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I could not help but notice Rod sweating like a pig, and Roger looking all cool. Amazing match.
15 Grand Slam les?!? I haven't even eaten 15 Denny's Grand Slams in my lifetime.
Seriously, who wins an epic match that lasts 4 hours and 15 minutes...AND DOESN'T SWEAT A DROP?!?!?
I could not help but notice Rod sweating like a pig, and Roger looking all cool. Amazing match.
er is like the Yankees of Tennis. him.
Too bad Nadal is hurt and can't crush Federer's smug little Swiss pansy ass.
Too bad Rod choked like a pig, failing to convert one of four set point opportunities in the second that would have put him up two sets to none.
eh...overrated...no compe ion during his run
He has had none like Jordan had none or Ali and Tyson in thier primes had none. That's what happens when you are that great, you beatdown the best of your era badly for the most part.. Nadal is the only guy to test him and he is a top 5 player all time IMO..
what do you call Nadal??
so who do you think is the best of all time then?
Not going back to the days of Rosewall or Laver, I'd say either Ivan Lendl or Johnny Mac are truly the best players of all time. Mac probably getting the nod as he was equally as good on all surfaces.
Federer does greatly benefit from a poor era in mens tennis ... just as Sampras did. Neither would have looked so spectacular if they'd played in the 70's and 80's when there was real compe ion like Lendll, Connors, McEnroe, Becker, Borg, Nastase, Wilander, Edberg ... etc etc
As good as Sampras and Federer are, the last 20 years of Mens Tennis has been crap.
Of course he is not human
Have you seen his face ?
If it was not for Federer, Rod woud have a bunch of Grand Slams....
Sorry to tell you but Roger Federer is hot!
Nadal has just recently come on and you can see how Federer has trouble with him. Sampras played against Henman, Hewitt, Agassi, Ivanisevich, Safin etc all in their primes. Lendel was great, Becker was great, even Agassi but I'm gonna go with Sampras.
I actually watched the entire match and was rooting for Andy but he just couldn't get it done. But I do have to give him major props for not giving in and holding his own.
Federer did prove that he can deliver when it counts.
Tells you how good Federer is that he could win a match against a guy who held serve for, I think, his first 38 service games.
An absolute classic. You have to feel for Andy Rod , he fought to the bitter end and poured his heart and soul into that match. I'm not a big fan of him but he really impressed me.
He plays tennis so elegantly.
Henman was never a great player at any point in his career. Good grass courter but never won Wimbleden, terrible player on every other surface.
Hewitt, Fed has -slapped him non-stop for years
Ivanisevich was an inconsistant headcase..
Fed beat Safin plenty in his career
Agassi, Fed dominated badly also and he is on record as saying he feels Roger is the best of all time..
Lendel and Becker are really before Pete's time, at least when he was on top. Nobody Pete beat Fed has not beat or would not beat easily..
You are kidding right? If not Federer it would be Nadal. Rod impressed me today more than he EVER has in the past in just pushing Federer to the limit like he did. There is no way that Rod would be able to win any number of grand slams with Nadal still around. he has trouble with the Hewitt's of the tennis world.
Oh how much money I would give to see Sampras at his prime now playing Federer at these Wimbledon matches. The match probably still would be going on.
Awsume match.
It was truely a survival of the fittest. Andy just fell over first. Andy played great, and I have to give him credit. I really thought that he was going to win this match for almost the entire match, since he broke Roger twice.
But, I'm very happy that Roger won and made history. Congrats on the 15 slams, champ.
I was also amazed at how "fresh" Roger looked after that match.
Down 6-2 in the tie break for the second set, which would have put him down 2-0 against a confident opponent, he won 6 straight points to take the set, then went on to win the match. But sure, he's a pansy. Love to hear what you'd describe as mentally tough.
WTF? McEnroe and Lendl weren't even the best players of their respective generations. IMO Federer is the GOAT but if you go by eras then the short list should be: Laver, Borg, Sampras and Federer and maybe Emerson. Nobody else.
And that weak era argument is bull . You won't find a weaker era than at the beginning of tennis history where this sport was played only in a couple of countries. And in the 70's and 80's the field wasn't as deep and talented as it is today, in those times the seeds used to get to the final stages of slams pretty easily. Nowadays anyone can surprise anyone on any given day just ask Nadal or Djokovic at RG. And the reason there aren't many multi slams champions on this era is simply 'cause Federer won everything, if the guy wouldn't have been born guys like Rod , Hewitt, Safin, etc. would be on the level of past champions like Becker, Nastase, Wilander, Edberg, etc. and Nadal would be the one looking for the le of the greatest player of all time.
I dont like him, but he is one good tennisser!
He was playing Andy Rod , isn't that to be expected?
I'm just saying that Federer is Nadal's . That's all.
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