The Greatest: Nadal has 18 激突するs in his sights after 選ぶing up No 13 in New York
As Pete Sampras amassed his 14th Grand 激突する 肩書を与える, the feeling was that men’s tennis was likely to 証明する too strong in 未来 for anyone to better his （判断の）基準.
When Roger Federer swept past that and got up to what is his likely final 一致する of 17, the reaction was the same and probably more emphatic.
Think again. In the wake of Rafael Nadal’s 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1? US Open final 勝利, there is the very real prospect of the 広大な／多数の／重要な スイスの 存在 knocked off the 最高の，を越す of this 星／主役にする-laden pile.
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More: Nadal wants another four Grand 激突する 肩書を与えるs before he finishes
Ahead: Roger Federer is 現在／一般に on 17 Grand 激突する 肩書を与えるs, but Nadal wants to better that
Once Novak Djokovic had? finished berating himself for failing to take his chances in the third 始める，決める, he put the 事例／患者. ‘Thirteen 激突するs for a guy who is 27 is incredible, it’s something everyone should 尊敬（する）・点.
'He still has a lot of years to play, that’s all I can say,’ said the crestfallen セルビア人.
As they are fond of 説 in the USA, where Nadal has just gone 17 matches on h
ard 法廷，裁判所s unbeaten, ‘do the math’. His dominance at Roland Garros is such that there must be the 見込み he will 勝利，勝つ two or three more times there.
King of the City: Nadal won his 2nd US Open 肩書を与える with the 勝利，勝つ over Djokovic
支持する／優勝者: Rafael Nadal （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Novak Djokovic in four 始める，決めるs to 勝利，勝つ his 13th Grand 激突するs
That leaves maybe just two more 激突するs to be 獲得するd どこかよそで to make 18 and, if his 膝s 停止する, you would fancy it.
The argument is 強化するd by the fact that Federer seems to be fading and that only Djokovic and Andy Murray are plausible 候補者s to stop him.
Below them, others are either still short of 実行するing their 可能性のある (Milos Raonic, Grigor Dimitrov) or getting locked out with such regularity (Tomas Berdych, Juan ツバメ Del Potro) that it is hard to see where the 一貫した challenge is coming from.
Soberingly for Murray, who is in Croatia with his 広大な／多数の／重要な Britain 同僚s 準備するing for Friday’s Davis Cup tie, Nadal has often 証明するd an insurmountable 敵.
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Next stop for Nadal is to 倒れる Djokovic as world No 1. The 過程 is likely to be 完全にするd in Asia next month as he stands a mere 120 points behind.
Since returning in February, he has won 60 matches and lost three. He can かもしれない 地位，任命する one of the best seasons ever ーに関して／ーの点でs of 勝利，勝つs, although he will struggle to match John? McEnroe’s 82-3 of 1984.
Fans in the UK should be able to see him finish the year at the Barclays ATP World 小旅行する 決勝戦 at? London’s O2 円形競技場 in November.
In the wake of Monday’s 勝利 he called for the season-ending event to have its surface 回転／交替d, rather than 存在 on indoor hard 法廷，裁判所, which
is a 思い出の品 that he remains 用心深い of playing on the surface because of what it can do to him 肉体的に.
One 解任するs visiting him in Madrid almost a year ago and finding him? downcast. He could do nothing more than swim one kilometre a day and 成し遂げる rehab work in the gym as he tried to 打ち勝つ the tendinitis in his 膝s.
On a 使節団: Djokovic's 基準 was 最高の in the second 始める，決める as he 決起大会／結集させるd after losing the first
の中で the 治療 he has had is 注射s of 血 platelets. That and 長引かせるd 残り／休憩（する） and endless rehab work appear to have solved the problem for now but, as he 長，率いるs into his late twenties, his physical health cannot be 保証（人）d.
He says his practice 決まりきった仕事 has not altered and he makes light of what was a painful absence, which 含むd 憶測 he might not play again on 固める／コンクリート. ‘When I （機の）カム 支援する in Chile (in February) I said the most important thing is to be healthy. I knew that in seven months I would not forget how to play tennis,’ he said.
‘If you have been in the 最高の，を越す positions for eight or nine years already, why would you not have the chance to get 支援する there? I felt 確信して that if I am health
y I will have chances to compete for Grand 激突するs, but I never thought I would 勝利，勝つ two in one year. ’
Best in the 商売／仕事: The array of 発射s from the two players was something to marvel
Whatever the questions about his 団体／死体, it is his constant 乗り気 to 発展させる as a player, shown in his more 積極的な play and skilful use of the serve, that makes him so remarkable. That is why he could 結局最後にはーなる as the greatest ever.
Andy Murray, who has 確認するd his 資格 for the ATP World 小旅行する 決勝戦, has 始める，決める up a company to 監督する his 商売／仕事 事件／事情／状勢s with long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 経営者／支配人 Simon Fuller.
It is called 77, for the number of years it took Britain to find anoth er Wimbledon men’s 支持する／優勝者 after Fred Perry.
Losing his 地盤: Nadal taking a 宙返り／暴落する during the match
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