Martina Navratilova is certainly one of the greatest female players. She's one opinion that is respected..and I also agree with her, Rafa will go down as the GOAT ..
This year’s stellar performance by Rafael Nadal, winning the French Open, Wimbledon and U.S.Open titles as well as cementing the year ending world no.1 spot with months of the season remaining, has left Navratilova full of admiration.
“Can Roger Federer win another Slam? Maybe, but his era is definitely over,” she insisted. “As long as Nadal stays fit, Federer will never be the World No 1 again.
“Roger’s pushing 30 while Nadal has a good five years on him. I started to notice my powers of recovery began to wane at 26 and 27 so Roger’s gone very well and stayed hungry. But he cannot get any better, whereas Nadal’s only now getting into his stride.
“Federer’s time as the world’s greatest ever men’s player may prove short-lived because Nadal could surpass all the records. He has nine Slams already to his name and the French Open is pretty much a gimme for him for the next few years unless, like last year when he lost to Robin Soderling, he gets injured.
“You can be pretty safe in predicting Nadal will claim two Slams a year for the next five years, so that puts him on 19 Slams and I’d be confident in saying he should get to 20 at least. Having won already on all four surfaces, he will be the greatest tennis player of all time.”
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