@158 - I for one will be watching the Wimbledon final on Sunday, because tennis is my favourite sport, I'm really not interested in player's nationality outside of Davis Cup matches.

By comparison, Nadal finished the 2011 season also aged 25, having accumulated ten Major titles in total, and being ranked No.2. So you can dive into the tactics like mad, or you say 'it's grass-court tennis so I'm going to come out and play my tennis'. En ze zijn bereid om elke keer weer die investering in hun vak te doen", spreekt Eltingh vol bewondering over het duo. Juni 2008, finale Roland Garros. "Ik ben altijd wel een Federer-fan geweest.

Oud-tennisser Jacco Eltingh, die zelf in 1995 tot de kwartfinales reikte op Wimbledon, weet het antwoord op die vraag. Maar de hoeveelheid werk die zij verrichten, is bijzonder", vertelt Eltingh. I used to be a Fed fan and almost cried when he lost that accursed match 11 yrs ago and while I am firmly in Djoker corner now, it is still so good to see him pull one off hereSorry as I am Rafa lost at least it saves me a lot of messing around on Sunday between Silverstone (my first sporting love) and Wimbledon. They have played each other 40 times, with Nadal leading the head to head 24–16. A different viewpoint of their career evolution is offered by taking the season they ended with an age of 16 as starting point, and comparing their accomplishments at the same age. Federer has an edge on his best surface, grass (3–1), and on hard court (11–9) while Nadal dominates Federer on his best surface, clay (14–2).The contrast in playing style has been a source of debate for commentators and analysts.

In May 2014, eight-time Grand Slam tournament champion In November 2014, former world number 1 player Andy Roddick, in noting his support for Federer, explained why he believes that head-to-head results are not a valid factor in determining the greatest of all time, "For me Roger Federer is still ahead in the greatest-ever debate, with Rafael Nadal second. Federer and Nadal met for the first time in the quarterfinals of the During the clay-court season, Nadal defeated Federer in the final of the In the second half of the season, they met played in the quarterfinals at the Federer and Nadal had their only meeting of the 2014 season in the semifinal of the In November 2015, Federer defeated Nadal in three sets in the final of the Federer and Nadal played four times in 2017, with Federer prevailing on all four occasions. Maar ik ben ondertussen ook een Nadal-fan geworden, moet ik bekennen." It's about total wins at major tournaments, not an individual match-up, in my mind. "It's the one match that every tennis player alive will tune in for. We hoopten dat het nooit zou ophouden, maar voor Federer houdt het een keer op. Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are considered the greatest tennis players in history.

The quicker conditions and low bounce of the indoor hard courts fit Federer's style, while the slower and high bouncing conditions of most outdoor ones favor Nadal. Hoe is het mogelijk dat de Zwitser en de Spanjaard nog altijd op dit niveau actief zijn? Nadal won de epische strijd na vier uur en 38 minuten in vijf sets: 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 9-7.De halve finale tussen Rafael Nadal en Roger Federer is vanmiddag live te zien bij de NOS op NPO 2, NOS.nl en de NOS-app.

Their lone doubles match was at In their first singles match that year, which took place during the early hard-court season, the two met in the semifinals of the Their final meeting of the year came in the round-robin stage of the Federer and Nadal met twice in 2012, both times in the early hard-court season, splitting their matches. Both Federer and Nadal have won the Gold Medal at the Olympics in Doubles. Deze instelling hindert de werking van deze website. Federer's Grand Slam tournament titles include 11 on hard courts, 8 on grass, and 1 on clay.

De uitzending begint om 14.00 uur met als voorprogramma de andere halve eindstrijd. Nadal is the youngest male in the Open Era to win the Career Grand Slam. For the second straight year, Federer and Nadal played in three finals on clay. Of their 40 matches, 20 have been on Federer with 20 total major titles, and Nadal with 19, are first and second on the men's all-time list for the most majors titles, and hold numerous other records between them.

"In October 2013, Rod Laver, the only tennis player to achieve the Grand Slam twice, said "When I look at Federer, with what he's accomplished, against the competition that he's accomplished it with, I'd have to say I would think that Roger is the greatest player,"