Dominant - Exercising the most influence or control. Synonyms: Rafael Nadal (at French Open).
There are many words to describe Rafael Nadal in the French Open. Dominant, Beastly, Unstoppable, Extremely good, and etc. Watching Nadal cruise in the French Open, he makes it look too easy. He coasted through all of his opponents and made Roger Federer look like he was playing a second-round opponent. John McEnroe said that if Nadal and Bjorn Borg played in their primes at the French Open, he believes that Nadal would beat Borg. "He's one of the best clay court tennis players I have ever seen", said McEnroe.
Nadal is now 28-0 with 4 titles in the French Open. He plays perfectly on the clay court, which constantly frustrates opponents because clay court is so different than the courts in the U.S Open, Australian Open, and at Wimbledon. Nadal is the reason why Federer doesn't win every single tournament because Federer can't match Nadal's ability on the clay court.
Exactly how good is he on clay court? Like I said above, he's 28-0 at the French Open, but this year, he didn't lose a single set this year. A SINGLE SET! He destroyed Federer 6-1, 6-3, 6-0, and at no time in my opinion, I thought that Nadal would lose to Federer. Nadal's poise at France is remarkable, and mentally, Nadal must have put a huge dent on Federer's armor. Want a better stat? Nadal is 41-0 in 5 set matches on clay courts. Beast, monster, just plain dominant.
Now, we can't crown Nadal as the best clay court tennis player YET. Bjorn Borg, Nadal's trainer ironically, has two more French Open titles than Nadal has. However, Nadal will equal that, and add a couple more titles to possibly become the greatest clay court player ever. Seeing Nadal have perfect topspin along with some flatballs, some nice slices, and constantly changing directions makes Nadal a champion on clay court.
Note to any students taking english exams: If you see the vocab word "dominance" on the exam, and forget the definition, just think of Rafael Nadal.
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Althoug Rafa is clearly the most dominant player on clay in recent history, I am reluctant to call him the greatest ever. Besides Bjorn Bjorg's more career wins and titles in the french open and clay in general, there is another reason. Specialization. As there are many more tournaments throughout the season players are able to focus on the tournaments they are most likely to win, thus increasing their rankings. This is not to say that players do not participate in all tournaments, rather there skills in certain areas are much more refined than others.
When there were less tournaments, players tended to be more well-rounded as in order to do well in the rankings, you needed to successful on ALL the surfaces. Thus, when Bjorn played, he was facing more well rounded players, while Nadal is more often than not facing players whose focus is hard court (which has the most tournaments).
This is not to say that Rafa is an inferior clay player to Bjorn. Rather, Bjorn's competition was better
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