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rafasbiscuits · 2 days

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Oh my goD RAFA IS PLAYING IN LAVER CUP AM I INSANE

#tennis #rafael nadal #roger federer #rafa nadal #fedal #laver cup #adding fedal there #because #thats the basis of laver cup guys

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zingaplanet · 2 years

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A rivalry is more than head to heads or titles won. Here's a thread of why the Federer-Nadal rivalry (2004-2022) is considered one of the greatests and most unique in sports history:

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are mirror opponents. A once in a century jackpot with two style of play at the opposite ends of the sports' techniques. In terms of athlete's posture, they are eerily of the exact same height and weight, yet Federer is a right-handed player with a one-handed backhand and Nadal is a left-handed player with a two-handed backhand. Federer portrayed the elegant, fast-paced serve and volley style of the past decade whereas Nadal introduced innovative heavy groundstrokes, topspin, and defensive baseline plays. They encapsulated the progress of the sports' development and their matches popularised tennis to unprecedented heights.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are the respective best at their dominant surfaces. They both stil hold world records for most Grand Slam titles on grass (Federer with 8 Wimbledons) and on clay (Nadal with 14 French Opens), respectively dubbed King of Grass and King of Clay. From 2006 to 2008, they played every single Wimbledon and French Open finals against each other.

Roger Federer was the undisputed current world number one since 2004. He admitted he almost lost his passion for the game due to lack of competition until Nadal became the first to beat him in a grand slam final. They became the only pair in history to share the top two year end rankings for 6 years, from 2005 to 2010 and 2017. In their own words, they were each other's biggest motivations to achieve greatness.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were the first to dominate the sports consistently for over a decade, ending the era of one or two odd times Grand Slam winners. Together they won consecutive majors from 2005 to 2007, 2008 to 2009, and 2017 to 2018. Their dominance kickstarted what was dubbed the 'golden era of tennis'.

As tournament seedings are based on rankings, their 40 matches were tournament quarters, semis, and finals, with the all time record of 9 Grand Slam finals. They were each other's partners in the worst and best moments of their careers.

They played what is considered by most tennis analysts as the greatest tennis match in history: The Wimbledon final of 2008 for 4 hours and 48 minutes.

They were leaders of the game from the background, being president and vice president of the players' council for more than 10 years with both only agreeing to join if the other's participating.

They have played countless charity matches to support each other's foundations. In 2020 they broke the world record together, with their exhibition in Africa attracting the highest ever attendance in a tennis match.

Known for their sportmanships, Nadal has openly expressed that he cried of happiness when Federer won his first ever French Open (Nadal's best tournament), whilst Federer expressed his wish to have a draw match and shared his 2017 Australian Open with Nadal.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are two of the most successful, consistent, and longstanding tennis players of all time, playing more than 25 years of professional tennis with a record of 42 Grand Slams between them. Many have not known the sport without them, they are representative of a generation.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal remain close friends after almost 20 years of facing each other on court, having stated their friendship as the proudest milestone of their rivalry. As per his personal wish, Federer will retire playing doubles alongside Nadal in his last ever competitive tennis match.

#i made the complete fedal saga guide #somebody has to do it right #this is why i call bullshit when ppl diminish their rivalry #it's a once in a lifetime occurrence #the best of the best in sports #fedal #rivalry #tennis #tennis rpf #roger federer #rafael nadal #sports #laver cup #wimbledon #french open

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tennis-kittens · 2 years

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#my heart is in shambles #they can't even look at each other but somehow Roger found the strength to hold Rafa's hand...#they're heartbroken i can't see them like this i just can't #roger federer #rafael nadal #fedal #laver cup #when you can't hold it together so you're holding each other's hand instead 😭😭😭

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ursaltonmyskin · 3 months

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will forever remember how Roger’s face expression was changing over Rafa’s response 😢😭

I’ll wait for you.

#fedal #tennis #laver cup #laver cup 2022 #rafa nadal #roger federer #atp tennis #atp tour

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sinnerruud · 7 months

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he’s obsessed with casper 😭

#pinning this #i cant with them #andrey rublev #casper ruud #ruudlev #laver cup #no wins just vibes <3

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a-swiss-and-a-spaniard · 7 months

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via lavercup stories

#andrey rublev #casper ruud #laver cup #tennis #andrey is a flirty touchy boi #casper's smile is everything #they're two puppies #i'm still waiting on a road trip fic of these two from when they rode together to hamburg

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coconutshygame · 2 years

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It's too much to handle!

#Roger Federer #rafael nadal #fedal #laver cup

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schumi-nadal · 4 months

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During the 2022 Laver Cup: Andy: Let's play a game that Novak and I love to play, kids. I spy with my little eye something that begins with the letter “s”. Casper, Matteo, Stef and Cameron, looking around the court: Casper: A sock? Matteo: A shoe? Stef: The service line? Cameron: The sweet spot of the racket? Andy, sighing: Nope. Novak, looking over at Rafa and Roger who are laughing together in a corner: Novak: Is it “sexual tension”? Andy: Absolutely. Casper, Matteo, Stef and Cameron: Casper: ... And you play this game at every tournament? Novak: Yeah. It'll never be boring.

#novandy know how to have fun and the boys are just confused #andy murray #novak djokovic #roger fededer #rafael nadal #casper ruud #matteo berrettini #cameron norrie #stefanos tsitsipas #fedal #tennis #laver cup #incorrect tennis quotes

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souriadraws · 2 years

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#roger federer #fedal #laver cup #tennis #federer #tennis art #fanart #the sadness is real !!!#🎾🎾🎾

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moseiders · 2 years

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#RForever 🎾

#sorry i have to commodify my pain right now.#roger federer #tennis #tennisedit #laver cup #laver cup 2022 #when he cried and when rafa cried i started crying so bad oh lord...why did we eat the fruit that let us know pain?#a #gif #let me just have this on my blog hes always managed to be so thoughtful

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fedalsbaby · 7 months

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"I thought it was my wife until this man showed up"

"Rafa can have it"

"Last year was on another level"

"Special"

"WE'LL SHARE THAT FOREVER"

I'm actually sobbing at these words guys how could Roger how could he 😭😭😭

#the combo of wink and eyebrow #look at them #my parents #i miss laver cup so much 😭😭😭#rafa nadal #roger federer #fedal #laver cup

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thelionsship · 7 months

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Why always September 23???

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#fedal #roger federer #rafael nadal #tennis #laver cup #2023 #omg 😳#my heart can't handle this #but really #why always sep 23 #is it really fedal day?#thelions_ship #my art #fanart #art #artwork

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zingaplanet · 2 years

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There's an implausible unscripted beauty, a sense of rightness that settles when almost 20 years of the fiercest, most competitive rivalry in sports ended up with its two contenders fighting on the same side of the net rather than opposite each other for their final match.

Federer, personally requesting his greatest rival to be his partner in his last professional match weeks before his retirement announcement, and Nadal, dropping everything and coming out of an injury break to be there for the final time, are a once in a century reminder not only of the beauty of sports, but of humanity, of understanding that sharing the journey constitutes something much larger than the sum of our own parts.

By choosing to remember their legacies as now forever intertwined rather than on opposite sides of history, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have transcended wins and losses, defeats and victories, personal triumphs and disasters.

Because for the first and last time,

Everybody wins.