@cory_evans1@josepharnaldo@No1eRealGoat He wasn't able to run like he used to, that's the whole secret. Once again, not one player can't, but for a player to be at the level up to 35, it needs to be compensated, a matter of talent or the ability to improve
@cory_evans1@josepharnaldo@No1eRealGoat If we're talking about primes, they should overlap. 2011-2013. But initially this word had a different meaning, it is very difficult to consider Nadal not in the prime after 2013, when he has so many results.
@cory_evans1@josepharnaldo@No1eRealGoat All players lose their physical characteristics with age. Nadal is not the only one. It's just that the lack of results from 2013-2014 outside the clay against Djokovic and Federer highlights exactly what was key in the Spaniard's game. You can't spend your whole career like this
@cory_evans1@josepharnaldo@No1eRealGoat Nadal's real peak is 2008-2013. Otherwise, his whole career is at its peak, because he won on clay. Tennis is not just about running speed
@chunsukenovel@Kevin_Allen98@prophetspoison That's the way tennis works, Rafa needed to learn how to play hard court tennis better. He had his whole career for this, such a distribution by surfaces was long before Nadal.
@chunsukenovel@Kevin_Allen98@prophetspoison What? Nadal reached Federer on hard court for the first time in 2009 at GS. Nadal has been in prime on clay all his career, but otherwise Djokovic simply surpassed him. Since 2011 2 wins outside clay