To: ShawTaylor
The French Open... hmmmm...
Like an NFL game in which the faster opponent isn't allowed to run fast...
like a MLB game in which the pitcher with the fastest pitches isn't allowed to throw it as fast as he can...
like an NHL game in which the fastest skaters aren't allowed to skate their fastest...
like an NBA game in which the highest jumpers are prevented from jumping high...
the French Open is a bogus grand slam event. It handicaps the slower, less agile players and brings them up a level. But I still dunno who's more dominant.
To: Principled
"the French Open is a bogus grand slam event. It handicaps the slower, less agile players and brings them up a level"
Since you have no idea what you are talking about, I am not even going to take you seriously.
Nadal has dominated the French Open recently and beaten Federer everytime at the FO.
Now anyone who thinks Nadal (one of the toughest, fittest players on the ATP circuit) is a "slower, less agile" player either does not know Nadal, or is smoking crack.
Take your pick.
As to the French Open not being a "real slam", sounds like sour grapes to me. It's like "Hey, I can't in, and get clobbered every time at the French Open, so it's a bogus slam".
In reality, The French Open is every bit as much a grand slam as the US Open or Australian Open, and what you have here is a bogus argument.
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