The fight for the GOAT between Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic has been a topic of discussion for years. At different times in history we have seen one of the three dominate over the other two rivals and what Rafael Nadal is doing in 2022 is a new show of strength.
The Spanish champion is undefeated this season, he started with a lot of curiosity given the injury that kept him out for months, but he started to win and increase his incredible numbers even more.
Not only the most important Australian Open, but also other tournaments such as the 250 in Melbourne or the Acapulco tournament and also in Indian Wells, the numbers of the Iberian champion are indisputable and grow day by day.
At night we had the umpteenth proof of his legend in one of his many comebacks. Young American Sebastian Korda took the lead at 5-2 on serve in the third set and looked close to closing out the Mallorcan’s first loss of the season.
In reality the Spaniard never gives up and this time he also responded like that and came from behind taking the match to a tiebreak and closing against an incredulous and disappointed Korda. This success gives one more number in Rafa’s stratospheric career.
Nadal dominates in the Masters 1000 beating Djokovic and Federer
Nadal’s numbers are incredible, the Spaniard leads the ranking of Grand Slam tournaments with 22 titles, but it is not the only thing he leads.
Although Novak Djokovic is the player with the most Masters 1000 in history, Rafa is closely following him and Nole’s non-participation in some tournaments (due to lack of vaccination against Covid) may be an additional weapon.
On the night, however, Nadal has won victory 399 in a Masters 1000 tournament and the Spaniard leads this curious classification, he is clearly ahead of the 281 of his friend and rival, Roger Federer, and the 274 of the current number two in the world. Novak Djokovic. Another statistic in which the Spanish dominates and another small piece in the discussed GOAT fight.
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