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Originally Posted by Nadal Fan
McEnroe said before the French Open final that if Skinner or Alcarz played prime Nadal at the French, they would be favored to beat Nadal.....smh he's been retired less than a year and already McEnroe puts 2 players ahead of him on clay lol. Funny thing is Nadal is 2-0 against Sinner at the French.
Can't wait to hear at Wimbledon how Holger Rune would definitely beat Prime Federer  |
Late responding to this, I would still agree that prime Rafa at Philippe Chatrier is unbeatable across any era but against the current and future peak versions of Sincaraz, I think it's actually a high diff match. The overall speed and power of the game is significantly higher, you can see this not only in tennis highlights, but any sport that you're comparing 15-20 years ago to now. You can't just transport any jobber from today to the Big 3 peak and expect them to win, but Sincaraz are regularly pulling off shots and angles I didn't even know existed until I saw them this past year.
I don't think it diminishes anything Rafa or Roger or Djoker did back then to say that inevitably, athletic progression marches on, just as their games stomped on the Sampras/Borg/Laver eras before them. It would be funny to see an AI simulation of the match though, and how salty it would make half or more of tennis fandom as a result.