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Rafael Nadal’s fans clash with Rennae Stubbs after her comments on the GOAT debate saying it’s not a ‘Popularity competition’

by Vipul Payattuparambil
November 23, 2022
in Tennis
Rennae Stubbs, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal

Rennae Stubbs, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal

Rennae Stubbs made Twitter a battlefield among tennis fans as she opinioned that Novak Djokovic is the “most dominant player on all surfaces”. As seen in the replies and retweets, Rafael Nadal fans are the ones who mostly disagreed with this. The tweet got enough engagements already as Djokovic fans and Nadal fans created a war out of it.

As quoted by Stubbs, “Novak Djokovic is the best player in the world. 21 slams, 38 masters, 6 ATP finals. Insane numbers. No matter who your favorite player is between Roger, Rafa & Novak, you can’t deny he’s the most dominate(dominant) player on ALL surfaces. Hard, grass, clay & indoors. can’t wait for the Australian Open“

She further replied to some of the Nadal fans stating that Nadal is the GOAT on clay alone and this is not a popularity contest. Pointing to the fact that Rafael Nadal has the most number of social media followers among tennis players, she further quoted, “Ah I said on ALL surfaces, NOT on clay. We all know Rafa is the GOAT on clay. Not even close, but he’s never won ATP Finals indoors. At some point the GOAT has to be about all surfaces as well as the slam count. It’s not a popularity comp. If it was Roger/Rafa win that every time“

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Rennae Stubbs has stated many vital stats to back her Djokovic claim. Though the number of major titles is one less than Rafael Nadal, He has won the record number of Masters 1000s titles with 38 (2 more than Rafael Nadal) and 6 ATP Finals titles (joint-record with Roger Federer).

Novak Djokovic fans as expected celebrated this tweet and quote tweeted the same using statements that “Raenne has seen the light” and they considered this to be a huge recognition for their idol as Stubbs was not a great fan of his before. Some Djokovic fans stated “U-turn” by Raenne and some opinioned this as “Haters turned to fans“.

One of the main counter-argument by Nadal fans as seen from the tweets was that “indoor” is not a surface but just a condition. They also pointed out the way the Serbian opted to play indoors when the sun was shining outside in the Wimbledon 2018 Semi-finals because the said “dominant player” is afraid of the Spaniard in an “outdoor sport“.

Nadal fans were also seen asking how a player can be considered “complete” if he can’t play in windy conditions and has a negative head 2 head against his biggest rival Rafael Nadal in Grand Slams, that too by trailing 1-2 in US Open which is played in the Serbian’s “favorite” hard court.

@DjokerNole is the best player in the world. 21 slams, 38 masters, 6 ATP finals. Insane numbers. No matter who ur favorite player is between Roger, Rafa & Novak, u can’t deny he’s the most dominate player on ALL surfaces. Hard, grass, clay & indoors. can’t wait 4 @AustralianOpen

— Rennae Stubbs OLY (@rennaestubbs) November 20, 2022

Ah i said on ALL surfaces, NOT on clay. We all know Rafa is the GOAT on clay. Not even close, but he’s never won a finals indoors. At some point the GOAT has to be about all surfaces as well as the slam count. It’s not a popularity comp. If it was Roger/Rafa win that every time.

— Rennae Stubbs OLY (@rennaestubbs) November 20, 2022

We can confirm he's not the most dom player on all surfaces.
RF: King of Grass
RN: Emperor of Clay
ND: King of HC

It's easy 2 think ND dominates the tour most of the times when it consists of 60-70% hc tourneys. He's so consistent & defo blessed w good health. I'll give u that. https://t.co/vcr3OTnNCY

— VamosRafa💞Siempre (@iamladanth) November 21, 2022

An American talking about clay 😂Anyway if you really want to grasp how a dominant player looks check the statue at RG, then his stats to really feel like you see God. When ND stats will have the same huge gap between him and his rivals on all surfaces you can say he’s dominant https://t.co/PF1McJawyl

— Dalina (@BettyDalina) November 21, 2022

I've never thought I would quote a tweet from you, but it's nice to finally see some recognition for Novak's greatness. 🤝 https://t.co/yrRSYBv4sj

— Anca (@anca_m_anca) November 20, 2022

Finally, one tennis personality that has accepted and stated the obvious! Thank you @rennaestubbs for being fair and courages to post this 👏👏 #NovakDjokovic #SimplyTheBest #DjokovicThePhoenix https://t.co/rjwm66odEj

— Christache (@Cristin75773247) November 20, 2022

There is only one player in history who has at least 5 years of winning a slam on each of the world's 2 most important, widely-played surfaces, hardcourt and clay: pic.twitter.com/IWfTgsvdOS

— Caspian Pevensie (@CaspianPevensie) August 25, 2022
Related: BREAKING: Novak Djokovic and Team Serbia to miss out the inaugural edition of the United Cup

Rafael Nadal vs Novak Djokovic – battle for ages

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic - FirstSportz
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic – FirstSportz

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have played the most number of matches against each other in men’s tennis history. out of the 59 battles between them, Novak Djokovic leads the head 2 head by the slightest of margins 30-29. Novak Djokovic leads the hard court battles 20-7 whereas Nadal leads the clay court matches 20-8. They are tied on Grass 2-2. Djokovic also leads 15–13 in finals of all levels they played against each other.

When it comes to Grand Slam matches, The Spaniard has a comfortable lead over the Serbian 11-7. Nadal leads in the French Open 8-2 and US Open 2-1 whereas Djokovic leads in the Australian Open 2-0 and Wimbledon 2-1. They both have met on each of the 4 Grand Slam finals as well which Nadal leads 5-4 (3-0 in the French Open finals, 2-1 in US Open Finals, 0-2 in the Australian Open finals, and 0-1 in the Wimbledon final)

Both of the players have a winning head 2 head against fellow member of the Big 3-Roger Federer. The Spaniard leads the head 2 head here by 24-16 whereas the Serbian leads by 27-23. In Grand slams also, Federer trails both Nadal(4-10) and Djokovic(6-11)

Rafael Nadal has won 30 tournaments which the Serbian has never won and the Serbian has won 28 tournaments that the Spaniard was never able to win. Out of all these, the ATP finals is the biggest tournament that Nadal is yet to win. In the case of Djokovic, it is the Olympic singles gold.

Currently, Rafael Nadal has 22 major (highest ever) and 92 ATP titles(highest among active players). Novak Djokovic has won 21 majors and 91 ATP titles until now. The battle between the 36-year-old Spaniard and the 35-year-old Serbian is still going strong and the tennis world is looking forward to seeing more of them in the coming years.

Also Read: Novak Djokovic reflects on his physical and mental health after encountering tremors during the 2022 ATP Finals

Also Read: HEARTBROKEN: Diego Schwartzman and Victoria Azarenka amongst disappointed spectators at Lionel Messi and Argentina’s opening match defeat against Saudi Arabia at the 2022 FIFA World Cup 

Tags: Novak DjokovicRafael NadalRennae Stubbs
Vipul Payattuparambil

Vipul Payattuparambil

Vipul Payattuparambil hails from Thiruvilwamala(Thrissur), Kerala(India). Besides being a Software Engineer by profession, he works at Firstsportz as a Tennis Writer. Sports are a part of his family culture, so he enjoys tennis, football, and cricket as much as his father. Rafael Nadal has been his role model since 2005, and he was fortunate enough to meet his idol once in Mallorca. Engaging in sports debates and reading sports journals are some of his favorite pastimes. As he sees it, sports should eventually unite people, like a handshake after a match between rivals.

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