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Originally Posted by Nadal Fan
After Djokovic's win yesterday, do we put him ahead of Sampras on the all time list or does he need to win 1-2 more Majors before you can do that?
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I had him as equal to or above Sampras already before yesterday. the major count and #1 weeks/year ends in Pete's corner are big, but I think they are outweighed by the career slam, Masters trophies, and all-surface dominance while playing in the same era as goat 1 and 2. without Djoker, both Fed and Rafa would be at or past the Serena/Margaret Court major count...awesome for their fans, but probably less interesting overall for the sport.
in other news, I came across a great analysis of the current state of Roger's game, and why he's not having as good a year as last (aside from age):
https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tenni...--marc-rosset/
original interview en francais (can be google translated):
https://www.letemps.ch/sport/roger-f...venir-chasseur
summarized:
- not playing with same level of strike first aggression and risk
- attempting to "manage" or outlast opponents rather than going after them
- taking clay season off again even though his spring hard court season ended much sooner
- not playing enough high quality opponents or even getting enough good reps in between spring hard court and grass
so a bit of complacency after defending AO (which possibly Cilic lost more than Fed won it) and briefly returning to #1. given that it'll be the 10 year anniversary of his last US Open win, I'm hoping that the hunger kicks in again for August/September, and we can see all 3 goats come with their absolute best.