A good, if slightly over the top read -
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I’d say that Federer played with the greatest flare ever and was the best technically…..great footwork and serious racquet head speed for accuracy. The greatest in my eyes is Nadal, not because he leads the pack with 22 GS, but i personally feel the French Open is the toughest slam to win and Nadal has archived that 14 times. Just my two pence.
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Dan Interesting that both of us have overlooked ND when his head to head record against both of them is better, not to mention the fact he has more miles left in the tank and was number one for a record seven years. My eldest who is county standard thinks he is the best. All so subjective
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alistair Two French Open titles. Your son is probably right. He’s an amazing athlete with laster like accuracy. I saw him get smashed by Safin one year at Wimbledon and never thought he’d reach those dizzy heights he has achieved. Let’s face it if there was no Covid and he hadn’t wacked the line judge he’d be well in front in GS stakes.
alistair Oh, for sure - has achieved so much, and you get the sense that he’s almost out performed his natural talent. I’d watch a Federer game ahead of Djokovic any day of the week though - more naturally gifted IMO, and his playing style is just a ton better to watch.
Djokovic is the Ivan Drago of modern tennis.
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vinnyt77 Simliar vibes to Schumacher during his pomp. A winner but not necessarily any good for his sport.
mono-stereo Correct. Schumacher was/is an awful human being, but also the best racer I’ve ever seen.
One cannot argue that Federer is a better player than Novak when he has been so utterly dominated by him in Grand Slam finals but he will never be as fun or joyful to watch.
Not really mate.
I’ve not got Eurosport.