yes, annoying to me that he's so far above and beyond anyone in history on clay. they always talk about what would happen if he met Borg in his prime at the FO, and I say Rafa would beat the living crap out of him straight sets just like he does to everyone else. I'm in awe of it but I'm still allowed to personally not enjoy it.
Rafa's career is still in progress so no sense trying pin down his ranking right now, but I say at the moment he's one of the greatest overall, just not THE GOAT until he gets close to the 16 slam record. It just feels like everyone has really short memories about what Fed has accomplished, and he doesn't get enough credit for actually being there to meet Rafa in the FO final all those years. That's just how history is recorded though...it's all raw title wins and in the end nobody will care about how one player's game matched up against another, or if one guy was in his prime while the other wasn't, etc. Probably few people will even remember or talk about Fed's ridiculous consecutive slam QF/SFs after he retires.
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