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Originally Posted by GeoffRas22
people underrating just how amazing it is how dominant nadal has been these last few years
mens tennis is at heights it didnt come close to when roger was dominating early on
roddick is much much better than he was in '03/'04/'05 and hes not a top 10 player anymore, back then he was rogers "best" competition and ended '03 as the #1 ranked player
Roger's dominant run was from 2004-2007, not the early part of the decade. Roddick started at #2 but quickly dropped off. Nadal was easily the 2nd best player during this run.
Overall though, the competition has been tougher during the majority of Nadal's career. Nadal also started dominating against this tougher competition a lot quicker, while Fed took a few seasons to come into his own.