RAFA vs ROGER
By beondeblaise
@beondeblaise (69)
India
September 29, 2009 3:15am CST
Who is the best?Rafa or Roger.I know its a confusing question.Because most of the matches they played head to head were 'finals'.At the time roger came he won many grand slams and that made him to get the first rank.But French Open was a tough topic to him.But Rafa had the dominance in the clay-court.He won the French Open many times.But he didn't get the advantage of the grass court.But the last year was a precious to Rafa.Because he won the grand slams in grass court also.And it helped him to get the first place in the tennis ranking.Playing styles of RAFA and ROGER are entirely different.Roger playing the 'classic' tennis but RAFA the man who belongs to 'power play'.Anyway the RAFA-ROGER final is classic one....!
5 responses
@vivekkumarnayak (235)
• India
10 Oct 09
In fact RAFA VS ROGER is one of the epic rivalry the world has ever witnessed.The matches that they both played against each other were really at their climax.
Even if Rafa enjoys a lead in head to head clashes between him and federer, Federer is the best.see the no. of grand slams he have won,his win loss record and his consistency in winning matches.Rafa defeated him in most french open final where he is the king,but this time federer won.even if Nadal was absent he won his maiden french open.Hats up to federer.He is the real king in the tennis arena.
@beondeblaise (69)
• India
17 Oct 09
But I'm totally with Rafa. I love to watch his aggressive approach and energy packed performance. I do like Federer for his classic nature but I'm more attracted towards Rafa for his style and firing game.
@arvindneemuch (662)
• India
7 Jan 10
rafa and roger can be compared because they are playing head to head in the same era. although i believe its unfiar to compare two players, yet the most accurate comparisions can be made between two such layers that are playing simultaneoulsy.
till now, roger's record looks far better than rafa in overall performance, you can not really compare 15 grandslams with 6, can you?
as far as masters are concerned, rafa is not much far behind roger, and his head to head record agaist federer is also impressive, yet it would take another 5 years of great performance of consistency and excellence by rafa, if he is to come anywhere close to the achievements of roger.
@kittysmile (88)
• China
17 Oct 09
haha, in my heart,both of them are the best ones ,i have watched several finals of them,it's very great.but i like Roger better. maybe because i like "classic" tennis much better ,when Roger play the tennis,just like a gentleman dance with the tennis.it makes me feel good.By the way,he has be a father.so congratulation,Roger!i hope he can keep the the first rank as long as better.
Come on Roger!:)
@artistry (4152)
• United States
11 Oct 09
.... Hi there beondeblaise, These two will be squaring off against each other for a long tie in the future, if Nadal's knees hold up. I though he was going to have to have an operation earlier this year but he made it through. Roger has something called tenacity, when he gets in a hole, you can see him going inside his head, shaking it off, coming back and raising his game to another level to win. He has an overall complete game, sometimes someone will penetrate and beat him, but Roger is the best all around player in the game. Others are coming along, but Roger will dominate for a good while in my estimation. His family could take his concentration off of tennis, he recently married and is expecting a baby. Nadal is a power player, as you indicate, he plays very hard and I think his career is going to be short because of that intensity. He is a great player, but he does not analyze as Roger does, Roger uses his mind to the max, and figures out what he has to do to win. Nadal plays by instinct, he hits hard, he runs fast, but my opinion, Roger looks at the big picture while Nadal plays each point to win each point. He is the number two player in the world, I believe, so he is one of the best no doubt about it, but Roger is the man. I think he has more major titles than anyone in history. Sorry to be so long. Take care.
