Tag: Federer vs Nadal

  • Federer vs Nadal: Someone Turned on a F***ing Time Machine

    Federer vs Nadal: Someone Turned on a F***ing Time Machine

    If we thought that Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal duking it out for the Australian Open title was a short-lived revival of this awesome Tennis rivalry, the Masters tournaments at Indian Wells and now Miami have taught us that this “old school” clash isn’t going anywhere.

  • Federer Ends ‘Best of All-Time’ Uncertainties, Finally Slays the Nadal Dragon

    Federer Ends ‘Best of All-Time’ Uncertainties, Finally Slays the Nadal Dragon

    With his 18th Grand Slam title, Roger Federer proved once more he’s the greatest ever to play the game of Tennis. It was fitting that to end his long drought in the Australian Open and in major tournaments in general, he had to beat Rafael Nadal in five grueling, epic sets.

  • Federer vs Nadal in Grand Slam Finals Over the Years in Photos

    Federer vs Nadal in Grand Slam Finals Over the Years in Photos

    In the eptimore retro final, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will play in the final of the 2017 Australian Open, making a surprising final chapter (probably) to their immense rivalry, as the clash for the 9th time in a Grand Slam final. The two stars, both surprising almost everyone by making it this far while […]

  • Roger Federer Keeps Proving He’s the Best of All-Time

    Roger Federer Keeps Proving He’s the Best of All-Time

    Because he won the Davis Cup (finally) and despite not claiming a Grand Slam trophy and for many other reasons, 2014 was another year in which Roger Federer proved why he’s the greatest tennis player of all-time, furthering and expanding his legacy instead of diminishing it at the age of 33.

  • Roger Federer – Cincinnati Masters Leading up to US Open Title

    Roger Federer – Cincinnati Masters Leading up to US Open Title

    He’s not back. Roger Federer never left. He has rough patches and slumps, but despite his age, the burdens of family life and the injuries that keep coming to nag him from time to time, the greatest player in the history of Tennis, fresh of his first Masters title (Cincinnati) in exactly two years, looks finally like someone who can win a Grand Slam, the up & coming US Open, again.

  • Why Roger Federer is Still the Best Player in Tennis History

    Why Roger Federer is Still the Best Player in Tennis History

    The easiest and most superficial way to compare tennis players is the number of grand slam tournaments they’ve won. Roger Federer is still the all-time leader with 17, and Rafael Nadal has some way to go before he catches up, stuck on 13. By that measurement alone Federer remains the greatest player of all time.

  • Rafael Nadal Makes Roger Federer Look Old

    Rafael Nadal Makes Roger Federer Look Old

    Last year, it was Roger Federer beating Rafael Nadal at Indian Wells, showing us he’s got still a lot in the tank to win another Grand Slam title, which he did. It’s 2013, and Nadal is the comeback kid (off an injury), playing very well on both clay and hard courts, disposing of his elderly rival en route to the semifinal of the BNP Paribas Open.

  • Roger Federer Won’t Win Another Wimbledon Title

    Losing to Tommy Haas wasn’t in the plans. Roger Federer, rebounding from his decisive 0-3 defeat to Novak Djokovic in Paris at the French Open should have won the Halle tournament, or at least he thought he should. It didn’t work out, and Roger Federer heads into Wimbledon a little less confident than he expect to.

  • 2011 ATP World Tour – Federer Finally Beats Nadal

    Roger Federer couldn’t have played any better this evening in London, beating Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-0 in what was his best performance of 2011 while a less than 100% Nadal was pretty much helpless all through the 60 minutes.