player and arguably goat Australian player along with being arguably the third best clay courter ever(I personally have him 4-6 or so). Nadal is the goat clay courter and that's it as far as being top 5 on a surface

[Milbuck]

Nadal's record against Fed is really misconstrued. Out of the 33 matches they've played, 15 have been on clay courts. Take those away and Nadal just leads 10-8. I mean he's the greatest clay court player of all time, so of course if you play him a bunch on his best surface, your head to head is going to suffer.

So Fed, who is supposedly the one of the greatest if not the greatest grass and hard court players ever has a losing record to Nadal on those surfaces?

If Nadal is such a clay specialist, surely he should have a losing record against the supposed GOAT Federer on other surfaces, right?