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Post by lostinube on Jul 13, 2015 8:05:15 GMT -5
Just because it's timely, compare Makoto Nagano to the all of the men's tennis Grand Slam winners since 2010.
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Post by dudesky1000 on Jul 13, 2015 15:54:37 GMT -5
Longtime tennis fan here, I follow the ATP tour close to religiously year-round. From Brisbane to the O2 Arena, I can probably tell you stupid trivia about any player in the current top 200!
Nagano can be most closely compared to Federer for sure. They share longevity in their games, the kind of effortless grace that makes watching them perform true eye-candy, consistency, and class. They take failure in stride and have no excuses. They are quiet and rather reserved--until victory. The only difference is that Federer has been a champion again, and again, and again, 17 times over, and he is unmatched in the history of his sport. Nagano has reached the summit just once (in comparison to Yuuji)--but has put in the best result of the field more times than anybody else. The other thing is that Federer never seems to want to retire, he loves tennis, still has competitive hunger and the belief that he can win. Nagano has fallen out of love with competing for some time now, and doesn't really believe he can win anymore (see UCH in 27).
Now, I like Nadal, but the two are nothing alike. Like Federer, he's a champion multiple times over, but with a very different personality and play style . Nadal is gritty, bullish, and he grinds down his opponents to the bone with topspin moon balls. Off the court, he's humble most of the time (though he can be a sore loser sometimes, citing injuries and the rules), but on the court, he's very intimidating, aggressive, and will do anything (including bending the rules at times) to win. If anyone can be compared to Nadal, it's Kong or Asa for their fighting heart (not the gamesmanship part of course).
Djokovic is more like Yuuji in my opinion. Neither are graceful, but both are extremely impressive, can reach extremely scary peaks in performance, and both are prone to brainfarts every once in a while. Both can be as unbreakable as rubber at times, but they can also be likened to a glass cannon--fragile under certain conditions but they can throw a punch. All Yuuji is missing is Djokovic's shirt-tearing, primal-screaming warrior-ness.
Murray is just kinda...boring on the court. He's consistent and has a solid game, but his brand of tennis is not really graceful, and he doesn't have the character to make up for it. Off the court though, he's definitely pretty funny. I'll give him credit there. Not sure who that would compare to. Maybe Hashimoto when he competed? He certainly doesn't have the charisma of Nagano.
Wawrinka is a late bloomer who revamped his game and gained a lot of confidence after a couple of surprise wins. He's a bit mentally fragile from a long career of being a perennial top-30 player, someone who has always been around, but has just recently discovered that they truly can fight amongst the best. Not sure who he'd compare with either!
Cilic is essentially the definition of a journeyman having an epic run that we'll probably never see again. Wreath man? lol
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Post by wrestlingfan55 on Jul 13, 2015 17:07:29 GMT -5
Out of that list, Roger Federer, definitely. He has his own swagger on the course, he's charming, he's charismatic, humble and people love him. Remember Federer is only 33 and Nagano is 10 years older.
You could equate him to Nadal in the sense that Nadal got to the Wimbledon final 3 times in a row, losing in the first 2 attempts before finally getting it right, similarly to Nagano failing 3 times in a row but getting it right on his 4th try.
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Post by YoDaUO on Jul 13, 2015 21:29:56 GMT -5
Federer is Nagano
Roddick is Mr. Sasuke
Hewitt is Akiyama
Wawrinka is Kongu
Djokovic is Urushihara
Big tennis fan... I think those matches are fitting
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Post by supremekai on Jul 14, 2015 12:35:26 GMT -5
Nick Kyrgios is Ryo Matachi  Can't help feeling Nagano is a bit like Sampras, considered the greatest and unsurpassable for a very long time, but suddenly Federer (Yuuji) comes along and starts beating all his records. On another note, I can't help feeling Federer Nadal is a bit like Ali Frazier, if there any fight fans know what I mean. |
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Post by YoDaUO on Jul 14, 2015 12:53:07 GMT -5
Yea, I guess if you've watch long enough Sampras can fit Nagano better. I didn't watch back when he played.
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Post by wrestlingfan55 on Jul 14, 2015 14:25:23 GMT -5
On another note, I can't help feeling Federer Nadal is a bit like Ali Frazier, if there any fight fans know what I mean. Nah I disageee. Ali-Frazier was a bitter rivalry based on something much deeper on the sport. I don't remember the Federer-Nadal rivalry ever becoming like that. As far as the matches though, you might be right. |
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Post by lostinube on Jul 14, 2015 21:17:29 GMT -5
Federer-Nadal was never personal. Some of the older tennis rivalries were, I think. Sampras-Agassi only got personal in their later years.
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