one could argue that 2001-2002 was the closest to a lull that ATP has experienced in recent times. look at the major winners those years aside from Agassi and Sampras...Guga, Ivanisovic, Hewitt, Johansson, Costa...not exactly a pantheon of legends. I'd go so far as to say those years helped make Agassi's post-drug era comeback look that much better, and allowed a geriatric Sampras to cap his career with that last fairytale USO win.
Roger is still miles better than old Pete was in 2002, but he's not gonna get that nice setup for a last major trophy because this giant 3 headed hydra/cerberus in its prime is blocking the way.
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