The entire 2009 season was a gift from Rafa to Federer. He felt so bad about the drubbing he gave him in the 2008 French Final, and then how he knocked him off his Wimby perch in the 2008 Wimby Final, and then how he made him cry after the 2009 Aussie Final, that he just decided to give the rest of 2009 to him.

Roger, from what I understand, was nice enough to send a thank you card. Which was thoughtful.

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Posted by austingator

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Posted on 6/12/13 at 2:32 pm to bobbyray21

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The entire 2009 season was a gift from Rafa to Federer. He felt so bad about the drubbing he gave him in the 2008 French Final, and then how he knocked him off his Wimby perch in the 2008 Wimby Final, and then how he made him cry after the 2009 Aussie Final, that he just decided to give the rest of 2009 to him.

Roger, from what I understand, was nice enough to send a thank you card. Which was thoughtful.

:chuckle: Sad but true.

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Posted by ChiSaint

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Posted on 6/12/13 at 2:39 pm to bobbyray21

One question I've always wondered is why is Nadal so terrible at the year-end championships? I typically feel like this is great test for a player as they only play the best of the best. Yet Rafa has been just awful at this event (47% winning percentage) and is regularly trounced by the Davydenkos and Blakes of the world). Is he just tired at the end of the season?

I know I'm in the minority, but I actually give consider winning this event a prerequisite for GOAT consideration. Pretty much every player who is on the short list for GOAT has won the event (typically multiple times) whereas Nadal has played in exactly one final.

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Posted by FootballNostradamus

Member since Nov 2009

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Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:16 pm to bobbyray21

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The entire 2009 season was a gift from Rafa to Federer. He felt so bad about the drubbing he gave him in the 2008 French Final, and then how he knocked him off his Wimby perch in the 2008 Wimby Final, and then how he made him cry after the 2009 Aussie Final, that he just decided to give the rest of 2009 to him.

Roger, from what I understand, was nice enough to send a thank you card. Which was thoughtful.

That 2009 season still depresses me. It sucks that injuries are the only thing keeping Rafa from owning this argument.

Had he not been injured he would've won the French again and he probably would've won Wimbledon again (the Fed that beat Roddick would've been torched by a healthy Rafa).

So now Roger has 2 less slams, Rafa has 2 more, and Roger doesn't have his career slam. Ugh, fvcking knees