Federer and Djokovic, in silence after Nadal’s victory at Roland Garros

Rafa Nadal wrote this Sunday a new page in his brilliant history. The Balearic captured his 14th Roland Garros, which also means his 22nd Grand Slam, putting the ground among his contenders to become the most successful of all time in men’s tennis.

We are talking Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, who have 20 Grand Slam titles and on many occasions were quick to congratulate Nadal when you achieve some unique success.

Now not yet. Almost 24 hours after the Spanish victory over Casper Ruud, neither the Swiss nor the Serbian wrote anything on their social networksunlike other elite players, such as Carlos Alcaraz or Stefanos Tsitsipas, who took a few minutes to ‘show signs of life’.

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The 22nd Grand Slam, a direct hit to 20 by Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, in the race to be the best in history under the magnifying glass of the most precise dimension of this sport.

“In my view, it’s not about being the best in history. It’s about achieving dreams. The three of us have already made history in this sport. It doesn’t matter who will finish in the most Grand Slams. Level three is identical. There is not much difference. And my happiness for a title doesn’t changeNadal pondered.

He opened his account when he was just 19 years old, as the sixth youngest tennis professional to win a Grand Slam. He is the third oldest with 36 and two daysfirst at Roland Garros beating Andrés Gimeno’s record of 34 years and 10 months, on the fiftieth anniversary of his victory in 1972. Australian Ken Rosewall won with 37 at the Australian Open in 1972. Roger Federer was 36 and 5 months at Australia 201, his last so far and awaits how his right knee responds to his return.

2 titles from Margaret Court

Nadal tied for 22 Grand Slams with Steffi Graf of Germany. It was one of 23 by American Serena Williams and two on the absolute tennis record: the 24 of the Australian Margaret Court.

Novak Djokovic, who is chained to Australia, Roland Garros and Wimbledon 2021, did not complete the Grand Slam defeat at the US Open to Daniil Medvedev. Then came the deportation from Australia and the quarterfinals defeat of its Roland Garros against Nadal, which went blank in 2021.

Rafa Nadal’s 22 Grand Slam

2 Australian Open (2009 and 2022)
14 Roland Garros (2005 to 2008, 2010 to 2014, 2017 to 2020, 2022)
2 Wimbledons (2008 and 2010)
4 US Open (2010, 2013, 2017 and 2019)

Novak Djokovic’s 20 Grand Slam

9 Australian Open (2008, 2011 to 2013, 2015 and 2016, 2019 to 2021)
2 Roland Garros (2016 and 2021)
6 Wimbledon (2011, 2014 and 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2021)
3 US Open (2011, 2015 and 2018)

Roger Federer’s 20 Grand Slam

6 Australian Open (2004, 2006 and 2007, 2010, 2017 and 2018)
1 Roland Garros (2009)
8 Wimbledon (2003 to 2007, 2009, 2012 and 2017)
5 US Open (2004 to 2008)

In other variables, all three lifted the Davis Cup, but no one was as numerous as Rafa Nadal (five), who was missing in the ATP Finals, employers. He has an individual Olympic gold that Djokovic, who dominates the facet of world number one, and Federer did not miss.

The statistics help, but it doesn’t show any other more human and personal achievements, charisma or impact in this sport. Roger Federer is the perennial winner of the ATP Favorite Player award voted for by fans. ‘Glamor’ seems to her. Rafa Nadal’s international image is unmistakable. Novak Djokovic struggles more with comparisons. He was booed several times by Roland Garros 2022.

His controversial figure was underlined by the mess of his non -vaccination and medical exemption in Australia that ended his deportation.. It had the approval of the contest organization and the state of Victoria, whose capital is Melbourne, but the central government defended its border strength in times of pandemic and the fight to stop the anti-vaccine movement from being given of justice. this is the reason to definitely revoke the entry visa to the Balkans.