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Originally Posted by DisGunBGud
Gonna need a timeout for this guy
Damn uphill tried to top him above. So many hot takes after Grand Slams in these threads. Chili running hot.
top who in what?
you can check all my posts in this thread. i've consistently argued that fed is no question the greatest. but i'm also a nitpicky bastard and there are a few ways in which he is not. but overall, especially now in 2017 after he's won TWO, that's TWO FREAKING GRAND SLAMS at the age of 35 in one year, he's warranted a closing of this thread for debate.
now it's just a matter of determining by how far he's the goat. everything i said was 100% true. he doesn't have an olympic gold (he lost to murray AT wimbledon the SAME SUMMER he beat murray at wimbledon for the GS title there), he doesn't have a calendar slam, and he doesn't have the best year of all time. i guess he also doesn't have a winning record against his biggest rival during his career, but that's less of a requirement.
18-15 was a pretty solid distance. 19-15 is absolutely insane. and he may not be done. nadal didn't face a tiebreaker. fed didn't drop a set. these two guys are turning back time, but really only fed can be expected to continue in form since nadal's game is way harsher on his body and he's been sidelined more than fed's once with injuries despite being 4 years his junior.
we also can't count out djok. that said, while you can argue that people counted out fed in 2014ish and he came back, fed's love for the game and mental toughness was never in question. djok may not have the same passion now as he had in 2015 or the beginning of last year. without that passion, he'll never regain his former glory.
i'm interested to see how fed fares against a full form murray. we haven't yet seen that this year. nadal gave him his best, but the new backhand and fed's mental toughness wore nadal down. will the same happen to murray yet again? we'll have to wait and see what happens with the scotsman's hip.
anyways, i'm not sure whom you're saying i was trying to top nor for what, but my views have been 100% consistent since day 1.