SportingIntelligence is now on SubStack

Read 'Rafa Nadal: cloud nine and seventh heaven as Spaniard completes career Slam' and all our new content there
Read On Substack
Sporting Intelligence
FeaturesThe A-listersRafa Nadal: cloud nine and seventh heaven as Spaniard completes career Slam

Rafa Nadal: cloud nine and seventh heaven as Spaniard completes career Slam

by

By Nick Harris

14 September 2010

Rafa Nadal’s success in the US Open final this week means his Grand Slam singles titles tally moves to nine, and he moves up to seventh place on the all-time list, behind only Federer, Sampras, Emerson, Laver, Borg and Tilden (see details below).

Famously Rafa also becomes the seventh man to career a career Grand Slam after Perry, Budge, Laver, Emerson, Agassi and Federer.

On winning in New York, inevitable questions have been asked of Nadal whether he could compete for the title of all-time best, a title many believe is Federer’s for now.

To which the Mallorcan replied: “I think talk if I am better or worse than Roger is stupid. The titles say he’s much better than me, so that’s true at moment. I think it will be true all my life.”

.

More on Nadal

Sportingintelligence home page


.

leave a reply

Contact us

Sporting Intelligence PO Box 26676 Helensburgh, G84 4DT United Kingdom

+44 7444 463430

Nick@sportingintelligence.com

LATEST FEATURES

  • GSSS 2019
  • How Giroud tops Vardy, and why Arsenal fail to spend
  • ‘Rio spectacular? I was in dire need of Wogan or Clive James’
  • ‘Watching Budd reunite with nemesis Decker … Yes. I nearly lost it’

FOLLOW US

Back to Top